Soccer Links

Skills:
http://www.sport-fitness-advisor.com/soccertraining.html (strength and speed training)

www.kikosoccer.com/ (footskills website of Avon Lake Head Coach Kiko Lopez)


Nutrition:

www.pponline.co.uk/ (nutrition for athletes)


Health/Injury Prevention:
www.aclprevent.com/ (this is the site for the Santa Monica PEP program)

www.girlscanjump.blogspot.com/ (this site is dedicated to the female athlete and contains info. to improve performance and reduce ACL injuries)

www.girlscanjump.com/plyometrics.html (the plyometrics tab on the popular Girls Can Jump website)

www.sport-fitness-advisor.com/ (go the the soccer training tab)

www.soccer-training-info.com/ (includes videos of specific exercises)

http://www.finesoccer.com/ (contains a series of free newsletters along with books, DVDs, etc. to purchase, go to free e-mail mewsletters tab on left-hand side)


Local Premier Clubs:
http://www.soccersportsplex.com/ (Click on Excalibur)

http://www.libertyfc.org/ (Liberty Football Club)

http://www.teamchallengerfc.com (Challenger Crew Juniors)

http://www.ohiopremier.com/ (Ohio Premier)

http://www.internationalssoccer.com/ (Internationals)

http://www.clevelandkickers.com/ (Cleveland Kickers)

http://www.clevelandinferno.com (Cleveland Inferno)

http://www.op-fire.com (OP Fire)

http://www.clevelandunited.org/ (Cleveland United)

http://www.westsidestars.com/ (West Side Stars/Internationals Soccer Club West)

http://www.clevelandalliancesoccer.com/ (CASA: Cleveland Alliance Soccer Association)

http://www.concordiasoccerclub.com/ (Concordia Soccer Club)

http://www.csaimpact.net (CSA Impact)

http://www.clevelandwhitecaps.com (Cleveland Whitecaps)




Soccer Rules:
http://www.asktheref.com/ (this is a site where questions about soccer rules are answered by actual soccer refs.)


Conference & State Soccer Information:
www.ossca.org/ (Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association) General information about high school soccer in Ohio including high school & college team websites.)

www.ohsaa.org/ - (Ohio High School Athletic Association: The official website for all high school sports in Ohio including girls soccer. Contains the rules and eligibility requirements regarding girls soccer plus lots of other information.)



Local Media: (Check here for team information after games during the season)
www.cleveland.com/hssports/plaindealer

www.chroniclet.com/#sports


College Recruiting:
http://www.thesportsource.com/ (for those who are interested in playing soccer or any other sport in college, this site is loaded with reference material, tips, links, etc. to help your player get noticed and ultimately recruited by colleges of your choice)

http://www.ncaaclearinghouse.net/ - This site provides the necessary information for those interested in playing Div. 1 or 2 level college soccer. Go to general information and click on Guide for College Bound Student Athletes.

http://www.recruitingrealities.com/ - This is the site of popular recruiting expert Jack Renkens, who appeared in the Plain Dealer on a regular basis. It has tips, links and publications for purchase.

http://www.dynamitesports.com/ - This is the website of the organization that gave a presentation at ALHS during April on the college recruitment process. When you visit the site, they have a recruiting handbook available for purchase and have a newsletter that you can subscribe to also along with some other recruiting tools.

http://www.ncsasports.org/ - This is another website that assists with the college recruiting process. It allows you to post a profile of yourself which is available to be viewed by colleges throughout the country. Like most sites, they have some elements which are free and others which you need to pay for.


Women's Soccer:
http://www.ussoccer.com/ (The site for news about the U.S. National Soccer Teams, soccer info., coaching info., etc.)

http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/ (The offical site for the 2015 Women's World Cup)

http://www.nwslsoccer.com/  (The official site of the National Women's Professional Soccer league)

http://www.ncaa.com/sports/soccer-women/d1 (The official site of NCAA Division I, II, & III women's soccer)

http://wleague.uslsoccer.com/ (The official site of United Soccer Leagues (USL) women's division.   The USL is a developmental league for players and features current college players and recent graduates)


Miscellaneous Links:
http://www.gcssca.com/ (Greater Cleveland Soccer Coaches Association)

http://www.nscaa.com/ (The National Soccer Coaches Association of America for soccer tips, news, academic all-american, etc.)

http://www.oysan.org/ (ODP info.)

http://www.nationalsoccerranking.com/ (soccer club and team rankings with recruiting info.)

http://www.gotsoccer.com/ (provides information and ranking for club teams and tournaments.)


Community Links:
http://www.avonlakecityschools.org/ (Avon Lake City Schools)

http://www.avonlakesports.org/ (Avon Lake Soccer)

http://www.avonlaketournament.com/ (Avon Lake Father's Day Tournament info.)

http://www.avonlake.org/ (Avon Lake City Home Page)


Websites of Local Schools:
https://bbhladybeessoccer.shutterfly.com/ - Brecksville girls high school soccer team

http://www.shsladymustangs.com/ - Strongsville's girls high school soccer team