Congratulations to former CE player Mikey Lopez and his University of North Carolina team in winning the NCAA D1 National Championship at the expense of former CE coach Kevin Langan and his UNC Charlotte team who they beat 1-0 in Sunday's final.

Former Classics Elite US Academy player Mikey Lopez now playing at UNC has been named ACC freshman of the year. Click to here to read more.

Former Classics Elite U18 US Academy player Mikey Lopez will star for the University of North Carolina against Duke in one of the biggest college soccer rivalries around on FOX soccer channel this Friday 9/30 @ 7:00pm Eastern Time.  Click here for Foxsports TV Schedule.

Teams from the West, Central and South Conference to Play 50 Games in Both U-17/18 and U-15/16 Age Groups; Teams from SoCal Division Transition to 10-Month Season.

CHICAGO (Sept. 16, 2011) – The 2011-12 U.S. Soccer Development Academy will kick off its fifth season in earnest on Saturday, Sept. 17, as teams from the West, Central and South conferences take to the field to play 50 games over the course of the weekend.  Read More>>>>

Miguel Lopez

Graduation Year: 2011  

Age Group: U18

 Position: Central Midfielder

 Club Name: Classics Elite

Region: Texas 

 City: Mission 

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Classics Elite U18 US Development Academy player Mikey Lopez has been invited to US National Team Camp in April. Congratulations to Mikey and Academy Staff!!  To read the full story click here.

At the request of Head Coach Mike Matkovich, Miguel Lopez has recently been invited to the U-18 MNT training camp in Portland, Oregon from April 16-24, 2011. The team, as a whole, will meet in Portland on the morning of April 16 to begin training. The entire team will then be released on the morning of April 24. This camp being domestic will play an important role in the evaluation of players as this age group prepares for international friendlies, as well as our U-20 MNT player pool.

Classics Elite U16 and U18 Academy Teams played their final games of the fall season this past weekend against current National Champions Vardar U and 2009 National Champions Derby County Wolves. U18 came away with a victory against current champions Vardar U 1-0 and lost a close game to Derby County Wolves 2-1 giving away a late pk. U16s lost both games in very close fought contests that could have gone either way. Teams return in January to prepare for spring season.

For more information on the US Academy program go to www.ussoccer.com.

On the back of a very strong fall season CE U16 and CE U18 US Academy Teams wrapped the season up and showed their ability in front of National Teams/College and Pro scouts at the Phoenix Showcase Dec 4th-7th.

U18s came home undefeated and U16s brought back a 1-1-1 record against 3 of the most recognizable and strongest clubs in the Academy Program. Real Sol Cal , San Diego Surf and Richmond Strikers.

Two CE players were selected from amongst all the Academy Teams to play in the Red v Blue games which represent aspiring US National Team players. Congratulations to Mike Lopez U18 and Andy Lopez U16.

For more information on the US Academy Program contact Brian Monaghan at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Click here to read Across the Academy: Winter Showcase Wrap Up - Dec. 7, 2010.

ESPN’s "Outside the Lines" aired a feature this past week covering U.S. Soccer’s player development initiative leading up to the World Cup this summer. The short feature includes footage from Development Academy events and has interviews about Academy.

CE US Academy U16 and U18 boys head to Phoenix for the Winter Showcase and Nike International Friendlies to read more click here.

Matt Cardone gets an opportunity to play with a US National Team...Classics Elite US Academy Goalkeeper Matt Cardone has been selected by the US National Team staff as one of the players to represent a US National Team in the US Academy Showcase in Phoenix, Arizona Dec 4th-6th for more information on the US Academy Showcase click here. Players selected for these teams are all under consideration for the USA U17 National Team. Matt is pictured below with US Academy coach Paul McGinlay and CE President Marco Barros. This is a great honor for Matt and the Classics Elite program.
 

CESA Joins U.S. Soccer Developmental Academy...click here to read more

Classics Elite Soccer Academy Joins U.S. Soccer by U.S. Soccer - Chicago April 17, 2008...click here to read more