January 29th, 2024: It's a big time in youth soccer here in SoCal and across the country. The Development Academy is back in full swing, high school is wrapping up the season, club teams are all prepping for State Cup, showcase tournaments, and then Nationals. College ID camps and  Talent ID camps are happening in search of the nation's elite youth players. The elite teams will also begin the second leg of their 2023-24 seasons (ECNL, E64NL,MLS Next, and GAs) shortly.

It's a good time to pay attention to your fundamentals and put time in honing your footwork, ball mastery, finishing, defensive tactics, and transitioning skills/IQ. FC7Soccer®s Development Academy™ in Santa Clarita and the San Fernando Valley is open for business on those free weekends you have off. Come by to be assessed and train on the edge to get your game play on and off the ball in order and play elite. We have our main days and we  have private training available. Call us or just sign up and come down to try us complimentary.

​We also have a great podcast series that started this year on our podcast page or wherever podcasts are available. They are inspirational, motivational, and add to your mental game IQ.

January 4th, 2024: Back in June of 2023, we had our first Cal South™ Olympic Development Program™ player make the ODP™ roster. You may know her as  Nicky Pickering. She made the G09 ODP™ team. ODP™ is a program that USYS™ oversees at the highest levels before US Soccer® takes over for the national teams. You must be a club player that coaches feel is at the highest levels and can adapt quickly to play with others at that same level. Think of it as an all-star team. You also must be invited to tryout. Here is a link to see the rosters and learn more about Cal South™/USYS™/US Soccer® ODP™.

• https://calsouth.com/pro-odp-player-pools/

The Winter Pool Cal South™ ODP™ tryouts began in mid-November through December to play in AZ against the other states in our region. We had about 10 other players (mostly boys) invited to tryout. Although 5 made it to final cuts, only 3 made it through with their respective teams. Shout out to all invited to tryout and shout out to those that made it up to final cuts. Our current 4 players who made their respective teams and are going to play in Arizona are (pictured above): Julian Alborzian-B08, Logan Cummings-B10, Nicky Pickering-G09, and Axel Soto-B10, please be sure to congratulate them when you see them at training. All 4 members also train with us at the FC7Soccer® Development Academy™ in Santa Clarita. Here at FC7Soccer® we are very proud of their accomplishment and wish them the best at the USYS™ ODP­™ regional tournament. CONGRATULATIONS!

As we reflect on 2023, it was a fun year here at FC7Soccer® Development Academy. We met a lot of new faces and families. Our club teams moved up and played well, and we had our first players make the Cal South ODP teams.

With all of that in mind we wanted to take the time and thank you all for the wonderful support in 2023, we are all very grateful. We are looking forward to a fantastic 2024 with gratitude and grace. -FC7Soccer® MGMT.