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Albion Hurricanes is a non-profit organization designed to introduce and facilitate the sport of soccer to children living in the city of Houston. The program targets children living in urban areas who need an activity outside of school, in their own environment. [1]
The club
Club Details
Full name: Albion Hurricanes Football Club Website: Club home page
Philosophy
Albion Hurricanes has a target of developing kids into the four aspects of the game: technical, tactical, physical and psychological. The club's goal is to develop kids into the highest level of play. They have a philosophy to have their own unique style of play that is adaptable for any sort of tactics and separates them from other clubs. They want to establish kids into the program, develop them through their training and practices, and advance them into the higher levels of the sport. The club has a network that reaches all levels of college bound seniors who are still a part of the club, aiming to get kids to the highest quality universities and levels of play in soccer. They have a philosophy of hiring staff who incline who dedicate themselves to improving individual players and the team
Locations & Contacts
If there any questions on the club, the contact details are located [here]. *Note that the office closes during the holiday break and re-opens mid-January. Albion Hurricanes have 9 different campuses across the Houston area being: AHFC (Albion Hurricanes football club) Central Campus: located at AHFC Campbell Road Soccer Complex 3911 Campbell Road Houston, TX 77080, AHFC West Campus: Located at Katy Park 24599 Morton Road Katy, TX 77493, AHFC Southwest Campus New Territory Sports ComplexLocated At 5350 New Territory Boulevard Sugar Land, TX 77479 AHFC National & Regional Level Campus:Located At Campbell Road Sports Park (CRSP) 3601 Campbell Road Houston, TX 77080 AHFC National & Regional Level Campus: Located at Cullen Park 19008 Saums Road Houston, TX 77084 AHFC West Futsal Courts Located at Katy Roca Futsal 433 S. Barker Cypress Houston, TX 77094 AHFC Cy-Fair Campus Located at Schiel Rd. Complex 22515 Schiel Rd. Cypress, TX 77433 AHFC East Campus located at Ford Park 5115 IH 10 South Beaumont , TX 77705 AHFC Central Futsal Courts located at Shadow Oaks Futsal 10502 Westview Houston, TX 77043[1]
Sponsors
Albion Hurricanes is in association or sponsorships with Memorial Hermann, Toyota, Nike, Dicks Sporting Goods, ScotiaBank, Pragmatic, and CenterPoint Energy, all sponsors serve different purposes within the formatting and marketing of the club for the Houston area. Nike recently struck a uniform deal with Albion and all uniforms for players in the academy are required to wear the Nike-specific clothing with can be purchased through Eurosport or the official Albion Hurricanes website. All sponsors as listed serve a specific purpose to which the club can fully maintain its fields, earn enough money for tournaments and chances to go onto higher levels of play, and give oppurtunities for people to maintain their soccer skills throughout the years
Programs
Albion Hurricanes also offers a multitude of programs available for choice, including U8/U9/U10 player development academy, Futsal, College placement programs, goalkeeper programs. For the advanced levels of play, the girls are currently a part of the elite clubs national league (ECNL), and in the coming season a boys ECNL will be introduced for the higher levels of play. The ECNL website can be found Here. Tryouts for the club are held every Spring and Winter, and the season officially begins every Fall right before school starts. Albion also offers a goalkeeping program for those wanting to become a goalkeeper, these goalkeepers will be sent to play with the regular team corresponding with their age group. Albion also has a college placement program designed to give a chance for to go into a higher level play of soccer as well as a college with quality education.
Tournaments and Camps
Albion Hurricanes Football Club offers a multitude of camps during the Summer time, varying between the ages of 5 to 16, and in affiliation with Reading F.C located in Reading, England, Albion offers a camp once year which is lead by Reading Football Club. Tournaments and Camps that are available for signup are located [here] and [here] Tournaments are usually hosted or held at the very beginning and end of the official season, and depending on the level players may have to go as far as Florida for a tournament but most of the time tourneys are held locally within the Houston area.
CRSP and International Travel
Albion Hurricanes F.C is affiliated with AM sports tours, a partnership started after the Grimaud Cup, hosted by AM Sports, in the South of France.[2] As the increasing popularity for interntional travel looms, more tournemnts are being hosted outside of the country for an oppurtunity to be scouted by people outside the country, and the closest upcoming tournament there is to be a tournament hosted in Barcelona for those born in 2003 in March and for both girls and boys.
References and External Links
[1]Jump up to: NO Author. AHFC > Home. 15 Feb. 2017, http://www.albionhurricanes.org/.
[2] Jump up to: No Author. “Albion Hurricanes FC | AMsportstours.” Albion Hurricanes F.C, http://www.amsportstours.com/our-partners/albion-hurricanes-fc/. Accessed 22 Jan. 2017.
Jump up to: NO Author. AHFC > Home. 15 Feb. 2017, http://www.albionhurricanes.org/.
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Categories: Non-profit organizations based in Houston