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Thirty days. Pick better.

Your window is about a month. The programs that actually sign transfers, the real opening at your position, and an email that leads with your eligibility and your level — the two things a coach asks first.
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Where transfers land

at least

Share of each division's roster that arrived from another college.

  • NAIA14.1%
  • D29.2%
  • D16.9%
  • D34.4%

Bars are relative to the highest share, not to 100%. A floor, not a full count — we can only read the schools a roster actually spells out.

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Start from the date

Your window, not last year's.

The NCAA moves these dates every year. We show the last cycle it confirmed, and say plainly when the next one isn't out yet.

The transfer window

The NCAA's official dates

The NCAA Eligibility Center’s own PDF, published 2026-04-07.

Last published cycle

2025-26
  • Men's soccer30-day window

    Monday, Nov. 24, 2025 – Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025

  • Women's soccer30-day window

    Monday, Nov. 17, 2025 – Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025

  • Spring windowBoth sides, 15 days

    Friday, May 1, 2026 – Friday, May 15, 2026

The NCAA sets these annually and they move with each championship. We publish the last cycle it confirmed rather than a guess at the next one.

Once you know the date

Five moves, in the order the clock allows.

Everything here comes from your profile and that program's live roster: the College Track's engine, reading your current division instead of a youth league.

  1. Step 1 of 5

    Start from the date, not the list

    The window opens, runs about 30 days and shuts. Your date comes first — and if the NCAA hasn't published this year's yet, we say so rather than guess.

    ~30 days
  2. Step 2 of 5

    Find the programs that actually sign transfers

    At least 67% of the programs whose rosters we can read — 1,379 of 2,068 — already have a player from another college. We can see which staffs rebuild from the portal every year, so your list is staffs that have done this before.

    67% already took a transfer
    Sample player
    A program page opened as a transfer: 'Where this squad comes from', tagged transfer-friendly, reading that at least 55% of this roster came in from another college — 15 of 27 players list a previous one.

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    A program page opened as a transfer: 'Where this squad comes from', tagged transfer-friendly, reading that at least 55% of this roster came in from another college — 15 of 27 players list a previous one.
    A screenshot of Startline with 3 regions highlighted and numbered, explained in the list below.
    1. 1The same number, the other way round — This number warns a high-school recruit that the openings here are spoken for. For you it says the opposite: this staff signs college players, every year.
    2. 2Tagged on the program itself — Only programs we can prove fill a fifth or more of their roster from other colleges carry this. 189 of the 2,068 we can judge.
    3. 3The count behind the share — The raw count behind the percentage, so you can see how much roster it was read from.
    Sample player
    A program page on a phone: where this squad comes from, tagged transfer-friendly, with the share of the roster that came from another college

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    A program page on a phone: where this squad comes from, tagged transfer-friendly, with the share of the roster that came from another college

    1/2 Where this squad comes from

  3. Step 3 of 5

    Judge the opening before you spend a season on it

    Who graduates at your position, how many are ahead of you, whether freshmen play, and whether the players they sign stay. You already made this decision once on less.

    66,998 roster spots read
    Sample player
    The same program's two scores — Athletic 86, Academic 72 — over the factor breakdown: the biggest gap named first (Recruiting Geography), and Level Match at 30 out of 30 because the player already competes at that division.

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    The same program's two scores — Athletic 86, Academic 72 — over the factor breakdown: the biggest gap named first (Recruiting Geography), and Level Match at 30 out of 30 because the player already competes at that division.
    A screenshot of Startline with 3 regions highlighted and numbered, explained in the list below.
    1. 1Where the points are going — On each score, the factor losing the most points gets a GAP tag and an outlined number, so you know what is holding this school back before you open a row.
    2. 2Scored off the division you play in — A high-schooler's level is inferred from a youth league. Yours is measured: you already compete at a division, so Level Match is the most reliable number this engine produces.
    3. 3The bar fills with the points you earned — Every factor has a bar under it. The filled part is what you scored out of what that factor is worth, and the open part is the points still to win.
    Sample player
    A program page on a phone: the Athletic and Academic scores over each factor and its points

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    A program page on a phone: the Athletic and Academic scores over each factor and its points

    1/2 One school, both scores

  4. Step 4 of 5

    Lead with the two things a coach asks first

    Eligibility left and the level you play now: every staff asks in the first reply. Your emails open with both, written per program from its own roster need.

    5,545 addresses on file
    Sample player
    A coach email drafted for a transfer, to a named head coach whose address is masked: seasons left and current division in the subject line, a first line about that program's graduating midfielders, and a sign-off with his eligibility and the school he plays for now.

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    A coach email drafted for a transfer, to a named head coach whose address is masked: seasons left and current division in the subject line, a first line about that program's graduating midfielders, and a sign-off with his eligibility and the school he plays for now.
    A screenshot of Startline with 3 regions highlighted and numbered, explained in the list below.
    1. 1Signed off with your eligibility — Seasons of eligibility left, your position and your height, on the line under your name — there before anyone has to ask.
    2. 2A subject line built to be triaged — Transfer, position, seasons left and the division you're in now — the filters a coach with 200 unread emails actually sorts on, in the 78 characters a phone will show.
    3. 3Named staff, not a front desk — One named coach or the whole staff, your call — and it sends from your own inbox, so the reply comes back to you rather than to us.
    Sample player
    The email screen on a phone: the subject line with seasons left and current division, the coach it is addressed to with the address masked, and the first lines of the draft

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    The email screen on a phone: the subject line with seasons left and current division, the coach it is addressed to with the address masked, and the first lines of the draft

    1/2 The email, facts marked

  5. Step 5 of 5

    Run it like the sprint it is

    One board for every conversation, a nudge that drafts itself when a staff goes quiet, and the window's remaining days on top of it. Thirty days is not long enough to lose track of who you wrote to.

    notify → signed
    Sample player · results illustrative
    The follow-up board: every staff contacted, what stage each conversation is at, and the dated nudges beside them.

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    The follow-up board: every staff contacted, what stage each conversation is at, and the dated nudges beside them.
    A screenshot of Startline with 3 regions highlighted and numbered, explained in the list below.
    1. 1Every stage, one board — First message to offer, with the follow-up dates kept for you.
    2. 2Where each school actually stands — Moved by what happened, not by what you meant to do — a reply pastes straight in and we read back what they asked.
    3. 3The programs you chose — The same schools your Fit Score ranked, carried through to the outreach — you never rebuild the list.
    Sample player · results illustrative
    Two tracker columns on a phone: drafts ready to send, and schools emailed with the date each follow-up comes due

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    Two tracker columns on a phone: drafts ready to send, and schools emailed with the date each follow-up comes due

    1/2 Every staff on one board

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.

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

Why we can do this

The signal that warns a high-schooler is the one that helps you.

If you're in high school

“At least 40% of this roster came in from another college.” Four graduating seniors looks like four chances — but if the staff fills those spots from the portal every year, almost none of them are yours.

If you're transferring

Same roster, same 40%, opposite meaning. This is a staff that signs college players every year, has processed the credits before, and reads an email from somebody already on a roster as completely normal.

We read 61,711 roster entries to work out which programs are which. At least 67% of the 2,068 we can judge — 1,379 programs — already have a player who came from another college. 189 of them fill a fifth or more of the squad that way. Both are floors: we can only read the schools a roster spells out.

The rules, with receipts

What changed, and what it means for you.

Two of these changed inside the last year. Every one links its source. Check us, and check with your compliance officer before you plan around any of them.

  • NCAA Division I

    You can transfer more than once

    Since April 2024 there is no limit on how many times you transfer. You play immediately at the new school as long as you left the last one academically eligible and in good standing, and you meet progress-toward-degree where you land. The one thing you cannot do is move mid-year and play for two schools in the same season.

    Source
  • NCAA Division I

    The window is 30 days, and it is the whole ballgame

    You tell your current school you intend to transfer, and they enter you in the portal. That notification can only happen inside the window — a roughly 30-day stretch after the season for fall sports, plus a 15-day window in May. Miss it and you are waiting a full year.

    Source
  • NCAA Division I

    If your head coach leaves, you get your own window

    A head-coaching change opens a separate 30-day window for that team's players, whatever the calendar says. If the person who recruited you is gone, you are not locked in behind the normal dates.

    Source
  • NCAA Division IIIchanged this year

    Division III now uses the portal too

    As of August 1, 2026, a player moving from any four-year college into Division III goes through the transfer portal rather than the old permission-to-contact letter. You notify your school, and it has seven calendar days to enter you. The D3 self-release still exists for talking to other D3 programs.

    Source
  • NAIA

    NAIA runs its own process

    NAIA schools do not use the NCAA portal. Going the other way — NAIA into NCAA D1 or D2 — you register with the NCAA Eligibility Center and get a permission-to-contact release from your current athletics department, because most NCAA coaches will not talk to you until that exists.

    Source
  • NCAA Division Ichanged this year

    The eligibility clock changed in 2026 — check yours

    Division I approved a model giving five seasons of competition across five years, with the clock starting at full-time enrollment or the academic year after you turn 19, whichever comes first. It runs continuously, so sitting out no longer stops it. Players already enrolled are in a transition period where the school applies whichever model helps them more. This one is genuinely new — confirm your own count with a compliance officer before you plan around it.

    Source

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Before you enter

The questions players actually ask

How is this different from just emailing coaches myself?

You can email anyone. What you can't do by hand is tell which programs actually sign transfers — we read 61,711 roster entries to find the 189 that fill a fifth or more of their squad from other colleges. That's a list of staffs who have done this before, not a generic ranking.

When can I actually enter the portal?

There's a window of about 30 days after the season, and a second 15-day window in May. You tell your school, and they enter you. The NCAA publishes exact dates each year and they move — we show you the last cycle it confirmed and link the official list rather than guessing at the next one, because most sites just roll last year's dates forward.

Will transferring cost me a year?

Not on its own. Since April 2024 there's no limit on how many times you transfer, and you play immediately as long as you left academically eligible and in good standing and you meet progress-toward-degree where you land. The eligibility clock itself was rewritten in 2026, though, so confirm your own count with a compliance officer — we tell you what changed and point you at the source.

I'm at a junior college or playing overseas. Does this work?

Yes for the part that matters: every four-year program we hold is scored for you the same way. What we won't do is pretend to rank your current school — we hold no NJCAA program data yet, though we're adding it about a month after launch, and for an overseas club we say we can't read your level rather than inventing one. You'll see that stated on your score, not buried.

What do you actually know about a program's openings?

Who graduates at your position, how many players sit ahead of you, whether freshmen get minutes, and whether the players they sign stay — read from 66,998 published roster spots. Public rosters don't show incoming commits or portal moves, and we date every roster so you know how fresh it is — most are the 2026-27 squads now on the field.