SoccerNation Club Spotlight: Poway Vaqueros
SoccerNation is spotlighting youth clubs from all over these United States of America. Powered by soccerloco, the SoccerNation Club Spotlight Series will take us all around Southern California and to special soccer spots across the country. Next up, we come back a little closer to home (soccerloco’s home that is) as we’re joined by Vickie […]
SoccerNation Club Spotlight: Scottsdale Soccer Club (Part 1)
The train just keeps on rolling. All aboard! SoccerNation is spotlighting youth clubs from all over these United States of America. Powered by soccerloco, the SoccerNation Club Spotlight Series has already taken us all around Southern California and to some very special soccer spots across this great country. From the Hawaiian Islands to the Eastern […]
Cal South Tournaments – May and June 2017
Tournaments have some great opportunities. Implementing all of your hard work into action, against not only new competition, but top competition. One of the most important benefits from a tournament? Mental development. Teams will have several games in one day for possibly an entire weekend. This will not only challenge your players physically, but will […]
Cal South Tournaments – July and August 2017
Tournaments have some great opportunities. Implementing all of your hard work into action, against not only new competition, but top competition. One of the most important benefits from a tournament? Mental development. Teams will have several games in one day for possibly an entire weekend. This will not only challenge your players physically, but will […]
SoccerNation Club Spotlight: Riptide Soccer Club
Based in the beautiful Point Loma community in San Diego, California, Riptide Soccer Club is the competitive arm of the Point Loma Soccer Association. Originally founded in 2010, Riptide SC is a club that has continued to grow and is an excellent place for young players looking to hone their craft and grow in the […]
Presidio’s Cal South State Cup Olders Champions
A multitude of teams from all around Southern California competed in the 2017 Cal South State Cup, which began at the end of March for the Olders Divisions. Truly one of the largest tournaments in the nation, becoming a State Cup Champion is a huge accomplishment. With such a prestigious tournament being held in Southern California, Presidio Soccer League […]
SoccerNation Club Spotlight: Heat FC of Las Vegas
SoccerNation is spotlighting youth clubs from all over these United States of America. Powered by soccerloco, the SoccerNation Club Spotlight Series will take us all around Southern California and to special soccer spots across the country. Our first stop is Las Vegas, as our own Nate Abaurrea talks with the Director of Heat FC, Eric […]
SoccerNation Sitdown: Jimmy Obleda of Boca OC
According to Merriam Webster, success is defined as a “favorable or desired outcome”. Some synonyms include favorable outcome, positive result, triumph or even Hollywood ending. The Boca Juniors OC boys 2002 team coached by Boca Director of Coaching and Santiago Canyon Men’s Soccer Coach, Jimmy Obleda, wrote their own “Hollywood ending” recently by winning the […]
Youth Club Lawsuit Dismissed by U.S District Court
On Thursday, March 30th, ESPN’s Jeff Carlisle reported that a class-action lawsuit against the MLS Players Union by three youth clubs where U.S. National Team players Clint Dempsey, Michael Bradley and DeAndre Yedlin played as children has been dismissed by order of the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division. This is the […]
SoccerNation Sitdown: Matt Morse on AC Brea
Matt Morse is no stranger to SoccerNation. After a detailed chat this week about his role as President of So Cal Premier, Morse sat down with our own Nate Abaurrea to discuss his Director of Coaching position at AC Brea in Orange County. AC Brea have some unique philosophies in the youth soccer landscape, and […]
Presidio’s Cal South State Cup Youngers Champions
A multitude of teams from all around Southern California competed in the 2017 Cal South State Cup, which began mid-January and ended early March. Truly one of the largest tournaments in the nation, becoming a State Cup Champion is a huge accomplishment. With such a prestigious tournament being held in Southern California, Presidio Soccer League – a premier […]
Best Practices for Getting in Shape this Season
What fuels an athlete? There are three energy systems, or bioenergetics, that overlap and work together on a cellular level to physiologically produce energy and effectively fuel our bodies during activity. Two of the systems, the phosphagen and glycolytic systems, are anaerobic systems, which run in the absence of oxygen. The third system, the aerobic […]
From Chile to the United States: Adjusting to the Soccer Climate
After being away in Chile for 19 years, Alejandro Medel arrived back in the states and immediately began looking for a club to play with. Joined by his wife of 16 years and their son who just turned 6 years old, they were eager to play the beautiful game together, side by side, just as […]
Albion SC Development Showcase 2017 Recap
The 4th annual Albion SC Development Showcase took place January 7 & 8, 2017 in beautiful San Diego, California. According to Tournament Director Wayne Crowe, the showcase was started by Albion Soccer Club when they realized a need in the market. “Albion SC wanted to offer an elite competition in Southern California in January,” said […]
An Ocean Will Drown a Seed
One of the most difficult tasks us coaches have is distilling our information into short lessons for our players. We have years of playing and coaching experience swimming about in our heads, and want so badly to lay it all on our players to help them grow. We think the more we say, the more […]
Keisuke Honda Embarks on U.S. Youth Soccer Development
Soccer’s status as “the world’s game” has never been more apparent. In January of 2016, Japanese icon and A.C. Milan midfielder Keisuke Honda gave an interview to Fox Sports in which he explained the reasoning behind the skills camp for youth soccer players he had just hosted at the Los Angeles Galaxy’s training facility in the […]