Category: Academy

Cape Coral, November 20- Our Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions Academy played their 5th tournament of the season in Apopka, Florida last weekend. The coaches and parents saw great soccer over the weekend and the coaches annouced today their Team of the Week. 🦁Goalkeeper- Zachary, U9 🦁Defense- Reyna, U15G 🦁Defense- Cooper, U8 🦁Defense- Keira, U13G Read More

Cape Coral, October 18- Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC is currently looking for coaches due to the growth of our Youth Academy. We are searching for Volunteer coaches who want to get into coaching and wants to learn from our coaches. We are located at Jim Jeffers Park in Cape Coral and we are Read More

October 16, Cape Coral- On October 13 Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC organized a Bring a Practice day for their Youth Academy. An amazing Saturday followed. The younger groups (U7 till U12) started at 9 am with their practice and in every single team multiple new kids showed up. Those kids showed what they Read More

Cape Coral, August 23rd- Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC closed down the first week of practice with a great Orange Family event: FGCDL FC Opening day. The day started with a 45 minute presentation by Director of Soccer Operations Vincent de Weger. During this General Parent meeting Vincent talked about the structure, philosophy and Read More

Cape Cora, July 17- We are happy to announce that we have another Summer Training School coming Saturday. An hour practice on several Saturday’s at Ida Baker High School Practice fields.  This is also our moment where we hold our additional try-outs. The FGCDL FC Summer Training School offers skill training at Ida Baker High Read More

Cape Coral, June 4- Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC will organize several camps and clinics throughout the summer. At our camps, players will learn the fundamentals of soccer and have a lot of fun too. The upcoming FGCDL FC Camps are: Summer Camp 1: June 11-15 – from 9 am till 3pm. Summer Camp 2: Read More

Cape Coral, March 14th- Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions, announces Season 2018-2019 try-out dates on 30th of April, 1st of May, 3rd of May and 9th of May. It will be held at Jim Jeffers Park in Cape Coral. Our FGCDL FC Youth Academy is having a successful Spring Season with a lot of finals in Read More

Cape Coral, January 15th- Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC is happy to announce that we will have a Lion Cubs soccer program this Spring for 2018. This program is for kids that want to start playing soccer at the age of 3 years old. Under guidance from our licensed coaches, your child will make Read More

Cape Coral, January 29th- Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions had a great ammount of kids trying out for our Spring Try-Outs the last weeks. Because we need an extra coach who helps Coach Davy with his U11 Boys. We had an interview with Coach Vitor. FGCDL FC: Who is Vitor Dacunha? I’m an ex soccer player, Read More

Cape Coral, January 24, 2018 – Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC is happy to announce that Mark Mcilroy is joining the 2018 coaching staff. Mark is originally from Scotland and brings a lot of professional (European) experience to the club. FGCDL FC had a few questions for Mark: FGCDL FC: Who is Mark Mcilroy?  Read More

Cape Coral January 25th- Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC stands for loyalty and their Orange Family. Therefor we are happy to announce that our Women’s Team player Monique Elliot is one of the Lion Cubs coaches. FGCDL FC: Who are you, where are you from and how old are you? My name is Monique Elliott, Read More

Cape Coral, January 2nd- First of all, we hope that every one of you had a great end of 2017. It was a year with great moments for our club and we are ready for 2018. A perfect moment to look forward with our Director of Soccer Operations Vincent de Weger. Youth Academy FGCDL FC: Read More

Cape Coral, December 7th – Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC announces Spring Season try-outs on January 16, 18, 22, 23 and 25 at Jim Jeffers Park. The try-outs will be during our regular practice sessions. This because of the fact that your child immediately sees there teammates and coach. The FGCDL FC Youth Academy had Read More

Cape Coral, November 21, 2017 – Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC has several partners who help the Youth Academy grow. First Service of Tyran Jacoby is one of them. FGCDL FC had an interview with Tyran to find out what his company does and why First Service became a partner with FGCDL FC. FGCDL Read More

Cape Coral, November 17, 2017 – Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC has several partners that help the Youth Academy grow. Modern Pullman of the Schmelzer family is one of them. FGCDL FC had an interview to find out what Modern Pullman is all about and why they decided to partner with FGCDL FC. FGCDL Read More

Cape Coral, November 15, 2017 – With the growth of the number of players in the Youth Academy, Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC is pleased to announce the addition of Ivan Morales to the 2017-2018 coaching staff. With over 35 U8 players on the roster and the U11B and U12G playing tournaments, Ivan will Read More

Cape Coral, October 30th- Our Youth Academy played this weekend in two tournaments. U11B and U12G in Naples and U8, U10Coed, U14G, and U16G in Fort Myers. A weekend with 1st places, but also some disappointments. U8 Team 1, championship after three wins. The 1st game of U8 Team 1 was very good. In the Read More

Cape Coral, October 24th- Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC played this weekend with four teams the Fort Myers Kick-Off Classic. With one championship, two third places, and one-fourth place. But the coaches were in general happy because they saw the improvement of our players or we know where to work on. Below you find Read More

Cape Coral, October 10th- Last weekend our Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC played the Bazooka Classic 2017 in Kissimmee. U11B, U12G, U14G, U14B, and U16G played on Saturday and Sunday several games. With four teams in the finals, it was a successful weekend for our Youth Academy. U11B, 2nd place. Three wins and one loss Read More