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Whether you are part of a soccer or lacrosse club or team, one visit to BlueChipUSA and you'll see why some of this country's top teams call us their pre-season training "home". Indiana University Men's Soccer (2 time back-to-back NCAA National Championships in 2003 & 2004), St. Francis University Men's Soccer, and The Chicago Storm MISL Professional Soccer Club all come to our facility for their pre-season team building and conditioning camps.

This auction is for a per player daily rate at our all-inclusive facility (minimum 2 night stay). Up to 2 coaches per 15 players stay for free!! Ask us about details for larger groups.

Players and coaches will be able to enjoy specialty training and team-building exercises at our one-of-a-kind sports training and tournament facility in NE Indiana between March 31 and May 27, 2006. Your actual dates will be reserved/determined upon completion of sale by one of our staff once they have had an opportunity to consult with you regarding your personal needs and preferences. Dates can be changed up to 30 days before your event based upon availability.

While your team works on its game and team development on our very exclusive 197 acre campus, our staff will be attending to all of your on-field amenities as well as your food and lodging needs. E-Mail us at info@bluechipusa.net for more info or get directions to the facility at www.bluechipusa.net . We will send you a powerpoint tour to see more of what awaits the winning bidder and their very deserving team. Whether your team is a junior team of 8-12 year olds or a more advanced club team training at the national level, you will experience a level of service usually reserved for only the world's best professional teams!

Send this auction listing to anyone you know who is involved with developmental soccer or lacrosse anywhere in the Midwest.

Our facility is located in NE Indiana exactly 2.5 hours from downtown Chicago, Indianapolis, and Detroit. It is just minutes off of I-80 and I-69 (30 minutes NW of Fort Wayne).

If you have more than 20 people in your party, email us before bidding with your numbers and we will design a package for you to bid on.

Read what the Olympic Development Program has to say
Rome City facility to play host to 500 budding stars

ROME CITY — Sylvan Springs will play host to nearly 500 future Olympic soccer hopefuls later this month, it was confirmed Monday.

The local resort will host a meeting of over 200 youth each from the Indiana Youth Soccer Association and the Ohio South Youth Soccer Association. The two associations are part of the National Youth Soccer Association, the largest Olympic development program for soccer in the country.

Indiana Youth Soccer will bring about 240 youth to the event, according its director of coaching and player development Vince Ganzberg. Ohio South will bring about 225, said its director of coaching and education Brett Thompson.

“It is designed to identify and develop soccer players for the Olympic and national team program,” Thompson said. As such, it is only one step in a sequence that began with thousands of youth nationwide and will end with a team of national prospects.

The event to be held June 27-29 at Sylvan Springs is a warm-up for the regionals, when the top players from each of 12 states in the region will be pared down to the 36 best from the region, Ganzberg said.

As part of the group that selected the site, Ganzberg said Sylvan Springs is a great facility. “I think it’s a great opportunity to showcase a new facility … in the Midwest,” he said, adding that it will benefit both the Indiana and Ohio students.

Greg Mauch, the Fort Wayne Canterbury High School soccer coach who works with Sylvan Springs, told the association about the facility and what owner Larry Young has planned for it.

“We (the association) took a site visit, and we were blown away with what he did inside of the building,” as well as Young’s vision for the fields, Ganzberg said. Mauch’s opinion was one they trusted, and the long-range vision for the facility is great, Ganzberg said.

That Sylvan Springs is in a small-town setting was also an appealing point, Thompson said. “We felt that it was a site that was away from just about everything.” That isolation will let the youth focus more on soccer, he explained.

The national program groups youth by their birth year from ages 12 to 18.

At the Sylvan Springs event, boy players will be ages 13 through 16 and girls will be ages 13 through 17. Coaches and chaperones will bring the number of people at the event to over 500.

“Each state has its own program,” Thompson said. In Ohio, there are two, divided into North and South areas. There are four regions, with each state plugging into one region. The region that includes Indiana and Ohio will hold its elimination rounds in July.

The Sylvan Springs event will be a minicamp that will act as a final warm-up before regionals, Ganzberg said.

“We’ll actually be competing against each other,” Thompson said. Teams will be formed and students will compete.

Sometimes those teams might even cross state boundaries, Ganzberg said. “We’ll mix the kids in, too.”

Learning to work, play, eat and even shower with people from other teams is important at the national level, Thompson said. That’s part of what the Rome City event will help them prepare to do.

“The Olympic development program is the first and original Olympic development program in the country, and is the largest Olympic development program for soccer in the country. There is none larger and none better right now,” Thompson said.

Young people are in the program for varying reasons, Ganzberg said. Some are hopefuls for the Olympic or national teams, while others are more geared toward playing for college. Younger players are often thinking of playing for high school clubs, he said.

Whatever happens, it is an honor to reach the state level, as all these young people have, and an even higher honor to reach the next level — the regional team — Ganzberg said.

And it will be enjoyable, Ganzberg predicted. “It should be a fun and unique experience for all that are involved,” he said.

This is every coach's dream...to be able to get the whole team together for several days of enhanced training where the players can truly learn a system of play to help them throughout their season. The following is a typical schedule used by many of our clients:

Arrive Friday afternoon....

Room Assignments/Orientation

Team Drills/Conditioning on Field

Dinner

Team Meeting/Instructional Video Session with Chalkboard

Free Time

Lights Out 10:00-10:30

Saturday

7:30 Breakfast

9:00 Team Drills on Field

10:30 Free Time

11:00 Team Meeting

12:00 Lunch

1:15 Team Drills on Field

3:30 Free Time

4:30 Light Dinner

5:30 Team Drills

6:45 Free Time/Showers

7:15 Team Meeting

8:00 Evening Snack

Free Time/Team Movie Night

10:00-10:30 Lights Out

Sunday

7:30 Breakfast

9:00 Team Session on Field

11:30 Lunch

1:00 Depart For Home or afternoon training before departure

This is a great opportunity to take your developing team, or club, to the next level. Bring another team (or your entire club...rooming capacity is 400+) along with you and play "friendly" games during your training sessions. Both teams will benefit greatly!! We have many teams use our facility for intense training before a major tournament or to get their "team" together before starting a long season. We cater to juniors, high schoolers, college teams, and pros. Let our staff help you with your program.

What a great gift for your young player and his/her team. Starting bid is less than $50/person/day. What a bargain. Everything is included:

3 great buffet meals/day...lodging...towels and linens...use of fields...water and ice provided on the fields...free laundry use...meeting areas with big screen TV & DVD...a huge Hi-speed wireless internet hot spot (so adults can stay connected at work)...it's all here, just bring your bar of soap and toothbrushes (don't forget your balls and shoes)!

Please feel free to email with any questions you may have. We are able to work with just about any program...we also do private retreats for church groups and business meetings.