Advanced group soccer training for players ages 8–14 in East Pasadena — the next step of the journey. The skills a player already has, now at game speed, in tight spaces, against real resistance.
They arrive from opposite directions and need the same thing: the individual work nobody else has time to teach them.
Two or three seasons of AYSO behind them. They’re one of the better players on their team, they love the game, and they’ve stopped getting better — because nobody at practice is teaching technique.
You don’t need club soccer to fix that. You need someone to actually coach the individual. That’s this. And your player keeps their Saturday team.
A large share of our Foundation Two players are on high-level club teams — ECNL, GA, MLS Next. Club practice runs on team tactics, formations, and set pieces. Necessary to win games; it leaves little time for the individual.
We’re club-neutral and supplemental. We respect the load a serious club player already carries and refine technique that complements team training instead of competing with it.
Not sure which one your player is, or whether they’re ready? Come to a free session. We’ll watch them train and tell you honestly which level fits — including if that’s Foundation One for now.
Seventy-five minutes. Tighter spaces. More decisions per minute. The skills don’t change — the demand does. In Foundation One the question is how. Here it becomes when and where. So we build chaos on purpose, and coach through the TIPS lens we use at every level: Technique, Insight, Personality, Speed.
Placement is the coach’s call, not a birthday.
Game-realistic pressure that forces a player to scan, decide, and execute before the picture changes.
Decisions under fatigue, the way a real match demands — quality of movement over mindless conditioning.
The details large team practices skip — and the ones that separate players.
Foundation Two sits alongside a club or rec schedule without competing with it. There’s no conflict to manage, no loyalty test, and no pressure to leave anything. Players return to their teams sharper and more confident on the ball.
The goal is competence under pressure. A Foundation Two player can execute their skills even when an opponent is actively trying to take the ball away. That’s the difference between knowing a move and owning it.
A player is never finished.
One session a week maintains what a player has, especially in season. Two is where progress lives — the player comes back before the last session fades. Three is for the all-in player. Same coaching at every pace, and Foundation Two shares the same rates as Foundation One.
Maintenance / in-season
Recommended for progress
For the all-in player
New Foundation rates take effect September 1, 2026. Families enrolled before then keep their current rate through January 2027.
This is the main scouting ground for our competitive squads. There’s no open tryout and no tryout fee — coaches watch the players they already train, and invite families when a player is ready to move from training into competition.
Building the base — first touches, coordination, confidence. Ages 5–10.
The same skills, now faster and under pressure. Advanced group training. Ages 8–14.
Invite-only league play for players who’ve built the foundation to compete and keep developing.
Bring your player, meet the coaches, and watch a session before you commit to anything. No cost, no commitment.
The skills are the same; the demand is not. Foundation One builds ball mastery and confidence in open space. Foundation Two asks a player to use those same skills faster, in tighter spaces, with an opponent trying to take the ball away. Sessions run 75 minutes instead of 60, and placement is a coach’s decision based on readiness, not age.
Probably not. Foundation Two is for any player who can control the ball and is ready to do it under pressure — a rec player who’s outgrown what volunteer coaching can teach belongs here just as much as a club player does. Come to a free session and we’ll tell you honestly which level fits, including if that’s Foundation One for now.
Yes. A large share of our Foundation Two players are on high-level club teams. The program is club-neutral and supplemental — we respect the load a serious club player already carries and focus on technical refinement that complements team training instead of competing with it. It’s the individual work club practice rarely has time for.
The intensity is high, but it’s as mental as physical. We use cognitive-load work — players solve problems while fatigued, the way a real game demands. Expect your player to work hard, but the priority is always quality of movement over mindless conditioning.
Yes, groups are mixed gender. At this technical level the ball doesn’t care who’s on it — we group primarily by ability and speed of play. If a player is dominating their group, we move them up so they stay challenged, regardless of age or gender.
Foundation Two is the main scouting ground for our Academy Teams. Coaches watch for the Academy Standard — technical ability, coachability, and game insight. When we believe a player is ready to move from training into competition, we invite the family to talk about joining an official team. No open tryout, no tryout fee.
In East Pasadena — serving families across the San Gabriel Valley.
Yes. Our staff is bilingual, and we work with families in both Spanish and English.
