USL Academy League Opens Doors for Youth Clubs Across the Nation

As competitive soccer families wait to see what the future holds, the USL Academy League has moved ahead and opened up applications for clubs to join. MLS details still unknown, 95 founding clubs nation-wide Last month, Major League Soccer announced how they will be helping to fill the void left by the demise of the […]
Lasting Legacy: Christopher Ortega

Christopher Ortega grew up on the soccer fields of San Diego and SoCal. When Christopher was a young player, his father, Dan Ortega, coached and mentored him from a recreational level all the way to Nado Select in Coronado. As Christopher grew and his talent flourished, he went on to play for Nomads Soccer Club, Surf Soccer, Arsenal FC, and LA Galaxy Academy. He […]
MLS Youth Announcement: What we know and what we don’t know.

Today, Major League Soccer announced a list of the founding members of their new youth development program. The full MLS announcement can be found HERE. Fred Lipka, VP and Technical Director of MLS Player Development, said the new program will “change the face of youth development in the US and Canada.” What we know: The […]
LA Galaxy U-15/16 & Nomads U-17/18 Advance To USSDA Semifinals

This past August, more than 190 clubs from around the country kicked off another United States Soccer Development Academy (USSDA) season. Less than 12 months later that list is now down to eight teams that include California’s own LA Galaxy U-15/16 and Nomads U-17/18. The other advancing teams in the U-15/16 group are FC Dallas, […]
San Diego Homegrown Series: Eric Avila

Passion, hard-work, determination and winning are all extremely familiar terms for the subject this week’s edition of San Diego Homegrowns: Eric Avila. Avila is another great example of a local San Diego youth who embraced the love for the game at the age of five years old. Growing up in the Carlsbad and Encinitas area, […]
San Diego Homegrown Series: Shawn Nicklaw

The road to life as a professional soccer player is not an easy one, yet another one of our own from San Diego is living his childhood dream. Shawn Nicklaw started playing at the age of four, spending his entire youth career with the La Jolla Nomads in which he never looked back. After attending […]
Seven California Natives Selected In 2016 NWSL Draft

The day after Major League Soccer’s annual draft, the National Women’s Soccer League held its draft and a total of seven California natives were selected over the course of the draft’s four rounds. READ: Four California natives (Men) selected in 2016 Major League Soccer SuperDraft The first native off the board was Cal defender Sam […]