Here’s a recent email I got regarding soccer camps: My son is 12 and [has been] in club soccer for 3 years. He loves the game and is in the top 25% of his team (not top 5%). He plays wing back right or left. Is short, fast and technical. My questions to you were [...]
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Here’s the video of our first match against FC Barcelona at MIC Cup. Watch carefully – this offers just a flavor of what gold standard football can look like for 11 year olds. Context is king! Something we’ll be providing as we continue this path of soccer education.
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Hi guys, Just a little update on what’s going on, and where that final report on how the MIC tournament concluded is at. After returning from Barcelona, there’s been a ton of activity behind the scenes. Some things are very ugly, but some things are great. Brian is now at Chivas USA (that of course [...]
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MIC Cup Semi-final vs Ajax L’estartit – Another prime time showdown against one of the top youth academies in world football. The Netherlands have produced countless world class players with Ajax being the conveyer belt. Johan Cruyff, Edwin van der Sar, Dennis Bergkamp, Patrick Kluivert, Marco Van Basten, Rafael van der Vaart, Wesley Sneijder, and [...]
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MIC Cup Game 4 vs EF Baix Ter It came down to goal differential and FC Barcelona ended up scoring 6 on Begur, securing 1st place in our group. This meant we would now face 2nd place from group D, EF Baix Ter, a local Catalunya team. We had them scouted well, and knew it [...]
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MIC Cup Game 3 vs Cherry Orchard (Ireland) After a monumental draw against FC Barcelona at noon, we had to shift our focus to our last pool play game against Irish side Cherry Orchard. They had just come off consecutive losses to Barcelona (9-0) and Begur (2-1) and had nothing but pride to play for. [...]
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MIC Day 2 3/28/13 The second day of MIC would be the most anticipated match day, not only for the boys here, but for all the players who came before them and for the club and for US soccer. El Super Clasico between FC Barcelona and Total Football Academy (that’s us) was on the minds [...]
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MIC Cup game #1 TFA vs Begur 3-27-13 After months of intense preparation, the day had come for our MIC Cup debut. A pleasant 25 minute bus ride to Begur to take on local youth club Begur in their hometown stadium. A great atmosphere awaited the team and we were ready to get the well [...]
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The Giants Smash the Minnows 3/27/13 Day 1 of the MIC allowed for the Giants of the soccer world, Manchester United, FC Barcelona, Ajax and Villareal, to showcase their class against local inferior teams. These clubs are able to attract talent from across the globe and are consistently producing the next soccer superstar. Villareal Villareal [...]
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Friendly vs. Juniors 3/25/13 5-0 After a long trip across the Atlantic the squad was dying to get a game in. A local club in Barcelona, Juniors FC, Infantil “B”, would be the perfect test for the boys. We arrived for pregame at their modest sporting facility. Pregame Warm up was shaky, and the players [...]
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