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Glenside Celtic Soccer Club’s Winter Academy now in full swing, 200+ players registered
By Ryan Genova | Glenside Celtic Soccer Club’s Winter Academy now in full swing, 200+ players registered
The Glenside Celtic Soccer Club’s Winter Academy has been in full swing since January 5.
The academy includes 200 players registered within the club’s 18 travel teams (and an additional 17 in the Wee Kicks program designed for 5–7-year-olds) and is led by Coach Joel and Coach Siafa from Fuel Tech Soccer.
Tom Clark, Director of Coaching, said the academy has some of the best trainers in the area.
“Different from our regular team coaches, the trainers from Fuel Tech are specific to technical skill development, something that often gets rushed or pushed aside at clubs, but essential to playing the game,” Clark said, highlighting the combination of coaches from Joel Richmond to the head coaches of both Jenkintown and Abington Boys soccer teams, Siafa Dempster and Issac Pitkow.
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Glenside Celtic Soccer Club’s Winter Academy now in full swing, 200+ players registered
Community Spotlight: Glenside Celtic Soccer Club, fostering culture and community
By Ryan Genova | The Glenside Celtic Soccer Club is expanding a little more each year.
Founded in 2019 by Brendan Gallagher, Chris Scullion and Donal Walsh, the organization was initially an arm of the Glenside Gaelic Club. Logistics and internal rules led the trio to form a separate nonprofit to promote and preserve Irish culture in greater Glenside with an aim to replicate the strong Glenside community as part of the club.
“This a genuinely community-based club,” Gallagher, a Glenside native, said. “A lot of the new clubs are actually for-profit corporations with a Philly branch. It’s not exactly what U.S. Soccer wants to see. They want grassroots efforts.”
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Community Spotlight: Glenside Celtic Soccer Club, fostering culture and community