New North American Partner

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Rangers Football Club have agreed a partnership with Mariposa Football Club, the Mariposa, California based soccer organisation.

 

Mariposa FC coaches and players will have the opportunity to work with the Academy coaches of Rangers in both North America and Scotland.

 

That will offer an insight into the player development program of one of the top Scottish Football Academies. The coaches are also invited to come to Scotland to study the Rangers Player Development Program.

 

Part of the agreement will see Rangers North American Academy hosting a series of Elite Player ID Events with Mariposa FC during 2015/2016 season.

 

Rangers will send members of their Academy staff to work with the players at these events. The best male and female players at these events will be invited to go to the Rangers National Camp.

 

From this camp the very best will be invited to travel to Scotland and train with the Rangers main Academy.

 

Mr. Adam Finney, the Director of Mariposa Football Club, said: “Partnering with Rangers is a dream come true.

 

“We are always striving to re-evaluate our own process, to refine it for the modern needs of the players with whom we work -however we are also simultaneously striving to build culture, tradition and a passion for the game.

 

“To partner with a club such as Rangers, who have all of these things and remain increasingly relevant in the global club scene, is a great opportunity for our young club."

 

Mariposa FC were started in 2000 as a way for players in the remote area of Mariposa County to compete in club soccer.

 

The original teams were chartered as off season training programs with various regional leagues. Mariposa were originally going to compete in US Club Soccer - this began with the local players being taken under the wing of Danny Cruz's Sacramento F.C.

 

In 2012, it looked like there were enough players to form and charter the club with US Club Soccer and the application process began.

 

Mariposa’s first year of competition in NorCal premier was 2013.

 

Their mission statement is to provide high level player development opportunities for players in the remote regions of Yosemite Valley, El Portal and Mariposa.

 

The club’s main focus is on development and players reaching their peak around the age of 16 or 17.

 

http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/club-news/item/8036-new-north-america-partner