Everton Football Club will launch a new international Soccer Schools programme (EISS), which will run alongside the recently-established Everton International Academy Affiliate programme (EIAAP), as part of the Club's global growth strategy.

Everton’s International Soccer Schools (EISS) programme will begin with a series of soccer camps across 15 states in the Midwest and Northeast regions of the United States over the next four months, with plans to expand to other target countries. The activity will be led and shaped by Everton coaches, and supported and delivered by US-based Community Athletic Solutions (CAS) - the first stage in a plan to develop the programme across the whole country in the coming years.

The soccer camps follow on from the launch of the Everton International Academy Affiliate Programme (EIAAP), which in June 2020 saw Columbus United (Ohio, USA) and Schulz Academy (Florida, USA) become the first two US members, alongside Joondalup City FC (Perth, Australia), Western Pride (Queensland, Australia), Everton Viña Del Mar (Chile) and Sligo Rovers (Ireland).

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The EIAAP initiative provides clubs at all tiers of the game with access to the finest coaching knowledge from Everton’s renowned Academy to support the growth of each club – a level of support that sets it apart from more traditional models.

The EIAAP programme has been delivered virtually during the pandemic. When travel restrictions are lifted, Everton Academy coaches will visit the clubs signed up to the programme and staff from affiliated clubs will also visit Everton’s state-of-the-art USM Finch Farm training facility in the UK for education and training. More new EIAAP members will be announced soon. 

The two initiatives will be accessed using a new Everton International Academy web platform.

Richard Kenyon, Director of Marketing, Communications and International at Everton Football Club, said: “We are continuing to build our International Club Affiliate network after a successful pilot period and will be launching soccer camps in the North East and Mid-West of the United States for this summer which will see thousands of young soccer fans attending our programmes. We are also looking to expand the programme in our other target countries.  

“These important steps are part of a long-term plan for the Club which has North America as a priority region – but other opportunities in other parts of the world have also been developed by our International Team and further exciting announcements will be made soon."

The announcement follows the appointment of Jurgen Mainka, former CONCACAF Chief Commercial Officer, and his team at Miami-based Pulse Sport and Entertainment to further develop the Club’s presence across North America.

Meanwhile, this Saturday, the Club will host Everton USA Live, a digital fan experience where Blues from across North America will be joined by live guests including Abdoulaye Doucoure, Tim Howard and Marcel Brands.

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