Keep playing like the Pros! Read about your “Pro Player” and “Pro Teammates”.* Have your ​ parents help you find a video on YouTube of these Pro Players. Do you see the resemblance? Study the game, keep playing the game, and have a great summer! ~ From Coach Lorin and Jenn, U8 Team Manager *Player write ups taken from Wikipedia ARTHUR plays like Eden Michael Hazard (#10) a Belgian professional footballer who plays for ​ ​ ​ Chelsea and the Belgium national team. He primarily plays as an attacking midfielder and a ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ winger. Hazard's creativity, speed, and technical ability are widely acknowledged. He has been ​ described as "a superb passer" and has earned critical acclaim for his playing style, which has led to the media, coaches, and players drawing comparisons to FIFA Ballon d'Or winners Lionel ​ ​ ​ Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Hazard is often ranked by coaches, colleagues, and ​ ​ ​ commentators as one of the best players in the world. BEN plays like Marc­André ter Stegen (#1) a German professional footballer who plays for ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Spanish club FC Barcelona as a goalkeeper. After four seasons in the Bundesliga with ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Borussia Mönchengladbach, making 108 league appearances, Ter Stegen joined Barcelona in ​ 2014. He won the treble in his first season in Spain, playing in Barcelona's wins in the Copa del ​ ​ Rey and UEFA Champions League. He has represented Germany at several youth levels and ​ ​ made his senior international debut in 2012. BERNIE plays like Bastian Schweinsteiger (#31) a German footballer who plays as a ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ midfielder for Bayern Munich and the Germany national team, serving as captain. A right­footed ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ player, he usually plays as central midfielder. Earlier in his career he primarily played as a wide ​ ​ midfielder. As of July 2014, he is the Bayern Munich vice­captain to long­time teammate Philipp ​ Lahm. On 2 September 2014, Schweinsteiger was named captain of the national team following ​ Lahm's international retirement. CADEN plays like Ramires Santos do Nascimento (#7), known simply as Ramires, a ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Brazilian professional footballer who plays for English club Chelsea and the Brazil national ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ team. A midfielder, he is comfortable playing in either the centre or right midfielder position. He ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ normally plays as a box­to­box midfielder role because of his energy in supporting defensive ​ ​ and offensive play. His attacking and defensive mentality have led to comparisons to former Chelsea teammate Michael Essien. Ramires began his career playing for Royal Sport Club. In ​ ​ 2005, he signed for Joinville, before joining Cruzeiro, whom he spent just over two seasons ​ ​ ​ ​ with, appearing in 61 league matches and scoring 10 times. In 2009, Ramires moved to Portugal and signed for Benfica from Cruzeiro. He spent one season with Benfica in which he ​ ​ helped them to the Primeira Liga title, five points clear of second­placed Braga. He then joined ​ ​ ​ ​ English club Chelsea in the summer of 2010 on a four­year contract, and has since won five different domestic and European competitions with them. CONRAD plays like Toni Kroos (#8) is a German footballer who plays for Spanish club Real ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Madrid and the German national team as a midfielder. A member of Bayern Munich's first team ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ at the age of 17, Kroos became a regular after an 18­month loan spell at Bayer Leverkusen, and ​ ​ won honours including three Bundesliga titles and the 2013 Champions League. After winning ​ ​ the World Cup in 2014, he joined Real Madrid on a six­year contract. He has been praised by journalists and former professionals as a player with all the qualities for the role of an attacking midfielder. K​ roos made his full international debut in 2010 and was a member of the Germany ​ squad which reached the semi­finals of the 2010 World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012. He was also ​ ​ ​ ​ part of the team that won the 2014 FIFA World Cup, becoming the first (and only) footballer born ​ ​ in East Germany to win the competition. DANNY plays like Francesc "Cesc" Fàbregas Soler (#4) is a Spanish professional footballer ​ ​ ​ ​ who plays for English club Chelsea and the Spain national team. Fàbregas plays mainly as a ​ ​ ​ ​ central midfielder or attacking midfielder but has also played as a winger or a second striker on ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ some occasions. Fàbregas started his career as a trainee with Barcelona but was signed by Premier League side Arsenal in September 2003 at the age of 16. Following injuries to key ​ ​ ​ midfielders in the 2004–05 season, he went on to establish himself as Arsenal's starting central ​ ​ midfielder, playmaker and captain. He broke several of the club's records in the process, ​ ​ ​ ​ earning a reputation as one of the best young players in his position. Despite competition from his international teammates Xavi and Andrés Iniesta, Fàbregas was a regular goalscorer in his ​ ​ ​ ​ three seasons at Barcelona, and won the first league title of his career in 2013. He signed for Chelsea in June 2014, winning the League Cup and the Premier League in his first season. ​ ​ ​ ​ ELIANA plays like Crystal Alyssia Dunn (#19) is an American soccer player for the U.S. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Women's National Team and for the Washington Spirit of the NWSL. She was a member of the ​ ​ ​ team that won Japan 2012 FIFA U­20 Women's World Cup, a member of the University of North ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team, and was the recipient of 2012 Hermann Trophy. ​ She ​ ​ ​ ​ represented the United States as member of United States U­17, U­18, and U­20 national ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ soccer teams. On February 13, 2013, she made her debut in the senior team playing a friendly ​ ​ ​ match against Scotland national women's football team. ​ ​ EMILY plays like Carli Anne Lloyd (#10) is an American professional soccer midfielder who ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ currently plays for the Houston Dash in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the ​ ​ ​ ​ United States women's national soccer team. She is a two­time Olympic gold medalist, and ​ ​ ​ scored the gold medal­winning goals in the finals of both the 2008 Summer Olympics and the ​ ​ 2012 Summer Olympics. She has represented the United States at three FIFA Women's World ​ ​ Cup tournaments: the2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, in which she helped the U.S. win bronze; ​ ​ ​ the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, in which the U.S. won silver; and the 2015 FIFA Women's ​ ​ ​ World Cup, where Lloyd led the U.S. to its third title. During the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup ​ ​ final, Lloyd scored a hat trick to lead the U.S. to a 5–2 win over Japan and the World Cup title. ​ ​ ​ ​ She scored three goals in the first 16 minutes of the final, with the first two occurring in the first six minutes of the game and within three minutes of each other. Lloyd received the Golden Ball Trophy as best player of the tournament and earned the Silver Boot for her six goals and one assist during the tournament. L​ loyd has played in over 200 matches for the U.S. national team ​ and scored over 65 goals. She previously played for the Chicago Red Stars, Sky Blue FC, and ​ ​ ​ ​ Atlanta Beat in Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). In 2013, she was allocated to the Western ​ ​ ​ ​ New York Flash for the inaugural season of the NWSL and helped the team win the regular ​ season championship. ERIC plays like James Philip Milner (#7) is an English professional footballer who plays as a ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ midfielder for Manchester City and the England national team. He will join Liverpool on 1 July ​ ​ ​ [4] ​ ​ ​ ​ 2015 subject to passing a medical. ​ He previously played for Leeds United, Swindon Town, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Newcastle United and Aston Villa. Playing as a central midfielder with Aston Villa, Milner was ​ ​ ​ named PFA Young Player of the Season and in the PFA Team of the Season for the 2009–10 ​ Premier League season; however, after his move to Manchester City, Milner was more often ​ utilised as a winger. M​ ilner's talent in football, cricket, and long­distance running was recognised ​ at a very young age. He represented his school in these sports and played football for amateur teams from Rawdon and Horsforth. He supported Leeds United from a young age and was a ​ ​ ​ ​ season ticket holder at the club. In 1996, he joined the Leeds United youth academy. He made ​ his debut for the first team in 2002, aged only 16, and gained prominence as the youngest player to score in the Premier League. ​ ​ FOX plays like Manuel Peter Neuer (#1) is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Bayern Munich and the German national team. He has been described as a "sweeper­keeper" ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ because of his unique playing style and is known for his quick reflexes, excellent shot­stopping abilities, command of his area and accurate distribution of the ball. N​ euer won the 2014 FIFA ​ ​ World Cup with Germany as well as the Golden Glove award for being the best goalkeeper in ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ the tournament and is considered by some to be the best goalkeeper in the world since Lev ​ Yashin. ​ LUCY plays like Alexandra Morgan Carrasco, commonly known as Alex Morgan, (#13) an ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ American soccer player and Olympic gold medalist. She is a forward for the Portland Thorns FC ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and for the United States women's national ​ ​ ​ soccer team. Morgan was drafted number one overall in the 2011 WPS Draft by the Western ​ ​ ​ ​ New York Flash, where she made her professional debut and helped the team win the league ​ championship. At age 22, she was the youngest player on the national team at the 2011 FIFA ​ Women's World Cup.