Match Fit Chelsea is one of the youth teams that is part of the United States Soccer Federation Developmental Academy (USSF DA) since the league’s inception in 2007. In total, there are 77 youth clubs, representing teams in the U15/16 and the U17/18 age groups. The U15/16 team is comprised of players born in 1993 and 1994, while the U17/18 team has players born in 1991 and 1992.
U.S. Soccer created the Developmental Academy in 2007 to improve the everyday environment for the elite youth player. Match Fit Chelsea’s selection into the USSF DA was based on their high emphasis and concentration of player development.
The Development Academy is a partnership between U.S. Soccer and the top youth clubs around the country to provide the best youth players in the U.S. with an every day environment designed to produce the next generation of National Team players. The Academy’s programming philosophy of increased training, less total games and more competitive games is based on U.S. Soccer’s Best Practices utilized by the U-17 U.S. National Team Residency program.
The Academy also connects National Team coaches directly with the Academy clubs to develop and identify players and coaches for future Youth National Teams. Each Academy team is evaluated by a National Team coach at least ten times each year and each Academy club receives two formal evaluations in over 100 categories each year from National Team staff.
The U15/16 Match Fit Chelsea team was a Disney Soccer Champion in 2008 and also moved on to the USSF DA Academy Playoffs in Greensboro, NC in June of 2009.
For more information on the Developmental Academy Team, or to be evaluated for a tryout, please contact John Calcaterra at jcalcaterra@matchfitacademy.net
Additional links to the USSF DA are also provided on this website.
U17/U18 Academy
Match Fit Chelsea is one of the youth teams that is part of the United States Soccer Federation Developmental Academy (USSF DA) since the league’s inception in 2007. In total, there are 77 youth clubs, representing teams in the U17/18 and the U15/16 age groups. The U17/18 team is comprised of players born in 1991 and 1992, while the U15/16 team has players born in 1993 and 1994.
U.S. Soccer created the Developmental Academy in 2007 to improve the everyday environment for the elite youth player. Match Fit Chelsea’s selection into the USSF DA was based on their high emphasis and concentration of player development.
The Development Academy is a partnership between U.S. Soccer and the top youth clubs around the country to provide the best youth players in the U.S. with an every day environment designed to produce the next generation of National Team players. The Academy’s programming philosophy of increased training, less total games and more competitive games is based on U.S. Soccer’s Best Practices utilized by the U-17 U.S. National Team Residency program.
The Academy also connects National Team coaches directly with the Academy clubs to develop and identify players and coaches for future Youth National Teams. Each Academy team is evaluated by a National Team coach at least ten times each year and each Academy club receives two formal evaluations in over 100 categories each year from National Team staff.
For more information on the Developmental Academy Team, or to be evaluated for a tryout, please contact John Calcaterra at jcalcaterra@matchfitacademy.net
Additional links to the USSF DA are also provided on this website.
