The Baby Blues Soccer Academy creates a positive environment that maximizes the player’s growth as a person, student and player. Baby Blues Soccer Academy emphasis this development at the golden ages of learning, ages 5-8.  The SC Blues players experience success at the state, regional and national levels. Blues graduates have gone on to compete at the highest levels: collegiate and professional in the US and abroad. Socceramerica.com currently ranks the SC Blues Soccer Club first in the nation.

Baby Blues Academy is the foundation of the SC Blues Soccer Club. Any player who wishes to tryout for our academy is more than welcome to attend any of our sessions and be evaluated. Once your daughter is evaluated we will let you know if she is ready for our full time academy program and if this is a good fit for her.

Philosophy

The Baby Blues Soccer Academy Philosophy is to create a happy, healthy and fun environment. That allows each player to grow as a positive human being, student and soccer player. Our focus is teaching the Fundamentals of soccer in a positive environment that emphasizes creativity. The academy focuses on building a strong relationship with the ball. Each session will be high in energy, fun, and have positive coaching. Blues coaches will encourage players to express themselves and make their own decisions.

Curriculum

The Baby Blues Soccer Academy Curriculum follows a progressive model based on key developmental needs that have been identified for each age group. The yearlong academy program is divided into components that follow a progressive curriculum that focuses on fundamentals and applied technique through small-sided games. The Academy coaching staff will follow the coaching curriculum throughout the year and provide progress reports. Through this curriculum, coaches are able to provide each player with the most important information needed at their young age.

Program Goals

The Baby Blues Soccer Academy program will allow our players to train year round in a fun environment preparing them for their future soccer careers.

Program Director

Robbie Mulligan ([email protected])

Robbie Mulligan was born in Dublin, Ireland. He currently holds his UEFA A and UEFA B coaching Licenses. He is in his 5th year with the Blues. Robbie is currently our Blues Cup tournament director, academy director, and head coach for four of our younger teams.

Robbie graduated from Dublin City University, (DCU) with a B.A. in Accounting and Finance. He also played while in college. Upon graduation Robbie moved to California in 2005 to work for Coast 2 Coast Coaching where he currently works as their Director of Coaching. Robbie oversees the C2C coaching curriculum and coaching process.

Robbie's coaching experience has seen him coach elite boys and girls in Ireland, he also was a college coach in Ireland. Robbie has also coached in the women's senior league in Ireland, coaching Peamount United FC.

Academy Coach

Brad Otto ([email protected])

Brad Otto was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. His family moved to California just in for Kindergarten. He fell in love with sports and spent the majority of his childhood on the fields, courts,and golf courses of Southern California.

Brad began playing soccer at age 5. By the age of 12 he began playing club soccer. Brad attended Riverside Poly High School. Brad started college by growing nearly six inches his Freshman year. Then living in Southern Illinois, he played in the St. Louis Premier League for a couple of years.

Brad returned to California and finished his college degree in Kinesiology at Cal State San Bernardino. He returned to Poly High School to coach J.V. Girls Soccer. He moved on to Coach Varsity at La Sierra High School and Power Soccer. Brad found that the only thing better then playing soccer, was coaching soccer.

Academy Coach

Rob Rennie ([email protected])

Rob Rennie was born in England. He played soccer with several professional clubs including Ipswich town, Southampton, Leicester City, Notts Forest, and Coventry City.

At 19 Rob got a soccer scholarship to Tiffin University in Ohio where he majored in Sports Management. After school Rob left Ohio for Los Angeles, California where he began his own soccer school and taught physical education at Marquez Elementary School in Pacific Palisades.

Throughout his 28 years in the U.S. Rob has coached boys and girls of all ages. He has also directed over 150 soccer camps across the country from Florida to Idaho. Rob has coached at numerous soccer clubs in Southern California.

What makes the Baby Blues Soccer Academy different from any other academy and why should I sign my daughter up?

"The Baby Blues  Soccer Academy has been an amazing experience for my daughter. She is currently in her third year, starting when she was 5 and has learned so much from the great coaching staff. The Academy does an outstanding job of developing the girls’ soccer skills in a fun atmosphere that has increased my daughter's love for the game of soccer. I feel so fortunate to have some of the top soccer coaches around spending quality time teaching my daughter."

Michelle Mother of Emma

"Having played competitive soccer in Southern California most of my life, I knew there was only one choice when it came to choosing a club for my daughter.  The Baby Blues Academy has exceeded my expectations in every way.  In my opinion, no other club comes close to the level of coaching, competition, and overall dedication to REALLY teaching the girls the game of soccer.  In the 2 years my daughter has played with the Blues, she has grown in every aspect of the game.  Her strength, knowledge, skills, confidence, and most importantly love for the game gets better with every practice.  There is nothing better than your 7 year old daughter walking off the practice field asking, "how many more days until next practice?" That's when you know that you are in the right place."

Erica Mother of Ella