Professional.
Top to bottom.
Our Director of Coaching is a former professional player and Long Island Rough Riders head coach — and every coach on staff is a coaching professional with real experience and qualifications.
"Our staff is not made of part-time parents."
A former pro and Long Island Rough Riders head coach leads a staff of coaching professionals — plus a dedicated coach-educator who raises the standard every week. It runs from a Munchkin’s first session to an MLS NEXT matchday.
One model,
every team.
The same framework governs a U8 session and an MLS NEXT matchday. Coaches speak one language; players hear it for twelve years.
Four Corners
Technical · Game intelligence · Mental · Physical. Every player is developed — and assessed — across all four, with development language always: what a player is building, never a grade.
Four Moments
Attacking · Transition to defending · Defending · Transition to attacking. Sessions are built around the moments of the real game, not isolated drills.
The training week
Periodized by match day — endurance early in the week, resistance mid-week, sprint and tactical the day before — so players arrive at the weekend ready.
Coach education
A dedicated coach-educator, licensed staff and the club’s Coaching University keep the standard rising across 36 teams.
Zones, not silos.
The boys program is organized in zones. Zone 1 covers U7–U12 — the foundation and skill-acquisition years in 4v4, 7v7 and 9v9. Zone 2 covers U13–U19 and the MLS NEXT Academy Division. A 9v9 lead and a coach-educator sit across both, so the handoff from small-sided to full-sided football is planned, not accidental.
Each age group runs a Top Team (MLS NEXT at U13+), a second team, and third and fourth teams where numbers allow. Every one is coached by a professional on the same model.
Coaches: Albertson hires licensed, professional coaches across every age group. Tell us about yourself.
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