CHOOSE YOUR DEGREE
PLAY SOCCER YEAR-ROUND
ENJOY A PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PLAY SOCCER YEAR-ROUND
ENJOY A PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
We have Opportunities to suit your needs
CHOOSE FROM OUR ACADEMIES
IN THE UK & USA
We give you freedom to make the right decision based on your academic background, career aspirations, soccer experience, family finances, geographical preferences, academic degree options and overall family needs.
UDA has opportunities and options for you!
UNIVERSITY OF
CHESTER MEN'S PROGRAM |
UNIVERSITY OF
GLOUCESTERSHIRE MEN'S & WOMEN'S PROGRAM |
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY
MEN'S PROGRAM |
WHY UDA SOCCER?
The US collegiate soccer with its limited season and oversized rosters means little true development opportunities for many talented players, restricting student’s optimal development and their overall experience.
UDA academies at the University of Chester, the University of Gloucestershire in England and at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA place the focus on the student experience for players to reach their optimal potential both in the classroom and on the field.
We are not just offering a professional soccer experience for students, we are looking to fully integrate students into the life of the university through choice of degrees, a balanced playing and training schedule, studying and living with other university students within a fully supported academic, social and cultural student experience.
Our Academies in the UK and the USA were developed to:
UDA academies at the University of Chester, the University of Gloucestershire in England and at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA place the focus on the student experience for players to reach their optimal potential both in the classroom and on the field.
We are not just offering a professional soccer experience for students, we are looking to fully integrate students into the life of the university through choice of degrees, a balanced playing and training schedule, studying and living with other university students within a fully supported academic, social and cultural student experience.
Our Academies in the UK and the USA were developed to:
1. |
Provide equal opportunity for collegiate soccer players to match the development of their counterparts around the world through year round training and playing.
|
2. |
Provide multiple pathways on and off the field for their academic and soccer careers at different stages of their development.
|
3. |
Match the professional length of training and game schedule in Europe, that has not been available to the US collegiate player until now, with professional coaching staff at the critical development years of 18-21.
|
4. |
Offer a choice of degree programs that focuses on the students chosen career path that suit their career aspirations within a fully integrated student experience.
|
WE HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS
in the classroom & on the field
|
We are not just former players or coaches. We are more than that!
UDA was founded by educators with professional experience both in the University classroom and on the field as players and coaches with qualifications to match. We are people whose own careers were immersed and shaped through education and see the value of how education changes lives as you pursue your dreams on and off the field. We know first hand what it takes in a professional environment that demands academic work alongside playing. As we've been there and done that we have used our experiences to shape what a program of this nature should be for the student athlete. We are here to help you achieve those dreams both in the classroom and on the field, just as ours were! |
|
Our Mission
"Changing Lives Through Education"
To provide you with an internationally recognized university degree of your choice, with a professional soccer experience and fully integrated university experience, while lowering debt at graduation.
We Meet our mission by
Integrating your university education and soccer experience as you live and study with other students on campus from around the world.
|
Allowing you to choose your degree for your career, not choose a degree because it fits with a professional soccer experience.
|
Working everyday with UEFA or USSF qualified coaches within a year round balanced training and game schedule for optimal player development.
|
Offering degrees that are 3 years (UK), for those academically qualified, eliminating a year's tuition and living costs and providing an extra year of income upon graduation.
|
OUR GOAL
Our goal is to provide the world’s best integration of university education and soccer experience so you can reach your potential in the classroom and on the field. We strive to fit your needs beyond the soccer field by offering multiple degree options that fit your career goals, giving you the greatest opportunity for success in the soccer industry.
OUR VALUES
We aim to put your best interests at the center of our decisions for all connected to UDA through the prospect, enrolment, graduation and alumni stages of your journey with UDA.
|
We strive to operate in the best possible ways that exhibit reliability, transparency, competence, positive demeanour in dealing with colleagues, students, families and those it interacts with across its business operation.
|
UDA aims to build a trusted working relationship with colleagues, students, families and business associates.
|
UDA seeks to help people build purposeful and productive lives through its connections.
|
We welcome ideas that challenge the status quo and when people think beyond the norm." Our motto is, "There Is No Box".
|
WHAT TO EXPECT
COMPETITIONUDA offers a variety of competition for players - we seek to provide a positive playing experience at a level of play that will challenge the players to reach their optimal playing level. This may include competition against semi-professional teams, top local amateur teams as well as games in tournament competitions, leagues or cup competitions.
|
ACADEMICSUDA seeks students who are committed to academics, have a proven soccer excellence a positive attitude towards learning and students who have a strong ethical character and are looking for multiple pathways for their soccer opportunities.
|
DevelopmentUDA will provide where appropriate opportunities for students to train with professional clubs as part of their development process. This will only be open to students who have shown the right character at the right level and have shown progress within the academy structure at UDA. UDA's Visiting Coach Program provides visiting professional coaches from the UK and US.
|
RecruitmentUDA does not over recruit students into the program. Once on the program students can expect to train and play year-round with a minimum of 28 games per year. We are recruited by position when needed and seek to keep a balance that filed three teams in its UK academy and two teams in its USA academy.
|
WANT TO BE PART OF THE UDA PROGRAM?
We offer a number of recruitment opportunities around the USA for all programs.
NATIONAL RECRUITMENT COORDINATOR
|
ACADEMIC RECRUITMENT ADVISOR
|
