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FSA Announces New Directors: Junior Miranda & Will Pfaffenberger
Updated: 06/02/2010 at 2:53 PM
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Avon, Indiana – June 1, 2010 –
Fusion Soccer Academy is excited to announce that Junior Miranda will be joining the club as the Director of Premier Development in the Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 seasons.
As the Director of Premier Development, Miranda will generate a coaching curriculum that best meets the needs of developing players in the Academy, Travel, and Premier tiers at Fusion to help guide and usher in new generations of elite soccer players.
Miranda brings a wealth of coaching and playing experience to Fusion.
He was born and raised in
Brazil
where he played youth and professional soccer.
He is the founder and the current Executive Director of the "Truth Project" Sports and Evangelism Ministry. Junior has served on the coaching staff of
Covenant
Christian
High School
since 2007. He is the past winner of the Indiana Youth Soccer Jay Frederich Good of Soccer Award (2007) and the winner of the ABCD Award (Above and Beyond the Call of Duty) for the IPS Futsal Program (2008) in addition to being a finalist for the Indiana Youth Soccer Club Director of Coaching of the Year Award (2009).
Junior holds the USSF E, National D, and The National Youth Licenses and is known as an enthusiastic leader who is an outstanding coach and promoter of soccer.
Miranda says, “Many kids in this area are looking for a proper way of training so they can become better soccer players. This is a tremendous opportunity that I have to help these kids to be developed to the best of their abilities. It is awesome to see all the excitement in the club with all of the positives changes. I am looking forward to see what is going to happen at Fusion in the coming years.”
Fusion
Soccer
Academy
also welcomes Will Pfaffenberger as their new Director of Coaching for the Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 seasons.
Pfaffenberger served as the Assistant Director of Coaching under Roy Polhill in the last year and has been coaching various Travel and Premier level teams at Fusion since 2008.
Pfaffenberger was a top player at
Avon
High School
from 1996-2000, and he coached an undefeated C Team for
Avon
in the Fall of 2008 before moving to Fusion full time.
He holds the National D and National Youth Licenses from USSF.
Roy Polhill will rotate into the Assistant Director of Coaching role in the Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 seasons before retiring from an illustrious youth coaching career next summer.
He will remain an active youth soccer volunteer once his administrative duties are complete.
Pfaffenberger says, “The club is bringing in all the right coaches and administrators.
We’re developing some incredible programs that will make this game fun and challenging for our players at every level.
I’m excited to work with an enthusiastic and talented coaching staff in the upcoming seasons!”
Fusion
Soccer
Academy
will be holding U9 and U10 Academy Try-Outs on June 9th and 10th and U11-U18 Travel and Premier Try-Outs on June 16th and 17th at The Fusion South Fields in
Avon
,
Indiana
.
For more information on Try-Outs and
Fusion
Soccer
Academy
visit:
http://www.indyfusionsoccer.com . |
Junior Miranda:
Director of Premier Development
Will Pfaffenberger:
Director of Coaching
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