Omaha Academy

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Our job at Sporting Nebraska is to get to know all the players in our program and help them find the right fit. Our U4-U10 Recreation program is the starting point for most parents. They sign their player up to play with friends and classmates. From there, Christina and the Recreational staff along with our Directors of Coaching and Academy Directors/staff work with the players at training sessions, camps, and watch players on game days. They continue to follow players along their journey and start identifying the players in the U7-U9 age groups that they feel are ready for a more competitive program.


The Recreational will have three levels of identification


Level 1: Identification (U7 Recreational )

Players are evaluated by the Sporting Nebraska FC Recreational & Academy staff during training sessions and at their in-house games. The staff will continue to meet and discuss players throughout the year. At the end of the year players are invited to come to the Academy Open House (AOH) events. AOH is open to any player U7-U9 that is interested in learning more about our Academy program. These are FREE sessions run by the Academy staff. At the conclusion of the AOH events, players that the staff feel are ready will be invited into the Pre-Academy (U8) or Academy (U9) for the following soccer year.

 

Level 2: Pre-Academy

For Pre-Academy, a pool of approximately 12-20 players will be invited to participate in a modified version of our Academy. These players will train just like our Academy groups with an Academy staff coach. They will play either in the Sporting Nebraska FC Recreational program or a local league. This program is set up to run year round. Not everyone chooses to do Pre-Academy, and that is okay. That is why the staff continues to evaluate players at the U8 & U9 age groups. Players that we feel are ready will be offered spots in the Pre-Academy program.

 

Level 3: Academy Selection

The full Academy program starts at U9 and goes through U10. Our Academy is designed for players for the next level of competition. The development will be driven to prepare players looking to continue a higher level of play and prepare them for tryouts into our Competitive program at U11. Players will be exposed to all positions in the game of soccer (Forward, Midfield, Defense, & Goalkeeper). We encourage multi-sport athletes in our program as long as a base level of commitment can be fulfilled and during soccer season soccer is their primary sport.

Boys & Girls U8 - U10 Program

Club Fees

U8 Academy

Yearly Fee: $610 per year


Academy Year

  • Teams will be formed via an identification process through our Recreational program and Open House sessions
  • Academy Camp in July will kick off the season
  • Fall games: start late August – end of October
  • Springs games: start late March – first week of June
  • Players will train the following:
  • Fall: 8-10 weeks outdoor – 2x a week at CHI MultiSport Complex
  • Winter: 16 indoor sessions – 1x a week at Omaha Sports Complex
  • Spring 8-10 weeks outdoor – 2x a week at CHI MultiSport Complex

Games

U8 will play a combination of Youth in house and location sanctioned leagues and tournaments – a total of 8-12 games in the fall and again in the spring.


Team fees (not included in registration) will cover the costs of tournaments, additional indoor sessions, and more. These prices vary with each team and will be managed by the Team Manager. Fees will be paid to the team account.

U9 – U10 Academy

Yearly Fee: $1,100 per year


Academy Year


  • Teams will be formed via an identification process through our Recreational program and Open House sessions
  • Academy Camp in July will kick off the season
  • Fall games: start late August – end of October
  • Springs games: start late March – first week of June
  • Players will train the following:
  • Fall: 8-10 weeks outdoor – 2x a week at CHI MultiSport Complex
  • Winter: 16 indoor sessions – 1x a week at Omaha Sports Complex
  • Spring 8-10 weeks outdoor – 2x a week at CHI MultiSport Complex

Games

U9 & U10 teams will play a combination of local sanctioned leagues, friendly competitions, and tournaments (and possibly 1 travel tournament during each of fall and spring seasons) a total of 8-15 games in the fall and again in the spring


Team fees (not included in registration) will cover costs of tournaments, additional indoor sessions, and more. These prices vary with each team and will be managed by the Team Manager. Fees will be paid to the team account.



*PlayMetrics fee does not include transaction fees that occur with each payment.

*Winter Indoor League – 9v9 and 11v11 teams may be split into two teams for the Winter season games.

*Additional Winter programming (i.e., Technical Training, Goalkeeper Training, etc.) are not included inclued in Club Fees.


Club Fees do not include PlayMetrics transaction fees, team fees or uniforms.  Uniforms will be purchased from Soccer Internationle. 



Michael Doria

SOCCER EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Past President of Nebraska State Soccer Association Board of Directors.  Committee Member experience at the U.S. Youth Soccer Association Regional (Finance) and National (Nomination/Governance/Bylaw) level.  More than thirty years of experience as a player, coach and administrator supplemented by a background in business, law and education.  United States Soccer Federation Coaching License and a United Soccer Coaches (NSCAA) Director of Coaching Diploma.  Division I college soccer playing experience.  State Cup Champion as a club player, club coach, high school player and high school coach.  Administrative experience at the local, State and Regional level managing budgets, ODP, facility development, travel and event management.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • President, Nebraska State Soccer Board of Directors (2019-2023)
  • President, Bugeaters FC, Omaha, NE (2019-2021) 
  • Member, U.S. Youth Soccer Bylaw Committee (2022-Present)
  • Member, U.S. Youth Soccer Nomination/Governance Committee (2018 – 2023)
  • U.S. Youth Soccer Region II Budget and Finance Committee (2017)

 

COACHING EXPERIENCE

  • 13+ years - Sporting Nebraska Football Club, Omaha, NE
  • 4+ years - Arsenal Soccer Club, Omaha, NE
  • 3+ years - Millard West Boys Varsity Head Coach, Omaha, NE
  • Nebraska Olympic Development Program
  • Volunteer Assistant Men’s Coach Midland University, Fremont, NE

 

PLAYING EXPERIENCE

  • Division I College Soccer
  • University of Evansville, Evansville, IN – Central Defender