Liverpool rumors

I heard they are merging with Renegades SC due to excellent alignment in club philosophies.

Liverpool has been bloated for a while. The time has come to drop the dead weight.

I'm ready for the coaching carousel and all the excitement. Unicorns and white puffy clouds.

DeltaTauChi wrote:I heard they are merging with Renegades SC due to excellent alignment in club philosophies.

What are said philosophies?

I'm ready for the coaching carousel and all the excitement. Unicorns and white puffy clouds.

What does it all mean?

Friend of mine who has a kid on the boys LP team said during a team meeting this week that they were headed to Titans and that coach figured Titans possibly will be larger than what LP was. It will be interesting to see if Dortmund gets any benefit to all this. I could see it resonating in hill country with all the German fans there...but here in the metroplex? Guess we'll see.

Friend of mine who has a kid on the girls LP team said that during a meeting this week that they were headed to Sting and that coach figured Sting would possibly be larger than what LP was.

MurderWasTheCase wrote:Friend of mine who has a kid on the girls LP team said that during a meeting this week that they were headed to Sting and that coach figured Sting would possibly be larger than what LP was.  

Cool, sounds like our friends kids will play together in the same club. Maybe if one of them forgets their gender or changes it for a season they can be on the same team. Wow, that would be so awesome.

Das Schiff sinkt. Finden Sie ein Rettungsboot oder erleiden Sie die Folgen.

Hearing through the grapevine of a mass exodus to Sting/Titans?  40+ Teams? Sting gets its '08 ECNL team?

Besserwisser wrote:Das Schiff sinkt. Finden Sie ein Rettungsboot oder erleiden Sie die Folgen.

Die Ratten verlassen das sinkende Schiff. On a different note do we need to show the Nazi salute as an avatar?

It's more like the Battle of the Bulge the deeper the coffers means survival in NTX.

The German wrote:

Besserwisser wrote:Das Schiff sinkt. Finden Sie ein Rettungsboot oder erleiden Sie die Folgen.

Die Ratten verlassen das sinkende Schiff. On a different note do we need to show the Nazi salute as an avatar?

das ist gut, ja?

It’s rather sad but keep on going little Adi.

CLUB ANNOUNCEMENT





Exciting News Ahead




Dear Players and Parents,
I would like to share some very exciting news with you! It was 13 years ago we launched our youth soccer club here in North Texas. For those 13 years, we proudly represented and helped build Liverpool FC International Academy here in Texas and throughout the United States. We want to thank LFC for the incredible opportunity and wish the club all the best.

Exciting News-BVB: Beginning on May 1, 2019, our club will officially launch as the United States partner of the Borussia Dortmund (BVB) Academy.

Why the change? It came down to the fact that our agreement with LFC IA was coming up for renewal in 2020, which meant we had a decision to make. The new agreement came with new constraints placed on us that we felt would not benefit our club, our players or our families. Liverpool asked us to renew and remain a part of Liverpool.
Timing is everything and at the very same time we were discussing the conditions of the LFC renewal, our friends at PUMA presented us with a tremendous opportunity - a chance to launch the United States-based BVB International Academy. With national support, marketing and two iconic brands behind us, we felt the opportunities were going to be extraordinary for our families. BVB and PUMA side by side supporting our Texas club was truly a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Although Liverpool wanted us to remain, after careful consideration and meeting with BVB and PUMA officials, our path was clear. As a result, we notified LFC we would not be renewing our contract with them and our departure is very amicable and professional. As you know, Liverpool and BVB have a long history together and have developed tremendous mutual affection and respect. Liverpool understood our decision and wished us success.

More on the exciting news about BVB: Our Club will be the official partner of Borussia Dortmund (BVB) here in Texas. We will proudly represent their long-standing brand of excellence on and off the field. BVB has written the manual on youth player development and is recognized around the world as a leader in designing player development pathways. They have chosen our club to launch their International Academy here in the United States and we are honored to accept that invitation. They want to focus 100% on player development and quality of play. Borussia Dortmund, Puma and BVB International Academy America plan to grow the national footprint here with clubs from around the country supporting our College Program outreach, our opportunities to participate in elite leagues and player identification across the United States.

What are the benefits of the BVB affiliation? As their official partner here in Texas, we will be working closely with the BVB academy staff to insure implementation of the world-respected BVB style of player development. In addition, our coaches will now be exposed and immersed into the BVB methodology of coaching education and development with coaching education and future accreditation programs. Monthly technical calls for our coaching staff, in-country official player ID camps, detailed coaching education, opportunities for teams and coaches to train in Germany at the famed BVB Academy, BVB Academy coaches travelling regularly to America to work with our staff and players and the overall sharing of information and best practices will be 100% real and 100% authentic
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What are the benefits of a PUMA relationship?
We are equally excited to announce a long-term partnership with PUMA as our official uniform and sponsor. PUMA, long recognized throughout the world as “The Football Brand”, will now be providing us with not only uniforms and other apparel opportunities but will also be playing an integral role in overall support of our club, our coaches, our players and our families. PUMA is committed to supporting the growth of our club through grassroots marketing and bringing the full measure of PUMA’S global resources to help us achieve our mutual goals. As a major sponsor of national collegiate showcases here in America, such as Disney, and many showcases across the country we are excited for the opportunities this partnership will open for our players.
In addition, PUMA recently announced a major sponsorship of BOYS ECNL of which our club is an inaugural member.

What does this mean for our culture? As for the core of our club, the people and all that has made us who we are, that remains and is still our soul. The ownership, operations and fiscal well-being will all continue building, on the success of the last thirteen years. We are and will always be a club of character, rooted in quality with deep respect for our traditions and excited to make new ones. It is the strong tradition and character of our club and our people that attracted BVB to offer this exciting opportunity- a chance to be recognized around the nation as the inaugural BVB International Academy youth soccer program in the United States.
You will be a part of the same great soccer organization, supported by a legendary professional soccer club recognized as a champion around the world. This now gives us the opportunity for our club and its players to increase our visibility at all levels within the game.

Even Positive Change Challenges Us. All of us are challenged by change because it forces us out of our comfort zones, to set new personal goals for ourselves. But without change, things never expand and evolve. There may be a few in our organization who have difficulty accepting this exciting change, no matter how much opportunity it provides. Experience tells us there may also be competitors in other clubs which will try to capitalize on our success. Nothing they do will diminish all that we have achieved to bring us to this point in our nationally-recognized club. We will continue to expand and we will live up to our reputation as an organization with a strong positive culture and core. To bring BVB to American youth soccer will be fun, exciting and fulfilling. We know you will want to be a part of it all. Don’t let anyone discourage change, opportunities and a chance to evolve. We are making this change to improve and grow our club. It has been carefully conceived, implemented and managed so we can continue to get better together. There is no stopping us and the sky is the limit.

Want more information? As a part of this announcement please find some general information about Borussia Dortmund (BVB) and PUMA below. We are excited and looking forward to making “new” history together and invite you to reach out to your coach about BVB and this transition. Our Texas club will be a leader in the United States and we have already been approached by clubs just like ours who want to join with us as a part of BVB International Academy America. The potential is unlimited and will benefit our players, coaches and organization immediately and as we grow into the future.
Additionally, myself and any of our senior staff stand ready to answer any of your questions at any time with 100% honesty, truth and full transparency. Please feel free to email Colin Rocke at colin.rocke@bvbinternationalacademy.com or Nancy Lane- at nancy.lane@bvbinternationalacademy.com or myself at peter.brody@bvbinternationalacademy.com.

We look forward to hearing from you and seeing everyone at tryouts! We expect to see many new faces and welcome back our family of teams for a great year ahead!
Thank you,
Peter Brody



























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Be concerned that 4 of the coaches mentioned below are gone. The pinnacle of the pyramid left today according to news. No signs of stability here.


YoQuieroSoccer wrote:
Hmmmm that explains why on Monday morning I opened my email to find this little gem.....Shocked


Parents, please see note from Chief Executive Officer, Peter Brody

Parents,
Hello and thank you for allowing me the opportunity to share some exciting news with you about our club. For the past few years we have operated with a gender specific leadership team that has served us well. The quality of that effort and the leadership has guided us to today and a realignment I believe whose time has come. It is one of our clubs’ key and most important goals to provide the best development of our players and the highest quality pathway teaching our players how to play the game to the best of their ability. In addition, we want to provide a real and genuine opportunity for player growth and pathway to achieve success at as high a level as the player can and they want to. In order to do that we are going to set in place a structure to compliment that goal and add the most value to our players and families and insure player success in all they strive to achieve. Each area or channel will have a highly qualified Director and Staff looking after that channel to allow maximum development and achieve the highest possible level of success. All the channels will “flow” in a similar direction that will allow players abilities to develop with no restrictions. Quality has to be the center piece of all we do, and I believe this structure will allow us to do that.

Effective immediately Colin Rocke has been promoted to Vice President of Soccer Operations and will oversee this transition and critical area.

Concurrently Nancy Lane is promoted to the position of Vice President of Commercial Operations with responsibility for all off field activities and programs both in Texas and with our affiliated clubs.

We will now be organized into vessels or pathways allowing players to pass from channel to channel according to their development. Our coaches will be educated and developed to provide the maximum tools to support and assist the players as they traverse the pathway.

The structure and reporting to Colin will be the following;

The foundation or Grassroots level of our club, a large and critical area that will house incoming and developmental teams as well as progress our existing teams will be headed up by Nick Soutar as the Director of Grassroots and Foundation development. These teams will predominantly play in developmental or entry level leagues. Nick will also work closely with our youngest area of development for our entry level teams through the first years of their playing experience.

Flowing forward from our Grassroots channel will be our P1 level which will be all our division 2 and 3 teams and this area will be headed up by our Director of P1 Mark Meredith.

Along these two areas both Mark and Nick will be working closely to allow progression and development of the players as they prepare and pass through, either as an entire team or individual players, progressing in their soccer development. Specifics metrics will be installed to insure no player or team is left out of the development process. We will also install at every level player feedback and evaluations, so no one will wonder how they are doing or what their next step is to develop.
Moving forward from our P1 will be our P2 area which will house our Division 1 teams in the club and players that will be moving into a more serious and committed level of player development. This area will be headed up by our Director of P2 Gavin Mole. In addition, Gavin will work closely with Mark and Nick to identify those players and teams that exhibit that unique ability to play at a high level. Gavin will also work closely with Nick and Mark to identify those younger teams and players that exhibit characteristics that more intensive and dedicated training will allow for accelerated development to a high level.

At the pinnacle of the pyramid will be our elite level. This area will include our ENCL teams, our NPL teams as well as our School of Excellence teams. This will be headed up by our Director of our Elite level, Eric Dade. These teams and coaches will train multiple times a week under the most rigorous and demanding conditions. These teams will simply put be the best of the best.
Each of these channels will be supported by additional staff which will be named shortly. The role of each Director will be to recruit, develop and prepare the constituency of their channel to progress to the highest level based on the desire and ability of the player.

In addition, it is our intention to focus unique attention on our girls’ side by naming a girl’s development director. This position will be responsible for moving players and teams to the highest level of development as well as placing our girls’ teams in the highest level of competition we can on a national level. That announcement will be forthcoming in the very near future.
Dru Wright will continue in his role as CAP Program Director (our college program) reporting to Colin and Director of Affiliate Management On field reporting to myself.

Jimmy Melia will support and assist Colin in multiple areas including coaching support and guidance. Jimmy will also be involved as we develop our international pathway for player development.

Please stay close to your email on or around May 1st to see an additional important announcement coming about other changes that will even further enhance this initiative taking our club and our game up a level.

Thank you as always and I am excited about tomorrow and our future. Looking forward to seeing you at tryouts on July 1 if not before!
All the best,

Peter Brody

Wow. Where did he go? Wonder if they will lose ECNL?

Let us pass around the collection plate for Pope John Paul IV.

News is all very sketchy if you ask me. I don’t believe for a second they just decided to go with another partner. PB has never been the brightest bulb and everyone from LP that has talked to me about it says it was taken from them.

Liverpool is one of the top clubs on the planet now. I'm sure the price of admission just went way up. Especially with their new deal with Nike. I'm sure they asked for and arm and a leg. Is it true that Dade left?

https://www.soccerwire.com/news/clubs/youth-girls/wny-flash-academy-hires-eric-dade-as-executive-director-of-coaching/?fbclid=IwAR1MPY-OTAhZZu-d44B5Jf1zzPHhCE97hAO0DC6ZcRTxnCO36-x4UXTTz9k

5050Ball wrote:https://www.soccerwire.com/news/clubs/youth-girls/wny-flash-academy-hires-eric-dade-as-executive-director-of-coaching/?fbclid=IwAR1MPY-OTAhZZu-d44B5Jf1zzPHhCE97hAO0DC6ZcRTxnCO36-x4UXTTz9k

What a way for his 04g team to find out....No worries BvB still have CR,PB,NL....