Philadelphia Union’s renowned youth platform provides local players an opportunity to pursue excellence in soccer in an enriching and nurturing environment.The Union Pre-Academy is the foundation of the Philadelphia Union player pathway and features dedicated teams for ages seven to ten. This multi-faceted organization incorporates youth soccer development programs, adult recreational leagues, education, high-performance sport sciences, and sports marketing.Philadelphia Union is excited to announce our open tryouts for all regional boys born in 2009, 2010, or 2011, for our Philadelphia Union Juniors Pre-Academy!
“But being in high school with your teammates — you’re always around everyone and you get to meet some of the other age groups — has its advantages too.” As his CB East friends have had to cope with ending their senior years through completing assignments online and seeing events canceled, the school component of the final months of Sotack’s senior year has been the least disruptive aspect of things. The school – YSC Academy – opened its doors in September of 2013 in partnership with the Philadelphia Union. All rights reserved. At the highest level, the game of soccer has rapidly evolved to a phase where speed of play and speed of technical-skill execution are paramount to success. YSC Academy’s soccer curriculum is designed and implemented by Philadelphia Union Academy staff to improve the speed and quality of technical skills and decision-making of all players.
Philadelphia Union’s culture and methodology are key pillars of Union Pre-Academy. Column 1.
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Adam Lenges, Cole Sotack and Aboubacar Camara among the graduating class at YSC AcademyWhen Adam Lenges, Cole Sotack and Aboubacar Camara walked off the field in Leesburg, Virginia after a 3-2 loss to The YSC Academy seniors, set to graduate in an online ceremony on Friday, have been teammates since 2015 when they were rostered on the first U13 team fielded by the “It’s very sad to see everything that we’ve worked toward this year in a soccer sense and also in a community sense over these past years kind of just end,” said Lenges, who joined the academy at age 11 from Penn Fusion after starting his youth soccer career at Kirkwood FC in Delaware. All Major League Soccer trademarks and copyrights used by permission.
The Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer and YSC Sports are teaming up to help develop and educate the next generation of soccer stars. I hereby consent to receive additional information from Major League Soccer, its Clubs, Soccer United Marketing and its marketing partners in accordance with our In the fall of 2017, Philadelphia Union launched its innovative new program for selected boys aged seven to ten.This extension of Philadelphia Union’s renowned Union Academy will feature full-time players pools in the new “Union Pre-Academy” program for boys in the U8, U9, U10, and U11 age groups.Philadelphia Union are proven thought leaders in youth development in North America, and once again are setting a League standard with a full-time, inclusive program for ages seven to ten.Philadelphia Union’s culture and methodology are key pillars of Union Pre-Academy. The final trip to play Red Bull away in North Jersey that would have been last weekend, the in-person graduation ceremony and the recognition before a home game at Subaru Park as the tradition has been in June to name just a few things that have been significantly changed or postponed. We are recognized as the largest privately held transportation company in the United States and have garnered an industry-leading reputation for top quality customer service and a diverse fleet of late-model equipment. Union Academy. The Union Pre-Academy’s goal is to develop passion, technique, and decision-making skills, encourage freedom, and emphasize core values and attitude in a fun, nurturing, development-oriented environment. While Lenges is planning to take a gap year, Camara is committed to the University of Louisville and Sotack to Rutgers University for the fall.
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Development Academy Alumni. Union Youth Director Ryan Richter has introduced players into a holistic, experiential, game oriented and player-centric environment at Union Youth Development’s home complex YSC Sports.Coach Richter's staff of coaches dedicated to the Pre-Academy are essential members of Philadelphia Union Youth’s staff, and are provided their own extensive coaching education program and all of the resources available to the program to ensure that our players are provided an incomparable developmental environment.
Union Pre-Academy players will participate in basketball and other multisport activities which sports science suggests are beneficial for the athletic and coordinative development of the under-12 athlete.Philadelphia Union is passionately committed to providing our rich local talent pool every opportunity to play a starring role for the club, and believe that our “Pathway to the Pros” will be a key ingredient to the Union’s future successes.With the Union Pre-Academy, an environment that develops a sustained love for the game is the ultimate goal.