Callum Frogson · Founder
Released at 18.Professional at 22.
Nottingham Forest let me go at 18. I started again at a Division II school in Kansas, transferred up to Division I, finished in the ACC, and signed professionally at 22 with Brooklyn FC.
- Position
- Centre back
- Club
- Brooklyn FC
- League
- USL Championship
- Age
- 22
- Represented by
- CAA Stellar
The hard part wasn’t the rejection.
When Forest released me, the hard part was that nobody could tell me what to do next. What was actually missing from my game. How recruiting worked, or what a program at the next level wanted. How to train, eat and recover like the level I was chasing. I worked it out slowly, over four years. 24Training is that help, built into something a player can use.
The moment it paid off
I signed my first professional contract at 22. It came after four years of patience, work nobody watched, and feeling not good enough more times than I can count.
The feeling never proved anything. I kept working anyway.
The pathway
Five teams. Two countries.
The climb, year by year.
Nottingham Forest
Academy
Grew up inside a Premier League club's academy system in Nottingham, England. Released at 18.
Fort Hays State
NCAA Division II
Moved to America at 18 and started the climb again from Division II.
Florida Atlantic
NCAA Division I
Transferred up to Division I.
North Carolina
ACC
Started every match in the ACC, one of the strongest conferences in college soccer.
Brooklyn FC
USL Championship · Professional
Signed a first professional contract at 22. Centre back. Represented by CAA Stellar.
Along the way: finance, economics, exercise science and sports administration, studied across Fort Hays State, Florida Atlantic and North Carolina.
What this means for you.
Most players who get released stop. Most who keep going do it blind. I can’t promise you a contract, and nobody honest can. What I can do is tell you the truth about where your game is now, show you the routes that are actually open to you, and give you the structure that makes the unseen work possible.
Motivation runs out in two weeks. A plan doesn’t.
For parents.
A player can have all the ambition in the world and still need someone to back it. If your son or daughter is serious, the most useful things you can give them are honest feedback about where they actually are, and access to the tools that close the gap. That is what this is. Not a promise about where they will end up, but real coaching from someone who made the climb.
Ask me anything before you spend a dollar. The first analysis is free.