Zoe Roopnarine '24 Recruiting Profile

I am a skilled and technical player who is quick to the ball, and who makes quick decisions.  I am not frantic or erratic and never play out of position. I am confident and determined and play controlled under pressure. I am vocal and communicative and help my teammates.  I am coachable and willing and able to learn and to assume different roles on the field.  On offense I am a playmaker and on defense I am a disruptor.    I am the hardest worker on any team on which I have played and I am not afraid to adapt to whatever my coach may want me to do at any position I am playing.  I am looking for a college with a competitive soccer team, where the "team concept" is emphasized.  I seek to be effective and make an impact when on the field. I am a technically sound player with a high game/tactical IQ and play with an edge.  I am committed to playing in college and am on my school's weightlifting team because I love weightlifting and it helps me as a shorter player to match up against bigger, taller players.  I never back down from a challenge and will match any player's speed, skill or aggressiveness to dominate, and will never be outworked.

I primarily play Holding Mid (6) and Fullback/OB (2 and 3)  and have done so in multiple formations.   As a HM, I see my defensive responsibility to prevent attacks through the middle and to disrupt passes and gameplay, and I must be positionally responsible. When attacking I set up the plays and work to create space as an outlet for passing to move the ball down the middle, move it out of pressure, create switches and send through balls.  As an OB I excel in 1 v. 1's. 

I take all Honors and AP classes.   

I started playing soccer at age 4 and have been playing at the elite travel level for 10 years.  Before aging out, I was an Alabama ODP Player.  I will play any position and am often moved around the field to strengthen different areas.  Although the youngest with an early birthday, I have always played "up" on older teams.   In 8th and 9th Grade I played both JV and Varsity and upon playing Varsity in 10th Grade I have now received two VARSITY LETTERS.

In 2022, I was asked to join the Dothan Shockers 04G team that plays only in College ID Showcases and tournaments.  In the past, I have played travel/elite soccer for Tallahassee Tottenham Hotspurs, Florida Elite Tallahassee and in 2021 I joined the Gulf Coast Texans 06G Travel Team.  

I challenge myself on and off the field to always be a better player, teammate and leader, and that is why I received a personal invite to both the ODP South Inter-Regional Scouting and College Combine for 2021 and 2022 and the 2021 USYS ODP South Regional ID Invitational.

I train 5 days per week, with additional sessions with a personal trainer.  

When I am not doing homework or training, I work pre-K and K kids at my school, read and watch sports.