JAPAN 2025 ANSON DORRANCE TOUR September 2-12

For the first time, legendary US soccer coaching icon Anson Dorrance will visit Japan to share his knowledge and fact find on Japanese soccer to learn more about the culture of Japanese soccer player development. 

This tour created and managed by Gary and Carine Ireland exclusively with Anson Dorrance. 

Contact garyjamesireland@gmail.com 650-387 4128

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⚽️ Select high performing influential youth US and global soccer leaders; Pro. and College coaches


⚽️ Pro. coach development, networking opportunities 

⚽️ Meet key influential leaders of Japanese Women's Pro. league, Japanese federation and leading professional clubs


⚽️ Watch Pro. 1st teams and youth games and trainings 

⚽️ Academy Visits

⚽️ Anson Dorrance and leading Japanese soccer figures workshop lectures/seminars and roundtable discussion


⚽️ Comparing culture and material/content of youth and women's player development in Japan and USA

⚽️ The Future of Women's Global Soccer

⚽ Anson provides insight of how UNC players achieve continuous Improvement at UNC, the culture of development through commitment to training and how so many players turn professional after playing at UNC

⚽️ Excerpts from Anson books: "The Competitive Cauldron" "The Man Watching" and "The 'Vision Of A Champion" 

⚽️ Anson describes his demand for UNC coaches and players to transcend ordinary effort to avoid mediocrity, ownership of performance and take responsibility for self practice. He explains his views on players thriving outside their comfort zone as they achieve "Never Ending Ascensions"

⚽️  Learn why the success of UNC women's soccer isn't only about numbers and data, it's about the deeply embedded DNA of core values of nobility, respect and positivity created by Anson Dorrance

⚽️  Anson describes why an obsession with everything about the ball..."Love of Ball" and "Love of Game" ...and commitment to ball mastery throughout a players career, especially in the "Golden Years" of a players career, translates into elite performance

⚽️ "Living On A Wall". Anson explains the importance and value of wall practice and how the greatest players in history dedicated enormous energy and time developing touch, feel and timing using concrete walls and backboards

⚽️ We will discuss the importance of Imitating and emulating favorite players and which players Japanese youth players respect and model themselves on

⚽️ Extensive discussions on various youth and women's soccer topics with a specific focus on player development and the culture of individual player development at home, in clubs and in the community

⚽️ Discussions on how players succeed, including the necessity of self training habits

⚽️ Comparing and sharing the playing qualities players should exhibit in order to achieve excellence and greatness

🇯🇵 Japan is has long been considered one of the best developers youth women's soccer talent globally

🇯🇵 Japan has produced world class players, has won many women's FIFA world championships and is increasingly more respected on the men's side

🇯🇵 Japan has far smaller amount of registered youth players than the USA and significantly less than North Carolina and California 

🇯🇵 In Japan players use everything from tennis balls to regular soccer balls when practicing in order to develop better ball feeling 

🇯🇵 Japanese players play and train in small spaces, often on worn out fields due to expansive urban areas and there there is a lack of grass and turf facilities. Players experience a mixture of playing facilities: long and short grass; concrete; dirt-gravel; concrete-hardtop

🇯🇵 Japan is a year-round, one-sports culture prioritizing technical skill development

🇯🇵 Japan has excellent younger technical players and excellent development system, even with less licensed coaches than the USA 

🇯🇵 Japan has a practice culture, not just competition culture 

Tom Byer will provide more valuable insights into the reason why Japan have done so well