Amazing Club News
Jerome Samuels, named as West Pines United FC new Club Technical Director. Jerome is a former professional soccer player with an extensive 10 year career before going into coaching. He is currently one of the most qualified coaches in North America, having obtained the USSF “A” and the UEFA “A” licenses.
His coaching highlights include: 1 ECNL SE Conference Championships, 1GA State Cup finalist, 8-time college conference champions, 8-time college regional champions, 5-time college final 4 appearances, 3-time college national championship finalist, 1 college national championship and 17 US national players born out of his development program.
Jerome is one of the most respected coaches among the US soccer federation and is now a part of our West Pines United FC family. welcome Jerome!!
West Pines United FC is pleased to announce it has been accepted to the following leagues to expand the level of competition for our athletes:
FPL
U15-19 Year round schedule
Aug-Oct 2019 FPL games
Feb 2020: playoffs as needed
Mar-Apr 2020 Showcase League
DEV
U11/U12 (pre-ECNL/NPL/FPL)
Sep-Feb DEV games
Regional Crossover
DEV showcase
Spring Schedule: Mar/Apr
RED (Regional Elite Development)
U9-10 year round schedule
Sep-Mar 8-10 RED games
2 Jamborees
New pathway to DA! All West Pines United FC athletes have a direct pathway to the US Soccer Development Academy (DA) currently operating under Weston FC. The alliance clubs (Weston and West Pines) will work cohesively to create the strongest Boys and Girls DA teams in South Florida by leveraging their best players for evaluation and training.
Alll players, coaches, and teams will train under the DA developmental model from U8-U19 creating a consistent style of play and player development designed to have each player reach their highest potential.
Players may be invited to train in the DA while maintaining their commitment to their home club. If selected for DA play, each player will be able to register as a part-time DA player and play up to 12 games per year in addition to playing for their West Pines team.
Great things are in store for West Pines United FC!
WPW is on the horizon…On the Girls side if the club, 7 new teams will be formed representing the next highest level of play after the DA. These teams will be called WPW Elite teams (Weston-West Pines) and will be led by Master Coach Tim Miller.
Tryouts for the WPW teams will be open to all West Pines, and other players from the market that would like try to earn one of the 18 spots on each WPW Elite team.
It is the intent for the 7 WPW teams to train at the highest level and compete with in the highest league possible including the US national league, US Sunshine Conference, NPL, FPL, etc.
The WPW teams will travel to compete in the country’s most competitive national tournament and directly compete with the DA on a weekly basis. The intent of the WPW team is to create the highest level of development and college exposure for athletes #19-36 in the depth chart or players who choose not to play in the DA.