D.C. United Winter Talent Center Dates Released - Hosted by Virginia Beach City FC
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Dec. 13, 2018) — Virginia Beach City FC's MLS partner, D.C. United, has announced their Winter Talent Center dates in the Hampton Roads area, hosted by VB City FC. You do not have to be a VB City FC Academy player to participate.
VB City FC will hold one evaluation day on Jan. 19 - times for each age group:
07/08 Boys- 4:30-6:00pm
05/06 Boys- 4:30-6:00pm
04 Boys- 6:00pm-7:30pm
03 Boys- 6:00pm-7:30pm.
Players will be selected into teams after that day and will train on Jan. 27 and Feb. 3. All evaluations and training will be hosted by Virginia Beach City FC at Norfolk Collegiate School in Norfolk, Va. Training times for the 05-08B will be 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. and for the 03-04B 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
D.C. United's Director of Scouting, Philip Kroft, will be in attendance and players will be eligible to be selected by D.C. United for further evaluation by their youth staff.
These training dates have already boosted the profiles of two local, Virginia Beach City FC academy players, Julian Barrios, and Sam Jones. Barrios has been called up to work with DC United's academies on multiple occasions, most recently in the International Champions Cup and the Adidas Cup Qualifiers. Jones is a former VB City FC academy player that was scouted by Philadelphia Union and was called up by their youth academy in 2018.
"Julian and Sam have had great success over a 3 year period in our program," said Brian Hinkey, VB City FC head coach and Head Scout of the Hampton Roads area for D.C. United. "They have both worked incredibly hard, rarely miss a training session, and have been consistent performers for the 2003 VB City FC Academy team. Julian and Sam have both had the opportunity to train and play in events with the D.C. United Development Academy program. This has been a huge boost to them as they have been taken out of their comfort zones, been challenged, and have progressed because of it. This is something our area does not offer and we have built the platform for guys like this to push their abilities and succeed out of Hampton Roads."
After the training sessions are complete, players will play in their team's respective match vs. Richmond United Development Academy. The 03, 04 and 07/08B teams will play on Feb. 10 and the 05/06B teams will play on Feb. 16 at Richmond United. Times for these matches are TBD. Participants can sign-up HERE.
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