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January 13, 2014 Email

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Academy staff from storied Italian club holding Canadian player ID camp



Chievo Verona play in Italy’s highest tier of professional football - Serie A and are one of world football’s greatest success stories. This week members of the ChievoVerona Academy will be coming to Ontario to hold a player identification camp.



The event will be hosted by 1v1 Soccer. The camp is open to U9-U16 boys and girls and will be overseen by a senior member of the Chievo Verona Academy coaching staff. The camp will consist of coaching methods and drills from the ChievoVerona Academy, with each player receiving a Chievo Verona International Academy camp t-shirt.



“Our intention here is to bring in some of the other Global Image Sports (GIS) clubs over the course of the year and get to four camps per year,” says Ian McClurg, founder and Director of Coaching at 1v1 Soccer FC.



“We want to maximize camps with Wolves, who are our main partner club. However, we wanted to bring in some other clubs to expose our players and other players in Canada to different styles, different information and different coaches,” added McClurg. “Obviously it is very costly for players to travel to Europe and get this kind of exposure and these kinds of opportunities.”



Players excelling at this camp will be invited to the 2014 Chievo Verona nternational Academy National Residential Camp, staffed by the Academy coaches from the Chievo Verona Academy. Players excelling there will be invited to Italy for a Chievo Verona Academy experience



When:

January 16-18th, 2014



Thursday January 16

5:30-7:00pm - Haber Recreation Centre: Burlington and

8:00-9:30pm Burloak Sports Centre, Burlington.

Friday January 17

2:30-4:30pm Burloak Sports Centre, Burlington

Saturday January 18

8:00-9:30 am Burloak Sports Centre, Burlington



Cost:

$160



Register:

Players can register at www.chievo-northamericanacademy.com or contact Ian McClurg ian@1v1soccer.ca for further details.



About Chievo Verona



Chievo Verona is located in Northern Italy and play in Italy’s highest league-Serie A. Since achieving promotion in 2001 they have continued to play in Italy’s league for all but one season.



They have an excellent youth academy structure and this has allowed the club to successfully compete against much larger rivals.



Chievo Verona is recognized as the fairy tale team of Italian football. Journalists and television reporters have arrived from all over the world in order to find out about the “Chievo phenomenon”.