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JAPAN 2025 ANSON DORRANCE TOUR 'LOVE OF BALL - LOVE OF GAME'

"This is a women's soccer school. We're just trying to keep up with them”


Dean Smith. Michael Jordan's coach at UNC

ABOUT THE TOUR

TOPICS OF DISCUSSION

TOPICS OF DISCUSSION

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



⚽️ 10 high performing female players to train with youth and Pro. teams. Players must apply/be invited 
to participate or be Japanese/American players interested in playing women's Pro. soccer in Japan or studying and playing abroad


⚽️ 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



⚽️ We will gain invaluable insights and engage extensive discussions on comparisons between US and Japanese player development with from long time friend, globally renowned youth football development expert/guru of Japanese youth soccer development, Tom Byer (TomSan), author of best-selling book Football Starts at Home® and Soccer Starts at Home®. Learn about Tom Byer HERE


⚽️ Meals, flight, travel insurance, transfers are not included



⚽️ Advice on flight information and accommodation suggestions including domestic travel and meals provided



⚽️ Accepted participants will be included in all VIP events and will be invited to all related events as exclusive guest

TOPICS OF DISCUSSION

TOPICS OF DISCUSSION

TOPICS OF 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

JAPANESE SOCCER

TOPICS OF DISCUSSION

JAPANESE SOCCER

🇯🇵 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

“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history”


Carine Ireland (Ghandi) quote shared with Anson

A HISTORY OF SUCCESS

A HISTORY OF SUCCESS

A HISTORY OF SUCCESS

Anson is a pioneer of women's soccer and one of the most influential figures in the history of global women's soccer and the most successful coach in NCAA sports history. He's one of the founders of NCAA Women's Soccer, 22x NCAA National Champion of USA with North Carolina Women's Soccer, USA Women's National Team Coach (1986-1994), 1991 FIFA World Cup Champion and 7x National Coach of Year


Anson's UNC and USA women's soccer alumni spans the globe with many players Anson coached at UNC currently coaching and playing professionally and internationally. He has coached 65 players to represent the USA, including: 

 

⚽️ President of the US Soccer Federation Cindy Parlow

⚽️ Former USA Women's National Team coach April Heinrichs

⚽️ Legendary player Mia Hamm

⚽️ Kristine Lilly, Meghnan Klingenberg, Lorrie Chalupny, Cat Reddick, Tisha Venturini, Ashlyn Harris, Jessica McDonald, Lorrie Fair, Tobin Heath, Heaher O’Reilly and Whitney Engen


Current USA Women's National team players played at North Carolina under Anson:


⚽️ Crystal Dunn (Paris St Germain), Sam Meza (Seattle), Ally Sentnor (Utah), Emily Fox (Arsenal), Claudia Dickey (Seattle), Avery Patterson (Houston) 


Anson has coached hundreds of UNC players who turned professional all over the world, often helping them with placement including: 


⚽️ Ex-UNC England's National Team Coach Sarina Wiegman called UNC a “football paradise” 

⚽️ Current England players Alessia Russo (Arsenal), ex-FIFA World Player of Year Lucy Bronze (ex-Barcelona and Man. City/current Chelsea), Lubben Moy (Arsenal)

ABOUT ANSON DORRANCE

A HISTORY OF SUCCESS

A HISTORY OF SUCCESS

"Anson's entertaining, articulate storytelling and motivational abilities resonate with not only with soccer but with other sports and corporations and PE have used Anson to motivate leadership and employees and provide strategic investment advice. Dorrance created the "Competitive Cauldron culture of recording performance in practice which laid the foundation for UNC women's players performing at their best each and every practice. Ansons methods have been adopted by numerous professional and world cup players, professional and college coaches


⚽️ 2025: Keynote speaker USC convention (Chicago)


⚽️ 2025: Guest of Honor ECNL-AGM (Las Vegas)


⚽️ 2025: Herman Trophy Awards (St Louis)


⚽️ 2025: NBA's Boston Celtics sought his motivational/leadership guidance


⚽️ 2024: Honored at England v USA National team game by current/former UNC USA players


⚽️ MLB Houston Astros staff all read Anson's book


⚽️ MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks used Anson's motivational/leadership guidance


⚽️ Ex-US National Team Volleyball coach Terry Liskevych recommended Anson's“Training Soccer Champions” to NFL New England Patriots coach Pete Carroll, coach of NCAA Champions USC and Superbowl Champions Seattle Seahawks, who was sp inspired by Anson's with Carrol that he honored Anson by inviting him to Seattle's team training session to show his NFL Championship team using Ansons "Competitive Cauldron" which Carroll called "Competitive Wednesday"


⚽️ Current USA Women's National Team Coach Emma Hayes said in her book that her outlook on coaching was massively influenced and revolutionized by Anson. "He’s one of the most brilliant men I have met. He blew my mind with his boldness and intuition


⚽️ See link to upcoming Anson Dorrance webinar with Gary Ireland  here 


"He’s one of the most brilliant men I have met. He blew my mind with his boldness and intuition, (Anson) taught me never to be afraid of openness"


Emma Hayes: USA Womens National Team Coach

"Anson and I met for the first time in 2005. I had been an admirer of his for years and read his book. Dorrance is one of the true legends in sports. I adopted Dorrance’s approach for an number of reasons. As a motivational tool it helped us make sure the players were practicing at a very high level


PETE CARROLL: Las Vegas Raiders Coach; NFL Super Bowl Winner

"I grew up always good at sports, but being a girl, I was never allowed to feel as good about it as guys were. My toughness wasn't celebrated. But then I got to the University of North Carolina and it was OK to want to be the best."


Mia Hamm

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