The search for another Jozy Altidore (here at the World Cup) starts in January
Schulz Academy is working on its next step to prepare players for professional soccer. Starting in January 2011 players of the PDL team and talented national and international youth players will be brought in to beautiful Boca Raton in Florida having one goal: Playing in the next World Cup 2014 in Brazil, and becoming pro in Europe before.
Check out the latest videos on practice, facilities and match highlights
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True to the principle “No politics” SFE together with Schulz Academy launches new Developmental Program
South Florida Elite FC has appointed Dr. Josef Schulz as its sole Director of Coaching and lead trainer. Dr. Schulz is one of the most renowned trainers in the country, and the head of Schulz Academy. “I wish “Pitu” Alvarez and Charles Freitas all the best in the future. Pitu is a very talented trainer and Charlie was a very good administrator, and both brought a lot to the club. But we are excited about the future”, remarks Dr. Schulz. “We intend to build on the strong foundation laid by Pitu, Charlie and others, and I am sure the new training program will take the club and its talented players to the next level.”
In this new program there will be only 4 teams, and all 4 will be trained and coached by Josef Schulz.
Your chance to be spotted by the English Premier League Club here in South Florida
West Ham United International Academy, the international arm of the London-based EPL-club West Ham United, is holding its first ID Camp in South Florida together with its exclusive Florida-partner Coerver-Schulz Academy at Palm City this month. The 3-day camp will take place in Palm City and will be full of drills and exercises that are standard practice for the West Ham Academy in London. This will help the participants to improve their game and the West Ham coaches will be able to see who has what it takes to go to the next level. The hottest prospects of the camp in Palm City will be invited to participate at the national camp in Northern Virginia, which takes place on July 21-24 2010.
2 Soccer camps in May in Land of "Sleeping Soccer Giant".
From April 30 - May 12 Schulz Academy coaches will hold a soccer clinic in India. The first one will be in New Delhi, the second one in Noida.
"India is a huge soccer market, although currently India doesn't play a big role in world soccer and other sports are more popular. But alone with the extraordinary high population of more than a billion people, India can develop into something interesting", says Dr. Josef Schulz, president of the Schulz Academy.
SCHULZ ACADEMY FORMS PARTNERSHIP WITH COERVER TRAINING METHODS
Besides the already since many years established SCHULZ ACADEMY in Ft. Lauderdale, the plan for this additional venture in the first year is to form 3 COERVER SCHULZ ACADEMIES in Florida. The first one starts in the Treasure Coast area, and it starts with a splash. On May 21-23, 2010, coaches from West Ham United International Academy will come to Florida to be part of the West Ham United ID camp. The best players of this camp will be invited to the West Ham United National ID Camp to Virginia in July. The best from there will be invited to London to train with the top international soccer talent at the West Ham United Academy.
The Coerver Schulz Academies will be year round soccer programs, where the focus is on developing talented soccer players through high quality training, and reducing the number of games.
“The biggest mistake here in the US is the fact, that players, especially in younger age groups, have too many games. In this new program we make sure that players grow up with a healthy mix of quality training and quality games” says Paul Gibbons, Regional Director of Coerver Coaching Methods South East USA.
SCHULZ ACADEMY GETS 17 NOMINATIONS FOR ODP SELECT POOL
OVERALL STRENGTH SHOWS ON NUMBER OF SELECTIONS
United Soccer Leagues (USL) voted an incredible 17 boys and girls of the Schulz Academy teams into the ODP select pool. This mirrors the fantastic season the Schulz Academy had in 2009, which ended with two national titles (U14+U17 boys) and a semi-final (U15 boys).
SCHULZ ACADEMY PDL AND WEST HAM UNITED INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY START ELITE PROGRAM FOR TALENTED SOCCER PLAYERS
True to the principle “No politics” Schulz Academy launches new Developmental Program
Parallel to the start of the new PDL team “Ft. Lauderdale Schulz Academy” a new program for talented young Soccer Players will be launched. 4 teams in the age groups U12, U14, U16 and U18/19 will be formed.
The year round program will start with the Schulz Academy/West Ham Camp on May 14, 15, 16, where the best players will be chosen. The program will continue with the Super Y League season of the “Ft.Lauderdale Schulz Academy PDL” with games on June 1st through August 29th, and will continue with other specific games , events and tournaments throughout the year.
Fort Lauderdale is looking for the next Jozy Altidore at PDL-tryouts
Ft. Lauderdale S.A.-Scouts sharpen their eyes and pencils to spot the next big star to come
The waiting is over, the tryout dates are out and players from all over the country will make their way to the four tryouts for the Fort Lauderdale Schulz Academy PDL-Team of 2010. The team will be highly competitive and only players who are seriously pursuing a career in soccer will be considered. A lot of strong players will join from Brazil directly, who will bring a lot of talent and even more hunger for achievement on a professional level, an attitude that will be contagious to the rest of the team...
Fort Lauderdale Schulz Academy launches homepage for PDL-franchise
Find out all the dates, schedules, exciting news on the brand new Fort Lauderdale Schulz Academy at www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2010/16200461.html#MAIN
SCHULZ ACADEMY partners with KICKS Soccer Club for Super-Y League
Boca Raton, February 18, 2010
Dr. Josef Schulz, owner of Schulz Academy, is adding a new twist to his Super-Y League (SYL) program this summer by adding the KICKS Soccer Club as a partner. The two soccer programs are gearing up for the 2010 SYL with the intentions of returning more teams to the USL North American Finals in November. Schulz approached Kicks Soccer Club with an idea in mind, one that seemed to be worth pursuing. With Schulz Academy’s newest professional program, the USL Professional Developmental League (PDL), Schulz had to find a solution for his future time consumed summer. The idea to use one of the fastest growing clubs in South Florida and their professional coaching staff to help run his program might turn out to be a bright one.
Virginia tops unbeaten Akron on penalty kicks for 6th national title
Schulz Academy and US National Team Player, Shawn Barry, now playing for Virginia
“Shawn has all the ingredients for a professional soccer player. He is extremely fast, has good technique, and can play in different positions. I remember when we were with our U17 Schulz Academy Team a few years ago in Europe at a tournament, half of the pro clubs participating at this tournament wanted to sign him immediately”, remembers Dr. Josef Schulz, his former coach at the Schulz Academy.
9 SCHULZ ACADEMY PLAYERS IN ALL STAR TEAMS OF NATIONAL FINALS OF THE SYL
SCHULZ ACADEMY TOPS ALL OTHER CLUBS AT THE AWARDS
Greg Joseph, Captain of the U14 National Champion, was also voted into the U14 All Star Team
After winning 2 National Titles at the Super Y League Finals in November in Tampa, which made the Schulz Academy the most successful club at this event, now some individual players were honored for their excellent performances
SCHULZ ACADEMY U14 AND U17 TEAMS WIN SYL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN TAMPA
DOMINATING PERFORMANCES SECURE 5TH NATIONAL TITLE
Donovan Henry, here in the Final against Alpharetta United, was voted the MVP of the tournament
With a record of 13-1-1 in 15 games at the National Finals of the Super Y League in Tampa this weekend the U14, U15, and U17 teams of Schulz Academy showed that the best talent in Soccer in the US is in South Florida, and at the Schulz Academy. While the U14 won all their 5 games, the U17 won 4 and tied one group game, and the U15 team won all their groups games, only losing their semifinal.
Schulz Academy ranked #6 Overall and #3 in the Girls Program
TAMPA, FL – United Soccer Leagues (USL) announced today the Super Y-League (SYL) First and Second-11 Club rankings for the 2009 regular season, recognizing the league’s top clubs on a competitive and administrative basis. The top overall club in the SYL this season was the Northern Virginia Majestics / Royals, who scored an 81.80 to edge out the second-best club in the league, MPS Bulldogs / Renegades by .09 percent. Schulz Academy is ranked #6 overall and remains the top ranked club in Florida.
Josmer Altidore is Honda Player of the Year Finalist
The 2009 Honda Player of the Year Award honors the best performer on the U.S. Mens National Team.
LOS ANGELES (AP September 30, 2009) - Landon Donovan, Tim Howard and Jozy Altidore are finalists for the 2009 Honda Player of the Year Award that honors the best performer on the U.S. national team. A panel of 221 sports journalists selected the final three, with the winner to be announced Oct. 20 in Los Angeles. The 27-year-old Donovan, who plays midfield and forward, is a five-time winner of the award and a seven-time finalist. Goalkeeper Howard, 30, is a finalist for the third year in a row. Altidore, a 19-year-old forward, is first-time finalist.
SCHULZ ACADEMY PLAYER SCORES 2 GOALS IN FIRST MATCH
There couldn’t have been a better start for Matt Luzunaris at his new club, the record champion of Austria, Rapid Vienna, where he signed a 3 year contract. In his first match in the first team he scored 2 goals after he came in at halftime in a friendly match against the champion of Saudi Arabia. The opponent was in Austria for their pre-season, and Matt Luzunaris took full advantage of getting the chance to play with the first team in this match by scoring 2 goals.
Matt Luzunaris scored 2 goals in his first game for his new club, Rapid Vienna of Austria
Jozy Altidore chats with his former coach Josef Schulz about “the good old times”
“It was a pleasure to see how Josmer developed from a young child to a well spoken, polite and sympathetic young man. He is only 19 years old, and has a big future in front of him. It was a great gesture of his to visit our young players of the club, who were enthusiastic to see an international superstar live. He gave autographs not only to the players, but also parents and bystanders were eager to get a signed ball, T-shirt or any other souvenir”, says Josef Schulz, Josmer’s former coach.
“It felt good to see my former environment, where I grew up as a soccer player. All the memories came immediately back, and all the memories were very good. Even Josef didn’t change at all, appearance wise and how he analyzed always my performances. He immediately mentioned what I should have done better in the final of the Federations Cup to secure the win vs. Brazil. And he was right, like he always was all the years before, when he helped me to learn the little details of professional soccer in my early years”, states Josmer Altidore while vacationing in his hometown Boca Raton.
ALTIDORE GOAL STARTS SENSATIONAL WIN OVER # 1 RANKED SPAIN
After 2-0 triumph the US National Team is in Sunday’s Final of the Confederations Cup.
Josmer Altidore celebrates after he scored the 1-0 vs. Spain in South Africa
He doesn’t have to hide anymore. After his goal vs Spain everybody in the Soccer World knows his name
“It was just a matter of time, till Josmer could show his extraordinary talent even on the highest level. For me he only plays 50% of his capacity, because he still is not in the right rhythm of a professional player with having games every weekend in his club. He only played one full club game in one year with Villareal and it’s a miracle that he can show such performances with this disadvantage. I am hoping that he finds a club for the new season, where he will play regularly, and then we will see even a better Altidore. If this can be managed Josmer will make a big time transfer after the World Cup. He has just so much talent”, analyzes Dr. Josef Schulz, who trained Altidore from the age 8-16, his performances.
Nationally recognized USL SYL club to launch Fort Lauderdale franchise in 2010
TAMPA, FL (Wednesday, May 20, 2009) - United Soccer Leagues announced that long-time Super-Y League member Schulz Academy has acquired Premier Development League franchise rights for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida market. The new team will begin play in 2010.
“We are thrilled to welcome such a successful youth program in Schulz Academy to the PDL,” said USL Executive Vice President and COO Tim Holt. “Their proven track record in developing players, including US National Team star Jozy Altidore, speaks for itself. The club is a model organization in the Super Y-League and we are confident they will be an asset to the Southeast Division of the PDL.”
Altidore Scores 4 World Cup Qualifying Goals in 120 Minutes
It was a special night for Jozy Altidore as he became the youngest player in U.S. Men’s National Team history to record a hattrick in a competitive match.
It couldn’t have been a better week for Josmer “Jozy” Altdidore. Coming in as a substitute and turning around a seemingly already lost game vs. El Slavador, and then the 3 goals vs. Trinidad and Tobago put him into the headlines in the soccer world.
Schulz Academy Announces Selections For The 2009 Teams
After record turnouts at the 2009 Schulz Academy tryouts (Super Y-League and Development Academy League) the players have now been chosen
“I am impressed by the high level of quality of players coming to this year’s tryouts. This is the new generation of US Soccer for the future. All these players are much more advanced than players just a few years ago. These new breed of players combine already in early years the athletic component with extraordinary technique and the necessary understanding of the game on a higher level. We are looking forward to a very successful season this year, and we are sure some of these players will end up in US Youth National Teams”, states Dr. Josef Schulz, Director of the Schulz Academy.
Click continue to see the list of players selected for 2009.
Schulz Academy 2nd Straight Year in Soccer America's Top 10
3 YEARS IN A ROW IN “SOCCER AMERICA’S” ELITE RANKING
In the February edition of the countries biggest and only soccer-specific national publication, Soccer America Magazine, Schulz Academy was voted second year in a row as one of the top 10 Elite Clubs in the country. And for the 3rd year in a row Schulz Academy is in the Soccer America Top 30. No other club in Florida has even made the top 30 in the past 3 years.
Players Gain Great Experience vs. Men's National Team
CJ PHELPS STARTS AN OFFENSIVE ACTION FOR SCHULZ ACADEMY VS. HONDURAS
“In games like this players learn more than in other competitive games during the year, because little mistakes are punished immediately. The Honduras players showed extraordinary quality and proved that they are one of the favorites to grab one of the 3 spots in the Qualification Round for the World Cup 2010 in South Africa”, said Dr. Schulz after the game.
Schulz Academy Players Impact Major Collegiate Soccer Programs
Read about first graduating class from Schulz Academy
Although still Freshmen, many Schulz Academy players play key roles in their teams
Karol Chorak leads in assists at Liberty University
Julian Serrato fights for a ball for the University of Illinois
"I am very happy for our players. I was sure that they will do well in their colleges despite they are in their freshman year. The Academy League plays a big part for scholarships. After each game in the Academy League our players are swarmed by college coaches, offering them scholarships" says Josef Schulz, founder of the Academy.
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“I am impressed by the high level of quality of players coming to this year’s tryouts. This is the new generation of US Soccer for the future. All these players are much more advanced than players just a few years ago. These new breed of players combine already in early years the athletic component with extraordinary technique and the necessary understanding of the game on a higher level. We are looking forward to a very successful season this year, and we are sure some of these players will end up in US Youth National Teams”, states Dr. Josef Schulz, Director of the Schulz Academy. 
