France 4 Croatia 2: Les Bleus seal their second World Cup!
Parents and Friends,
The heavens opened for the closing ceremony and a rain-soaked France were crowned world champions for the second time with a 4-2 victory over Croatia.
It was a fantastic final and a great spectacle especially for any young kid watching for the first time.
It’s all over for another four years but we have the women’s World Cup next summer in of all places… France!
Some of the stand-out stats from the match were…
- Les Blues were the first team to score four goals in a World Cup final since Italy lost 4-1 to Brazil in 1970 and it was the highest-scoring since England beat West Germany 4-2 at Wembley in 1966.
- The six-goal tally matched the combined total of the previous four finals 2002 (2), 2006 (2), 2010 (1), 2014 (1).
- France’s Kylian Mpappe became the youngest player since Pele to score in the final and was named the tournament's Best Young Player.
- Croatia captain Luka Modric won the Golden Ball as the best player at the tournament....
Parent testimonial: our son learned more in a few months than he had learned in years of playing for a team!
Parents and Friends,
I have a testimonial to share with you today from a parent whose son has been in our training program for three years…
Dear Soccer Families,
Our son learned more from Coach Patrick McPhillips in a few months of training than he had learned in years of playing for a team.
We’ve been with Patrick for three years now.
And he has completely changed the way my son – and our family – thinks about soccer.
Our son was always enthusiastic about the game but Patrick gave focus and direction to his training and showed him what was possible with hard work.
Patrick's dedication to the game and to kids shines through, both in the way he conducts himself during training sessions and in the other features of his program.
That includes written and verbal game evaluations for players and weekly homework (e.g., written analysis of video clips from games in top professional leagues) that he carefully reviews with his students and...
5 reasons to watch the World Cup...
Parents and Friends,
The 2018 Men’s World Cup will start this week so get ready for a crazy month of soccer!
32 nations, will contest 64 games in twelve venues across Russia to become world champions.
2014 hosts Brazil and current champions Germany are favorites while powerhouses Spain, France, Portugal, England and Argentina are also in the running.
The World Cup is an event of epic proportions and it’s absolutely guaranteed that there will be drama, excitement and fantastic goals and games.
So if you invest some time and get the kids in front of the television too they’ll surely love it!
But if you’re still not convinced, here are my top 5 reasons to watch the tournament…
The USA is hosting 2026!
The top reason to watch this year’s tournament is we’ll be hosts in eight years.
FIFA, the world governing body for soccer, have announced today that the United (Canada–Mexico–USA) bid to host the 2026 Men’s World...
