SoccerViza: Not Your Ordinary Experience To understand SoccerViza, look no further than our founder, Joe Funicello. Joe was a standout high school, premier, and Olympic Development player who wanted nothing more than a career in the sport he loved. He muddled through semi-professional leagues, paid to attend poorly run combines, and was the victim of scheming agents. While these experiences surely taught him lessons, none landed him the contract that he felt he deserved. Through his own effort and hard work, he has now established himself as quality player in Iceland’s Premier league playing for Þór (Thór), and wants to help young players avoid the various disappointments that he endured. The solution? SoccerViza. SoccerViza differentiates itself from other agencies and combine companies in a number of ways: Contacts: We have connections to a network of coaches that we bring to our events! Our competitors will often take videos of the combine and allow players to send it out (good luck!). Alternatively they may connect you with agents – but you still aren’t being exposed to the actual coaches involved in signing players! SoccerViza has built relationships with coaches in Scandinavia, Iceland, the U.S. and the UK – and our network is only growing. Events: Our events are capped at a small number of participants – usually 35-60. We do this specifically so that coaches can give proper attention to the players. If you’ve ever been at an event with 200+ players – you know how impossible it can be to stand out. The SoccerViza staff, in team with the coaches/scouts in attendance, will provide players with coaching tips and advice for taking their games to the next level. Remember – Joe (Founder) has done exactly what you are trying to do – his advice is invaluable. Price: Our fees really are modest, and we try our best to be flexible and work as a team with potential players to resolve financial issues. Consider everything that goes into an event (flying coaches out to attend, hotels, field rental, insurance, equipment, etc) – SoccerViza’s first priority is to deliver an affordable, effective experience for our players. If we can pass savings on to the players for a particular event, we’ll definitely do so. Yes – we are a for-profit business, but we know that delivering a quality product for our players is what will yield us success in the long run – not taking advantage of them to profit in the short run. Player Interaction: SoccerViza’s connection to players doesn’t end on the last day of the event. In fact, just recently we held a combine where a particular player was not selected for trial by the coaches in attendance. However, Joe was convinced that he had great talent, so he pitched the player to another professional Icelandic coach that wasn’t able to attend the combine. After further meetings, the coach agreed to bring the player over for a trial in early 2013!
Posted on: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 01:38:04 +0000