Do you reckon this is legit?

[Alexx..]

http://www.soccericon.net/index.php

I'd love to get a scholarship to play football, so I was wondering if you reckoned this was legit. I typed in soccer scholarships and this was the first one that came up.

[Sharon]

Looks pretty good, nothing wrong with just putting your details down for me.

[Conservative,]

Soccer Icon Ltd,
Suite 201, 275 Deansgate
Manchester, England, M3 4EL

USA? Hmm...it looks alright but I'd be careful.

[FlyingJesus]

Other than spelling assessment wrong on the front page image I can't see anything wrong with it - you'll have to apply in time for them to accept and take you on to the assessment stage and then get there of course, and it's only 12 days away for the women's one

[AgnesIO]

What would you get out of a football scholarship?

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Maybe upstairs?

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http://www.soccericon.net/about/index.php

looks legit.

[Alexx..]

A football scholarship would help me get a free ride to uni.

[AgnesIO]

A football scholarship would help me get a free ride to uni.

I hope that isn't your main reason for wanting it. I really do.

[Alexx..]

Nope, it's not :')

[The Don]

It looks alright, but looking at what robbie put, I wouldn't trust it so much.

[Alexx..]

USA? Hmm...it looks alright but I'd be careful.

It's an English based thing because an old Chelsea player does it but it helps kids get to America.

[FlyingJesus]

I hope that isn't your main reason for wanting it. I really do.

Why would a free education be a bad reason to do something that you already love anyway? Confused here

[AgnesIO]

Why would a free education be a bad reason to do something that you already love anyway? Confused here

I didn't say it was a bad reason, I think doing something because of free uni as a main reason is not right.

If it is for the love of the game, then fair enough.

[Alexx..]

I didn't say it was a bad reason, I think doing something because of free uni as a main reason is not right.

If it is for the love of the game, then fair enough.

I wanna do it because I love the sport and being able to play it in the USA would be amazing, and the free uni would just be a bonus.

[AgnesIO]

Fair enough, good luck on it.

However if you wish to play in the US, lesson number one. Soccer. :L

[Alexx..]

IT'S FOOTBALL :P

[AgnesIO]

IT'S FOOTBALL :P

Try telling the Yanks that!

My sister wants to move to America and coach football in a school - due to girls football in America being so much bigger than it is in the UK/Spain.

[Special-1k]

It looks pretty legit to me. Give it a shot, whats the worst that could happen?

[Disaronno]

Ok, i think it probably is real, however there is one near me that i know of and what you do is go to a trial in which people hire out an astro turf or a field for a day and then train you when you get into the team on the same field. They ask for money for the coaching costs, equipment etc and then you dont get any further. You basically pay a lot of money for football, and they talk about sending you to USA. After you pay £700-800 for the above stated, you then pay some more money as a deposit (bullcrap) and then they look for a college for you. Best thing for you to do is go to USA for 2 weeks, find a local soccer team and then try to get into it and then apply for a visa. Simple. Its too easy to tell a kid or a teenager, PLAY FOOTBALL IN THE USA AND LEARN AT THE SAME TIME FOR FREE. BULL! You will get to learn in England and then you will find it boring and play the exact same amount of football that you do if you play for a local minor squad. Dont fall into a trap. Goto your local football team's soccer schools (arsenal for me) and do well, or apply for different clubs centres of excellance or academies.