Our Mission
Who We Are
Our purpose is to be a community-based club that is committed to providing players of all levels and backgrounds the opportunity to play the beautiful game, while simultaneously enabling our most ambitious players the opportunities and pathway at playing at the highest levels they can achieve.
Our vision: To develop a pathway that provides a professionalized platform which creates opportunities for all our players to succeed on and off the field.
Club Development Objectives
At Future FC we believe in the holistic development of the player. We will provide support to the player in 5 key areas: Club Development, Coaching Development, Parent Education & Engagement, Individual Player Development, and Health & Safety.
The Future FC Way
The Future Way: Our Style of Play
At Future FC, we want to play an open, dynamic, attacking brand of possession-based football that utilizes the principles of positional play. We recognize the need for all players to become skilled and confident technicians, who enjoy and are comfortable in possession, while developing true game-understanding (that includes the four game moments of: attacking, transition to defend, defending and transition to attack).
In addition, we want to develop individuals who display a desire to learn and have an enduring love for the game.
Player Development Philosophy
'Develop the individual player, around the Future FC playing philosophy, within a competitive team environment.'
We develop better players by creating training environments where the coaches' and parent’s focus is on development and not on the short-term result of a game, or receiving a medal after a long weekend tournament. Our Long-Term Player Development model is just that, 'Long Term', and we aim to provide a standardized, structured support plan to guide our club, coaches and parents to assist all our players in reaching their full potential in the game.
The Future FC Pyramid Pathway
Our Player Pathway Pyramid sets out the journey from Grassroots-to-Pro/Am, from an early introduction and involvement in the game of soccer up through to the Senior Elite level. These stepping-stones are typically through club, state, regional and national routes. Our pathway shows how a player can progress from a grassroots player to an elite player. There are various stages within the pathway so we can map out a player's progress starting at our FBA (Future Ballers Academy), up through the club, reaching the very top. Underpinning and supporting the pathway is our Long-Term Player Development plan which provides guidance and establishes principles for optimum development at each stage of a player’s journey in the sport.
In this pyramid we have 4 development stages or Zones:
Zone 1 is divided into 3 stages, Fundamental, Foundation and Preparatory (#BuildingTheFuture) which starts at our FBA (beginners soccer) and travels through 7v7, concluding at the 9v9 game stage. After FBA our teams participate within different flights of the SoCal Soccer League.
Zone 2, U13-U14 is the first years of 11v11 soccer and is denoted as our Performance Stage (#EyesOnTheFuture).
Players then progress to Zone 3, the Competitive Zone at U15-U16 (#WeAreTheFuture).
The final stage within our club pyramid is Pro-Pathway (#TheFutureIsNow) or Zone 4 at Under 17 and above. Our goal is to get our players playing at the highest levels possible both in the U.S. and abroad.
The Future FC Player Centric Wheel
At Future FC we use six key components within every stage of our player's development. We take pride in keeping the player as the focal point and main character of our club.
Regardless of stage, the player must experience Fun, Positional experimentation (until Zone 2), Meaningful Playtime (up through U13, where playtime becomes talent-based and earned through commitment & effort), a Safe environment (physically and emotionally), Character building (using the intrinsic lessons the game offers us), and Learning (best in practice methods of coaching and training).
Play for the CREST
Every time a Future FC player takes the field, they must encompass our Core Values, they must play for the CREST, playing with:
Courage
Respect
Excellence
Stability
Team