Resident Camp Descriptions

Each camper receives the same basic experience at every camp offered throughout the summer. The experience is based on the assumption that every soccer player needs to focus on both technical and tactical training, as well as the psychological aspects of teamwork, sporting behavior and individual challenges. Our program, aided by an outstanding staff and well-prepared curriculum, is structured to begin with each camper’s skill level and the challenge to attain the highest level possible by the end of the week.  In addition, specialty weeks are offered for campers that demonstrate more advanced skill levels.

Goalkeeping Specialty Week featuring Paul Barron and Marcus Hahnemann. Week One 2013 comprises specialty goalkeeping training for 40 resident campers ages 10-18. This session features a week of all-round soccer training led by Paul Barron, one of the top goalkeeper trainers in the English Football Association. Currently with Nottingham Forest in the Championship League, PB, as we call him, has a star-studded career as a goalkeeper trainer in the EPL. It is notable that PB--aided by such area goalkeeper trainers as Sergio Soriano--has trained hundreds of campers who enjoyed legendary careers in college and professional soccer. Marcus Hahnemann, who played for Uncle Nubby--winning the 1993 NCAA National Championship, is currently a member of the Seattle Sounders. Please note that day campers ages 10-18 are eligible for the PB specialty camp (see day camp schedule for more details).

Short Week is a popular week for those who want to attend camp around the July 4 holiday. At one time Northwest Soccer Camp decided not to offer camp during this week because Independence Day is the #1 family holiday of the year. A parent suggested that a "short" week be offered for those who wanted a few days of soccer without missing the fireworks.  (Camp ends at 11:15 a.m. Thursday, July 4, and fireworks don't commence until 10 p.m. allowing over 10 hours to settle in for BBQs and fireworks.)  Thus began Short Week which has been in place for over 26 years.

Edu, from Brazil is the “pied piper” of soccer and a special guest of Northwest Soccer Camp. Edu’s connection with camp began when he and Paul Mendes (charter NSC staff member and also from Brazil) met at Green Lake in Seattle over 10 years ago while Edu was conducting a day camp.  The two spent some time talking about Northwest Soccer Camp's great staff and one week later Edu stopped by for a visit.  The following year he came back and volunteered to train players and has been doing so ever since. 

Edu appeared on the Brazilian soccer scene at age 15, when he signed his first professional contract with Santos FC, Pele's club. One year later, in 1966, he was named to the Brazilian national team and traveled to England as the youngest player ever to participate in a World Cup. He was a teammate of the great Pele for thirteen years and continues to be his best friend. They were one of the most feared duos in the game and together scored over 1500 goals. It is notable that Edu was credited with assists on approximately half the goals Pele scored.

Together with our Elite week camp, Edu I and Edu II are the most popular camps of the summer!

Elite Week-–in its twenty-second year--offers the elite player (ages 12-18), as well as the soon-to-be-elite player, a week of intense, no-nonsense soccer designed to prepare him/her for advanced play as well as high school and college level performance. This session is for serious soccer players complemented by an exceptional coaching staff featuring college and professional coaches from around the world.  In addition, one of the most unique segments of the Elite Week experience is the power and explosion program directed by Dr. Kenneth Foreman, US Olympic Hall-of-Fame Coach, his wife Denise, and Dale Kennedy--legendary coach from Montana State University.

Camps 6 and 7 offer all the traditional benefits of our theme weeks, including future stars and boys and girls ages 10-18. These are excellent weeks for Team Training and preparation for college-bound players seeking to get a head-start on college tryouts. Historically, these weeks have proved very successful as tune-up times for club and college team tryouts--end-of-the-summer weeks you do not want to miss!