Soccer Souls

Thank you to everyone who came out to our Soccer Souls for Schools Fundraiser at Pitfire Pizza on Monday night! It was wonderful to see familiar faces supporting the program and our mission. We'll have details soon about the amount we raised!

We had a BLAST at our first-ever week of Soccer Souls Summer Camp. We had a wonderful group of kids. They learned a lot, improved a lot, and had LOTS of FUN!

A surprise highlight of Summer Camp: Karaoke with Aishwarya!

Our wonderful designer, Andrew Steiner, added the tagline to our logo. We think it says it all!

First day of Soccer Souls Summer Camp is in the books! We had a great time in Griffith Park playing LOTS of soccer: juggling, dribbling, scrimmaging, World Cupping. And the best part: WATER FREIZE TAG!

Soccer Souls Weekly Read #1: Michael Sokolove's "How A Soccer Star is Made". New York Times Magazine, June 2010. This article lit a fire in me to find new ways to teach soccer to American children. In it, Michael Sokolove reports on the famed youth academy of legendary Dutch club, Ajax, where where coaching and training emphasize technique over winning, practice over games, and a balance between a soccer life and a personal life. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/magazine/06Soccer-t.html?_r=0

How a Soccer Star Is Made In Europe, a cutting-edge talent factory trains elite soccer players — starting at age 7.

Andrea Pirlo--Italian World Cup Champion, NYCFC midfileder, and one of the greatest players of all-time--talks about the need for American youth players to receive better technical training--and BE MORE CREATIVE! Right in line with the Soccer Souls mission: http://www.espnfc.com/major-league-soccer/story/2878287/nycfcs-andrea-pirlo-mls-has-too-much-running-and-too-little-play

NYCFC's Andrea Pirlo: MLS has too much running, too little play "It's a very hard league to play in. There is a lot of physical work and to me, in my mind, too little play," Pirlo said.

Registration is open for our Summer Camps! The week-long camps start June 13th and run through August 12th. We hold them at the fabulously renovated John Ferraro Soccer Fields in Griffith Park. Check out our website for details and to register. http://www.soccersoulsla.com/summer-camps/

SUMMER CAMPS The goal of our soccer camps is to help kids aged 6 - 11 develop their soccer skills through fun individual and team-building activities. We have 5 years of experience running soccer camps for kids and we are looking forward to playing with you this summer!

We had a blast at the Elysian Heights Fitness Fair on May 13th. We ran clinics for kindergartners - 6th graders all morning. Usually 40-50 kids at a time. It was fun! (And exhausting!)

Josephine smiles after toasting her little brother!

Focusing on his footwork.

Leo Lewellen. The original Soccer Soul!