SoccerNation News and San Diego Presidio Soccer League Announce Powerful Partnership

SAN DIEGO - Oct. 11, 2013 - PRLog -- SoccerNation News, the voice of youth soccer in the digital age, has created a powerful partnership with San Diego's Presidio Soccer League to provide valuable insight into world of youth soccer today.

With over 50 competitive clubs, San Diego’s Presidio Soccer League is the premier competitive youth soccer league in San Diego County. A member-run organization, Presidio recently established the San Diego Developmental Academy (SDDA) to promote youth soccer player development in the community. The new San Diego Developmental Academy focuses on encouraging athletic development for youth players through competition, sportsmanship, positive coaching and positive examples.

“Presidio Soccer League has been the leader in San Diego’s youth soccer community for many years,” said SoccerNation News Editor-in-Chief Diane Scavuzzo. “Presidio has provided tens hundreds of thousands of young players with a quality experience in this beautiful game. Now, Presidio has helped launch the San Diego Developmental Academy to meet the growing needs of developing superior youth soccer players.”

As part of the new partnership, SoccerNation News will publish a weekly column on Presidio Soccer League and the San Diego Developmental Academy on Fridays, sharing the goals and insights of the league and leaders such as long time President Bob Turner, world-renowned soccer coach Rene Miramontes and the hardworking Directors of Coaching in Presidio/SDDA.

“Presidio Soccer League has always sought to provide the best experience for all of the players from our member teams,” Turner said. “We believe that by partnering with SoccerNation News we will be able to reach out to more clubs and share the news on our clubs, coaches and players’ accomplishments. San Diego is an amazing city with a wealth of talented youth soccer players and remarkable coaches. We have a lot of insight on youth soccer. ”

Launched in 2010, SoccerNation News had over 1 million readers last year and is on track to reach 1.7 million readers in 2013. "SoccerNation News is a voice of our soccer community and I am thrilled to welcome SDDA as a news partner,” Scavuzzo said. “Our new partnership with Presidio Soccer League will help us report on what is happening in our amazing world of youth soccer.”

If you are a San Diego family with a kid who loves to play soccer, SoccerNation News has all the local and national news you need on what is happening in the world of youth soccer. With articles on local area champions and the county’s greatest coaches as well as guides for success on and off the field, SoccerNation News is the voice of youth soccer in our digital world.

“Presidio has a wide range of players training at fifty-four youth soccer clubs with a total of 1,233 teams representing 18,366 total players,” said Turner.

“We are very proud of the coach-inspired and directed SDDA,” says Turner. “Nearly 6,000 players will be participating in over 400 teams in SDDA’s inaugural season. The SDDA’s Executive Committee for the 2013-14 Season includes Rene Miramontes who will serve as chair and Paolo Landini, Cha Cha Namdar, 
Steve Cowell and Michael Ndoumbe. There is an enormous amount of work that goes into making leagues like Presidio and SDDA successful. We look forward to sharing our success with SoccerNation News readers.”

“SoccerNation News covers the top coaches in America like Jurgen Klinsmann, head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team as well as the soccer professionals such as Landon Donovan, Messi and Ronaldo. Equally important, we cover local youth soccer players, their teams, coaches and clubs,” said Scavuzzo. “We have launched a new Southern California – San Diego specific section to spotlight our great local players and top youth soccer clubs. There are many talented youth soccer players in America's eighth largest city. We are here to celebrate players, coaches and families who support the sport known as the world's beautiful game. Creating powerful partnerships with important San Diego-based soccer organizations such as Presidio and SDDA provides key information for our millions of readers.”