At SOCCER Coach we want to make a special mention of Santiago Cabrera, a young coach from Venezuela but based in New York, who has been enjoying the Catalan city of Barcelona and football for ten days thanks to WOSPAC.  Santiago Cabrera is currently coach of various teams in the lower categories of the New York Red Bulls, an important MLS team where some famous players like Rafael Márquez, Thierry Henry and Juninho Prenambucano have played. He works with passion and says: “I love the game and I am very fortunate to play, train, live, feel, observe and enjoy football in Venezuela, Brazil, Portugal and the United States. The experiences I have gained in these soccer environments, culturally very different, have led me to work a philosophy of player development based on the game as the master.” His arrival in Barcelona is marked by a curious fact, that Santiago contacted our CEO, Alex Bosacoma through the social network: “I came to know WOSPAC and all it has to offer as I find it very interesting. The first contact with Alex came through Linkedin and the common interests were so many that I got the opportunity to come to Barcelona. And here I am. It is a pleasure, without any doubt.” Cabrera was able to experience firsthand the world of coach in Catalunya.“In these ten days I have been assisting Gonzalo, the Youth Team B coach of UE Cornellà, in all of pre-season training and some games and everything went really well. I am very impressed with the Cornellà and all they have to offer”, added the Venezuelan coach. For Cabrera it has been a very positive experience and a very positive impression. He is clearly aware that there is a great clash of cultures and views in the world of soccer. The way to understand the game is completely different and there are also different methodological visions: “The culture of soccer in Spain is highly developed and there is potential in the United States, not just in MLS, but in grassroots football, as there are many opportunities for future collaborations”. These are opportunities not to be missed. It is important to know them closely and to see how WOSPAC can help the development of soccer in the United States. Cabrera, when returning to the United States will also help Jaime Alonso, director of our franchise in the American country. Good luck my friend, keep in touch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfJHAJneUUI

WOSPAC is celebrating again but not to welcome a new member, but because our coach and video analyst Didac Soler starts a new professional adventure in sports with the big FC Barcelona. Didac Soler arrived WOSPAC  to support the technical and tactical area in the soccer department, providing its expertise in specific monthly reports for each of the players that train in the program SOCCER Stages. It is a meticulous work of exhaustive analysis that has served the young players to discover their strengths and weaknesses, in order to improve day after day. In addition, Soler also prepared videos and highlight reports of the soccer players of the program WOSPAC Soccer Players, in order to be seen by team/coaches interested in them. It is a convenient visual reference to discover talents. Soler is very excited after his move to FC Barcelona: “This news is incredible and although it has not been easy to become part of this new project of FCB, I can say that the experience with WOSPAC has helped me a lot to take this step. I had a really good time and above all, I have now good friends from the world of professional soccer”. Soler has joined the tactical professional soccer training department of FC Barcelona (Barça B and Youth). He will continue doing what he likes best: analysis of matches to get information about and about the own team and the players of FCB. He will also record trainings and matches of the grassroots teams of FCB for further analysis, and surely much more. Didac, good luck, we will follow your steps!

Dave Joseph, Director of WOSPAC Australia, visited last week the WOSPAC headquarters in Barcelona to work on the launch of the new project that WOrld SPort ACademy will run in the Australian cities Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth. Dave Joseph met the CEO of WOSPAC, Alex Bosacoma, and the athletic staff to study how to implement best new ideas in the Australian country and how to optimize resources and its implementation to be more profitable. With the start of this new proposal, Joseph wants to help clubs, schools, colleges and universities in Australia to enjoy free stays for players, coaches and students in Barcelona. “We know it will be hard work and therefore we have to take care of every detail to achieve our goals. Despite this, I have no doubt, we will popularize WOSPAC throughout Australia” said Joseph during his meeting with Bosacoma.  Thanks to this work, we set a strategy to position WOSPAC in the large Australian market and thus earn the reputation as a reference in the sports sector: WOSPAC offers and provides real training for athletes. A job that would not be possible without our partnerships with major organizations as the FFA (Football Federation Australia) that help to improve the players and coaches giving them the opportunity to continue and expand their training in the best clubs of Barcelona.

On a cold Monday-morning, the boys of the SOCCER Stages program played a new friendly match against an American football team: The Hill School from Pennsylvania. The game took place at the new head-field of UE Cornellà. At 8: 15h in the morning the game started with the low temperatura of 3 degrees Celcius. The USA team opened the score very early. After a good game of passing Jason Kyper scored the 1-0 in the 4th minute. In the following minutes, the international team of Wospac tested the keeper of The Hill School. The first goal of WOSPAC came in the 35th minute. Miraash dribbled perfectly and laid back on Habib. Habib scored the 1-1! WOSPAC was back in the game. This led to the end of the first half. The second 45 minutes began just like the first half. The Hill school team scored a goal in the first 5 minutes of the second half. Again an early lead for the American team. This time Ryan Wallace scored the goal. Every single guy of WOSPAC soccer stages, as well the new goal keeper (Paolo Da Costa), tried to re-tie the game. They fought hard but eventually there was no second goal of the Wospac stages team. Minutes later, the US team scored the third goal, Nico Besselaar was the goalscorer. The team from Sirvent and Morata was unable to turn the game. The unfortunate finishing ensured that WOSPAC not scored a second goal. The Hill School team scored one more time, via Ali Kenneh. He scored the final goal: 1-4. The guys will do better next time, we continue the hard work to improve!

On Monday, November 30th, more than 50 young Korean footballers, their leaders, teachers and coaches visited WOSPAC. The Korean Football Association has a very interesting training program for their young athletes. To explore the football around to the world, meet new cultures and mainly to test the level of the Korean, they go abroad. This time they went to Spain and WOSPAC helped to add new experiences to the Korean Football Association. Upon arrival, they were able to visit the first floor. While the boys were between 10 and 12 years old, they formed an organized group. They were organized into rows and they were very disciplined. Didac Rodriguez, Soccer Manager of WOSPAC and Eric Bertran, Director of Marketing and Communication were helped by Sangjae Lee Jang, WOSPAC Korea director. He was willing to explain everything. He explained the visit of the property and facilities of WOSPAC. Afterwards they went to the UE Cornella stadium to play friendly matches. To welcome the Korean expedition at WOSPAC, WOSPAC team wanted to give a small gift. Each member of the Korean expedition received a Wospac-backpack and a hat. The visit began at the gym and swimming pool. Here, all members of the SOCCER Stages program could, during their stay, enjoy at any time. They listened intently. Then they visited the residence. They visited the various rooms and apartments, as well as the “living room”. Footballer Kim Hoyong (SOCCER Stages Player) told in Korean about his life at WOSPAC. After seeing the residence, they went to UE Cornellà. Once there, they made a small tour through the area of UE Cornellà. They visited the goalkeeper area, offices, gym and the changing rooms. In the conference hall “Jordi Alba”, they saw the video of WOSPAC. After the video their a lottery was held. Here they could win WOSPAC-clothes. After the tour we went to the new main field of UE Cornellà. The boys were willing to play 4 matches of 30 minutes each at UE Cornellà main field. A very successful visit and we from WOSPAC want to see you again.

We are pleased to announce that WOSPAC is still working in different areas around the world and has just signed a second agreement for collaboration in Africa. The first agreement was in Senegal, the second collaboration agreement reaches more than 2,500 kilometers away, particularly in Nigeria. This new agreement on the African continent isn’t a coincidence, as well as Alex Bosacoma CEO WOSPAC, the sports in Africa wants to break barriers in some countries, and gradually introduce and provide the necessary tools to develop football training. Currently there are few institutions that are working in Nigeria and, in turn, they have revealed new structures of work to train football talents. The Midtown Soccer School is one of the pioneering schools and longest forming athletes. Kayode Joshua Mobolaji, head of the school told us: “The Soccer School Midtown create direct links with professional clubs in the UK, US and Europe. We also offer training programs for the young community of players. This to give them the opportunity to improve and give them a chance, not only in our country but in the world.” Recently Korean children have visited WOSPAC. We hope that African boys and girls visit WOSPAC soon! All with the same goal, to offer unique experiences and provide options for Nigerian players to be part of a Spanish top club. Mobolaji is very satisfied with this new project between Midtown Soccer School and WOSPAC. They want to export the working methods of the best teams in Barcelona to Nigeria. Of course, besides developing WOSPAC as a leader in African sport. For the WOSPAC business it is a pleasure to continue to opening borders and help new countries such as Bermuda, Australia, Peru, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Russia, Senegal and now Nigeria. United for the sport and shaping the future of young athletes. The whole WOSPAC team is excited by this idea and want to build large sports project worldwide.  

On Monday the 7th of December, the Chinese boys of the SOCCER STAGES program of WOSPAC received a very special visit, the professional Chinese player, Gao Leilei. Lei Lei was born in Beijing on July 15, 1980 and is an experienced midfielder with a long career. He has played at different clubs in the Super League of China, the A-League in New Zealand, the USSF Vikkausliiga of Finland and the United States. In addition the player pf Beijing is not only known for his ball skills and his vision, but is also famous for his role in Chinese society. Currently Leilei has helped to build several football fields. This to enable poor children, so they can enjoy this sport. Thanks to Leilei, China is considering to establish football as a compulsory subject at school. A benchmark player in China which had a nice touch was making a visit to the child WOSPAC team, which has 20 Chinese players. Leilei is one of those professional athletes that managed to reach the top and enjoy every day of his profession. The dream of many boys of the SOCCER STAGES program is to becoming a professional footballer. Leilei has been very excited to share some moments with our kids and has confessed: “I am very happy and proud that our sport is so valued and desired by the young talents of my country. No doubt, these guys deserve to learn about the Spanish football, your level and learn every day. It has been a pleasure to share this moment with them and I hope to recur “. Meanwhile, Lei Lei says that with work and effort everything comes around. And now it’s his turn at UE Cornellà, where he hopes to enjoy minutes in this competitive league, besides enjoying the city of Barcelona. Career and Spanish destination Gao Lei Lei began his professional football career in Wuhan in 1998, before moving to Beijing Guoan. It was with the team from the capital where Leilei won the audience and becoming a name as a football player. After 8 consecutive years defending the colors of Beijing Guaon, 121 games and 11 goals, he decided to go for a new sporting adventure. In December 2006, he traveled to New Zealand to join the New Zealand Knights of the A-League of New Zealand, although it was for a very short period. After passing through Oceania, Leilei moved to Europe, particularly to Finland to sign with the team MyPa. He became the first Chinese player to play in the Veikkausliiga. Two years later, Gao was going back to New Zealand to play, only one year, with the Wellington Phoenix. In 2009, Leilei returned to his hometown, Beijing. In Beijing he played for Hongdeng, but only a month later he was transferred to FC KooTeePee, Finland. Before he went to Spain, he played at another continent. In 2010, the Chinese player signed by the American club NSC Minnesota Stars, a team that plays at the USSF Division 2 Professional [...]

14th and December 15th, the Polish city of Wisla has hosted the first meeting organized by WOSPAC Coach in Poland for football coaches in collaboration with Rafal Legierski. 30 coaches participated in workshops of education and training, for 2 days, where Basel Bawab, head of WOSPAC Coaches and instructor associated with the Catalan Football Federation (FCF) presented the methodology of Catalan football at the initiation stage (8- 13 years old). A new vision for the future development of football players and Polish coaches. Basel Bawab, our coach, told that WOSPAC COACH is responsible, at all times, with the invaluable assistance of the Director of WOSPAC Poland, Rafal Legierski and translator, Iweta Gazur in the fantastic hall of Hotel Golebiewski.  Learning the “Spanish” During the two days of presentation WOSPAC showed their unconditional commitment to develop and form, with the methodologies of the big clubs in Barcelona, ​​Polish coaches and athletes who are mainly related to the world of football. Learning that has been dubbed the “Spanish”, given the successes of the Spanish teams in recent decades. Rafal Legierski, primarily responsible for the connection between Spain and Poland, pleaded very satisfied with this first proposal: “The idea of ​​organizing this formation meeting arose during my first visit to Barcelona WOSPAC. It was there that I could get to learn about the methodology of coaching in Spain. And then I thought it would be nice to bring these ideas and ways of working to Poland and our football. And so we have, thanks to Basel of WOSPAC. Today we are doing this fantastic training! “. Moreover, Legierski added: “We will continue working together. We are planning and developing a nationwide project. We organize courses of one week for coaches and a campus for kids. All with the participation and help of Spanish coaches. A professional and international project”. An enriching experience for our responsible of WOSPAC and WOSPAC Coach, Basel Bawab, who first visited the Polish country. We hope to return soon!

This Sunday, the 17th of January, there is a very special guest in the Pavilion Jacme March of the Gavà Handball Club. From 16.00h to 18.00h, one of the most successful coaches in the world of International handball in, Xavi Pascual “Pasqui”, is visiting us. This is a great privilege and opportunity of having a conversation with one of the most successful coaches of the world. Pascual is the current coach of FC Barcelona, ​​and has a decent palmares of admire: 2 World Club Championships 2 European Cups 3 Ligas of the Pyrenees 5 Asobal League 4 Copas del Rey 4 Super Cups of Spain 5 Asobal Cup 2 Supercopa de Catalunya The Handball Club Gava, sports partner of WOSPAC, can be considered as a privileged club as it will be for two hours in the company of the coach of one of the best clubs in the world. We will enjoy his wise words, advice and experience. It is a unique opportunity to get in front of a successful coach of Handball. At 16.00 pm “Pasqui” provide a theoretical lecture on managing groups of high performance and one hour later, everyone can admire and enjoy a practical lesson of defense. To implement it, Xavi Pascual trains professionals, you will feel that. The youth players will of CH Gava will feel it. If you love sports and handball is your passion, you have an appointment you can’t miss. The session is open till the capacity of the pavilion is full. Go for it and enjoy.