The NCE Soccer Blog

Player Stories, Milestones, & Moments That Matter

Progress isn’t measured in one big moment—it’s built in the countless steps along the way. Here, we highlight the players who are putting in the work, earning their opportunities, and making their mark. Some are securing college commitments, others are turning heads on the field, and all of them are proof that dedication leads to results. If you want to see what’s possible through NCE Soccer, you’re in the right place.

Henry Welles Combines Studies And Soccer In England

Henry Welles Combines Studies And Soccer In England

Faster, more physical and much more competitive. Henry Welles can not recommend combining studying and soccer in England high enough. The former NCE Soccer graduate has taken to transatlantic living with ease and has gone on to captain Rossall School and was selected...

NCE Soccer Set For Italian Job

NCE Soccer Set For Italian Job

It's been two long years in the waiting - but NCE Soccer are ready for their very own Italian job. Bags packed, squads selected and a seemingly better plan than Michael Caine's famous 'Self-Preservation Society' who targeted gold bullion in the famous 1969 film. The...

Youth Soccer Technical Training Program Launch

Youth Soccer Technical Training Program Launch

NCE Soccer will launch a brand new progam this April aimed at honing the technical ability of young players. The Technical Training Program will teach boys and girls aged 7-14-years-of-age the most important techniques to help them progress. It will do is specifically...

College Focused Tryouts For High School Soccer Players

College Focused Tryouts For High School Soccer Players

NCE Soccer will host College Focused tryouts for High School Players next month. The US leading youth soccer program will super strength the College ID Program to provide unrivaled focus and attention for senior players. Players aged 15 and above have traditionally...

Futures Program Provides First Step Into Soccer

Futures Program Provides First Step Into Soccer

Youngsters in Connecticut and New Jersey are being invited to take their first steps into soccer with the NCE Futures Program. Futures has been created specifically to help boys and girls aged four-to-eight-years enjoy their first taste of the beautiful game. The...

England Pro Pathway Tour Success

England Pro Pathway Tour Success

It was the week that was - that nearly wasn't thanks to three of the biggest storms in recent English history. Storms Dudley, Eunice and then Franklin combined for the perfect hat-trick, wrecking havoc across the UK and threatening NCE Soccer's Pro Pathway Tour before...

NCE Soccer Star Makes MLS History

NCE Soccer Star Makes MLS History

NCE Soccer graduate Maximo Carrizo has made MLS history - by becoming the youngest ever player to sign a First Team contract. The 14-year-old former NCE Soccer player has agreed pro terms with New York City Football Club. Maximo was originally introduced to New York...

NCE Soccer Welcomes Central Jersey Junior Soccer Players

NCE Soccer Welcomes Central Jersey Junior Soccer Players

Junior soccer players in Central Jersey are being invited to join America's leading football program. The National Center of Excellence is expanding and will run programming for the first time this Spring at The Fields Sport Complex in East Brunswick. Tryouts will be...

Coaches Primed for College ID Camp

Coaches Primed for College ID Camp

NCE Soccer College ID Camp and the International Summer Showcase provides coaches with THE best opportunity to recruit elite High School players in America. So says Florida Southern Assistant Coach Anthony Moore and New York University's Joseph Ruesgen and host of...

Venues Confirmed For NEW Combined Spring And Summer Tryouts

Venues Confirmed For NEW Combined Spring And Summer Tryouts

Young players hoping to join America's leading supplementary coaching program will now only have TWO opportunities to qualify each year. NCE Soccer will host tryouts for Spring and Summer in April with the second set of tryouts in September ahead of the Fall and...

NCE Soccer Launch College Focused Soccer Program

NCE Soccer Launch College Focused Soccer Program

NCE Soccer will officially launch its College ID Program this Spring. The National Center of Excellence has always provided support and insight for High School players with college aspirations. And our Summer College ID Residential Camps and Showcase events have...

Players Primed For Pro Pathway Tour To England

Players Primed For Pro Pathway Tour To England

NCE Soccer players are beginning final preparations for the Pro Player Pathway Tour to England. In just over two weeks our elite touring boys teams will be flying to England to represent NCE Soccer and the USA against five leading English Academy teams. NCE Soccer can...

Summer College ID Camps Attract US Top Universities

Summer College ID Camps Attract US Top Universities

FOR HIGH School students with ambitions of playing college soccer, the NCE Summer College ID Camp is rapidly becoming a MUST attend event. Now in its fourth year the College ID Residential Camp provides players with unparalleled insight into life as a college player...

New Jersey Stage Set For Third Winter Invitational

New Jersey Stage Set For Third Winter Invitational

The New Jersey stage is set for the third round of NCE Soccers Winter Invitational Showcase tomorrow! More top College Coaches will be watching the best players from around the NCE Soccer regions at Superdome Sports in New Jersey. Around 500 of our best players will...

NCE Soccer Announce 2022 Summer Residential Soccer Camp

NCE Soccer Announce 2022 Summer Residential Soccer Camp

The Holiday Season may have only just passed but we are already looking ahead to our Summer Residential Soccer Programming. NCE Soccer is delighted to confirm we will be taking over DeSales University yet again for two fabulous weeks in July. Selected players will be...

Universities Set For Second Winter Invitational

Universities Set For Second Winter Invitational

NEW England Select will be hoping for home advantage in the second round of the NCE Soccer Winter Invitational. They finished the first of the Winter Showcase Tournament Series with a single win in the Boys Age Group and two successes in the Girls. Tomorrow they will...

NCE Launch Technical Training Program

NCE Launch Technical Training Program

NCE Soccer is delighted to unveil the launch of our new Technical Training Program. The Technical Training Program has been specially created to help aspiring players improve their technique with a specific focus on the development of core technical competencies....

Top Universities Confirm Showcase Attendance

Top Universities Confirm Showcase Attendance

TOP College and University coaches will be scouting players at NCE Soccer's Winter Invitational this weekend. Coaches and Scouts from 12 Universities willl be watching players at our boys and girls showcase event this Saturday at Superdome Sports. Representatives from...

NCE Boys Take On Premier League Elite

NCE Boys Take On Premier League Elite

NCE Soccer Boys will take on the Premier League's Elite in England. Manchester United, Wolves, Leicester City and Norwich City have now confirmed their attendance at the Specialist Trophy in England. Four NCE Soccer boys teams will compete against the Premier League...

Final Countdown To Winter Tryouts

Final Countdown To Winter Tryouts

It's the final countdown to NCE Soccer's Winter tryouts. Tryouts kick-off in 14 days at Stony Brook University for elite boys and girls aged 8-18-years-of-age, to secure their place at the National Center of Excellence. Players selected for the NCE Soccer COE Program...

NCE Support NBC Community Coaching

NCE Support NBC Community Coaching

NCE Soccer were delighted to support NBC Sports with a community coaching clinic ahead of the Premier League Manchester derby. This Saturday morning, Manchester United will host Manchester City in NBC Sports Soccer's game of the day at 08:30 Eastern Time. So where...

NCE Girls Will Face Aston Villa, Man United & Arsenal

NCE Girls Will Face Aston Villa, Man United & Arsenal

NCE Soccer Girls will take on Aston Villa, Manchester United and Arsenal next summer. The three Super League giants have confirmed they will send teams to compete in Specialist Trophy in England. And they will be joined by fellow Super League teams Birmingham City...

Winter Is Coming – Tryouts Open For All Upcoming NCE events!

Winter Is Coming – Tryouts Open For All Upcoming NCE events!

Winter is coming and Tryout Registration is now open for ALL NCE programming. We are delighted to confirm that tryouts will be held at 14 venues across New England, the New York Metro and North Atlantic areas. Boys and Girls born between 2013 and 2004 are invited to...

NCE Select Teams Face Off In Winter Invitationals

NCE Select Teams Face Off In Winter Invitationals

The very best NCE Soccer players will face off four times this Winer in the NCE Invitational Tournament Series. We will be choosing Select players to represent New York Metro Select, Long Island Select, New England Select and the North Atlantic Select Squads. They...

Former Premier League Striker Kicks Off NCE Career

Former Premier League Striker Kicks Off NCE Career

They say all good things come to those who wait - well, after 18 months NCE Soccer is delighted to welcome Gary Taylor-Fletcher to America. The former Premier League striker has finally touched down in the US after an almost never ending delay caused by the...