Notes from the recruiting trenches.
What we learned as a family going through it, what a recruiting coordinator sees every week, and what we are building because of it.
- October 28, 2026 · Justin Hamilton, parent and co-founder
Your List Isn't One List. It's Two.
Ask a family what matters in a college and you get one list. It is really two: the non-negotiables that decide which schools show up at all, and the negotiables you go and find out at each school still on your list.
Read the post → - October 21, 2026 · Justin Hamilton, parent and co-founder
There Are About 1,600 Programs. Start With Seven Questions.
A list of 1,600 programs is not a list, it is a wall. Seven questions, none of them about soccer, turn it into one a family can work with.
Read the post → - October 12, 2026 · Jill Hamilton, parent and co-founder
A Privilege and a Challenge
A mother’s perspective on the college soccer recruiting journey.
Read the post → - October 2, 2026 · Justin Hamilton, parent and co-founder
June 15th Is Coming. Here’s What Actually Happens.
June 15th after sophomore year is the first day a college coach can pick up the phone and call you. Here is the day, from both sides of the phone.
Read the post → - September 21, 2026 · Anthony Presnell (AP), co-founder of HustlPlay
College Recruiting Is Hard. Managing It Shouldn’t Be.
After 10 years as a college coach and recruiting coordinator, and more than 500 families helped since, AP on why most families aren’t short on effort, they’re short on one place to manage it all, and what he plans to share here.
Read the post → - September 16, 2026 · Justin and Jill Hamilton, parents and co-founders
Why we built HustlPlay
Every family that goes through college soccer recruiting says some version of the same thing: "I had no idea it was going to be like this." Here is the week that started HustlPlay, the gap we kept seeing, and what we set out to build.
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