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Socrates Nicolaidis - Owner - Youth Soccer Alliance, LLC
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Youth Soccer Alliance's (YSA) reputation for delivering quality soccer products and services stems from Socrates' own experiences as a player. During his youth, teenage years and as an adult he played the game in Australia with passion, technical proficiency, tactical awareness and sportsmanship. As a result, he enjoyed a very successful youth and senior career playing for the South Melbourne FC. He represented both the Metropolitan Select Team and The Victorian State Team as a teenager in the age of U13-U18. As a sophomore in high school at the age of 15 years and 360 days he played his first official senior game in the National Soccer League of Australia with the men's team. Today, he is still the youngest player in the state of Victoria to play a professional match. He is also the second youngest player in the country of Australia to play in a professional match!! Socrates quickly established himself as a very intelligent and skilled two footed player with an outstanding work ethic both on and off the pitch.
Socrates has had the honor of being coached by some of the top professionals of the game such as Dave McLaren (former EPL club Aston Villa first team coach) and Tommy Docherty (former EPL club Manchester United Manager). At the young age of 24, Socrates began his coaching career. His desire to affect every single player at every level in a positive, respectful way has helped him and his staff to develop many players that have gone on to represent their local, select, state, regional and national teams. Many of Socrates' former players have come back to work with YSA and help 'pass on' the legacy.
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