Nick Tacca Wins Soccer Scholar Athlete Award
UNITED ’91 Standout and Parkland High School Senior
Nick Tacca wins
Lehigh Valley Boys Soccer Scholar-Athlete Award
LVU Ranked in Nations Top 20
Lehigh Valley United Rated Top 20
Soccer Club in the Country!
National Soccer Ranking has rated Lehigh Valley United a top 20 club nationally based on LVU’s quality and success over several age groups.
Former LVU Standouts Look Pro
Former LVU player, Adam Welch, a Bethlehem native and 4 year starter at Lehigh was selected by N.E. Revolution in the 4th round of the MLS Draft.
Another alumnist and Central Catholic star, Matt Baker is still competing for a roster spot with the Philadelphia Union, the newest franchise of the MLS. Outstanding accomplishment as these former "stars" look toward professional careers.
UNITED '96 to Compete at Dallas Cup
Congratulations to the UNITED 96 team for being invited to attend
Dallas Cup one of the top tournaments in the country.
Wish the boys luck as they compete over Easter break!
"Dallas Cup entertains on average more than 160,000 spectators during the week, watching teams from all over the world participate in an extremely intense, explosive and competitive tournament where only the best return home champions. The field of teams consists of approximately 40% international teams, 40% state-side teams and 20% Dallas area teams."
LVU's Coaches Ramos and Bleam Named Coach of the Year
Two Coaches from Lehigh Valley United have received national recognition from the NSCAA.
Greg Ramos, director of coaching and head coach of UNITED ’91, ’95 and ’96 has been named the East Regional Coach of the year
Chris Bleam, head coach at Parkland High School and Lehigh Valley Uniteds ’98 Girls team was named Soccer Coach of the Year by the Morning Call and also named Coach of the Year for the NSCAA Region II Large School and Pennsylvania State Coaches Association Class 3A.
Congratulations Greg and Chris on these outstanding accomplishments!
10,000 Hours to Greatness
Training Like the Pros
At LVU, soccer is serious business, but why? Read this article and review information from US Soccer Federation to find out more about the importance of time and training.
"There is a huge gap between the amount of time spent training and playing by the American player vs players in other international hotbeds of soccer. LVU is on par with the rest of the world when it comes to the number of hours invested in the Lehigh Valley’s youngest players." -Greg Ramos, Director of Coaching
OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND LVU
In the 2009/10 ODP year, LVU has over 40 players that have qualified for indoor training for the state ODP team
Lauren Binn, Jared Bartholomew, Wyatt Fabian,
Logan Keys, Tucker Sandercock and Ryan Wetherhold
are returning members of the Region 1 team
Noah Snyder has been selected to US U14 National Pool
The number of LVU players included in ODP is a testament to the commitment LVU places on individual technical skill and total player development
