http://www.newyorkcityfc.net/2007/11/30/a-peoples-history-of-new-york-city-fc/ blogging about bringing soccer to the Big Apple Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:16:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.newyorkcityfc.net/2007/11/30/a-peoples-history-of-new-york-city-fc/#comment-100 New York Rovers FC Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:41:40 +0000 http://www.newyorkcityfc.net/2007/11/30/a-peoples-history-of-new-york-city-fc/#comment-100 I am the coach of ! New York Rovers FC ! a u/15s junior soccer side from england uk . The team was formed oct 2006 in readiness for the 2007/2008 season in england out of sheer frusteration of ! the lack of quality english players we are producing because of the coaching methods we employ over here ! we seem to think you have to be 6ft tall and run at hundred mile an hour to make a soccer player ! i think that is rubbish ! to be a good soccer player you need to teach kids the knowledge of the game first ! because without that you will struggle no matter how capable you are technically or big and fast ! i teach players simple soccer and how to compensate for there weaknesses and play to there strenghs ! and importantly playing as a team ! tahts the knowledge im teaching my 14/15 yr old boys irrelevant of individual capabilities. we in our short history with a squad of thirteen players ! some of which had never played soccer in a team before & some slow players with limited ball control plus only a few players which you might consider decent ! are now top of the league in our first ever season as a soccer team and with four games to go are in with a chance of winnig the title ! our website is check it out the most upto date junior soccer website around with match reports fixtures and tables updated daily ! we are getting rave reviews as im sure new york city fc would if they became a soccer side in the capital city of the world ! PS dont forget to check our site out I am the coach of ! New York Rovers FC ! a u/15s junior soccer side from england uk . The team was formed oct 2006 in readiness for the 2007/2008 season in england out of sheer frusteration of ! the lack of quality english players we are producing because of the coaching methods we employ over here ! we seem to think you have to be 6ft tall and run at hundred mile an hour to make a soccer player ! i think that is rubbish ! to be a good soccer player you need to teach kids the knowledge of the game first ! because without that you will struggle no matter how capable you are technically or big and fast ! i teach players simple soccer and how to compensate for there weaknesses and play to there strenghs ! and importantly playing as a team ! tahts the knowledge im teaching my 14/15 yr old boys irrelevant of individual capabilities. we in our short history with a squad of thirteen players ! some of which had never played soccer in a team before & some slow players with limited ball control plus only a few players which you might consider decent ! are now top of the league in our first ever season as a soccer team and with four games to go are in with a chance of winnig the title ! our website is check it out the most upto date junior soccer website around with match reports fixtures and tables updated daily ! we are getting rave reviews as im sure new york city fc would if they became a soccer side in the capital city of the world ! PS dont forget to check our site out

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