Yes its difficult ...But pls make some videos on the positive side also pls...(pls make a video on if matt can do it u can do it also)🙏 ❤❤❤keep it up love this contents❤❤
Ayoo happy bday 😎. Bro watching you made me train harder and more. I don’t rlly plan to, but I’m trying to come to such a level that I could play professional. Seeing your videos made me realize that it is hard but easier than you may think. You just gotta have the dedication and patience. I mean it’s just everything that helps that u do: individual training videos, lifestyle tips, analyzing the games ( even tho I play 10, and you play on the backs but idc ). Just wanted to say thank you sm for making me believe in myself and good luck to you in the future man!
Yep he is right ! I didn’t get into a d1 school till after 4 years after graduating high school…….. what made it easier was everyone else that stopped trying or that didn’t think they were good enough.
Also being 23 and playing against 19 year olds helps. No disrespect, I know the struggle of not seeing results from training as far as making teams or moving up, but high school to D1 is a small jump compared to D1 to pro football.
@@kylemiller5671 honestly any high level training! Because not everyone wants to be a pro regardless of what they say. So spots always open up somewhere
I love how I haven’t watched a video from you in a minute and I seen your kitchen and just remember when I watched your videos years ago and you were in a small flat in Germany I think it was. Crazy how far you’ve come bro💯 keep up the grind 🔝👍
Yeah I meant to say that the kitchen he has now reminded me of the small kitchen he had back in the day, how he’s come so far and has a way nicer one now 😂
What I'd like to connect this with is when Tim Grover says "Don't think" in Relentless. Yeah you risk a lot of things but if you think, you'll start considering alternatives more. Just grind. No thoughts. Be sensible of course, but grind. Matt faced all those filters and here he is. Through all of them. Simply because there was no questioning his goal of playing pro. So it's a day to day grind, every single year. Great insightful video Matt!
Very relatable the talk you've given Matt. I've survived the first filter and gonna be faced with the second filter in two years time. Live with no regret boys!
That’s a fabulous job you are doing. Informative to the younger soccer player to learn from your experience. Keep the grind going Man U will come hopefully one day. But as you said keep going through those filters 🏃♂️
Great reminder for me Matt, thank you! I've been in the Army the last 5 years... "filtered" myself out at 18 because I was from a small town with no scouts or club teams. Now I'm about to leave the Army and haven't given up. Trying for any level of soccer that will take me. I plan to grind it out until my body can't go anymore. I'm 24 and still constantly improving, thank God. We'll see if I've made a team in the next few months!
Hey Matt, I like the way u say that “u get hit by life” cuz it’s 100% true. Life hits and it goes after what we love the most sometimes. We continue tho !! Love this vid Matt .. well done mate !!
Haven't seen a video of yours in a while and decided to click this one. Very high quality content and very much enjoyed how you broke down the "filter" system, which I 100% agree on. Was refreshing to see that concept explained in a very digestible manner. Keep it up brother
By the time you get to filter #3 at 26+ the chances of signing a pro contract I think is actually less than before. The clubs are looking for experienced players who played for actual pro clubs. If 2 players are on trial and the one with pro experience shows less than the one with no pro experience,there is still more chance for the experienced one to sign it because of his past. There are a lot of pro players who’s contracts are expiring at the end of every season, they will always have more chance to sign than a 26years old who only has a semi pro/amateur past.
@@warrenmorgan304 nah it’s cuz some people think having a lot of eggs is bad my parents think that so when they fine out I had four eggs they get so mad😂
Love that man so much of football is mindset its a huge part to getting anything life happy for you man. Would love to know what you think of my channel!
I am parenting a U-10 player who has the pro dream. Honestly making sure that the love of the game isn't killed by any filter is my goal. Making sure he knows, he is in control of the choice to play or not play. And who knows where he ends up. Is he the best player on the field? No. Does he take it far more seriously than anyone else out there. Yes. Is that a path to fast burn out? Who knows.
Sometimes I do wonder about the odds of making it pro, because he's I understand they're might be 10 million people trying to make it pro in England for example, but of those 10 million people, how many are actively trying to go pro and not just hoping it comes their way, and of those people who are actively trying to go pro, are they doing all the training I'm doing or are they going to or the trials I'm going to or are they playing at a higher level than I am? And I think once you filter it down you actually realise you're only really up against the 10 to 100 thousand who are going all in for it and if you realise that, I think that it makes what people call the impossible dream possible 🤷🏿♂️
@@matthias_ajc keep going if you can bro, i also sometimes think about being not good enough, but we need some time to develop and if we do have time to wait and develop, better keep trying than regretting.
Yessir love that mindset, its huge in football. if you have time would've to know what you think about my videos I made on mindset in football! keep grinding bro!
On the "You must survive" talk: I'm 22 y.o., been playing football for like 15 years now. I even quit football for 2 years because of losing my passion, thanks to the club I was playing for. It's been 3 years since my comeback, and almost 2 years since I've given myself the 'impossible' task, to become a pro footballer. I'm playing in the "sunday league" right now (used to play higher as a youngster, but the same reason as why I stopped playing for 2 years occured when I was like 14-15), but I know, and everyone else is telling me that I definitely can play on a higher level. The question is, how high can I get. So anyway, I'm planning to go to tryouts in Germany (since I'm european) next year, and hopefully I'll perform well and get some semi-pro contract, and reach the checkpoint of my (hopefully) succesfull journey. Can't even express how much Matt has taught me over the time I've been watching him, mainly drills, and especially excersises for preventing injuries, they are the golden bricks for me. Wishing everyone who keeps their dream alive best of luck, and keep grinding, hope dies last!
I will probably not go pro but your video’s help me with my game. It is not really my main goal to go pro but I don’t care, I love playing in Saturday league with my friends and getting better. Just switched teams to a better club! Wish me luck! :)
when they started speaking portuguese and matt was just like yeahhh😭😭 istg i knee that mans was brazilian as soon as he started trying to speak english (im brazilian btw)
This is what I’m scared of. I’m a 15 year old boy still in my teens and I’ve been dreaming about the impossible dream ever since I watched my first futbol match. I really do wish life doesn’t get in the way of my real dream. I’m at a tech school as a sophomore right now and we join a conference next year so there is a chance to get noticed but other than that I just have to keep my hopes up and keep wanting it more than others and chase the opportunities there is and opportunities I get.
odds are against ur favour. i trained w a few usl players and they r very good. and i can’t imagine the level players are at in europe. train hard see where it leads u
I was really a decent player... center back. Got promoted to the first team... before i blew off my knee... and i got hit with life then. And none give a damn about that. So life happens.
Spot on with the filters. Great video👍⚽. A I would say is I think there is 1 more filter at the age of around 13 where people want to fit in with everyone else and just lose the passion in general
I think the country that you’re playing in is also a deciding factor if you’re trying to make it to the pro level. Its defenitely much easier to be a pro in the USA then in Europe, if I look at the quality of the NISA players for example they would never make it to the pro level in Europe.
"Europe" can mean a lot of different things. Are you talking the second Turkish league? The Moldovan first division? The EPL? Best to define terms. Some of those leagues are god-awful, while others are the best in the world
@@fifaman6303 Right, you said that, but then as an example you juxtaposed "Europe" from the "US" without any mention that Europe could be the best league in the world or one of the worst. Hence my comment
Hy brotha , I played in Spain and came back to USA and Quit , not egen gon play college Cuz that shit sooo wack😂🤦♂️ fin jus run dis bread up. And go to schoo
Bro I related to this hard. It’s funny because I kinda known about these filters but not how describe them. Like after finnishing high school 60 to 70 percent of guys I used to play with everyday just kinda stopped.just turned 22 so next filter is kinda starting, a lot of my age mates are graduating working or starting too work
@Samuel Wells I played baseball up to age 14 (28 now) but I still follow it to an extent. Soccer has been my preferred sport though. One thing I think soccer could benefit from is a more clear-cut and organized player pathway, since the pathway in baseball is exactly that. Each level is clearly defined and the way up is also clearly defined. Soccer gets ambiguous here in the US sometimes, especially below the official third division. Are you a baseball player and fan too?
If someone could please answer I’d greatly appreciate it. My issue is I was an American football player who loved “soccer” as well and at the end of my senior year I had head injury issues and can’t play football anymore. Since I was 5 all I wanted to do was play sports and now I’m 20 and EVERY.SINGLE.DAY. I think and dream about playing. Switching sports or going back to play American football despite the injuries just seems impossible. Im anything but a quitter and the thought of it frustrates me and keeps me up at night but I just don’t know what to do and times ticking 😭😭🤡🤡😭🤡😭😭 Am I screwed?
