University of San Francisco coach Erik Visser has been involved in just about every facet of the game both here and abroad. A native of Holland and a player... ESNN (Elite Soccer News Network)

With more than 100 teams and thousands of players on hand in late June for the USSF Development Academy Showcase in Greensboro, NC, it might have been easy to miss a group...

A rare combination is how Don Ebert describes Bobby Wood. Ebert should know, he’s coached the Irvine Strikers forward for some time now, and has continued to monitor his progress...

This was no vacation, but he knew that. It didn’t take long for Kovi Konowiecki, then a 14-year old from Long Beach, CA, to realize the course he was taking would be inherently difficult....

There has to be something more.  That’s a phrase that goes a long way toward describing the mindset of players entering the SuperElite® Soccer system.  With all the time and money...

It’s a simple question, but a very fair one to ask about the player development initiative being implemented now by the U.S. Soccer Federation. The answer, not surprisingly, is more...

As the most gifted U-20 American soccer players from across the country arrived at Concordia University in Irvine, Ca. for the U.S.F.C.’s inaugural International Youth Soccer Showcase, there...

Alex Bramall and Rafael Diaz have already combined for 17,000 frequent flyer miles this spring.  Diaz went to Northern Ireland to compete in the 2007 Ballymena Tournament with the Men’s...

As part of the U.S.F.C. Discovery Network, five players from Crossfire Premier were invited to the U.S.F.C. Discover America™ International Youth Soccer Showcase, June 7-10, 2007, in Irvine,...

The Strikers can account for 13 current professional players, 118 past and present NCAA Division 1 players, and two rising stars in the TSV 1860 Munich youth academy.   “The success...