Emmanuel Copland-Perez '22 Recruiting Profile

Hello coaches my name is Emmanuel Copland-Perez

i am now playing on a u19 team, playing agianst kids my age aren't a challenge for me (im on the starting line up)

I am a sixteen year old from Fort Myers,Florida. I started playing soccer when i was 7 years old in a non competitive soccer team, i wasn't the best player, i played for a couple years and it wasn't easy ,I stop playing soccer. I stopped playing soccer because i wasn't good enough, I thought this wasn't my future,but in 2015 I tried out for a competitive team (San Carlos Scorpions Soccer Club) i knew this wasn't going to be easy.My first year on the team wasn't easy other players were better then me ,i wasn't really that good,i wasn't getting playing time.so after that season i said to my self i got to work hard for what i want ,i started to train everyday,running,drills,shooting,passing,and workouts. i went to tryouts the second year and i had a point to prove ,that i belong here and i'm going to show what i got,the second season was better i got way more playing time ,but just because i got what i wanted doesn't mean that i'm done.Every single year ever since then i would improve in many different ways ,i really improved in strength,i love to be really  physical on the pitch, i want my opponents to fear me on the field,i'm not the biggest guy on the field i'm only 5'6 but that doesn't stop me ,i will out body kids my own age and men that are way bigger then me. I'm in my fifth year in competitive soccer ,i have won many tournaments,i have won games that were very difficult against the best teams in the state.last year is when i started to guest play with the San Carlos Scorpions 01 team ,this was a special moment for me because i can go against opponents that are junior and seniors and almost done with high school,and also there full grown men ,i had to show people that just because your younger doesn't mean that you cant make a impact ,when i got on the pitch i didn't care how big they were ,i played the same way i would with my age group.My first year in high school i tried out for the team i made varsity as a freshman,and the second year i made varsity again as a sophomore,my high school team isn't the best team in the district but i will go out on the pitch and play my heart out even if we were losing by a lot of points.my junior year,next year i am switching schools ,i am switching to Fort Myers high school ,a school that has won the district titles in the last two years in a row, i hope to make the varsity ream in that school and show what i got.  

I would love to get offered a scholarship to make my family proud,and make myself proud, i want to be the first person in my family to attend college.i am not going to to lie to you coaches i am not the best student academic wise i have a 2.4 GPA but i am starting to take my schoolwork more serious because i need to learn that life isn't easy ,so i got to  be on my A game .I am now trying to work harder in school so i can have a better chance to get looked at. Soccer will always be my passion I hope to play the sport my whole life,or be involved with soccer in someway,i have so much love for the game .  playing soccer ,the best sport in the world in college would be the best accomplishment . i am going to be know as one of the best soccer player to be born in fort Myers ,Florida.