The CNSF continues to expand its reach overseas by helping alumnus Vanessa Martinez to attend a prestigious conference on science and soccer in England this past May.

CNSF Alumni Samatha Bird has been busy putting her coaching background to work. After making the opening remarks at the NSCAA’s Walt Chyzowych Memorial Award Ceremony in January she has now taken a position as an assistant coach at Oxford College which will keep her very busy throughout the summer and fall.

Three very excited young men, two from Brandon, an old mining village in the North East of England and one from the Cotswolds in the South West set off for a life changing trip along with 30 other soccer coaches to Holland.

The trip had been organised to take UK & Irish coaches to Holland to visit both professional and amateur clubs and talk with technical directors, coaches and administrators to further understand the best soccer coaching culture in the world.

This January saw two CNSF Alumni given the opportunity to make their presence known at the NSCAA Convention held in Baltimore.

Brandon, Sandy and Tai attended the 2004 CNSF/MSYSA International Weeks Camp together. The friendships and contacts that they have made are one of the many positive byproducts that these opportunities produce.

The CNSF is once again going overseas. Working with the Give Us Back Our Game the CNSF will sponsor two young coaches to attend a Dutch International Coaching Workshop in Holland.