Congratulations to the group of Kickers players who won the U11 New Jersey State Cup. 

Three straight days of practice to kick off the fall season: Wednesday, August 31, Thursday, September 1, and Friday, September 2.  

U10-U12......... 1:30 to 5:30

U7-U9.............. 3:30 to 5:30

Former Manhattan Kickers FC player Mohammed Al-Khamees was named captain of Atletico Madrid’s ’97 team for the second straight year.  Mohammed started playing with the Kickers at age seven and was an integral part of the successful Kickers ’96 team, winners of numerous local and regional tournaments, competitive friendly matches in Brasil, and the Watford International Football Festival in London.  Three years ago, Mohammed moved with his family to Madrid, Spain where he was selected for the Atletico Madrid Academy. 

Under-9 MKFC player Sal Esposito moved with his family to Italy this fall, and his father sends word that he has been accepted into the Genoa CFC youth program in the Italian Serie A.  For the past years, Sal has showed much promise with the Kickers, so we are extremely happy he is able to continue the game he loves in a professional environment.

Below are parts of the email from his father…

Curt, wanted to let you know that Genoa CFC has accepted Sal into their program. As you know they were our first choice as a professional academy as they are the oldest and most established and in the last few years have won both the Youth Scudetto and the Youth Coppa Italia. Sal is on the 2001 Pulcini team which is a select team of 15 players chosen as the best players from the over 500 clubs and 7500+ kids all vying for a spot. Needless to say we’re very proud of him. 

The academy is extremely professional and 01’s have 7 official trainers that work with the 15 boys. There are so many similarities with your program and philosophy. Specifically their training over game mentality. They do not participate in a league and do not play weekly games. The teams only play a few warm up local tournaments against older kids. All of this is in preparation for a few national tournaments against Inter, Juventus, and the likes which are at their level and they take very seriously. At each practice no more than 10 minutes is dedicated to scrimmages. The emphasis of training is on pure tactical drills and developing field intelligence. Many of the drills are the same ones you run. And, in all this parents are to be barely seen and never heard and have zero contact with coaches before or after practice.

I want to thank you and encourage you in your work at MKFC. I can assure you that Sal showed great passion and love for the game and signs of being a good player early on but without having gone through MKFC and your anti-game/pro-training philosophy he would never have made the Genoa team. There would have been no better preparation for him in all of the US I am convinced. What you accomplish with such few financial and human resources and lack of a culture that is truly appreciative and collaborative is remarkable.

Former Manhattan Kickers FC player and current New York Cosmos East player Alex Muyl has been selected into the U.S. Soccer’s Under-17 Men’s National Team Residency Program in Bradenton, Florida.  

Head coach Wilmer Cabrera chose Alex as one of 40 players for the Fall 2010 Semester. 

http://www.ussoccer.com/News/U-17-MNT/2010/09/Roster-Set-for-Fall-2010-Semester-of-US-Soccer-Residency-Program.aspx

Soccer Legend Pelé With NY Cosmos Academy Players

’96 Kickers have won the NE Regional Futsal Tourney three times.

’99s take home another trophy.

During President’s Day weekend in York, PA, the ’96 and ’99 teams won the Northeast Regional Futsal Championship in their respective age groups—both teams won all of their matches over the course of the three-day tournament.

The U13 team, coached by Evan Rosenthal, played an organized passing game and have now won this tournament three times. The U10 team, coached by Curt Rosenthal, played exciting attacking soccer, capping it off with a 7-2 finals victory.

Also competing in the tournament were the ’98 team, coached by Nick Cooke. The U11s finished first in their group, without a loss, before succumbing in the semi-finals to the eventual winner in a closely contested match.

Congrats to all on a successful weekend!

The U10s clinched highest honors at the BW Gottschee NYC indoor tournament held on Jan. 30th in Queens, NY.

The MKFC U9 group excelled in their first ever competition. Playing against U10 teams, they won both their group games, the semi-final match and advanced to the finals before losing in a close contest. They played exciting, attacking, team soccer and represented the Club well in their debut performance. The Club would like to congratulate this young group who are already showing great potential.

The U11s won the Coliseum Cup, held in Teaneck, NJ, one week after placing 2nd in the BW Gottschee NYC Tournament.

Congratulations to coach Nick Cooke and his team for winning the U11 title!

Coach Phillip Martin's U13-14s also took the top spot in their age group.

NEW YORK, OCTOBER 12, 2009 - Manhattan Kickers recently finalized an agreement with New York-based Fusion PT to provide training and physical therapy benefits to the Club. Led by Dr. Carolyn Mazur, the Fusion team will attend periodic training sessions during the fall and spring seasons to offer diet, exercise and stretching advice to all players and to be available to assess injuries and deal with treatment issues that may arise during those sessions. The group will also provide coverage at MKFC tournaments and offer an email "hotline" for MKFC players and families needing access to physical therapy. Fusion will also support BW Gottschee games and tournaments at the US Development Academy level.

Dr. Carolyn Mazur

Kickers players with Brazilian star Adriano.

CBF staffers Alexandre, Junior and Thais with the Kickers.

NEW YORK, JULY 15, 2009 - BW Gottschee, a charter member of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, has merged with Manhattan Kickers FC to form BW Gottschee NYC. The union, which became official on July 15, 2009, will enable both clubs to further develop New York City-based youth soccer talent and bring its players to the attention of national team scouts.