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Soccer partnership expanded between Alberta Soccer and Whitecaps FC

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The province’s soccer pipeline to the Vancouver Whitecaps FC program got a boost Tuesday.

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That’s because the Major League Soccer side and the Alberta Soccer Association announced a new and expanded three-year player development partnership.

Initiatives in both Calgary and Edmonton will provide a direct link to the MLS club with the full-time Whitecaps FC Boys MLS Academy and the Girls Elite Regional Excel Super Centre program.

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“It is important to Alberta Soccer to continue to find ways to support our player pathway,” said Alberta Soccer president Shaun Hammond. “And the Whitecaps put together a proposal that will allow Alberta Soccer to re-allocate resources to grassroots development programs while knowing that a top class program is being run in our province.”

The partnership includes the continuation of the current full-time Boys MLS Prospects BMO Academy in Calgary and the addition of the same strategy to be launched in Edmonton for players age 13 to 16-years-old. As well, Whitecaps FC will now also run full-time Girls Excel programs in Calgary and in Edmonton for players age 13 to 16-years-old.

The program includes weekly training and competition and access to high level Whitecaps FC club combines, events, and competitions. Player scouting and identification will be done through high performance leagues of the association, along with recommendations by technical directors.

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