Where 2025-26 men's soccer players came from
19.5% of 2025-26 college men's soccer players came from outside the U.S. — United Kingdom, Spain and Germany lead the way.
Out of 13,577 players counted. From official athletics roster pages, read August 4, 2026.
2,641 of the 13,577 players we read listed a home town outside the U.S. Shares below are out of those 2,641.
- United Kingdom419 players · 15.9%
- Spain271 players · 10.3%
- Germany237 players · 9.0%
- Canada231 players · 8.7%
- Brazil151 players · 5.7%
- France141 players · 5.3%
- Norway132 players · 5.0%
- Sweden123 players · 4.7%
- Italy96 players · 3.6%
- Japan80 players · 3.0%
26 more places had fewer players and aren't shown.
Out of 2,641 players counted. From official athletics roster pages, read August 4, 2026.
The home-state chart is below, but it's the smaller story for this sport: no U.S. state stands out, and the states at the top are close enough that we don't rank them.
445 schools' 2025-26 men's soccer rosters, 13,577 players. We don't say what share of all programs that is — no authoritative count of programs exists.
Not a ranking. The top states here are within 0.2 of a percentage point of each other — New York, California, Pennsylvania are effectively level. 29 players separate the top two, and a lead that small would need about 85 players before we'd call anyone first. So read the bars as sizes, not as places 1, 2, 3.
- Outside the U.S.2,641 players · 19.5%
- New York912 players · 6.7%
- California883 players · 6.5%
- Pennsylvania786 players · 5.8%
- New Jersey626 players · 4.6%
- Texas521 players · 3.8%
- Illinois511 players · 3.8%
- Florida419 players · 3.1%
- Virginia400 players · 2.9%
- Massachusetts355 players · 2.6%
- Maryland345 players · 2.5%
- North Carolina318 players · 2.3%
- Ohio316 players · 2.3%
- Washington286 players · 2.1%
- Georgia282 players · 2.1%
- Home state unknown955 players · 7.0%
These players' roster pages didn't list a readable home town. We count them rather than hide them.
38 more places had fewer players and aren't shown.
Out of 13,577 players counted. From official athletics roster pages, read August 4, 2026.
How to read this
Each bar is the number of players on a 2025-26 college men's soccer roster whose listed home town is in that state. It is not a count of recruits, offers, or scholarships, and it says nothing about your own odds — it's simply where the players currently on rosters grew up.
We don't call a state first here. New York, California, Pennsylvania are within a percentage point of each other, and 29 players separate the top two — a "#1" that a handful of players would overturn isn't a fact, so we don't print one.
The unknown bar matters. 955 men's soccer players (7%) are on rosters that didn't list a readable home town. We show them because a chart with no leftovers is usually a chart someone tidied up.
Source: official athletics roster pages, 2025-26 season, read August 4, 2026.