Westside Soccer Club

Thanks for your support!!!

02/17/2012 12:04 PM

Thanks to all of those that volunteered Saturday morning, 2/11, helping get the WSC grounds in shape for the coming season.

Westside Soccer Club welcomes Milan Pualic as the new Technical Director

09/27/2011 12:26 PM

Milan started playing soccer at the age of 5 and played for FK Spartak- Zlatibor Voda youth program until the age of 17. Then Milan was promoted to the first team squad. The first squad of FK Spartak – Zlatibor Voda. This was the team that Nemanja Vidic, captain of Manchester United, signed his first professional contract with. Milan played in League 2 for two years and was important part of the team. He also had an appearance in Serbian National Cup. After this, Milan decided to accept the call from University of Montevallo to play on their soccer team and also gain a college degree. His overall record at University of Montevallo was 67-12-4 with 35 goals and 36 assists. He was also part of the University of Montevallo Final-Four team in 2007 where he was named Regional Tournament MVP. He was also named in Regional First team in 2008, 2009, and 2010, and received Scholar All-American recognition in 2010.
Since 2007 he has coached for South Shelby Futball Club and was in charge of the Academy Program. He later moved to Hoover Soccer Club to lead their youth academy program. Prior to joining us here at Westside, he was part of BUSA soccer academy, one of the Nations leading academies. Milan is a Coerver Coach, boasting the Coerver National Licence and is working for Westside through Coerver Coaching.
A native of Subotica, Serbia, he attended ‘Bosa Milicevic’ High School. He also graduated with honors from the University of Montevallo with major in Finance.

Soccer Power and Position Specific Training

09/26/2011 01:33 PM

In addition to the Technical Director session and the Head Coach session, we have added a two hour individual development session. Within this timeframe we are to focus on two key aspects of soccer.
The first is the soccer power session, focusing on all aspects of physical development. These sessions will include work on; Acceleration, Agility, Balance, Flexibility, Pace, Power, Stamina and Strength. This aspect of the session is to not only excel the body to be able to maximize every individuals ability to be fast and strong, but to also aid on injury prevention which is key for every growing body. This training is with Almon Gunther, the SUPERFREAK himself. He is one of the best physical trainers in the business, dealing with many of the international and professional Womens team soccer players. We are very lucky to have someone so vested into the program with such a wealth of knowledge to benefit our players.
The second is the position specific training. We have one hour dedicated to giving the players that 1 on 1 training atmosphere in the aspect they want to work on. Four seperate stations for Goalkeeping, Defending, Midfield and Attacking are available and open for the players to grow in the position they want to progress in. Why spend the money for an individual 1 on 1 session when the top coaches at the club are willing to give this training as what is right for youth development. We all want our players to progress as individuals and at Westside, we believe that it is up to your organization to provide that for you, not for you to have an added expense to do whats right for your child’s growth in soccer. We have this great 8 week program in place by our Coerver Select Program Manager, Adam Frazer and our Coerver Technical Director, Milan Pualic whereas to give each player in every position on the field the tactical knowledge and technical ability to be the best player they can be. With Adam working with the Midfielders and Milan working with the strikers, we also have Jay Golumb, NSCAA staff member and evaluator working specifically with the goalkeepers and Chris Castell, our very own Coerver Director of Coaching working with the defenders, all players will be working with the very best of coaches.
This Wednesday night of training is a part of the Select program and every player is expected to attend in the same manner as their regular practices. With all the Select program in attendance for the two hour session, the organization is showing that we are not just 19 seperate teams: we are one club.

02/06/2012 08:02 PM

Spring Dates
2/10	Roster to Coaches
2/24	Notify office if you have not heard from your coach
2/25	Uniforms delivered to coaches
3/10	First game of the season

Two WSC Select Players Tryout In England

04/04/2011 10:38 PM

Two Westside Soccer Club Select Players
Earn Tryout with
Portsmouth Football Club in England !!!

John Ingham - Midfielder Tony Fiore - Goalkeeper

Great and exciting news hits the Westside! Each and every day we delightfully watch the passion of our players loving, playing and developing in the game of soccer. Often these same players emulate their favorite professional level soccer players with the hopes and dreams of making it to that next level. Many see University soccer, to the MLS, to the USA National team and/or participating in a league in Europe as their biggest dream and journey. The Westside Soccer Club have two U18 select boys’ players who have earned an opportunity to begin such a journey.

Two players from the U18 boys’ select team, Goalkeeper Tony Fiore and Midfielder John Ingham are heading to Portsmouth, England in March for a week-long trial with Portsmouth Football Club of the English FA NPower Championship League.

Tony and John, who have been with WSC since U5, will experience a 10 day trial, including 8 sessions to showcase their talent and ability. From the moment they hit the ground the boys will be under the wings of some top coaches from around the world including working directly with Portsmouth legend Andy Awford. They will experience firsthand the environment in which top professional players, such as David James, Peter Crouch, Jermaine Defoe, Glen Johnson and many more have experienced before them. Their experience will include a tour with the Portsmouth Academy Team in action at Birmingham City, all this in the hope to receive a professional contract offer.

We are so proud of this opportunity and experience being offered to two players from our WSC programs. It is a great reflection of our programs that emphasize enjoyment, skill development and a player centric focus within a supportive, positive and rewarding environment. It is also a great demonstration of the club’s continual efforts of fostering a “youth centric” focus and the club’s willingness to take the needed steps of providing the right opportunities for the betterment of our players.

Please give our boys a word of congratulations and encouragement as they have a go at becoming the next superstars in American soccer.....make way Tim Howard and Clint Dempsey, lookout world, the Westside boys are coming through!

Five WSC Teams Heading to 2011 Region Cup Finals

03/21/2011 06:45 PM

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Region Cup Finalist

What a weekend! Five Westside Soccer Club Select Teams heading to Region Cup Finals!

Last weekend’s Region Cup Challenge round highlighted how well our Select players are developing with a club record of five teams heading to the Region Cup Finals. Yes, five teams made it through the Challenge Round and will represent WSC in the Region Cup Finals, the list includes the U12B’s, the U13B’s, the U15G-White, the U15B’s and the U18B’s.

U12 Boys

The Westside U12 boys proved to be one of the gems in the Region Cup Challenge this past weekend, repeating as back to back Finalist in the Region Cup Final Four. The boy’s displayed incredible skill and discipline as they cruised through group and quarterfinal play.

U15 Boys

After a very physical, injury filled first match loss, the U15 boys quickly rebounded and came out flying the rest of the Region Cup Challenge weekend with consecutive wins of 5-0 over Melbourne Eau Galle, a hard fought 3-1 win over arch rival Clay County and a tight 1-0 victory over FC America. With the injuries suffered in the first match, several Eagles stepped up with surprise goals and assists to help make this a great team victory that was highlighted by outstanding goal keeping in our final match to preserve the 1-0 win and move the Eagles on to the final 4. Congratulations to coach Mike and coach Ed and all the boys for a job well done!”

U15 Girls

The U15 girls-white team started strong, opening the Region Cup Challenge round with a 4-0 win, and their momentum continued into the second game, winning 3-1. The third match was quite challenging, meeting a team with an equal level of skill and tenacity, resulting in a 1-1 draw. The last match was a display of "The Steel Curtain" by every WSC player on the pitch, effectively shutting down any attacking attempts by the opponent- including a PK block, ending with WSC on the winning side of a 1-0 score and heading to the Region Cup Finals.

The U18 Boys shut out two teams during Region Cup Challenge round this past weekend...3-0 and 7-0! The Eagles attack was a true team effort with 10 goals by 8 different scorers!! Both games were hard fought against worthy opponents. Our Eagles team will now be traveling to Sanford for Region Cup Finals round.

WSC U15 Girls are Gator Classic Champs!

03/21/2011 06:52 PM

The WSC U15 Girls became the champions in the Gator Classic over the President’s Day Weekend. Coach Clive and Coach Bob led the Lady Eagles as they played up an age bracket competing against all U16 teams. Winning all four games with a total of 19 goals, the Lady Eagles were able to stop any goals made on them by their opponents. A fantastic weekend and a job well done. Congratulations U15 Girls!