South Valley Chivas Academy was well represented by Elmer Carballo, Alan Ramos and Erik Rincon at the US Club Soccer Id2 National Camp held at the Glendale Sports Complex in Glendale, Calif., March 17-20.

Considering their were 60 something players from different clubs and 3 of those were some our small academy speaks a ton of the individual development of our players.

Here is the roster: Boys Roster for Camp

This camp served as the first programming element of the current age group cycle, targeting boys born in 2003 and girls born in 2002.

Players were challenged both physically and mentally with rigorous training sessions and off-the-field presentations led by some of the best coaches in the country. Training sessions consisted of: dynamic warm-ups, improving offensive tactics and positional awareness, 11 vs. 11 scrimmages and a general emphasis on field communication.

id² Program Directors Gerry McKeown (boys) and Rory Dames (girls) facilitated the curriculum for the id² Training Camp. NPL General Manager Leo Garcia was in attendance to oversee the event.

Coaching the boys were: David Allred (Wake FC), Eddie Henderson (Issaquah SC), Rene Miramontes (San Diego Crusaders SC) and Carlos Parra (Weston FC). Leading the girls were: Matt Davison (FC Stars of Massachusetts), Chris King (Eclipse Select), Zeca Neto (San Juan SC), David Robertson (NorCal Premier Soccer), Adrian Solca (Solar SC) and Mike Stauber (Pateadores SC).

U.S. Soccer technical advisor Alex Zotinca scouted for potential invitations to future youth national team programming.