Camp Director

Kids love to learn from me because I love to coach them and I am passionate about what I do.

My name is Zafer Kilickan, I am currently Director of United Soccer Camps for Minneapolis United Soccer Club, Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach at Augsburg College and a substitute teacher for Minneapolis Public Schools.

I was born in Golcuk, Turkey, February 1973. I lived, studied and played professional soccer in Turkey before I moved to the United States in 2002 to play professionally for the Minnesota Thunder. I played for the Thunder from 2002-2007. In my first year, I became a crowd favorite for the Thunder and was awarded the club’s Humanitarian Award for my volunteer work in the community, and the schools. My ability to instruct, lead, and guide children was noticed in our youth clinics and I was awarded the position of Director of Thunder camps

I was responsible for overseeing the instruction of all Thunder camps, which consisted of over 60 different camp locations, and approximately 3,000 kids in the Twin Cities area. The camp program was the biggest youth camp in the state of Minnesota. I held this position from 2003-2006. From 2005-2009, I also served as Director of Coaching for the Minneapolis United Soccer Club, and helped the club grow from 475 youth players in my first to 2,458 by my fifth year...

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2013 Summer Soccer Camps

We updated our 2013 camp information!

Ball Mastery	Elite Attacking & Defending PLUS Goal-keeping	Tryout Prep PLUS Goal Keepers
Designed for 5 – 13 year old players with focus on basic ball skill and other core fundamentals. Designed with fun in mind — these camps teach the skills that young players can build on for future success on the field. Three separate sessions Session #1 June 10 – 14 Pearl park 9 am – 12 pm Fee: $130 Session #2 June 24 – June 28 Pearl park 9 am – 12 pm Fee: $130 Session #3 July 8 – 12 Parade park 9 am – 12 pm Fee: $130	For 10 – 17 year old Competitive Traveling Soccer players who are keen to improve their finishing and defending success. Finishing isn’t just shooting, it is intentionally getting the ball in your opponents’ goal. Defending is more than charging at the attacker, but correctly applying pressure to win games! Keeper is the unique player who can step up to make the simple or the spectacular save — energizing your team and preserving a victory! 9 am – 12 pm June 17 – 21 Ft Snelling Fee: $135	Focus will be on best preparing 10 – 17 year old players for upcoming club and school tryouts. Tryouts for high school teams are more competitive every year – get that extra edge by being mentally and physically prepared! 9 am – 12 pm July 22 – 26 Ft Snelling Fee: $135
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