About Coach Armando sanchez
I have been involved in soccer as a player and as a coach for 30+ years, including 5 years with a Professional Soccer Team in Mexico, FC Leon. I have been a Coach and Trainer for 4 years with the Alberta North REX Women’s Soccer Program, which is part of the Canada Soccer Women’s EXCEL National Program, and 3 years with the University of Alberta Jr. Pandas Women’s Soccer Program. Currently, I am the Goalkeeper Coach & Trainer for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC, for the programs in Edmonton: the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Boys MLS Academy and the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls REX program. I hold an Advanced National Goalkeeping Diploma (Coach and Trainer) from the United Soccer Coaches organization (formally known as NSCAA), specialized in goalkeeper training, a National B-License from the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA), and completed in this 2022 the National Youth-Goalkeeping License Program from the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA).
About GOALKING
The GOALKING Academies are now year-round training schools for youth soccer players in the Edmonton Region, for field players and goalkeepers. GOALKING Academies are endorsed by the Alberta Soccer Association, with a 2-Star Endorsement for the Period January to December 2021.
GOALKING Soccer Academy is the new GOALKING training program for field players. GOALKING has put together a top-notch Licensed Coaching staff with many years of experience training and coaching youth soccer players in different countries.
The Mission of the GOALKING Academies is to provide basic to advanced training to youth who wish to improve and master technical and tactical abilities to compete at higher-level soccer competitions in our Edmonton Region and beyond. GOALKING Academies are independent from any soccer team or Club, but the Academies function as a complement to teams or clubs for players who want to develop to the top of their potential.
Quite a number of GOALKING Academy trainees have already advanced in their soccer careers by being accepted in youth Regional programs of the Alberta Soccer Association (Winter Program, Alberta Team, REX, etc.), going to Nationals, and getting tryouts with a Professional Team.