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WHO WE ARE

With more than 2,000 active male and female athletes, Cedar Stars Academy currently has nine branches throughout the northeast coast and extends to the Midwest with a branch in Houston, TX. Two of these branches, Cedar Stars Academy – Bergen County, NJ (Boys U12 – U17) and Cedar Stars Academy – Monmouth County, NJ (Boys U12-U19/ Girls U13-U19) are official member clubs of the United States Soccer Development Academy Program, which is recognized around the U.S. as one of the top platforms for player development and competition. In addition, Cedar Stars Academy – Ghana completed its inaugural season in 2017 as the club’s first international youth program.

Cedar Stars Academy’s has many exclusive partnerships and affiliations with professional international and domestic clubs through President George Altirs and his involvement within the sporting universe.

These professional playing opportunities include exposure to clubs such as Penn FC of the Division II United Soccer League (USL) in the United States, MSV Duisburg of the 2. Bundesliga in Germany, International Allies FC of the Ghana Premier League, Montego Bay United F.C. of the Jamaican National Premier League, HB Køge of the Danish 1st Division, and Panachaiki FC of the Greek Football League (Division II).

Through these affiliations, players that are succeeding within the Cedar Stars Academy program have the opportunity to earn an invite to trail and train with these clubs at their training grounds around the world.

With full development curriculums for athletes U5 – U19, a professional technical staff led by Technical Director Tab Ramos, and its player development pathway Cedar Stars Academy looks to continue its growth and movement within the academy structure as one of the country’s top programs for development on and off the field by providing every player the opportunity to achieve their soccer dreams.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

At Cedar Stars we realize that each player develops in a different way and over a different amount of time. No two athletes are the same. Our philosophy is based on technical ball skill and the work necessary to refine this skill, which in turn, will allow the player to graduate to the next level of the game.

We firmly believe in a positive culture and environment where players can learn through teaching and understanding. Our coaches treat each player with respect and focus on teaching this quality to the players as well.

We view our coaches as teachers, and we break down training and matches based on the ages they are coaching, similar to the classroom.