MLS NEXT Cup: Colleges in Attendance
MLS NEXT Cup brings together an incredible range of college soccer programs – all in one place. You’ll find coaches from Ivy League schools like Yale and Princeton sitting next to recruiters from major state universities like UCLA and University of Michigan. D3 powerhouses like Williams College are scouting alongside service academies like Army and Navy.
Whether your player is aiming for Stanford or a strong regional program, the coaches they need to impress are all here.
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Let’s take a look at the schools in attendance 👇
Colleges in Attendance at MLS NEXT Cup
- Air Force Academy
- American University
- Amherst College
- Army
- Assumption University
- Baldwin Wallace University
- Bloomsburg University
- Boston University
- Bradley University
- Brandeis University
- Brown University
- Bryant University
- Bucknell University
- Butler University
- Cal Poly
- California Baptist University
- California State University, Bakersfield
- California State University, Los Angeles
- California State University, Sacramento
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Case Western Reserve University
- Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
- Clemson University
- Colby College
- Colgate University
- College of the Holy Cross
- Colorado School of Mines
- Columbia University
- Connecticut College
- Cornell University
- Dallas College-Richland
- Dartmouth College
- Davidson College
- DePaul University
- DePauw University
- Drake University
- Drexel University
- Duke University
- Eastern Mennonite University
- Elon University
- Emerson College
- Emmanuel College
- Emory University
- Fairfield University
- Franklin & Marshall College
- George Fox University
- George Washington University
- Georgetown University
- Georgia Southern University
- Georgia State University
- Grand Canyon University
- Hampden-Sydney College
- High Point University
- Indiana University
- Iona University
- Iowa Western CC
- IU Indianapolis
- James Madison University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Lafayette College
- Lehigh University
- Lindenwood University
- Long Island University
- Loras College
- Loyola Marymount University
- Loyola University Chicago
- Loyola University Maryland
- Macalester College
- Manhattan University
- Marist University
- Marymount University
- Michigan State University
- Middlebury College
- Mount St. Mary’s University
- Muhlenberg College
- Murray State College
- Navy
- Nichols College
- Northwestern University
- NYU
- Occidental College
- Oregon State University
- Pace University
- Penn State University
- Pomona-Pitzer
- Princeton University
- Providence College
- Purdue Fort Wayne
- Rhodes College
- Rider University
- Robert Morris University
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- Rockhurst University
- Sacred Heart University
- Saint Louis University
- Salve Regina University
- San Diego State University
- Santa Clara University
- Seattle University
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
- Southern Methodist University
- Southwestern University
- St. Bonaventure University
- Stanford University
- Stevens Institute of Technology
- Stonehill College
- Suffolk University
- Temple University
- The College of Holy Cross
- The College of New Jersey
- Tufts University
- UC Irvine
- UC Merced
- UC Santa Barbara
- UCLA
- UMass Lowell
- UNC Asheville
- UNC Chapel Hill
- UNC Charlotte
- UNC Greensboro
- UNC Wilmington
- University of Akron
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- University of California Riverside
- University of California-Berkeley
- University of Chicago
- University of Connecticut
- University of Denver
- University of Evansville
- University of Kentucky
- University of Louisville
- University of Lynchburg
- University of Maryland
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
- University of Memphis
- University of Michigan
- University of Nebraska – Omaha
- University of North Florida
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown
- University of Portland
- University of Rochester
- University of San Diego
- University of Southern Indiana
- University of Texas at Dallas
- University of Virginia
- University of Washington
- University of Wisconsin
- UNLV
- Utah Valley University
- Vassar College
- Villanova University
- Virginia Tech
- Wake Forest University
- Washington and Lee University
- Washington University in St Louis
- Western Michigan University
- Wheaton College (IL)
- Whitman College
- William & Mary
- Williams College
- Winthrop University
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Wright State University
- Xavier University
- Yale University
Get on Coaches’ Radar
Smart recruiting happens in two phases: reach out before the MLS NEXT Cup so coaches know who to watch, then follow up after strong performances to turn great plays into recruiting conversations.
Coaches arrive with packed schedules and hundreds of players to evaluate. The ones who already know your player are more likely to pay attention. After the tournament, quick follow-ups help players stay top of mind when coaches return to campus.
Writing personalized emails before and after takes hours. Meanwhile, other programs are already building relationships and scheduling visits.
CollegeNovo has contacts for every coach above plus AI that writes recruiting emails instantly. Reach out before and after the tournament.
(It’s less than an MLS NEXT sweatshirt.)
Written By: Beau Bridges
Beau is the founder of SoccerNovo, dedicated to helping players and parents navigate the youth soccer landscape. As a former youth coach and soccer parent, he shares insights on player development, recruiting, and the ever-evolving soccer scene in the U.S.
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