The end of an era. “The Water Towers” Soccer Facility Shut Down by City
City officials abruptly shut down all operations at San Diego Indoor Soccer in North Park on September 26 If you or your kids play soccer in San Diego, you know “The Water Towers.” The North Park landmark has been a mainstay in the local soccer landscape for decades. More than a million San Diegans have […]
Living the Impossible Dream: From a Wheelchair to D1 Soccer
Last year, I told you Sarah Trent’s college soccer recruiting story. Recruiting specialists told Sarah all through high school that she needed to give up on her D1 soccer dreams. She didn’t listen. Now, she’s starting her sophomore season at New Mexico State University. Cassandra Herrman: Living her Dreams This year, I’m going to tell […]
USL San Diego Announces Aug9 “Listening Session” for Local San Diego Soccer Families
Due to overwhelming interest, USL San Diego’s “listening session” on Thursday August 8 reached full capacity. Leadership at USL San Diego has been keen to involve a wide variety of San Diego soccer fandom in the creation of USL San Diego’s identity. Small focus groups have been held over the past few months, and the […]
NFL Legend Drew Brees Joins Surf Sports
When Drew Brees went off Purdue University, he thought he was going to get to play college football and get a great education. After graduation, he would jump into a business career. He never imagined the sport of football would take him as far as it has. Drafted in the second round by the San […]
Player Spotlight: Christian Enriquez of ASC San Diego
SoccerNation is proud to feature Christian Enriquez of ASC San Diego. Christian and his older brother both play for ASC San Diego. Soccer has come naturally to Christian as he’s had several notable experiences that have elevated his skills and made him a very valuable asset to the club. Enriquez’s ball handling skills, national team […]
Summer Jobs for Teens: REFEREE tops the list
Summer is coming. A summer job, for a teenager, used to be a rite of passage. However, those jobs are harder and harder to find these days. Fast food and retail have high age minimums. Gone are the days of teenagers mowing lawns around the neighborhood for pocket money. But one of the greatest summer […]
Tryout Advice: So You’re Thinking about Switching Clubs…
Around Southern California, most competitive clubs are holding “olders” tryouts this week. Tryouts are stressful. Kids are nervous. Parents are tense. Coaches are trying to build the best rosters they can. If you’re a player or a parent on a great team with a coach you love, you can stop reading. This article isn’t for […]
Rebels U13 Boys Win CalSouth National Cup with Class
It took overtime to break the 0-0 deadlock of the Cal South Boys U13 National Cup Championship game. Rebels SC of San Diego, coached by Hector Camello Aguilar, were facing a strong Pumas USA team. As the end of the first 10min overtime period drew near, Rebels sent a long ball towards the Pumas’ corner […]
San Diego Surf’s NLI Signing Day Ceremony
On Wednesday November 14, 2018, high school athletes across the country put pen to paper, officially signing their NLI (National Letters of Intent) to commit to their future college athletics programs. At the Surf Cup Sports Park in Del Mar, San Diego Surf Soccer held a celebratory signing ceremony for their impressive class of high […]
U17 Womens World Cup: San Diego Surf’s Mia Fishel scores USA’s first goal
While many of her San Diego Surf teammates were in San Diego signing their NLI (National Letters of Intent) to play college soccer, UCLA commit Mia Fishel was in Uruguay opening up the scoring account for US Soccer at the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup. USA Cruises to 3-0 win at FIFA U17 Women’s World […]
Why does the Development Academy Bar Players from High School Soccer?
US Soccer Director of Talent Identification explains why DA players can not play for their high schools. The Boys’ Development Academy started in 2007, and the Girls’ Development Academy started in 2017. Since then, many families strongly disagree with US Soccer’s directive that DA players are not permitted to play for their high school teams […]
The Real Deal with Club Tryouts
Tryouts are almost universally the toughest part of the year for anyone involved with youth soccer. Players, parents and coaches alike all approach the tryout season in different ways, and the only real common denominator is the uncertainty that hangs over everyone until that final roster comes out. We spoke anonymously to a competitive club […]
Best Practices for the Best Practices
In the year 2017, soccer cleats with ankle support are manufactured by some of the world’s largest companies, using some of the world’s most innovative and advanced materials. It can be daunting when walking into a soccer shop and being confronted with a wall of cleats that come in a myriad of shapes, colors and […]
2017 Gold Cup & Mexico Are Coming To San Diego In July
CONCACAF announced venues and seeded teams for the upcoming 2017 Gold Cup and San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium has been selected to host Group C’s matches on July 9. Mexico and the United States are the only two seeded teams out of three groups. U.S. was seeded in Group B and Mexico was seeded in Group […]
FC Arizona Set To Join NPSL In 2017
The seven Southern California teams in the National Premier Soccer League’s Southwest Conference will be traveling out of state during the regular season for the first time since 2012. The trip will be roughly a 6 hour drive to Arizona, as the league announced FC Arizona as its newest expansion side. FC Arizona, owned by Scott […]
U.S. Soccer Announces Final 22 Clubs For Girls Development Academy
U.S. Soccer’s Girls’ Development Academy is now up to 74 teams following Tuesday’s announcement of an additional 22 teams. Included in the group of 22 are five California teams. Real So Cal, Burlingame SC, Pateadores, PSV Union, and West Coast Futbol Club. Also named were two familiar Arizona clubs Sereno SC and SC del Sol. […]