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BWP Football Academy announces 2022-23 Trials for Boys…

By Kariann Morris / 05 - 2022

Register for 2022-23BWP Football Academy – Pre-Academy Trials Tuesday, June 21, 2022 – Christian Brothers Academy – Back of School (Grass Fields) Grassroots – U7/8s-U9/10s – (Birth Years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) 6:00pm – 7:15pm   Pre-Academy – U11 & U12s (Birth Years 2011 & 2012) 6:00pm – 7:15pm   CBA Stadium Field Turf Academy…

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Sorriento Elevated to Grassroots Director

By Kariann Morris / 05 - 2021

Albany, N.Y. – Black Watch Premier President Steve Freeman announced Friday the elevation of Joe Sorriento, who has spent the last decade on staff as a technical coach, to the grassroots director. “Joe Sorriento has been with the club since he was a player, his experience as a coach within our grassroots [program] over the last…

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BWP Adds Dr. Cristina Fink as Director of Mental Performance

By Kariann Morris / 01 - 2021

Albany, N.Y. – Black Watch Premier Albany announced today the addition of Dr. Cristina Fink as the club’s Director of Mental Performance. Fink brings over 25 years of experience working with Olympians and world champions, as well as national and professional soccer teams. The former Olympian served as the sports psychologist for several teams in…

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BWP – Announces Three-Year Partnership with Veo

By Kariann Morris / 12 - 2020

Albany, N.Y. – Black Watch Premier Sporting Director Steve Freeman announced the addition of Graciano Brito to the 2020-21 BWP technical staff.

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Tim Bradbury joins Black Watch Premier Long Island Training Staff

By Kariann Morris / 11 - 2020

Bay Shore, N.Y. – Tim Bradbury joins Black Watch Premier Long Island to head its boys U14 and U12 programs. Bradbury has a wide range of coaching experience spanning across more than 30 years. The Stoke-On Trent, England native left his hometown in 1989 after he was offered a full-time education with Long Island Soccer…

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Black Watch Premier Albany Adds Graciano Brito to Technical Staff

By Kariann Morris / 11 - 2020

Albany, N.Y. – Black Watch Premier Sporting Director Steve Freeman announced the addition of Graciano Brito to the 2020-21 BWP technical staff.

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Why the Golden Moment for Young USMNT Stars Abroad Is Happening Now

By Kariann Morris / 10 - 2020

  With players in significant roles at some of the world’s elite clubs, a young group of Americans abroad has broken through the glass ceiling that hovered over prior generations. Why now?   BRIAN STRAUS OCT 1, 2020 Dethroned by Real Madrid, annihilated by Bayern Munich and then disparaged and nearly abandoned by its most…

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Black Watch Premier Albany Announces New Athletic Complex At SUNY Schenectady

By Kariann Morris / 09 - 2020

  Black Watch Premier Albany Announces New Athletic Complex At SUNY Schenectady   September 11th, 2020 ALBANY, NY (September 9, 2020)—Black Watch Soccer Club Inc./ Black Watch Premier (BWP) is excited to announce the signing of a land lease on the campus of Schenectady County Community College (SCCC). This will give Black Watch Premier/ BWP…

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BWP Joins MLS Development Program

By Kariann Morris / 08 - 2020

  Chris Onorato Aug. 21, 2020 Top soccer club in the Capital Region takes step up in competition and recognition. Reference: https://wnyt.com/sports/soccer-black-watch-premier-major-league-soccer-mls/5834889/

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MLS: Elite youth development platform population exploding

By Kariann Morris / 08 - 2020

  Chuck Wharton Aug. 10, 2020 | Original Article – (Click Here) MLS has grown its elite youth development platform beyond belief The MLS Elite Youth Development Platform has shot up in membership during its first four months of planning. The replacement for the U.S. Soccer Development Academy abolished in April, is now on pace…

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