Photo courtesy of Don Liebig/UCLA
By ADAM SERRANO
LOS ANGELES –- Chandler Hoffman is an opportunist.
His ability to get into the right place at the right time has helped him develop into one of the most feared attackers in college soccer, scoring 18 goals this season at UCLA.
It was his ingenuity and ability to create on his own that got him to UCLA in the first place, though. Midway through his junior year at Oaks Mountain High in Birmingham, Ala., Hoffman was a lightly considered prospect, who was by-and-large ignored by the major programs. To draw the attention of the nation's biggest programs, Hoffman devised a plan as clever as any of his runs towards goal.
He took a chance by putting together a three-minute, 31-second clip of his high school highlights on YouTube and sent the video to coaches at Wake Forest, Maryland and UCLA.
"I realized that I had a really unique ability to score goals, so I thought, 'What do I have to lose?'" Hoffman said. "Within five minutes, I got responses from all of them, asking when they could see me play."
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