Odessa Soccer Association - Sockers Academy

The two associations, in conjunction with the West Texas United Sockers will be offering the first professional youth academy in West Texas.

The partnership will aid in the development of our U9/U10 rec. players considering club soccer.

Additionally, the partnership will allow the associations to be actively involved in the implementation of the programs.

Academy participation will receive the highest quality instruction from the most qualified staff in the Permian Basin.

The Sockers Academy will be offered in the Fall and Spring of each season and is designed to supplement recreational soccer.

All Sockers Academy participants are required to be registered recreational players in their respective associations.

The Sockers Academy is open to all U9 and U10 boys and girls that are interested in pursuing high quality, affordable competitive soccer.

The Sockers Academy is a program designed to prepare players and parents for the transition from recreational soccer to competitive soccer.

The goal of the Sockers Academy is to provide the player with advanced technical training and introduce tactics that are utilized in the competitive soccer environment.

Academy participants will receive the highest quality training from our staff and from PDL players from the WEST TEXAS UNITED SOCKERS!

In addition, the Academy will provide players and parents with individualized player evaluations each month.

This is not a skills session, it is much, much more.

Academy players will participate in advanced training, and have the opportunity to play against academy teams in tournaments and within the Sockers youth club system.

Tito Francino is a native of Chile who brings a wealth of playing and coaching experience to the Socker Academy. He has played professionally in South America, Europe and in the US. He has played for the Colombian National Team and earned a Bronze medal in the Pam-Am Games. Tito has been actively coaching youth teams in the Permian Basin for the last 10 years.

Jesus Enriquez was named the Sockers PDL Head Coach on October 7, 2008, and brings more than 30 years of soccer experience as well as a successful track record of coaching in PDL to the Sockers. The native of Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico currently coaches the Sockers Youth 98 Boys Blue.