Author: Vincent de Weger

Team of the Week November 20

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Team of the Week November 20
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

FGCDL FC searching for volunteer coaches

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FGCDL FC searching for volunteer coaches
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

Bring a Friend day big success for FGCDL FC

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Bring a Friend day big success for FGCDL FC
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

Lions Cub program for 3-4-5 and 6 years old starts September 10th

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Lions Cub program for 3-4-5 and 6 years old starts September 10th
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 his first steps in the soccer world. Soccer is a sport for everybody and is possible for any age. Kicking a ball, starting to dribble, and starting Read More

FGCDL FC hires marketing manager Kelly Fitzgerald Junco

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FGCDL FC hires marketing manager Kelly Fitzgerald Junco
Cape Coral, August 14th- Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions added marketing manager Kelly Fitzgerald Junco to their day-to-day office. Kelly started in April for the Women’s Team and extended her contract to marketing manager for Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC. We spoke with her. FGCDL FC: Can you tell a little bit more about Read More

FGCDL FC kicks off the season with a great Opening day

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FGCDL FC kicks off the season with a great Opening day
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

Women’s Team 2018 summary

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Women’s Team 2018 summary
Cape Coral, August 15 by Cape Coral Breeze-  In just its second campaign as a club, the local Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions captured its first Sunshine Conference title in the Women’s Premier Soccer League, finishing with a 5-1-1 record. The team’s season came to an end this past week after a heartbreaking 2-0 loss Read More

FGCDL FC Summer Training School coming Saturday at 9 am

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FGCDL FC Summer Training School coming Saturday at 9 am
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

FGCDL FC Summer camps in June and July

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FGCDL FC Summer camps in June and July
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

FGCDL FC Women’s Team gets their first away victory in franchise history

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FGCDL FC Women’s Team gets their first away victory in franchise history
Orlando, June 12- Our Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions picked up 3 points against Florida Krush this past weekend. After a great goal by attacker, Silvana Gordon, our Women’s Team won with a score of 1-0 and got their first Women’s Team away victory in franchise history. The game started with difficult circumstances because of Read More

FGCDL FC signs D1 goalkeeper, Emma Ober

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FGCDL FC signs D1 goalkeeper, Emma Ober
Cape Coral, May 31- Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC is excited to annouce Emma Ober as their newest signing for their Women’s Team. Emma is one of our two goalkeeper and we had an interview with her. FGCDL FC: Who are you, where are you from and how old are you? My name is Emma Read More

FGCDL FC re-signs Lorena Alvarado and Karleigh Acosta

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FGCDL FC re-signs Lorena Alvarado and Karleigh Acosta
Cape Coral, May 24- Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC is excited to announce the return of Lorena Alvarado and Karleigh Acosta. Karleigh is playing D1 after this summer and Lorena is on the radar of a lot of D1 and D2 schools. We had an interview with Lorena and Karleigh FGCDL FC: Who are you, Read More

FGCDL FC signs India Fortner and Kelsey Samaroo

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FGCDL FC signs India Fortner and Kelsey Samaroo
Cape Coral, May 24- Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions is happy to announce the signings of Kelsey Samaroo and India Fortner. Two players with special qualities that will help the team further in reaching their goal; making it to play-offs. We had an interview with India and Kelsey. FGCDL FC: Who are you, where are you Read More

FGCDL FC signs College D2 Player, Annie Blagg

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FGCDL FC signs College D2 Player, Annie Blagg
Cape Coral, May 17- Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions is happy to announce that Annie Blagg will play for our Women’s Team. She played for Eckerd College, D2 school and is transferring to FGCU. We had an interview with her. FGCDL FC: Who are you, where are you from and how old are you? My name Read More

FGCDL adds Davy Hendriks to Women’s Team staff

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FGCDL adds Davy Hendriks to Women’s Team staff
Cape Coral, March 29- Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC is happy to announce that Davy Hendriks is the new assistant coach of our Women’s Team. Davy joined the FGCDL FC in October 2016 and is Academy Director of our FGCDL FC Youth Academy. We had an interview with Davy to see what he thinks Read More