Saw this on the Quakes site. Scheduled games at the camp.
Jan 5 U17 v U18
Jan 5 U19 v U20
Jan 6 U16 v Clearwater
Jan 8 U16 v U17
Jan 10 U17 v IMG Academy U19
Jan 10 U20 v TBD
Quake Homegrown, just turned 16 year old Jacob Akanyirige (lefty CB) is playing up two years with the U18s
Anybody have any news for the camp games....the games are open to the public...nothing yet on the Ussoccer site.
navi8132 New York
Post #4
Sunday January 7, 2018 3:33am
Joined Jul 2012
Total Posts: 2,892
Fascinating to play one another. Its like a mini league where it would be embarressing if the u20 or u19 dont win. It should be as lopsided as la liga
chris_thebassplayer San Jose
Post #5
Sunday January 7, 2018 5:21am
Joined May 2013
Total Posts: 1,363
Yeah, it is pretty cool.
Imo, it is about identifying a player(s) that can out compete another player a level up when they assess them head to head over 10 days of training. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the guys have the opportunity to play up and permanently change teams
Everybody develops at different rates and some guys plateau...and it is a one time event, a snapshot, but you can grade and rank the groups and positions.
It should be an annual camp going forward.
coverby
Post #6
Sunday January 7, 2018 6:27am
Joined Oct 2012
Total Posts: 499
Original post from chris_thebassplayer
Anybody have any news for the camp games....the games are open to the public...nothing yet on the Ussoccer site.
I'm shocked there isn't more coverage on the camp. Maybe there will be a summary when it wraps up.
There is a lot interest from the hardcore fans and no info from any of the usual insiders like BShred or Ives...really weird considering everybody in soccer sees the camp as huge positive. You would think USSF would really play this up.
And the camp games are open to the public...and still crickets...unbelievable.
coverby
Post #8
Monday January 8, 2018 12:37am
Joined Oct 2012
Total Posts: 499
Original post from chris_thebassplayer
Thanks coverby.
I'm shocked there isn't more coverage on the camp. Maybe there will be a summary when it wraps up.
There is a lot interest from the hardcore fans and no info from any of the usual insiders like BShred or Ives...really weird considering everybody in soccer sees the camp as huge positive. You would think USSF would really play this up.
And the camp games are open to the public...and still crickets...unbelievable.
Yeah I dunno why it's hush hush but maybe cuz it's new. As much as I hate the posters on the site, big soccer seems to have good information on our youth when it's not analysis.
chris_thebassplayer San Jose
Post #9
Monday January 8, 2018 5:55am
Joined May 2013
Total Posts: 1,363
Yeah, already went there. They have thread for but nothing much in it. I agree, probably the best board, usually some inside stuff, but slim pickens...weird.
Speed Elf El Paso
Post #10
Friday January 12, 2018 6:48pm
Joined Jan 2013
Total Posts: 326
Found this on GOAL.com about the camp. Anybody find any video?
Here are the approximate ages of the players:
Manny Perez 18
Jonathan Amon 18
Chris Durkin 18
Brady Scott 18
Paxton Pomykal 18
Taylor Booth 17
Julian Araujo 17
Ulysses Llanez 17
Gio Reyna 16
Gianluca Busio 15
Go HABS
chris_thebassplayer San Jose
Post #11
Friday January 12, 2018 7:42pm
Joined May 2013
Total Posts: 1,363
Thanks Speed Elf, great to see some coverage.
I read on another site that U16 Ian Hoffman was turning heads when they moved him to RB. My first thought was , great, we have an endless supply of RBs and slim pickens at LB.
What the hell do we have in place to convert righties or develop LBs, other than telling them they need to work on their left foot?
From the info available, the camp was a huge success...a great bonding experience and a ton of impressive talent.
Amon's high end international speed was blowing minds...fast track potential to the nats.
Total Posts: 547
http://americansoccernow.com/articles/thought...