Author: Vincent de Weger

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

Cape Coral, September 5th- Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC Youth Academy plays their first tournament at Naples on the weekend of Labor Day. Together with Coach Danilo Cortes will we look forward to the season. FGCDL FC: Which team do you coach this year? This year I’m going to be assisting both coach DAVY and coach John with the U11 and U14 teams respectively Read More

Cape Coral, September 7th– Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions is happy to announce our main partner for coming season: Employee care. We had an interview with owner Maikel Delgado. FGCDL FC: What is your name of your company and what does your company provide for service?  Employee Care, we provide Payroll And Employee Leasing solutions Read More

Cape Coral, August 28th- First of all, we hope that everybody is safe after this rainy weekend. Coming weekend we have our first games at the Publix Labor Day Tournament in Naples. A great moment to look forward to the season with Director of Soccer Operations Vincent de Weger. FGCDL FC: Which team do you coach this year? To continue our consistency in the Read More

Cape Coral, August 24th- He is here the longest of all the coaches. Youth Academy Season 2017/2018 is his 3rd season at Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC. A great moment to have an interview with Coach Menno Vermeer. FGCDL FC: Which team do you coach this year?  This year I will coach the U8 Read More

Cape Coral, August 22nd- Moving up from assistant coach to Head Coach of two teams is what happened with John Teeter. He truly deserved it and he is more than ready for this season. A great moment to have an interview with Coach John Teeter. FGCDL FC: Which team do you coach this year? U10 COED Read More

Cape Coral, July 27th– Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC is happy to announce that we will start our Lions Cubs soccer program. This program is for kids that want to start playing soccer at the age of 3 years old. Under guidance of our Female Coach Kim Rogers you will practice once a week Read More

Cape Coral, August 18th- Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC has an interview with Coach of the Year 2016/2017 Davy Hendriks. Together they will look forward to coming season. Davy Hendriks is our Academy Director since October 2016 and will start his second season at our club. FGCDL FC: Which team do you coach this year? U11B and U12G FGCDL FC: Is this a totally new team or do you have players that were at FGCDL FC last season? My U11B is Read More

Cape Coral, August 15th- Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC is happy to announce that we renewed our partnership with Fit+ Fun. Fitness Coach Tina Kaiser will work with our Youth Academy players on Thursday every 2 weeks. FGCDL FC: Can you tell us what Fit +Fun Provide for service? Fit + Fun provides holistic Read More

Cape Coral, August 9th- School starts Thursday, we held our team meetings last Monday and Tuesday and Youth Academy Season 2017/2018 started this week. Summer 2017 came to his end.  Time for a recap. We organized nine FGCDL FC Summer Training School. More than 140 kids attended our Summer Training Schools and learned a lot Read More