PROUD FREE SpONSOR COPY www.soccerplus.us 11.11. 2016 | Year 1 | #13 | Miami, FL English & Spanish S W E N FOR THOse S WHO Play, PASSION U L THOse WHO P WATCH AND ER THOse WHO OCC SUPPORT THE S FUTURE OF THE REAL SOCCER SOCCER. S .U S U L MOMS OF MIAMI P PAGES 8-9 ER OCC S WWW. S U L P ER OCC sas @U S W E N S U L P ER OCC S YEAR 1 YEAR APRIL 30 / 2016 • BILL FISHER BEACH SOCCER WESTON FC KIDS' IDOL THE MAN BAHAMAS U13 & U14 LUIS FIGO: BEHIND THE VS REGIONAL A SOCCER TOURNAMENTS FBS-FC SHOWCASE LEGEND PAGE 4 PAGE 11 PAGE 12 PAGE 14 2 PLANETSOCCERNEWS 11.11.2016 | Year 1 | #13 | Miami, FL THE EDITORIAL FROM SOCCERPLUS PLANETNEWSSOCCER TOURNAMENT STORIES ON AND OFF THE FIELD EUROPEAN SOCCER Alessandro Sbrizzo Executive Director SHOWCASE BY FIGO [email protected] TEXT: NEWSROOM/MEDIAPLUS PHOTO: VADYM ZAITSEV / ShuttErstoCK.COM he European showcase will ear Soccerplus friends and have the presence of former readers, our journey continues to Portuguese star Luis Figo, discover new stories in South leading the tournament and Florida. This edition includes Tsharing his international soccer expe- an interview with Bill Fisher, rience, along with his technical staff the man who bears on his shoulders the with many UEFA coaches. responsibility of developing the best soccer tournaments. In addition, we would also like SOCCER teams to highlight the work of the soccer moms, The tournament is for players who who are the biggest fans and supporters are passionate and want to become in every team. We also have a soccer legend professionals. It is expected to attract embellishing our pages, Luis Figo, one of more than 400 teams of boys and girls the greatest players of all time. Welcome ages 8 to 18. The event will be held on to this new Soccerplus edition, the first November 11-13 at Lakewood Ranch newspaper dedicated to South Florida’s Premier Sports Campus. soccer! "We want to give visibility to these kids, when you play in the streets, you never have the chance to be seen by the scouts. We want to give them FREE PROUD www.soccerplus.us SPONSOR COPY an opportunity to show their talent. 11.11. 2016 | Year 1 | #13 | Miami, FL English & Spanish S W E N FOR THOSE S WHO PLAY, PASSION U And I wanted to give back to the soc- L THOSE WHO P WATCH AND ER THOSE WHO OCC SUPPORT THE S FUTURE OF THE REAL SOCCER SOCCER. S cer community my experience.” Figo brainchild, will select a coach in the East Coast in the near future. .U S U L MOMS OF MIAMI P PAGES 8-9 ER OCC S said. the tournament for a UEFA course WWW. S U L P ER with all expenses paid for. Luis Figo is a soccer legend who OCC SAS @u S W E Awards The European showcase by Figo won the Ballon d’or and and was N S U L Historias P ER OCC S AND MORE will change the landscape of Player of the Year, former player dentro y 1 YEAR There will be top awards for champi- youth soccer in Florida. The plan of the Portugal team for 16 years, APRIL 30 / 2016 • ons and finalists. Additionally, the In- is to have annual tournaments of FC Barcelona, Real Madrid C. F. BILL FISHER BEAcH SOccER WESTON Fc KIDS' IDOL fuera THE MAN BAHAMAS U13 & U14 LUIS FIgO: ternational Visibility Program, Figo’s and add more competitions on and Inter Milan. BEHIND THE vS REgIONAL A SOccER TOURNAMENTS FBS-Fc SHOWcASE LEgEND del campo PAGE 4 PAGE 11 PAGE 12 PAGE 14 Queridos amigos y lectores de soccerplus, nuestro viaje continúa para descubrir nuevas historias en el sur de la Florida. Esta edición incluye una entrevista con Bill Fisher, el hom- bre que lleva en sus hombros la responsabi- lidad de desarrollar los mejores torneos de soccer. Además, queremos resaltar el trabajo de las soccer moms, quienes son las fanáticas más grandes en cada equipo. 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Photos in this edition: Shutterstock.com + AGIF/ CP DC Press - Photo Works / Natursports - Mitch Gunn/ Marcos Mesa Sam Wordley - Oleh Dubyna / Jefferson Bernardes - MediaPictures.pl / Natursports / Shutterstock.com - Vlad1988 / Maxisport / YiAN Kourt / Twocoms / Shutterstock.com - Mitch Gunn 4 COVERSTORY 11.11.2016 | Year 1 | #13 | Miami, FL ill Fisher speaks slowly but with conviction. Every word, every phrase is a declaration of principles. The man who Bdeclares his taste for the Bible and Jason Bourne movies, bears on his shoulders the enormous responsibility of creating and developing the best soccer tournaments. A specialty, that from his office in Delray Beach, makes it possible for hundreds of players and clubs to have the opportunity to show their quality every year and to support soccer development in South Florida. These are his ideas and vision: How DID YOU BECOME INVOLVED IN soCCER? I grew up playing soccer for the East- West soccer club in Cleveland. It was one of the mega clubs at that time. As a young player I had the opportunity of traveling all over the world. Thirty years ago, it was a big thing for an American kid to travel abroad, now kids have this opportunity all the time. At 20, I was playing college soccer at Cleveland state. Later on, we formed a program that allowed teams and players to travel abroad, for the last 25 years we have been taking players to Europe and South America. Through this program we started working with clubs on helping them organize their tournaments. Additionally, with our international program we have established a soccer university, which is a placement program where we help international players to come to the U.S. to play soccer. How MANY tournaments DO YOU manage IN A Year? We manage 12 tournaments a year in South Florida and Orlando. We work with Florida Rush, Weston FC and West Pines. In the last couple of years we BILL FISHER THE MAN BEHIND THE TOURNAMENTS TEXT & PHOTO: NEWSROOM/MEDIAPLUS 5 11.11.2016 | Year 1 | #13 | Miami, FL COVERSTORY have helped establish tournaments for feel good to play, it is more important education and play college soccer. Miramar and Davie Sharks. We also have to have quality matches even if you get our own United soccer cup. These club fewer of them. ACCORDING to THE U.S. SOCCER tournaments are important for the clubs Federation, THERE will BE in terms of branding and exposure. What ARE YOUR thoughts ON NO standings OR CHAMPIONS THE CoaChes’ LEVEL? FOR YOUNGER ages, how will How MANY teams ARE EXPECTED The level is very good. Most importantly, THIS affeCT THE CHILDREN'S to partiCipate IN THE NEXT Weston we need our best coaches at the younger PERFORMANCE? ShowCase? ages. In general, we need to do a better Teams and players are competitive The last couple of years we´ve had job with our younger coaches in terms of whether you give them a trophee or around 600 to 700 teams. We expect coaching level and player development. a medal at the end of the event. It to have around 700 teams this time. The really doesn’t matter. They all want to Weston Cup is the biggest tournament DO YOU THINK THERE has to BE compete, coaches need to do a better in Florida and it is definitely one of the MORE COMMITMENT to sponsoring job realizing that it is not about winning top 10 tournaments in the U.S. sports programs? or losing but developing players. That is another area where things WHICH Countries DO could be done with a little bit more What DO THINK YOU CAN improVE partiCipants COME from? professionalism. There should be more IN THE worK YOU DO? They come from the Caribbean, Canada, corporate involvements. There is some The biggest challenge are the referees. South America and every once in a involvement but the next step is to be If you think it is bad now, it is going to while, we get teams from Scandinavia.