Andrew Kovacik '19 Recruiting Profile

I completed the last 4 seasons as a  starting outside back for the Barcelona Soccer Excellence UPSL team. 

I am also coaching for Barcelona Soccer Excellence. I was recently  named Director of the Woodlands Campus and Director of oir Futsal Program. 

I am taking classes at Lone Star Community College and have been named to the President’s List for academic performance. 

Before the pandemic, I was a freshman at UMHB and played on the reserve team. 

Before high school graduation, I was rostered to the Houston Texans 00/01 ECNL. I was a starting player as either a defensive mid or center back.

I am known for being able to read the field, communicate solid strategy to my teammates, quick accurate passes, strong tackles, and winning the ball. 

Before that,  players  from my original team were not showing up  to practice during the high school season so I asked to train with the Texans 01 NW.  I was asked to guest play on that team and the 00/99 NW. I was eventually invited  to play on the ECNL team. I completed my commitment to the Houston Texans 00/99 NE Red at that time. 

I was a Developmental Player for the Houston Texans 01 DA team. After playing in a few games for the DA, my freshman year of high school soccer started, and I did not want to give that up just yet. That year, I was also a regular guest player for the 01 Premier Team as well as 02 East. Twice a week I would train with my regular team at Lindsay Lyons and once a week I would train with the Premier team at Burroughs, until I was invited to the Academy team.

I was planning on trying out to play on the Premier team full-time when I found out a coach I admire and respect was returning to our team. I stayed with him and my regular team through the Spring. Our team was improving under my coach’s direction, so I stayed for the Fall and was planning on training and guest-playing again with the Premier team. However, during the first tournament of the season, I tore my ACL. I had ACL reconstruction surgery and was cleared for gradual return to play at six months. While I was injured, I went to every practice and every game and kept learning from my coach.