SFEA Completes Pre-Season Preperations

San Francisco Elite Academy teams completed their pre-season preparations this past Sunday and are looking forward to the league and cup season just ahead. Over the summer, all the teams were given a customized training program and as pre-season training sessions began in late July (varied by team) the players were hard at work reconnecting as team.

As part of SFEA's pre-season program, all our teams participated in various highly competitive tournaments in order to work on fitness, team chemistry, and to provide the coaches with a roadmap for team and individual development goals.

The 2001 Girls NPL team got things started with a successful trip to San Diego to play in the Summer Surf Cup. The team finished the weekend with a 2-1-1 record and their only loss, a 1-0 setback, coming to eventual tournament champion and number one ranked team from Oregon, Crossfire United  ECNL.


In their other games, SFEA 01G team earned a 2-2 tie vs Los Angeles' CDA Slammers FC EGSL, the #8 ranked team in Southern California and grabbed a convincing 2-0 win of San Diego's own Force Ocampo, ranked #25 in So Cal.  In the final game on Monday, labeled as "showcase A" because it featured the top two teams not to make the semifinals, Slammers and SFEA were matched up for the 3rd time in the last 7 months. The previous 2 games ended in ties but this time SFEA came out the victor after breaking a 1-1 halftime deadlock with a stunning upper corner free kick by with just 8 minutes left in the match.

Back in the Bay Area, multiple SFEA teams participated in the Mustang Stampede tournaments, and the SFEA 99/00 Norcal Boys went to the Stanford Summer Classic and returned as champions of the top division for U19.

The tournament play was a culminating activity for pre-season calendars that saw teams get back together on July 31st and begin regular three-times-a-week trainings with some teams putting extra days for fitness and team building. We're proud of all our teams and their hard work and wish them the very best for the fall season.