Alumni Corner: Jake Fenlason, the Recruiting Years
Make stops at every Alumni Corner HERE. Last week, SoccerNation families were introduced to San Diego Loyal Soccer Club goalkeeper, Jake Fenlason. A San Diego native, Fenlason grew up on the rec and club soccer fields around San Diego. During SD Loyal’s Kit Reveal at Stone Brewery, I got the chance to sit down with […]
Alumni Corner: Leslie Osborne, Peak Soccer
Welcome to Week three of Alumni Corner! In Week One, we met Leslie Osborne and learned all about her youth soccer years in Wisconsin. In Week Two, we ventured through her high school years. ODP, Youth National Teams, College Recruiting. All of that led to where we are now: Week 3 and “Peak Soccer.” Santa […]
Alumni Corner: Leslie Osborne, the high school years
Welcome to Week 2 of Leslie Osborne’s Alumni Corner: the high school and recruiting years Thank you to the team at ECNL for partnering with SoccerNation for this series! Last week, we met Leslie Osborne. She grew up in Wisconsin, where she played her youth club soccer and got her biggest growth opportunities through the ODP program. […]
Alumni Corner: Meet Leslie Osborne!
We are kicking off our newest SoccerNation feature, Alumni Corner, with a “NBD” type of player. She only played for youth national teams, an NCAA D1 powerhouse, USWNT, Olympics, and World Cup teams. No Big Deal, right? Meet Leslie Osborne Over the next few weeks, we’ll be talking all about Leslie’s playing career and her […]
Tokyo 2020 is coming! US Men’s Olympic Soccer 101
2020 is an Olympic Year. All those sports Americans barely know exist in any other year — we love watching them all. Like Team Handball — why isn’t that a bigger deal here in America? It looks so fun! But back to soccer… Olympic Soccer 101 Soccer, of course, is an Olympic sport. It’s not […]
EMMA HADLEY ODP BOUND
Congratulations to NMSC’s G12 — Emma Hadley — on her honor of being selected to this year’s Olympic Development Program (ODP)! Emma is coached by Nike Developmental Coach of the Year — 2013, Nick Dodd. Well done!!
CHRISTOPHER REYES ODP BOUND
Congratulations to NMSC’s BU15 — CHRISTOPHER REYES — on his honor of being selected to this year’s Olympic Development Program (ODP)! CHRIS is coached by Damon Hughes.