Joshua Bailey '15 Recruiting Profile

My goal is to play college level soccer and continue on to professional soccer. I have been playing soccer since I was 4 years old! I loved the game! My ultimate goal is to be one of the best soccer players in the world.  

I believe I'm different from other recruits because i train hard and play soccer harder.  My parents modeled a strong work ethnic  & taught me the importance of being a leader not a follower, both on & off he soccer field.

Our Varsity soccer season ended with 8 wins and 7 losses and 4th place in our division.  This was our first winning season in 5 years!!

From July 9th-21, 2014, I was honored to participate in the Gothia World Youth Cup with the Atlantic Soccer League. The Gothia Cup is theworlds largest and most international youth soccer tournament. We played in the IFK ORBY Mini Tournament. We tied the first match 1-1 & lost the second match 1-0. The second team we played was a division 1 team and they were the best team in there age group. On July 12, we won the match in Varbeg. The score was 1-0...the length of the game was 61 minutes and the opposing team scored in the last minute of the game. I scored my first international goal in the Gothia Cup play offs.  Unfortunately, we lost in round 32. There were 190 teams in my age group. This experience was the highlight of my life!!

I was blessed to travel with Team UK Elite Summer 2009 Italy Tour, where  we competed in the youth San Marino Cup qualifications, visited the Coverciano, home of the Italian Soccer Federation and trained with Team UKE Coaches in Montecatini.