U18 and U16 in USSDA
After a week off, the U18 and U16 Impact teams were back on the field for some U.S. Soccer Development Academy (USSDA) action, as they were facing teams from Seacoast United.
After trailing 1-0 and 3-1, the U18 team fought back for a 3-3 draw. Jimmy-Shammar Sanon, Don-Junior Bobe and Louis-Philippe Paquin scored the goals for the Bleu-blanc-noir.
The U16 team kept its unbeaten record with a 2-0 victory. Tristan Resendes and Olujimi Aribido scored the two goals.
Both teams will be in action on Saturday, October 24, against Continental FC DELCO, an academy from the Philadelphia area. Impact teams will be traveling to the U.S., with the U18s playing at 11am and the U16s at 1:30pm.
The Impact U13 in Longueuil
Two weekends ago, on October 10 and 11, the Impact U13 team took part in a tournament in Longueil, with the best teams of its age category from across the province taking part.
“It was interesting for us since we wanted to invite these teams for friendlies anyway,” explained Impact U13 head coach Serge Dinkota. “It’s good to see that after six weeks of training, we were relatively interesting on many aspects of the game. We had individual and collective goals and it was satisfying with our level of progression over the whole tournament.”
U18 and FC Montreal tryouts
Tryouts for players wishing to join the U18 and FC Montreal teams started last Friday. There were almost 300 players at first, from all around the world. After two rounds, eight players and three goalkeepers were selected to train with the Academy groups, before the staff makes a final decision.
Dancing with Drogba
Last Wednesday, young players from the Academy lived a unique experience. After the first team’s training session, Didier Drogba invited the U13 and U14 teams who were coming to Stade Saputo for their training into the locker room and encouraged them to dance. Here’s what happened:
