Our Academy
Our Parent Sponsor
Our parent sponsor, the club that supplies the methodologies, certified coaches from Spain and regular connection to cutting edge training, RC Celta de Vigo, is a Professional Club, whose first team play in La Liga Primera (division 1) with other pro teams, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Sevilla. Their youth Academy, being one of the most renowned in Spain, works hand in hand with their academies from around the world to develop and identify potential players for the pro track training program in Spain. Our Academy is one of a dozen academies that will send 6-10 children once or twice a year to be evaluated for their pro academy. They are also developing a system where teams are invited to come and play in Spain and throughout the world to continue to absorb each academy’s unique qualities and differences.
Our Vision
Celta Academy Pennsylvania will emulate the best of the Spanish Methodology of Soccer for the boys and girls of the greater PA area. Long term vision is to be a multi-generational institution that embodies the Spanish Methodology and personal growth within the players of the Academy.
Our Mission
RC Celta Academy Pennsylvania fosters an environment which immerses players in the Spanish system of training and game play with a focus on player development in both the technical and tactical aspects of the game. This is accomplished by a coaching staff that is trained in the Spanish training methodology and a program that is derived and overseen by the Professional Team and Academy, RC Celta de Vigo, in Spain. RC Celta de Vigo is a Professional Club whose first team play in in La Liga Primera (division 1) with other pro teams, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Sevilla. that Plays We aim to develop players that excel to college, semi-pro and to those professional level teams.
Our Core Values
- Per Spanish soccer methodology, we focus on the technical and tactical aspects of the game. While the physical aspects are important, they do not out-weigh the technical and tactical aspects in the Spanish system of play.
- We take a long term view to teaching players how to play the game. It takes many years to learn to play this simple and beautiful game!
- We focus on the player’s needs and continually evaluate players’s individual needs to reach the next level.
- We keep winning and losing in perspective and balance development needs with team morale. Our teams train and play matches as part of a long term, multi-year development plan in which winning and losing are by-products of developing great soccer players.
- RC Celta Academy PA will act in a fiscally responsible and business-like manner in everything it does. Operating as a non-profit club, all proceeds are reinvested into the club for the betterment of the players.
- RC Celta Academy PA will be a loyal and responsive member of the worldwide academies of the RC Celta Foundation.
