Jason Velasco '21 Recruiting Profile

I am a senior and i'm 18 years old and I been playing soccer since I was 3 years old so basically my entire life. I've always been around soccer because of my family and in my family a lot of them had the opportunity to play pro, there's a lot of pressure on me because i'm following in their footsteps and I want my dream to become a reality. I work hard in every single thing I do because I want to do my best in certain areas. I'm a very active person I go to the gym 6x per week or I work out at home when I can't go to the gym, I go on a run to work on my stamina, whenever I train alone I work on my speed and ball control and I try to make every drill game like as possible. What makes me a good fit for any college team is that I make my voice heard on the field, I like being the loudest on the field, and motivating my team to keep on pushing. Even if my team is losing drastically I want my team to keep on doing their best and keep on moving forward and make sure to keep our heads up. I want my teammates to have confidence in themselves whenever they are on the ball and trust their teammates when they pass them the ball. I'm always a leader on the field and I show that in my game. I make sure whenever I get the ball I get the team forward so we can get opportunities on goal, when i have to take a player on I do so and I like taking long shots on goal but i'm mostly a playmaker on my team and i'm a more pass first type of person but when i need to be selfish I take my chances.