CARSON, CA. (Wednesday, December 14, 2011) Chivas USA announced today an exclusive partnership with Orange County’s leading youth soccer club, United FC.  United FC joins Chivas USA’s growing youth club network that supports the development of soccer in Southern California. Read the full press release here.

On October 24th, 2011, United FC hosted a College Education night intending to educate United FC players and parents on the collegiate player recruiting process.

Hosted by the Older Boys Assistant Director of Coaching, Bryan Wallace, a panel of college coaches was on hand including:

• Keith Schackelford AD Irvine Valley College
• Adam Reeves Cal State Fullerton Men's Soccer Assistant Coach  
• Chris Gould Concordia Men's and Woman's Head Coach
• Yossi Razz Cal State University Northridge Men's Soccer Assistant Coach
• Scott Juniper UC Irvine Woman's Head Coach
• Tony Vigil Cal State San Bernardino Men's Soccer Assistant Coach

Also joining the Coach panel was Kelley Collins, Mother of United FC Alumnus and current Cal Poly SLO player Dakota Collins.

During the 90 minute session, Bryan Wallace let the panel through  a discussion of the ins & outs and dos and don'ts of the college recruiting process from the perspective of both a college coach and a parent. The session concluded with a Q&A session and the awarding of prizes to a lucky few in attendance.

   

  

In 2010 I turned 39 years old and my daughter turned 2 years old. Throughout my adult life I have always sought new ways to contribute to children in meaningful ways as I have always believed that this was and is my purpose in life. In speaking with my girlfriend Krista she had discovered a soccer camp geared towards helping children, Soccer for Hope is a non-profit organization building awareness for pediatric cancer research and conducts an annual one-week summer soccer camp for young athletes in Mission Viejo, Ca. Every summer professional athletes, collegiate athletes and local coaches volunteer their time to coaching children during the one-week summer camp to help raise donations that benefit children with life threatening diseases.  

A blood and bone marrow transplant is needed in order to save the lives of patients suffering from cancer, immune deficiencies and blood disorders. With many of these diseases it prevents the body from making enough healthy blood cells and many patients will die unless they receive a bone marrow or cord blood transplant from a genetically matched donor.

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1/6th of the world's population lacks access to clean water. 4800 people die every day from diseases associated with this lack of clean water.

Two United FC players are working to do their part to give back. Last year, senior players, Eric Bishop (BU19 Black) and Steve Soo Joon Park (BU19 White), started a club at their high school, Santa Margarita Catholic, called WellDone. This club is a part of the larger WellDone Organization that is run by

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