Players Soccer

“Soccer Player”

Duties and Responsibilities:All players are expected to attend all of their team's training, practices, games and tournaments.

All players are expected to notify their coach if they will be late or miss any team activity.

All players are expected to be prepared for all team activities, this includes

All classic players are expected to make sure they maintain the appropriate balance between their team requirements, school work and other extracurricular activities. Triangle United is aware that our players have important personal responsibilities such as family and school. Players selecting to play classic soccer must understand the time requirements this commitment entails and make sure that it will fit into their individual schedules.

Salary:  Soccer might be the world's most popular sport, but in the United States, its popularity ranks far behind the big four professional sports: baseball, football, hockey and basketball. The salaries for professional soccer players in Major League Soccer reflect this. Soccer players, particularly rookies, often make much less than their counterparts in other sports, and the gap between top pay and bottom pay is enormous.

MLS Salaries

Beginning and lower-echelon players in Major League Soccer make a minimum of $35,125 a year, by far the lowest minimum salary of major professional team sports in America. As of the end of the 2013 season, 154 players made less than $50,000 a year. The average salary in the MLS, however, was $160,000, and the median salary was $100,000. About 45 percent of MLS players -- that's 249 -- made over $100,000.The player best pay in the world is Cristiano Ronaldo With $288,000 for weekly and for yearly $15 millions after tax. the second player best pay is Leonel Messi.

Education: Training in soccer player field along with physical fitness training for an athlete.

Athletic training at college level.

Candidate must have qualified for athletic scholarship awarded in the field of soccer/Football.

Must have played hockey at school or college level to become certified Training for sports includes maintaining general fitness and playing at all levels, including community, school, and club teams.

Good eyesight is essential in most sports, and glasses or contact lenses are not acceptable most of the time.

Professional athletes are people with natural talent, good reflexes, and good coordination who earn money for playing sports, such as baseball and football.

They must be able to play as a team and not as an individual.

The applicant must be able to face severe competition, long hours of practice and they must be willing to travel as and when needed.

Candidate must be capable to perform best even under the hardest pressure.

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Demand for this profession:  As part of our continuing effort to service and educate our membership, each Thursday we will post an informative article from one of our departments. Once a week, you can read an article the we hope enhances your enjoyment and knowledge of the game of soccer - on and off the field. On the second Thursday of each month, we will look into the world of the sports medicine.