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Congratulations to the following players for being selected by the Atalanta Coaches to travel to Italy for a weeklong expierence.
The trip will include practicing and training with the Atalanta Youth Teams (at their age level), playing in matches against other Italian Youth Clubs, exposure to Professional Coaches, attending a professional game, and sightseeing.
The boys that have been selected are:
Jimmy Evangelous - Forza Team
Tim Golden - Forza Team
Mike Weiglus - Cavaleri Team
Zach Hoffman - Cavaleri Team
Joe Cereste - Ragazzi Team
Gianfranco Giomatteo - Ragazzi Team
Dante Petrocelli - Squadra Team
Enzo Petrocelli - Squadra Team
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U.S. PARMA would like to congratulate Italo Cardoso (U14B Cavalieri) and Gianfranco Giammatteo (U16B Ragazzi) for making the Region 1 ODP player pool.
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U23W Azzurri NJSA State Cup Finalists
U23M Primavera NJSA State Cup Finalists
U17G Spirito US Club NJ Cup Champions
U16G Dapprima US Club NJ Cup Quarterfinalists and NJYS State Cup Quarterfinalists
U15G Coraggio NJYS State Cup Quarterfinalists
U12B Forza US Club NJ Cup Quarterfinalists
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The club is pleased to announce it's official training and home game facilities.
League, NJ State Cup and US Club NJ Cup games will be played on the turf field at the beautiful, new Angels of Victory Stadium at Mount Saint Mary's Academy on Route 22 West in Watchung. The stadium was one of 12 projects chosen as national winners by the American Sports Builders Association for 2009. The facility is an amazing location to play or watch a game, and the club is excited to play home games there. Mount Saint Mary's is an all-girls' high school that draws students from eight different NJ counties.
For more information about "The Mount", please visit their website: www.mountsaintmary.org
Training will be done at the Wardlaw-Hartridge School on Inman Avenue in Edison. The school has 3 full grass soccer fields and 2 gymnasiums in the event of inclement weather. U.S. PARMA players and coaches are thrilled to be able to train at such a top notch facility. U.S. PARMA teams will be able to train side by side and one right after the other all week. This will only enhance the true "club environment" the coaching staff is always developing. The Wardlaw-Hartridge School is a Pre-Kindergarten-Grade 12, independent, coeducational, college-preparatory day school. For more information about the school, please visit their website: www.whschool.org
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U.S. PARMA is proud to launch a new program to the coaching curriculum. Coaching Associates will be secured for the upcoming 2010 season. This program is designed to provide hands on expierence for coaching in a premier level program.
Congratulations to the following nominees for being selected for the Inuagural 2010 campaign.
| Ava Scheininger |
Leonardo Avella |
Joe Caamano |
| Tina Caamano |
Alberto Mattos |
Matthew Glackin |
| Julia Caseras |
Anthony Di Iorio |
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These individuals have come thru the PARMA system as youth players and are now playing and/or have played on the PARMA Semi-Professional Adult Teams. They will be assigned to a PARMA Youth Team and will work closely with Club Officers and the Coaching Staff.
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Coach Nansha Kalonji was born in Brussels, Belgium and attended Ramapo College where he played on the Men's Soccer Team from 1994 to 1997. He was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 2007. In February 1999, the MetroStars selected Kalonji in the third round (thirty-first overall) of the 1999 MLS Supplemental Draft. He began his coaching career as an assistant at Ramapo College. He then served as an assistant coach at West Orange High School before moving up to become an assistant at Greensboro College in 2002 and 2003. In 2004, he became the Head Men's Coach at Rutgers University-Newark. He is currently the Men's Head Coach at New Jersey City University. PARMA President Phil Iuliano said, "I have known Nansha for many years, he was always a very talented player. I am pleased that he took his love of the game into coaching. With his playing experience and the knowledge he has gained as a college coach, he will be an asset to the club in helping our players advance to the college level."
Coach Katie Feehan had a very successful youth soccer career with Wall High School and the Medford Soccer Club. She attended West Chester University as freshman before transferring to New Jersey City University her sophomore year. She was a captain and holds a number of records at NJCU, and with a GPA of 3.9, she was named an ESPN First Team Academic All-American in her senior year. She has trained and coached younger players for several years and is the Assistant Coach on the New Jersey City University Women's Team. She is also a player on the U.S. PARMA Woemn's Semi-Professional Team. Phil Iuliano added, "Katie has proven to be an extremely hard worker on the field and in the classroom. She will serve as a terrific role model for all of our club's players, especially on the girls' side."
Coach Ryan Breznitsky attended Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School where he twice was named Union County Player of the Year. He was First Team All-State twice. He was named as one of the Top 5 players in NJ his senior year. He played club soccer for PDA and Colonia, where he won both State Cup and Regional Championships. Ryan also played for 5 years in the ODP Program, 3 years in the Regional Program, and he was listed in the National Pool. He went to Rutgers University (New Brunswick) where he served as captain of the Men's Team. He has been coaching and training younger players for many years at the club level and recently became Assistant Coach for the New Jersey Institute of Technology Men's Team. Club President Phil Iuliano said, "We are excited to have Ryan come on board. His youth playing career was second to none, and now he has proven himself to be an effective coach. The additions of Nansha, Katie, and Ryan will only benefit the club."
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U.S. PARMA is pleased to announce the addition of a new staff member. Earl Carter will take over all goalkeeper coaching duties. He will begin training the club's U12-U14 boys and girls keepers immediately. Coach Carter has been training teams and goalkeepers in the NY and NJ area for more than 10 years. His playing career includes time on the NY Cosmos as well as the Trinidad & Tobago National Team where Coach Carter was the starting keeper in World Cup qualifying matches. PARMA President, Phil Iuliano, said, "We are excited to have Coach Carter join our staff. His playing experience alone is enough to help bring our keepers to the next level. But Coach Carter has shown he is not only a top level player, but an effective coach, with boys and girls of all ages. We are thrilled to bring a coach with his experience on board and on behalf of the entire staff, we welcome him to U.S. PARMA."
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La Valdera Calcio sbarca negli Stati Uniti
L'Atalanta sarà il ponte tra la società pisana e la US Parma-VSA Academy
Dopo l'esperienza di successo dell'estate 2008, durante la quale un selezionato staff della Valdera
ha organizzato e diretto un camp rivolto alle squadre giovanili dell' US Parma ( Springfield – New
Jersey ), anche quest'anno la società calcistica del presidente Vito Consoloni conferma e rafforza il
patto di collaborazione a tre fra la Valdera Calcio, l'Atalanta B.C. e la società americana US Parma
– VSA Academy.
Consolidata l'affiliazione ufficiale tra l'Atalanta e la Valdera, quest'ultima si propone nel panorama
calcistico giovanile statunitense come strumento di crescita professionale e tecnica con un
programma che quest'anno coinvolgerà non solo i giovani calciatori, ma ache gli allenatori della
VSA Academy con uno stage di formazione.
I meriti di quello che si presenta come un vero e proprio scambio interculturale e sportivo, sono da
ricercarsi nell'estrema professionalità e caparbietà del presidente Phillip Iuliano, mente e anima
dell'US Parma – VSA Academy, importante realtà nel panorama calcistico del New Jersey.
A fianco del presidente Iuliano opera il Direttore Tecnico Luigi Trentacoste erede di una famiglia
palermitana che negli anni '50, '60 dirigeva la società rosa-nero. Forte di questa tradizione e delle
personali esperienze calcistiche in Italia e negli Stati Uniti mister Trentacoste è il perfetto braccio
destro del presidente Iuliano, capace di combinare la forte spinta di crescita del calcio a stelle e
strisce con le grandi potenzialità strutturali che il panorama statunitense può offrire.
A Febbraio i due dirgenti Phillip Iuliano e Luigi Trentacoste sono venuti in Italia per un sopralluogo
di persona ed hanno constatato l'effettiva valenza della scuola calcio nero-azzurra, dei programmi
che la società pisana porta avanti e dell'alto livello di formazione degli istruttori della Valdera,
confermando e solidificando il proprio accordo con quest'ultima.
Lo staff della Valdera riconferma a capo del nuovo progetto il direttore tecnico Prof. Roberto
Niccolai, affiancato dal preparatore dei portieri Roberto Marconcini ( ex calciatore professionista ) e
dal Prof. Luigi Del Sordo proveniente dal Margine Coperta ( partner sportivo della Valdera ).
Proprio la lungimiranza del direttore tecnico Roberto Niccolai ha fatto si che si creassero i
presupposti per questo accordo fortemente voluto che non vuol essere visto come un' esperienza
estemporanea, bensì come un rapporto tecnico duraturo nel tempo.
I tecnici lasceranno l'Italia a fine Giugno e saranno impegnati inizialmente con un camp per
bambini dai 7 ai 10 anni, al seguito del quale si svolgerà un aggiornamento tecnico per gli
allenatori.
A seguire partirà il camp rivolto in esclusiva all'US Parma con il supporto dell'Atalanta e a
chiusura del periodo di permanenza la US Parma – VSA Academy celebrerà con una grande festa il
decimo anniversario della propria esistenza a cui lo staff italiano presenzierà con enorme piacere ed
estremo onore.
Il rientro in Italia è previsto per il 20 Luglio, ma sicuramente non finirà qui…
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La Valdera Calcio disembarks in the USA
L'Atalanta will be the bridge between the Association from Pisa & the US Parma- VSA Academy.
After a successful experience during the summer of 2008, during which select staff members of Valdera organized and directed a camp for youth teams of US Parma (Springfield, New Jersey), this year as well the soccer association president Vito Consoloni confirms and reinforces the three-way collaborative agreement among Valdera Calcio, Atalanta B.C. and the American Association US Parma-VSA Academy.
Consolidated the official affiliation between Atalanta and Valdera, the latest is proposed in the panorama of American youth soccer as an instrument of professional and technical growth with a program that this year will involve not only the young soccer players, but also the coaches of the VSA Academy with a staging of formations.
The merits of what is presenting itself as a true cultural and sport exchange, are to be found in the extreme professionalism and obstinacy of Phillip Iuliano, the brains and soul of the US Parma-VSA Academy, an important reality in the New Jersey soccer panorama. Alongside President Iuliano works the Technical Director Luigi Trentacoste, heir to a family from Palermo which in the 50's and 60's ran the "Red & Black" Association. Strengthened by this tradition and by his personal soccer experiences in Italy and in the United States Coach Trentacoste is the perfect right-hand man for President Iuliano, capable of combining the strong growth spurt of the stars and stripes soccer with the great structural potential that the United States panorama can offer.
In February the two leaders Phillip Iuliano and Luigi Trentacoste came to Italy for an in-person inspection and observed the actual value of the "Black & Blue" soccer school, the programs that the Association from Pisa brings forth and the high level line-up of Valdera instructors, confirming and solidifying this latest agreement.
The Valdera staff reconfirms as head of this new project the technical director Professor Roberto Niccolai, by his side the goalie coach Roberto Marconcini (former professional soccer player) and Professor Luigi Del Sordo from Margina Coperta (sports partner of Valdera).
The long view of the technical director Robert Niccolai has created the presumption that this strongly desired agreement not be seen as an impromptu experience but as a long-lasting technical relationship.
The coaches will leave Italy at the end of June and will initially be working with a camp for children ages 7- 10, following which there will be a technical refresher course for the coaches.
Following will start the camp aimed exclusively to US Parma with the support of Atalanta and in closing their stay the US Parma- VSA Academy will celebrate with a big feast their 10th anniversary, at which the Italian staff will attend with great pleasure and extreme honor.
The return to Italy is expected on July 20th, but surely it will not end here…
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Ann has been awarded 2008 ESPN Magazine Women's Soccer Academic All-American and Landmark Conference Defender of the Year. Ann joins Katie Feehan as our second ESPN Academic All-American on the Women's Team. The club is proud of you both!
For a related article about Ann, click here: http://www.drew.edu/promos.aspx?id=61494
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U.S. PARMA U14B Ragazzi player Gianfranco Giammatteo was selected to the 1995 NJ ODP Squad. With this initial Pool Selection he will train once a week with the rest of the 1995 NJ Squad in preparation for the Region 1 Tournament later this spring.
Congratulations to Gianfranco for this great accomplishment.
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U.S. PARMA Soccer Club President Phillip Iuliano and the Club's Technical Director Luigi Trentacoste visited Italy for 10 days this past February 2009. They were hosted by the staff of the Serie A Professional Club, Atalanta BC during which time they visited the training facilities and observed professional level and youth level training sessions.
The trip also included a visit to the Italian Soccer Federation (F.I.G.C.), tour of the National Team "Azzurri" Training Facility, and a stop at the Museo Del Calcio (Museum of Soccer).
They were also guests at a Serie A match (Fiorentina Vs. Lazio), a Serie B match (Livorno Vs. Piacenza), as well as a mid-week match (Empoli Vs Forcoli).
Additionally, the pair attended a few Viareggio Tournament matches (U19 Boys Tournament) that U.S. PARMA Men's Semi-Professional Team Goalkeeper, Matt Glackin, was participating in.
The trip concluded with a meeting and press conference with Atalanta BC officials on how each side can continue to benefit from the relationship in the future which could lead to training trips to Italy, player and coach exchanges, and clinics in NJ with U.S. PARMA players and staff. Below is the article from the press conference and the English translation.
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Important Agreement with Margine and the Victory Soccer Academy
The stars and stripes of soccer have landed at Brizzi with a visit to the facilities by Phil Iuliano, President and Luigi Trentacoste, Technical Director of the Victory Soccer Academy, an important soccer school in New Jersey.
It involves a collaboration, born last year, between the American Club and Atalanta BC, represented by the sporting association closely tied to the Orobica Society like Margine Coperta and Valdera, with the goal of expanding a trend that in the USA boasts impressionable numbers, being that soccer is the number one female and male sport practiced in colleges. In July, Luigi Del Sordo, Head Technical Director of the soccer league of Margine, went to New Jersey to visit an exemplary methods camp, and now the American counter parts have exchanged the visit in order to see first hand the vanguard methodology used. “For us” explains President Phil Iuliano, “The objective of taking children off the streets is combined with that of creating a soccer club of quality that at the end guarantees a benefit to society”. At the moment there are 12 teams, 5 male and 7 female, with the first team as a Semi Professional but pointing to a future in the Major League.
The trainer of the keepers is Roberto Marconcini, the unforgettable extreme defender/keeper of Pisa. "I think that we are creating something important" adds Luigi Del Sordo "It's an ambitious and gratifying project because American kids are willing to learn and are fully dedicated".
In the meantime, in regard to the results of the young nerazzure, it has been the umpteenth week of triumph with the regional "Giovanissimi" of Marco Nerozzi (2-0 al Camaiore) by now only steps away from qualifying at the Tuscan finals. The regional students of Chiti, disemebark the terraine of Fortis Lucchese (4-2) while the provincial field of the "Giovanissimi B" reach 20 consecutive victories, with 129 goals and always zero in the negative. Also to be commended are the "Allievi B" of Bacci and the "Giovannissimi" of Bellandi.
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This year, 2009, marks the clubs 10 year anniversary. The club was founded in 1999 with the inception and inauguration of the Men's Semi-Professional Team. Thereafter our Youth Program was launched as well as our Women's Premier Team and Men's Over 30 Team.
Several coaches, administrative personal, and current players from the Men's Over 30 Team were the first and original pioneers that started with the club (Men's Semi-Professional Team) and have remained dedicated and loyal to the club for a decade. They will be honored at a banquet the club plans on hosting in the summer.
Congratulations and thanks to everyone in the club throughout the years for achieving and making it possible to celebrate our 10 year anniversary.
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Clubs Inaugural Day (Men's Semi-Professional Team) August 7, 1999, Union HS Soccer Field, Union NJ. GSSL League "A" Division. U.S. PARMA (2) - Rutgers Alumni (1) |
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Springfield NJ -
Coaches from Atalanta Valdera Bergamasca Calcio - Italy (Official Training Partner of U.S. PARMA) arrived in the United States (July 2008) to conduct training sessions for the U.S. PARMA Youth Teams/Program.
Former professional players in Italy who are now coaches within the Atalanta BC Club, Roberto Niccolai, Luigi Del Sordo, and Roberto Marconcini were the instructors assigned to work with U.S. PARMA.
The players and coaches worked closely for a week long program which focused on technical training, game tactics, physical training, and goalkeeping training.
U.S. PARMA players who attended were exposed to top level training from the highest ranked Youth Program in Italy and Europe.
Below are some photos.
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Toronto, Canada -
The U.S. PARMA Inferno Team and the U.S. PARMA Dapprima Team traveled to Canada (July 2008) to participate in the Toronto Cup International Tournament.
Playing one year up in age brackets (both teams) Inferno and Dapprima advanced to the finals.
Inferno captured the championship while Dapprima lost a heart-breaker 2-1. The tournament featured teams from United States, Canada, Scotland, England, and Mexico.
The opening ceremonies, parade of teams, and the off-site festivities were wonderful experiences for the players, coaches, parents, and siblings that attended.
Below are some photos.
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U.S. PARMA has formed an alliance with Atalanta.
Atalanta is a Professional Club in Italy. The Atalanta Men's Professional Team plays at the highest level - Serie A. The Atalanta Youth Program is the highest ranked system/program in Italy.
The Atalanta Staff will be working closely with our coaches and they will also conduct training sessions exclusively for all U.S. PARMA Youth Teams.
In addition to the Atalanta Club traveling to the United States, U.S. PARMA will have the opportunity to travel to the Atalanta headquarters/stadium/training facility (Bergomo, Italy) and participate in coaching seminars, tournaments, pre-season training sessions, and friendly games. U.S. PARMA members will be able to build relationships with Atalanta's Professional Coaching Staff and Professional Players.
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Christine Turner, Monmouth University Women's Head Coach will conduct a training session with the Uniti U16G team on Monday, May 5.
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Atalanta Valdera Bergamasca Calcio Official Training Partner of U.S. PARMA
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