THE NEED FOR UCFC
United City FC is directly addressing the need to help develop minority players of Latino, African American, Pan-Asian and other immigrant backgrounds.
US Soccer needs diversity
The US Soccer system is fragmented with many quality players from Latin, African American, Pan-Asian and other communities unable to turn pro for various reasons that includes: not part of the college system for NWSL and MLS Drafts, lack of opportunities, ineligibility due to low academic achievements, economic circumstances and zero exposure to professional clubs.
Over the past decade there has been a steady decline in the US Men’s National Team’s success while the US Women’s National Team is often criticized for lack of diversity which has been directly linked to its very limited pool selection. There is no true diverse development system in the USA and players get limited experience to play with other international players to further their soccer IQ.
United City FC is directly addressing these problems to help develop minority players of Latino, African American, Pan-Asian and other immigrant backgrounds and providing a pathway to turning pro.
Building a Future
United City FC’s mission to build a club for the future in today’s game. We are committed to ensuring UCFC not only becomes a club for people to support but a club that will be linked to many future international soccer players.
Understanding the cornerstones of what makes a club and what players need will be part of our success. Our relationships with FIFA Licensed Agents, International clubs and other professionals will allow us to help develop our UCFC players and introduce them to overseas clubs to gain experience.
United City FC is an open and multicultural club that embraces difference and change. Club, Community and Career are the epicenter of United City FC’s core values. While offering a second to none soccer infrastructure to our players, we are also building relationships with colleges to allow our players to study and further their academic goals. Our players, and their development both on and off the field is our goal to creating a very special club. We want to build a club for the community to attend, enjoy and be part of with soccer camps and special events through the season.
CLUB
United City FC’s goal is to build a winning team that will compete to win the SWPL Championship. Provide a professional environment with experienced coaches and staff to help players fulfil their dreams of playing at the highest level. Our goal is to identify and develop players into professional athletes to play top flight soccer in the USA and Internationally.
COMMUNITY
Understanding the social-economic restraints of many families we have focused on building an exciting and accessible team for local communities to support. Build strong connections with local groups, youth clubs and soccer fans to celebrate everything that is ‘Los Angeles’ and the multi-cultural collective that makes up our community.
CAREER
While our focus is on building the team and players alike, United City FC’s vision is to partner with local colleges and online education establishments to offer players a variety of courses to study in their time off, online or evenings/ weekends. Our goal is to help players further their educational needs while playing soccer and give them options outside the game.
EXPERT OPINIONS
American exceptionalism should also be examined. Does the senior USMNT avoid immigrants? Does the player pool seem skewed one way or another? The next step has to be consciously looking at the profiles of players in the system and finding ways to be more equitable at talent identification. – SB NATION
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If the United States is to reach its full potential as a soccer nation it needs to cut down the economic and social barriers preventing people from accessing the game. – AMERICAN SOCCER ANASYSIS
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At a similar age, talented players in other countries have long since been identified and pipelined into academies affiliated with top professional clubs, which foot the bill for their training, housing and education. – THE UNDEFEATED
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He sees well-to-do families spending thousands of dollars a year on soccer clubs that propel their children to the sport’s highest levels, while thousands of gifted athletes in mostly African American and Latino neighborhoods get left behind. He worries about this inequity. Soccer is the world’s great democratic game, whose best stars have come from the world’s slums, ghettos and favelas. And yet in the US the path to the top is often determined by how many zeroes a parent can write in their checkbook. – THE GUARDIAN
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Instead the problem is the American system of identifying and cultivating soccer talent – or, more accurately, not identifying this talent. – THE CONVERSATION
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