Lake Placid Soccer Centre celebrates 50 years with lineup of special events

LAKE PLACID | Lake Placid Soccer Centre will celebrate the 50th year of its soccer education and promotion events with coach clinics, youth soccer camps and tournaments conducted across New York State with a range of soccer events in Lake Placid and Canton. "Over 70,000 campers have gone through our youth soccer camps in Lake Placid and at St. Lawrence University," said Co- Founder Mike McGlynn. "We are inviting any former campers to join us for a full slate of soccer activities the week of July 13-17 summer 2026, including two FIFA World Cup watch parties during the semi-finals of the 2026 World Cup," McGlynn continued. "If you went to camp sometime over the past 50 years bring your grand kids to allow them to enjoy a day camp July 13-17 in Lake Placid and join us at a coach clinic about youth soccer skills featuring the world's number one individual soccer skills development program, The Coerver Coaching Method. Our main Golden Anniversary celebration is on Thursday evening, July 16, in Lake Placid." "During our youth soccer camps, our core focus is on individual player development and improvement utilizing The Coerver Coaching Method," said McGlynn. "A team is only as good as the individual members. The Lake Placid Soccer Centre had a unique role in the startup and beginnings of The Coerver Coaching Method at our Lake Placid campsites in the mid-1980s." Coerver Coaching is now a full-time program in over 20 countries across the world. In Scandinavia alone, 20,000 youth soccer athletes attend year-long training sessions. The co-founder of The Coerver Coaching Method, Alfred Galustian, will offer a free coaches clinic during the Golden Anniversary week, Thursday, July 16. A third element of the soccer vacation week will be an adult World Cup 2026 Watch Party 5-a-side Tournament on the North Elba athletic fields that allows soccer people to get together, play some ball and watch the two FIFA semi-finals on Tuesday, July 14, and Wednesday, July 15. This adult 5v5 tournament will offer a reunion event for all teams that competed in the indoor soccer tournaments the Soccer Centre organized on Astroturf in the three rinks of the Olympic Center plus interested soccer groups from all over North America. "The Soccer America Dawn to Dark Festival and indoor soccer tournament had over 5,000 adult soccer players competing and gathering to enjoy good athletic competition with other soccer-minded people," said McGlynn. The D2D indoor soccer event ran from 1981 to 2007. "This soccer tournament had many ex-World Cup national team members as well as some up-and-coming players like Kristine Lilly playing on the Lake Placid rinks from 7 a.m. to 12 midnight over four days," McGlynn explained. "The level of camaraderie that was experienced at the Dawn to Dark event is something we would like to rekindle for the two days of the FIFA semi-finals watch parties." "During our 40th anniversary we had over 50 ex-camp staff travel from Europe to Lake Placid to revisit with each other. For the 50th LPSC Celebration, we have opened the invite list to former campers and families and all staff who can come enjoy what the Adirondack Region has to offer with golf, hiking, Olympic venue sightseeing, boating and dining. Plus, the icing on the cake for this week will be the energy you can experience at the two FIFA World Cup watch parties," said McGlynn. In addition, all former players and fans from the Adirondack Amateur Summer soccer league are invited with any North Country soccer fans. Best contact point is via email: coach@lakeplacidsoccer.com. The Soccer Centre's 50th summer of youth soccer day camps in Lake Placid, Watertown and their main Overnight Camp will run July 19-25 at St. Lawrence University.

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Lake Placid Soccer Centre celebrates 50 years with lineup of special events

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