Happy New Year to everyone from Grande Sports World. It is a new year with a lot of exciting activities happening in 2011. Grande Sports World welcomes over 130 coaches from around the country looking to pursue either their B or C License from US Soccer. It is a demanding 9 days of intense learning,...Read More
En Route: Who Will Be The Next MLS Homegrown Signing? MLS Development Academies give teams plenty of choices By J.R. Zach Pfeffer became the 23rd player to sign a homegrown contract with MLS. The question beckons – who will be next? Pfeffer signed his deal with the Philadelphia Union, making the club the 13th to...Read More
Grande Sports World wants to thank everyone who helped make 2010 a successful year. It was an exciting year as Grande Sports World put itself not only on the map here in the United States but also across the globe. It was a year that was groundbreaking in so many ways. Here are just some...Read More
Real Salt Lake will be holding their first “Invite-Only Combine” in Casa Grande, Ariz., at the site of their youth development academy this week. The three-day camp will be held December 16-18 at Grande Sports World. The team has limited senior roster spots open and little salary-budget flexibility with which to tinker, but league rosters...Read More
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Dec. 13, 2010) – The final of three 2010 id2 Regional Training Camps came to a close as more than 120 elite boys born in 1997-98 and girls born in 1996-97 representing a total of 18 states were on-hand for four days of high-level training and off-the-field sessions, Dec. 9-12 at Grande...Read More
In the world of soccer, developing young players by bringing them through the academy ranks and into the senior team is not a novel idea. But for Real Salt Lake, their newly announced RSL-Arizona Academy team is something of a revolutionary concept. Back in 2006, the league announced its Youth Development Initiative, which required all...Read More
RSL-Arizona Academy Squads Finish Undefeated at 2010 US Soccer Development Academy Winter Showcase in Phoenix The RSL-Arizona Academy Program shined last weekend, as its U15/U16 and U17/U18 teams both went undefeated during the 2010 US Soccer Development Academy Winter Showcase, which took place in their backyard at the Reach 11 Soccer Complex in Phoenix. The...Read More
Grande Sports World and the Francisco Grande Hotel and Golf Resort welcomes US Club Soccer and their id2 program. id2 will be here from December 9-12, 2010. id2 was established in 2004, US Club Soccer’s id2 national identification and development program provides an opportunity for the country’s top youth talent to be identified and developed...Read More
News about the RSL-AZ Academy and their six matches coming soon… From the U.S. Soccer Communications Center: ACROSS THE ACADEMY Winter Showcase Wrap Up – Dec. 7, 2010 Across the Academy is a weekly summary of news related to the U.S. Soccer Development Academy program, highlighting Academy clubs, current and former players, youth national team...Read More
The RSL-AZ U18 Development Academy boys dismantled a poor IMG Academy team 7-0 on Saturday morning. In what was an intriguing match on so many levels, the two residential programs competed against each other for the first time Following the U18 match, the U16 RSL-AZ boys tied IMG 1-1 More match highlights and news to...Read More
