Smart Soccer Director  

NEIL M. SMART

Neil is a native of England, specifically Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, in the heart of The Lake District in the North West of England, who settled permanently in the USA in 1986. He, and his wife Bonnie, then founded Smart Soccer International Inc. in 1987 and since that time the company has developed a year-round program of professional soccer training that concentrates on working in partnership with the local soccer community. Neil has directed all aspects of this program, known to tens of thousands of local soccer enthusiasts simply as "Smart Soccer". The commitment to keeping the program relatively local has established the "Smart Soccer" program generally, and the summer camp program specifically, as one of the finest in the area. Neil has many accomplishments as a player, not least of which was to represent the German Hungarian Club in the U.S. Open Cup Final in 1993. Since then Neil has played professionally for both The Philadelphia Flames and Philadelphia Freedom. More recently, after a brief stint with the Ukranian Nationals, Neil has become a member of the Montco Azzuri team that currently plays in the ICSL Ultra division. The team advanced to the National round of the US Amateur Cup in 2002. Aside from his playing experience Neil is proud to hold professional coaching licenses from both the USSF and the English FA. Quite simply though he regards his most significant coaching accomplishment as the countless hours of practical coaching and teaching spent on the field with thousands of young soccer players. Neil was a full time elementary school educator at the Holy Child Academy in Drexel Hill for ten years. During this time he was the head of the physical education department and curriculum coordinator  for both the physical education and health programs. In 1999, Neil resigned his teaching position to dedicate his energies to the full time promotion of the various "Smart Soccer" training programs. In 2008 "Smart Soccer" celebrates 20 years as a full time provider of professional soccer education programs in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Neil would like to take this opportunity to thank the tens of thousands of "Smart Soccer" fanatics that have participated in the program during this time.  

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