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Soccer recruiting + AI: see how AI is used, all 25 jobs

Boys’ & girls’ · 2,215 programs

Find the colleges
where you
actually fit.

Startline scores every college soccer program on your player’s level, grades and position, and the real openings on each roster. Know where your time is worth spending.

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Free: every program scored · no card · then $99 for 12 months, paid once

Watch the 90-second film

A Stony Brook and a Penn State women's player racing for the ball
An Air Force and a Central Arkansas men's player contesting the ball
Photos:
Noah Riffe · CC0
U.S. Air Force photo/Joshua Armstrong · Public domain
Live · in the databaseUpdated Oct 15
2,215college programs scored2,207academic profiles66,998roster spots read7,561college coaches on file5,545coach emails1,909ID camps tracked113conferences covered1,701programs with retention history
1,971club teams ranked6,700club staff contacts5,739club emails3,471age-group standings rows50states with clubs mapped12factors behind a Fit Score1,414programs with ranking history2,201graduation rates on file
The film

Watch one season,start to finish.

One sample player, 90 seconds. The questions, the schools that fit and why, the roster at their position, the first email, the board.

Open the film on its own page
01Try it

Pick a player.See their list.

Tap a sample player. Their list, both scores and the roster in the next section all change with them.

College track

Your Fit

Pro
CM

Center mid · Nashville

Girls' ECNL · GPA 3.6 · class of 2027

Sample

#1 of 1,212 · best scored both ways

Evansville

D1 · IN · Missouri Valley Conference

Strong fitIts roster is below ↓

Athletic

95

Academic

90

Further down the list

Ath · Aca

  1. #73Salisbury UniversityStrong fit8089
  2. #423AlabamaStretch6388
  3. #1114University of Wisconsin-PlattevilleFair fit6955

Two scores, never blended — tap either in the app to see every point.

Position
Center mid
Level
ECNL
GPA
3.6
Home
Nashville, TN
Class
2027
Height
5'2"

1,212

women’s programs scored

1,124

at their level

567

Strong fits

Open the full sample demo Or score your own player
02Roster math

Who leavesbefore you arrive.

Blue columns graduate. Your player’s row is marked YOU, and the verdict under the grid says what that means for their class.

Sample playerCenter mid · Nashville · Evansville is #1 of 1,212 on their list above.

A South Carolina midfielder in an NCAA tournament game, looking back over her shoulder
Hameltion · CC BY-SA 4.0

Center mid · 2027

Sample player

Roster openings

Evansville

26 players2026-27 roster

still therefall 2027leavespring 2027FRSOJRSRGRGoalkeepers01020Defenders41300MidfieldersYou02120

3 midfielders still there when you arrive

A competitive spot

2 seniors or grad students now, leaving this spring

Attackers33130
1 open2–3 competitive4+ deep

Filled cells are still there in fall 2027. Outlined cells have left by then.

Read off the program’s own published roster. Public rosters don’t show incoming commits, so a coach can tell you what this can’t.

The same grid is on every program page in the app, and on our roster posts.

03The numbers

Counted, not estimated.

Re-counted Oct 2, 2026

  • 2,215

    College programs scored

  • 66,998

    Roster spots read

  • 7,561

    College coaches on file

  • 1,909

    ID camps listed

Photo: Penn State, women’s ·
NoahRiffe · CC BY-SA 4.0

Soccer recruiting + AI

Powered by AI. Run by a person.

25 jobs keep Startline running, and 8 of them use AI, for words. The two Fit Scores are computed by fixed rules, so the same answers always give the same scores.

See how we use AI

  • Writes in their voice

    Two minutes of talking, and each coach email can be put in your player's own words. The facts in it do not change.

  • Reads school news daily

    For the schools you follow, one line worth mentioning to the coach, with its link.

  • Rewords a reply on request

    Say what you do not like about a drafted answer to a coach and AI rewords it, adding nothing new.

  • Reads their game film

    Points to the moments worth keeping in a highlight reel, each with its time in the film. No rating.

04Four ways in

Who are you?

Photos:
Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA · CC BY 2.0
U.S. Air Force photo/Dylan Smith · Public domain
Tritooth · CC BY-SA 4.0
Thewoofofwallstreet · CC BY-SA 4.0
05The real app

Don’t take our word for it.Use it.

The real app, with a sample player already in it: Maya Rivera or Noah Bennett. Pick one below.

Sample player
startlineapps.com/college/fitSample player

Maya's feed

Sample player

  • Oklahoma State 3 of 5 midfielders finish the spring before Maya arrives

  • Baylor runs a women's ID camp in Waco, TX — the link is in her plan

  • Email to Oklahoma State drafted from their roster and her profile

Real programs, rosters and camps · the player is a sample

See your player's best-fit schoolsFree · every program scored · no card
Real programs and real rosters, all 2,215. The player is a sample; coach addresses stay hidden.Open it full screen
06How it works

Three steps to your list.

  1. The Startline intake on a phone: one question per screen, with the best fit so far shown above it
    Sample player
    01

    Answer 20 questions

    About 6 minutes, once. Your best fit so far updates as you answer.

  2. The ranked Your Fit list on a phone, each college with an athletic and an academic score
    Sample player
    02

    Every program, scored

    All 2,215 programs get an athletic and an academic score. Never blended, every point explained.

  3. A drafted email to a college coach on a phone, written from the player's data and the program's
    Sample player
    03

    Email the right coaches

    The most personalized email engine in the industry: every draft is written from your answers and their roster, in your own voice. You send it from your own inbox.

Talk for two minutes. Get coach emails that sound like you.

Your browser writes your words down as you speak; our AI learns how you talk and rewrites each draft in your voice — facts, numbers and links untouched.

Try the mic in the demo See it work on a sample

Then see when a coach responds. Forward the reply to your private tracking address and your answer is drafted for you, to give you the best opportunity to get a response and get the colleges you want. You review it and send it. See the whole product

07Who built it
Ricky Ybarra, founder of Startline
Ricky Ybarra · Founder

I built the toolI wish my
family had.

“Nobody could tell my family which schools were realistic. It answers that question in an evening, for nothing.”

Ricky Ybarra, founder. ECNL, the regional team through ODP (the Olympic Development Program), then a Developmental Academy, an MLS Academy and Division I.

  1. 01ECNL
  2. 02ODP
  3. 03Developmental Academy
  4. 04MLS Academy
  5. 05Division I
  1. Ricky Ybarra in the SSM Developmental Academy kit, looking back over a shoulder
    Developmental AcademySSM
  2. Ricky Ybarra in the FC Cincinnati kit, smiling on the training field
    MLS AcademyFC Cincinnati
  3. Ricky Ybarra in the Butler kit, striking the ball in a Division I game
    Division IButler
Ricky Ybarra · used with permission, all rights reserved · founder's own photo
Read the story
A Christopher Newport and a Kean women's player chasing the ball
08Free to start

Your list,tonight.

  • Everyprogram scored for your player, athletic and academic
  • 1school you activate: the research, an email draft, a follow-up plan
  • 20questions, once — about 6 minutes
See your player's best-fit schools Try the live demo

Startline Pro: $99 for the whole recruiting season (12 months), paid once — or $20 / month. See pricing

c w, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
09Straight answers

Questions parents actually ask

Do you place players or guarantee offers?

The strongest data-backed shot you can give a player: every program ranked for them, the real openings at their position, their grades against each school's admitted range, the emails ready to send and a follow-up plan. The offer itself is always a coach's call — but this is how you get in front of the right ones.

Why would I use this instead of hiring someone?

A person sells you their relationships. This gives you a measurement you can check yourself — your level, the real openings at your position, your grades against each school's admitted range, and where they actually recruit from. You stay in control of every email. It's free to start, and Startline Pro is $99 for the whole recruiting season (12 months), or $20/month.

What does the Fit Score actually measure?

Two scores, never blended. Athletic weighs your level of play, the real openings at your position, how your size compares to who they sign, and whether you're in their footprint. Academic weighs your GPA and test scores against that school's own admitted range, your major, in-state fit and campus size. Open either score to see exactly how each factor moved it.

Couldn't I just do all this myself?

You could. It is reading 2,215 rosters to find who graduates at your position, then finding the assistant who runs each of those inboxes. We did that once so your family doesn't do it forty times. You still write the last line, and you still press send.

My kid is already a junior. Is it too late?

No. Every program turns over a class every year, and D3 and NAIA rosters move latest of all. What changes is the shape of the list — fewer Stretch schools, more schools with a genuine opening at your position this cycle.