shaping the next generation of ballers
COMING APRIL 2026
COMING APRIL 2026
Rising Eleven Women’s Soccer Academy is expected to be fully up and running by April 1st 2026 with all three Age groups fully active in full time training and match play. More to be Announced as time comes please stay tuned.
The Academy Stage (Ages 5–12)
The Academy Stage is designed specifically for players ages 10 to 12, a pivotal period where young athletes build the foundation for long-term success in football. At this stage, our focus is on developing a strong technical base while fostering a genuine love for the game.
Training emphasizes the essential skills every player must master:
Accurate passing
Confident dribbling
A controlled first touch
Balance, coordination, and proper movement
Understanding simple game scenarios such as 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, 5v5, and small-group play
Our priority is quality repetition, helping young players learn to move like footballers and become comfortable with the ball under all conditions. While we do not dive deep into advanced tactics at this age, players begin learning the basics of positioning, spacing, and simple team concepts in an age-appropriate, easy-to-understand way.
Equally important, the Academy Stage creates a fun, energetic, and motivating training environment. We want players to be excited to return each day, eager to learn, compete, and grow. This stage is not only about developing technical and physical foundations—it is about building a meaningful connection to the sport.
By planting the early seeds of confidence, passion, and understanding, the Academy Stage prepares players to advance into the Compete Stage with a strong base and a clear vision of who they can become. Our goal is to help young female athletes develop the skills, mindset, and love for football that will carry them through their entire journey in the sport.
ACADEMY
COMPETE
The Compete Stage (Ages 12–14)
The Compete Stage is designed for players ages 12 to 14, a crucial period where training intensity increases and foundational skills begin to transition into real game application. This is where players elevate their learning, sharpen their technical abilities, and begin to understand football at a deeper, more competitive level.
Building on the fundamentals established in the Academy Stage, players now refine and perfect their technical skills under real pressure. Training introduces higher speeds of play, quicker decision-making, and the demand for technical quality in tight situations. Athletes learn how to apply their first touch, dribbling, passing, and movement skills appropriately and intelligently within actual match scenarios.
During this stage, players are introduced to advanced concepts such as:
Positional awareness and responsibilities
Reading the game
Understanding simple tactical principles
Working cohesively as a team
Managing transitions, space, and tempo
The Compete Stage marks the players’ first true exposure to larger game formats, moving beyond small-sided play into structured 9v9 and 11v11 football. This gives players their first real understanding of the full game and the demands of competitive match play.
Training sessions intentionally become more demanding, both physically and mentally. Players learn the value of intensity, focus, and consistency, while beginning to understand how winning habits are formed. We emphasize the importance of healthy competition, encouraging players to push themselves, take pride in their progress, and develop an inner drive to be the best version of themselves.
Our goal is to instill a strong competitive mindset rooted in discipline, resilience, teamwork, and passion. This stage prepares players for the Elite Stage, where expectations rise and performance becomes increasingly results-driven. By the end of the Compete Stage, players are confident, tactically aware, technically reliable, and mentally prepared for the challenges of high-performance football.
ELITE
The Elite Stage (Ages 14–16)
The Elite Stage is designed for players ages 14 to 18, representing the highest level of training within Rising Eleven. This is where athletes transition into a true high-performance environment one that mirrors the standards, demands, and expectations of post-secondary and professional football.
At this stage, everything elevates: the structure of training sessions, the intensity of competition, and the way players are expected to conduct themselves both on and off the field. Athletes learn to think, train, and act like complete footballers and mature young professionals.
The Elite Stage operates as a full-time football program, with players training three to four times per week and competing in matches on weekends. Sessions are built around advanced tactical development, including:
Complex game models and tactical systems
Understanding space, tempo, and match control
Transition principles (attack → defense & defense → attack)
Coordinated team movements and pressing
Intelligent runs off the ball
Creating and exploiting space
Reading advanced tactical cues
Training consistently mirrors real match conditions, ensuring players can apply their skills under pressure, at speed, and with purpose. By this stage, athletes are expected to arrive with strong technical foundations, allowing coaches to shift the focus toward elite-level execution, tactical intelligence, and decision-making.
The environment is intentionally high-tempo, demanding, and competitive. Players learn that excellence is not occasional it is a standard upheld every day. They are taught the habits, discipline, and professionalism required to earn opportunities at the next level. Hunger, accountability, and resilience become defining characteristics of this stage.
A critical part of the Elite Stage is teaching athletes the importance of team identity. Players learn that no individual is bigger than the team, and that the strongest pathway to university recruitment is through being an impactful, intelligent, and coachable team player.
By the end of the Elite Stage, athletes graduate as complete players technically refined, tactically knowledgeable, physically conditioned, and mentally prepared for the demands of post-secondary soccer and higher levels of the game.