Started in 2005, the Soccer Center of Excellence is one of three more recognized soccer residential programs in the country, and the only one to fully combine school and sport. The program has five teams: two girls' and four boys'. More SSM soccer players sign to play for NCAA Division I colleges than any other high school in the country, and the school has produced professional players, such as Teal Bunbury Sheldon Shealer, Shattuck-St. Mary's -- its system works, ESPN, February 4, 2010. The program is now a competitive member of MLS Next.
