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Philadelphia Independence Names Paul Riley Head Coach

Philadelphia Independence Staff — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:32:59 +0000

Two-Time WPSL National Championship Coach Onboard Leading The Independence Player Selection and WPS Draft Process

The Philadelphia Independence is proud to announce the selection of Paul Riley as its Head Coach. Originally from Liverpool, England, Paul has a long and illustrious career coaching men’s and women’s youth, college, and minor league soccer, including two National Championships (2006 and 2009) with the WPSL Long Island Fury.

Paul’s distinguished coaching career includes many honors and awards as a player and a coach. He has earned honors such as A-League National Coach of the Year; New York Regional Coach of the Year; Umbro A-League All-Star Coach Selection; and 5-Time New York Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. As Head Coach of the CW Post Pioneers (Long Island University) from 1991-1997, he accumulated a record of 98-48-11. In addition, under Paul’s direction, his Albertson Soccer Club youth teams have won numerous New York State Championships and are considered some of the most dominant in the country. As a player at Adelphi University, Paul was MVP in three of his four years there, and still holds school records for all-time leading points and assists. He continued his playing career after college with the Albany Capitals, New Jersey Eagles, and Long Island Rough Riders, where he was part of the National Championship teams in 1994 and 1995. When he is not coaching, Paul runs the Paul Riley Soccer School, which hosts regular training camps and skill sessions for players of all ages.

Says Head Coach Paul Riley, “I am thrilled to be selected to coach this team. I have gotten to know the organization over the past few weeks by helping evaluate talent at the European Championships in Finland and am very impressed with the front office and the goals and objectives it has for 2010 and beyond. I am also very pleased to be working with Assistant Coaches Staci Wilson and Paul Royal in preparation for our season’s start next April. There are lots and lots of world-class players available out there, and we are going to do our absolute best to bring top talent to Philadelphia through the league’s draft process and deliver a product our fans and communities are proud to watch and support.”

“We are very pleased to have Paul Riley join the ranks of our distinguished WPS coaches” says WPS Commissioner Tonya Antonucci. “Paul will complement the terrific organization that is being built in Philadelphia for the Independence fans and we congratulate him on this selection.”

This announcement comes a week before the Philadelphia Independence begins selecting players for its 2010 roster. Paul’s player analysis is in full swing in preparation for the September 15 WPS Expansion Draft, in which Philadelphia may select up to nine players from existing WPS team rosters. This is followed one week later on September 22 with the WPS International Draft, where the Independence has first overall selection and will select a total of five star international players. Then, at the end of September, the free agency trade period begins. Paul has his work cut out for him – stay tuned as he builds the team’s 2010 roster.

Paul Riley – Head Coach

Philadelphia Independence Staff — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:29:17 +0000

The Philadelphia Independence is proud to have Paul Riley as its Head Coach. Originally from Liverpool, England, Paul has a long and illustrious career coaching men’s and women’s youth, college, and minor league soccer, including two National Championships (2006 and 2009) with the WPSL Long Island Fury. Paul’s distinguished coaching career includes many honors and awards as a player and a coach. He has earned honors such as A-League National Coach of the Year; New York Regional Coach of the Year; Umbro A-League All-Star Coach Selection; and 5-Time New York Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. As Head Coach of the CW Post Pioneers (Long Island University) from 1991-1997, he accumulated a record of 98-48-11. In addition, under Paul’s direction, his Albertson Soccer Club youth teams have won numerous New York State Championships and are considered some of the most dominant in the country. As a player at Adelphi University, Paul was MVP in three of his four years there, and still holds school records for all-time leading points and assists. He continued his playing career after college with the Albany Capitals, New Jersey Eagles, and Long Island Rough Riders, where he was part of the National Championship teams in 1994 and 1995. When he is not coaching, Paul runs the Paul Riley Soccer School, which hosts regular training camps and skill sessions for players of all ages.

WPS Philadelphia 2010 Announces New Structure For Team Dynamics Youth Development Organization

Philadelphia Independence Staff — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:58:41 +0000

The WPS Philadelphia 2010 team is strengthened by its comprehensive, vertically-integrated youth development and training system managed under its Team Dynamics subsidiary. Team Dynamics designs and operates a vast and growing network of boys and girls recreation and select (travel) soccer teams, players, coaches, camps, clinics, training services, outreach programs, and health and fitness capabilities.

This large training organization provides the perfect cradle-to-grave structure for the soccer athlete starting at an early age with camps and Youth Premier Soccer League (YPSL) participation, evolving to its high school and college minor league teams within Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) and National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), and culminating in the pro team’s designated women’s minor league feeder team, the CDSA Future. This elaborate youth soccer progression system, all of its coaches/trainers, sports professionals, methodologies, and facilities are part of Team Dynamics, which is owned and operated by the same ownership team as the WPS Philadelphia 2010 women’s pro soccer organization.

Says Team Dynamics founder Matt Driver, “I am proud to see our professional soccer training and development programs continue to grow and now include thousands of youth soccer players and hundreds of teams and community programs across Pennsylvania, Delaware, and southern New Jersey communities. The final piece to this exciting Team Dynamics pyramid was added on March 16, 2009, when the WPS awarded Philadelphia the 8th women’s pro team franchise, and Team Dynamics became an important and permanent corporate entity within the WPS Philadelphia women’s pro team parent company.”

“As a soccer club President, one of my duties was to find a company that would handle the training for our traveling teams and run our summer team camps. Over the years, we had tried several companies before choosing Team Dynamics.

Team Dynamics provided our teams with PRO-FESSIONAL trainers who were sensitive to the needs of our individual teams and players. This was important as our teams are of different ages and genders. Team Dynamics did not come with a pre-written training manual, rather we discussed together each teams’ needs. The summer camps provided proficient soccer training and mixed work with fun. Also, any questions I had were answered with a single phone call to the organization.”

Ron Di Giovanni, Former President – Upper Twp Soccer Association

“Five days of cutting edge instruction on the field with coaches that have a minimum of a Level II, UEFA A License from around the world. Team Dynamics made it not only fun, but a worthwhile learning environment fit for players of all ages.”

Dave Melcher, North Caroline High School