Kevin Heise

Well it has been a year since the House vs NCAA settlement. Here is what we are seeing happen. Approximately 95% of NCAA D1 schools opted into the House v. NCAA settlement, so the hard 28-player roster cap now applies to nearly every program starting 2025-26. That means: Men’s soccer: approximately 923 roster spots eliminated (205 teams × average cut of ~4.5 spots each) Women’s soccer: approximately 1,056 roster spots eliminated (330 teams × average cut of ~3.2 spots each) Total direct cuts across settlement schools: approximately 2,000 roster spots gone — roughly a 14% reduction in D1 college soccer opportunities. The handful of holdout schools can still carry larger rosters, but they’re outliers. For the rest, the impact is immediate: Thousands of displaced D1-caliber players flooding D2, D3, NAIA, and JUCO recruiting Lower-division walk-on spots disappearing overnight More top high school talent bypassing college entirely for pro or academy routes Women’s programs absorbed the steeper percentage cut on top of historically thinner budgets — Title IX pressure just got louder. Revenue-sharing for the elite few, approximately 2,000 fewer college roster spots for everyone else. Welcome to the new era of college soccer. ⚽📉 Need help figuring this out? Just ask @SRUSA_Official #NCAASoccer #HousevNCAA #CollegeSoccer

Incoming #collegesoccer Freshman advice: ⚽️SMASH the fitness test, you can never be fit enough! ⚽️Be 1st to show, last to leave ⚽️Don’t worry about what others think, do you! ⚽️Bring the energy no matter how you “feel” No one really cares how you “feel” when there is work to be done ⚽️Don’t be afraid to step up and volunteer for anything ⚽️Run on the pitch, run off the pitch. ⚽️All the “little things” add up & matter no matter how small they seem ⚽️The amount of Sleep you get makes a BIG difference in performance ⚽️ What you eat makes a BIG difference ⚽️‼️🚨⚠️DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT get caught up in the drugs, drinking & partying BS IT WILL HURT YOUR PERFORMANCE Life is too short to worry what the others think, do you & do what’s right to live the lifestyle of an athlete, no matter what they say or think (I know most players will ignore this one, but you’ve been told!) ⚽️Always be ready to perform, your time will come & when it does, think like a rodeo Bronc Rider, grab on tight & don’t let go no matter how hard life bucks Need help? Just ask @SRUSA_Official