Celebrating with Coach Anderson :-) He is a great coach, wouldn't you say?!
Today we are celebrating with our Buffalo Family the fact that after participating in the first-ever US Soccer (USSF) A-Senior Course with hundreds of hours, trips to the US Soccer National Development Center in Kansas, test on and off the field and even a visit from one of the instructors to our complex, we can now congratulate Coach Anderson on receiving his US Soccer National A-Senior Coaching License.
Coach Anderson has always loved the game of soccer but it was not until hevolunteered, in 2004, as a youth coach that he found his passion for coaching.Since then his desire to learn more has only grown. He continued to work at his"day job" while doing everything he could to make coaching a career. He is nowa full-time soccer coach, manager, director... etc. He truly does it all.
He took courses from USSF and as well as other institutions. The "A" license was the highest USSF license available. To apply you must meet all the criteria and because they only take a small number at a time, you must be selected to even attend the course.
After years of acquiring other licenses, it was time for the "A". He put in theapplication and was accepted, not only for the "A" as he had known but for anew system the USSF has set up for coaches and he was to be one of 30coaches to ever take this new "A-Senior" course held in the brand new USSoccer National Development Center in Kansas.
The course started at the beginning of 2019. After several trips to the NDC, projects, deadlines and a "home visit" from one of the instructors to our facility, he had the final assessment this past week.
He said this about the course: "It was really great to learn from not only very knowledgeable instructors in the best possible environment but also from my peers. I got to share ideas and interact with several coaches that are employed by professional teams in the MLS and USL Championship.It was an incredible experience and I can't wait to put it all into practice for the Buffalo!"
Way to go Coach Anderson!
