Oakville resident Matthew Wilson will play soccer at United Kingdom’s Oakland College next year as he pursues his dream of a professional soccer career.

The 17-year-old played last summer for the Oakville Soccer Club and currently attends the Blyth Academy advanced sports training school in Burlington. This past winter, Wilson trained with Hamilton’s FC Shalke professional development program, and he’ll play for Schalke this summer in the Hamilton & District Soccer Association’s men’s league.

Wilson is one of three players from Schalke who will start the 2014-15 campaign in Europe. Dundas resident Keani Fairbanks, also 17, will join Wilson at Oaklands. Nineteen-year-old Martin Kowalski of Hamilton Mountain has been offered a position as a striker with a Polish Second Division team.

All three boys had multiple trials in Europe this spring before making their decision.