Schulz Academy Ranked No. 4 in North America
The United Soccer Leagues' (USL) Super Y-League announced their inaugural 2005 post-season awards on October 15, 2005 and Schulz Academy is ranked number 4 overall for boys. There are three categories: "Top Clubs" ranks each overall Super Y-League club, "Boys" ranks just the boys teams of each club and "Girls" ranks just the girls teams of each club.
Chicago Magic ranked #1 out of the 71 total clubs that met the minimum criteria with a 67.9 score. The scores were tabulated using two criteria: Winning percentage (70%), and Club Administration (30%). The MetroStars took the top spot in the Boys category, out of 85 clubs that met the boys minimum criteria, with a 90.0 score while Match Fit Academy led the Girls side, out of 57 clubs, with an 82.0.
"The criteria used to rank these clubs is basic yet essential to the Super Y-League's philosophy of providing a professionalized atmosphere for the top youth soccer players in North America," commented SYL Director Matt Weibe. "We wanted to salute those clubs who consistently succeed not only on the field but off the field as well."
"This is a great accomplishment for our small club, and we are very proud to represent our great State of Florida on the highest level of youth soccer in America this way. For next year we have even bigger goals, and we are trying to challenge the big clubs like Metro Stars and Chicago Magic. It will be very difficult with the limited resources we have in comparison to these monster clubs (like fields, limited player pool etc), but I think we have the necessary knowledge in training and coaching to make this happen. And at the end this makes the difference" says Josef Schulz, Head Coach of the Schulz Academy.
After the post season in November, the UMBRO Select Team will be chosen, containing the top 11 players in the Super Y-League North American Finals in each age group. The UMBRO Super Y-League Coach of the Year will also be selected.
Super Y-League 2005 Regular Season - Top Boy's Teams:
1. MetroStars 90.0, 2. Michigan Wolves 88.2, 3. Chicago Magic 77.5, 4. Schulz Academy 74.2, 5. Mequon United 73.7, 6. SCC Breakers 71.7, 7. Washington Crossfire 69.1, 8. Seacoast United 68.9, 9. City Islanders Academy 68.7, 10. Abbotsford Fraser Valley 68.6, 11. Richmond Strikers 67.9.12 . Baltimore Bays 67.4, 13. Richmond Kickers 67.2, 14. New York Rough Riders 65.3, 15. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 64.8, 16. Santa Clara Sporting Ruckus 64.3, 17. De Anza SC 60.5, 18. Ottawa Fury 59.7, 19. Cleveland Internationals 59.2, 20. Toronto Lynx Jrs. 59.0, 21. Santa Rosa United 58.9, 22. San Francisco United SC 58.9.
