Posted August 6, 200717 yr since no one really has seen these yet and my bro was dying to show me....two :clap: :clap: for the town! the new soccer academy is being built on the old emerald valley golf course (looked like some of it is still an active gc): Premier Soccer Academies Announces Eight From United States That Will Attend Academy This Summer. Lorain, Ohio. - Brad Friedel’s Premier Soccer Academies, the first full-scholarship youth soccer academy in the United States, have now received a total of fifteen commitments from student-athletes recently invited to attend the Academy beginning August 2007. Eight of the fifteen committed student-athletes are from the United States. The other seven are from Brazil, Trinidad, Chile, Bolivia, and Venezuela. http://premiersocceracademies.com/media.html not done yet, but it looked like they are hard at work on it last up is the new ballpark, called the pipe yard, which is set on a city park grounds, besides being an obvious park for lorain youth baseball games: http://www.lorainyouthbaseball.com/ it's is also the home of cleveland state baseball http://csuvikings.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/040207aaa.html here's a youtube link to the first event, csu vs kent state: additionally, it's home of the northern ohio semi-professional league http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=nombl and the erie shores collegiate league http://www.erieshoresbaseball.org/new/home.asp and the lccc commodores club team -- njcca reigon xii http://www.lorainccc.edu/Academic+Divisions/Health+Physical+Education+and+Recreation/Sports+Programs/Club+Sports/baseball.htm finally, looks like they have a booster club too -- info on the youth baseball link above:
August 6, 200717 yr Lorain is pro baseball! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 6, 200717 yr Lorain is pro baseball! i know -- who knew? Field isn't downtown, huh? :-( no, its way out west hidden in a city park in an older suburbanish style development. there is no room for a ballpark around downtown or the lake/river bay. one big exception ---- there is a recently cleared out primo piece of lakefront behind the city hall (where they wanted to build the casino) where it could fit....but who wants to do something that stupid with the one chunk of primo watefront land like that? look what happened w/ cbs in the big cle....just as bad in cinci. thankfully even lorain wouldnt screw that future opportunity up for some nice, but frankly d-list ballfield. however, they'll chop down their last tree stand for a strip mall no problemo :whip: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=1722.0
August 8, 200717 yr last up is the new ballpark, called the pipe yard, which is set on a city park grounds, besides being an obvious park for lorain youth baseball games: http://www.lorainyouthbaseball.com/ Clearly, these guys are using steroids.
August 12, 200717 yr Premier Soccer Presses On SCOT ALLYN, Morning Journal Writer 08/12/2007 Email to a friendPost a CommentPrinter-friendly Premier Soccer Academies in Lorain. LORAIN -- Teenaged athletes from Brazil, Trinidad, Bolivia and other countries will join the ranks of the International City when Brad Friedel's Premier Soccer Academies welcomes its first class of budding stars Aug. 20. But inclement weather, including heavy rains, nearly threatened the academy's building schedule, according to Craig Umland, chief operating officer of the facility. ''Heavy rains did prevent us from getting out in back, but it's not putting us behind,'' Umland said. The school's grass soccer fields won't be ready until next year, but the students will play on artificial turf this fall, he said. Umland said years of planning and preparations, plus an international recruiting effort, have gone into the selection of the first group of 24 year-round students. Advertisement ''They'll receive the best soccer training available anywhere in this country,'' Umland said. ''Plus they will get a proper high school education. We want to give them a year they'll never forget.'' The non-profit academy, located at the former Emerald Valley Golf Course on Leavitt Road, will groom talented players from around the globe for Division-I soccer, regardless of economic or social background. The boys are trained with the hopes of eventually joining professional teams. Male players from 12 to 16 years old will live at the academy through June, Umland said. Some of the soccer players were chosen from the United States, including three from Ohio, while others came from South America. The students will attend classes at Amherst public schools, although a few will be home-schooled in the academy using curriculum from their home countries, Umland said. ''We've interviewed tutors from the Lorain area who speak Spanish and Portuguese,'' said Umland, who hopes to have the tutoring staff in place by Friday. Students are invited for a year, according to Umland. ''Then, based on their academic and athletic progress, they will be asked back,'' he said. The young athletes are given full scholarships for the year. ''Those who were selected are coming here because of their talent,'' Umland said. ''We had training camps around the country, and a recruiting network through college and professional coaches. Once they're here, they'll be treated like professional, and each will receive his own health and nutritional program and strength and conditioning programs.'' Trainers include Roy Tunks, the director of goalkeeping, who was Friedel's own coach, Umland said. Tunks came from England to take the position, according to Umland. Marc Hottinger, who moved his family from Switzerland to work at the academy, will be director of coaching. Oberlin resident Andrian McAdams, 15, will be among the first class. McAdams is a goal keeper like the academy's creator. Brad Friedel, 35, a Bay Village native and goalkeeper for the Blackburn Rovers, dreamt up the idea of a residential soccer academy six years ago. He hopes the academy will change the face of soccer in America. Although only the boarded players will be exposed to full time training, the academies kicked off a variety of camps for boys and girls this summer. Through the extra camps, which will be offered throughout the year, 12,000 area youth will be exposed to top-notch training. Construction of the $8 million facility started in May and has since evolved into a dormitory, 3 1/2 soccer fields, and a 5,000-square-foot weight room with $250,000 worth of equipment. An indoor field house, with a fully enclosed soccer field, will be ready in October, Umland said. Fifty dormitory rooms, five locker rooms, an education hall, a dining area and visiting rooms for families are available. The facility relies solely on donations and sponsorships, Umland said. PSA has secured partnerships with Star Trac, a national manufacturer of physical fitness equipment, CenturyTel, Adidas and The Cleveland Clinic. ''It's been a dream of Brad's and many others, and it's finally upon us,'' Umland said. Morning Journal writers Jennifer Bracken and Alan Ingram contributed to this story.
November 25, 200717 yr Goal-oriented Sunday, November 25, 2007 Jodie Valade Plain Dealer Reporter When Brad Friedel was growing up in Bay Village, he played ev ery sport he could -- basketball, baseball, hockey, tennis, everything -- but he loved soccer best. To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: [email protected], 216-999-4654
June 22, 200915 yr wow talk about bad news -- too bad! :| Bank sues Friedel soccer academy over unpaid loans Cindy Leise ELYRIA — A bank Friday sued Brad Friedel’s Premier Soccer Academies in Lorain in Common Pleas Court, contending it is owed $7,579,107 from three unpaid loans. The lawsuit was filed by RBS Citizens, National Association, which does business as Charter One. The suit seeks a judgment and “immediate payment” on three loans plus interest totaling $6,171,164, $870,836 and $537,107. The suit stated the soccer academy had made some payments on the principal. The suit also names Friedel as a defendant. The suit listed an address on Lake Road in Bay Village for Friedel, who still plays professional soccer in England. The loans were granted on Feb. 11, 2008. The lawsuit was assigned to Judge Raymond J. Ewers. Craig Umland, chief operating officer of the academy, was unavailable for comment Friday afternoon. There were several cars in the parking lot of the academy on Leavitt Road, but no one answered phones or intercoms. The $10 million facility opened two years ago to great acclaim as the first full-scholarship youth soccer academy in the United States. It operates as a not-for-profit corporation. Several weeks ago, the academy canceled soccer programs for the summer and laid off most of its staff of about a dozen people. Umland said on June 3 the academy was suffering from cutbacks in corporate sponsorship due to the poor economy. He said many companies preferred to hold onto an employee versus putting money into sponsoring students at the academy. Umland said the academy would “strip down to the core” this summer and would attempt to offer its residential soccer program for a fee beginning in the fall. He said it would require a yearly fee of some $37,500 and a minimum of 15 or so participants. Umland also said he was working on a plan to open the state-of-the-art facilities to health club memberships costing $35 to $50 a month. During that June 3 interview, Umland said the academy is current on its mortgage and made a large payment on the principal. Up until now, the academy provided entirely free training to promising youth soccer players from around the world. Several individuals involved in soccer programs said they thought the financial troubles at the academy was very sad, but hoped Friedel could pull the facility out of the downspin. Soccertimes.com reported last summer that Friedel, a former World Cup player and Bay High School graduate, had transferred from the Blackburn Rovers across the English Premiere League to Aston Villa. The story stated Villa paid Blackburn a reported $5 million fee for Friedel, a goalkeeper, who was reported to have signed a three-year contract for about $4 million. Contact Cindy Leise at 329-7245 or [email protected]. http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2009/06/20/bank-sues-friedel-soccer-academy-over-unpaid-loans/
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