Soccer and basketball players, unlike football and hockey players, are facially exposed (i.e. unmasked) which helps with fan and viewer identification.
You'll want to look as young as possible when actual good jobs come in three to seven years and you're competing against new grads, so try not to get any wrinkles stay out of the sun and don't smoke or react facially to anything, even if the Cubs win the World Series or if they find out that Amelia Earhart ate her navigator Fred Noonan.