Category: Academy

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

Cape Coral, August 7th- Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC organize together with Gulf Elementary School their Youth Academy 2017/2018 team meetings. We will have our team meetings planned for Monday, August 7 and Tuesday, August 8. We will hold these team meetings at Gulf Elementary School. Address: 3500 Agualinda Boulevard in Cape Coral. Below you’ll find the schedule for our team meetings; Teams: Read More

Cape Coral,  July 29th-  Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC is hosting another try-out coming Saturday, August 5th at Ida Baker Soccer Fields. We have some spots open in our age groups from U8 till U16G. During our FGCDL FC Summer Training School you can try-out. If you already have a team you still can go and Read More

Cape Coral, July 24th-  Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC is hosting another try-out coming Saturday, July 29th at Ida Baker Soccer Fields. We have some spots open in our age groups from U8 till U16G. During our FGCDL FC Summer Training School you can try-out. If you already have a team you still can Read More

Cape Coral, July 5th-  The Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC Summer Training School is back Saturday July 15. We start that day at 9 am till 10 am at Ida Baker Soccer fields. Your child gets during this hour skill training by UEFA licensed coaches. During the Summer Training School, it is also possible Read More

June 25th, Cape Coral- Our seven 3v3 team0s showed their development on Saturday, June 24th after they all been qualified for Nationals in Orlando. More wins, better plays and more dedication to win their games. A good Saturday with these results. U8 of Coach Jorge Our U8 started their Saturday with a 12-0 win over Read More

Cape Coral, June 13th – Speed and agility is an important part of our system that we play. Our players have to be quick, flexible and strong. We are happy to announce that we can offer you a summer course in collaboration with Fit + Fun, our Fitness Coach Tina Kaiser. Being a talented soccer Read More

Cape Coral, July 10th-  The Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC Summer Training School is back this Saturday. We start at 9 am till 10 am at Ida Baker Soccer fields. Your child gets during this hour skill training by UEFA licensed coaches. During the Summer Training School, it is also possible to try-out for our Read More

Cape Coral, June 1st-  The Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC Summer Training School is back. Every Saturday from 9 am till 10 am your child gets skill training by UEFA licensed coaches. During the Summer Training School, it is also possible to try-out for our Youth Academy. We still have spots open for our Read More

Cape Coral, May 22nd- Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC played their first 3v3 tournament at Trafalgar. 5 teams of FGCDL FC participated in the 3v3 tournament for qualification to Disney, Orlando. The tournament in Orlando is the National Final of the 3v3 summer season. FGCDL FC U10B had an amazing weekend, where they showed Read More

Cape Coral, May 8th- Last weekend of FGCDL FC Youth Academy was about the 3v3 for the Youth Academy. We saw some amazing dribbles, passes, and combination at the field. The day started with the U9, U10B, and U11B who played their games in the early morning. Both teams were mixed and started their games. Read More

Cape Coral, May 1st- It was another good weekend for our Youth Academy with tournaments in Naples and at Kelly Road, with as highlight the 2nd place for the U13B, and a 3v3 at Ida Baker for the younger ages. The 3v3 tournament comes to an end and it is an exciting race who becomes the Read More