NACA National Champions · 2023–24
BOYS SOCCER
National champions. Seventeen wins in a season. A head coach who played professionally in the Netherlands and Japan. And athletes signing to colleges from Michigan to Edinburgh.
2024
NACA National Champions
National Association of Christian Athletes, Boys Spring Soccer — the 2023–24 title.
17-3-4
Championship season record
Seventeen wins, three draws, four losses across the 2023–24 campaign.
10
Months of training
A ten-month training and competition programme, not a three-month high school season.
2
Competition tiers
National and Regional, so every athlete competes at the level that develops them fastest.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
National Association of Christian Athletes · Boys Spring Soccer · 2023–24
The program
WE WON IT. NOW WE DEFEND IT.
Our goal is to identify, develop and prepare talented soccer student-athletes for the college and professional level. In 2023–24 that produced a national championship and a 17-3-4 record.
The program runs across ten months of training and competition, with athletes divided into National and Regional squads and given elite-level skill development, strength and conditioning, and scout reports before every fixture.
Athletes carry a full college-preparatory course load, including dual enrollment, alongside the training calendar. Nobody here chooses between the classroom and the pitch.
Our philosophy is simple. Learn the beautiful game, enjoy the beautiful game, and make memories that last a lifetime.
Two squads
FIND THE LEVEL. THEN OUTGROW IT.
Flagship · VERIFY GRADE RANGE
National
The squad that won the NACA national title. Competes on the national tournament circuit alongside the local calendar, in front of the widest range of college coaches.
National tournaments · Out-of-state competition · Scout reports before every fixture
VERIFY GRADE RANGE
Regional
Full competition across the Florida calendar against club and academy opposition, with the same daily training standard and development plan as the national squad.
In-state fixtures · Daily practices · Elite skill development
What we expect
THE STANDARD IS THE PROGRAM
We are direct with families about what an athlete signs up for here, because the players who thrive are the ones who wanted this standard before they arrived.
Work as a team, and respect coaches and teammates at all times.
Be coachable. Take criticism as information, not insult.
Show up upbeat. Attitude is a skill and it is trainable.
Take responsibility for your own development. We assist. You drive it.
WHAT WE GIVE BACK
Daily practices across a ten-month training and competition calendar
High-performance daily workouts and conditioning sessions
Elite-level individual skill development
Team scout reports before competition
In-state and out-of-state tournaments and expositions
Team community service
Marketing support from an in-house photo, video and social team
Coaching staff
COACHED BY SOMEONE WHO PLAYED THE GAME ABROAD
Professional football in the Netherlands and Japan. A Japan Football Association national youth coaching licence. A record of moving players into NCAA Division I, II and III programmes. This is not a local club appointment.
Leand Jameson
Director of Soccer and Head Coach
Professional player and academy coach in two countries, and a national youth coaching licence from the Japan Football Association.
Professional player and academy coach at FC Den Helder, Netherlands
Professional player and academy coach at FC Osaka, Japan
NJCAA Region 20 First Team All-Region player at Northern Virginia Community College
Returned to coach at NVCC, transferring multiple players into NCAA Division I, II and III programmes
Head coach at McLean High School, Virginia
2024 VHSL Region D champions — the school’s first in 44 years
2024 VHSL state finalist
2025 VHSL Liberty District champions — the school’s first in 16 years
2025 Liberty District Coach of the Year
Season schedule — VERIFY SEASON YEAR
WHERE WE COMPETE
Orlando City. Barcelona Academy. Clubs from the Dominican Republic. A UPSL side. Twenty-three fixtures across the local calendar, the Orlando City Lake Nona Invitational, the Vero Beach Spring Classic and the NACA national tournament.
CENTRAL FLORIDA
DME Academy
Barcelona Academy
Victory Charter School
XL Soccer
Orlando City Youth Soccer
Orlando City Lake Nona
W&H — VERIFY CLUB NAME
FKK 07 — VERIFY CLUB NAME
SOUTH FLORIDA
AC Delray
Homestead
Boynton Beach
New Smyrna UPSL
INTERNATIONAL
Hecbrit FC — Dominican Republic
United Goals La Romana — Dominican Republic
Punta Cana FC — Dominican Republic
NACA NATIONALS
Andrews
Maryville
Virginia Academy
ORLANDO CITY LAKE NONA INVITATIONAL
ADD FIXTURES — VERIFY WHICH OPPONENTS BELONG TO THIS EVENT
VERO BEACH SPRING CLASSIC
ADD FIXTURES — VERIFY WHICH OPPONENTS BELONG TO THIS EVENT
2023–24 FINAL RECORD — 17 WINS, 3 DRAWS, 4 LOSSES
Fixtures and dates are confirmed each autumn. All matches are filmed for recruiting distribution.
Where they go next
OFFERS AND COMMITMENTS
Michigan. Pennsylvania. Edinburgh. Our players leave here with options on two continents — and we distinguish offers from signed commitments, because college coaches do.
OFFERED
Jeronimo Valencia
Midfielder · 5’8″ · Class of 2024
Kalamazoo College · Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Claudius Curtis
Centre back and right back · 5’11” · Class of 2024 · Bahamas
Saint Vincent College
Christoforos Theokli
Goalkeeper · 5’11” · Nicosia, Cyprus
VERIFY UNIVERSITY
SIGNED AND COMMITTED
ADD SIGNED COMMITMENTS HERE.
The three athletes on the left are offers, which is what the recruiting graphics show. If any of them signed, move them into this column with the school name. If there are other signed players from the championship squad, add them with position, class year and university.
An offer is a conversation. A signature is a result. Keep the two apart.
The training week
FOUR DISCIPLINES, EVERY DAY
Team training. Daily sessions across the ten-month calendar, run by the staff that manages the matches.
Skill development. Position-specific individual work — first touch, finishing, distribution, defending — outside team sessions.
Strength and conditioning. High-performance daily workouts with physical development staff, built around speed, change of direction and injury prevention.
Film and scouting. Team scout reports before competition, and match film reviewed after it.
Travel, hotels and tournament lodging for the out-of-state calendar are included in the boarding program — not billed back to families mid-season.
Recruiting support
Match film for recruiting distribution
Team scout reports
Exposure at national tournaments
Full fitness center access
Academy gear package
In-house photo, video and social team
Team community service
Campus and housing
WHERE THEY TRAIN. WHERE THEY LIVE.
Outdoor playing fields and athletic tracks, a full fitness center, classrooms and a computer lab on one Orlando campus — plus supervised residential homes minutes away, with scheduled transport between them.
A HOME, NOT A DORM
Boarding athletes live in supervised residential homes in East Orlando — full kitchens, living space, outdoor space — rather than in institutional dormitories. For a sixteen-year-old arriving from Nicosia or Nassau, that difference matters.
Vans run scheduled routes between housing and campus for classes, training and match departures. Meals are chef-catered, three per day, Monday through Friday.
Academics
THE HALF OF THIS THAT DECIDES THEIR LIFE
Every soccer athlete here is enrolled in our full-time college-preparatory high school. Not a partner school. Not an online correspondence program bolted onto a training academy.
The curriculum carries dual enrollment for college credit before graduation, and applied electives in sports management, financial education and social media management — built for athletes who will negotiate, brand and budget for themselves.
NCAA eligibility is tracked from grade nine, and our athletes graduate with the core-course record college coaches need to see. For international players, that record is also what a university admissions office needs.
2026–27 tuition — CONFIRM ACADEMIC YEAR
PUBLISHED, NOT QUOTED ON REQUEST
Families comparing academies are comparing numbers. We publish ours.
Boarding · Domestic and international
$63,450
USD, full academic year
Tuition, college-prep academics and dual enrollment
Supervised residential housing
Chef-catered meals, three per day, Monday to Friday
Daily transportation between housing and campus
Full soccer program and gear package
Tournament travel and lodging
Commuter · Central Florida families
$27,450
USD, full academic year
Tuition, college-prep academics and dual enrollment
Full soccer program and gear package
Tournament travel and lodging
Admissions · CONFIRM ACADEMIC YEAR
COME AND DEFEND A NATIONAL TITLE
Applications for the soccer program are reviewed on a rolling basis. Match film and transcripts can be submitted with your application. International enquiries welcome.
Or reach the soccer staff at info@theacademycfl.com · 1865 N Econlockhatchee Trail, Orlando, FL 32817