Eclipse Select Hires Chris King as Director of Coaching

CHICAGO (Dec. 16, 2013) – Eclipse Select Soccer Club announces the hiring of Chris King as the Eclipse Select Director of Coaching. The longtime member of Ohio Premier, who has served as the club’s technical director, will start his Eclipse Select tenure in January of 2014.

Mike Nesci, who has recently held the director of coaching role, has been appointed as the Eclipse Select Vice President under Eclipse Select President Rory Dames.

“We’re incredibly excited to be bringing in Chris King as an important piece of our Eclipse Select family at the start of the New Year,” Eclipse Select President Rory Dames said. “His coaching track record and success at developing elite youth players speaks for itself. For the past several years, we have always been of the mindset of bringing in Chris at some capacity with our club, so to see this come to fruition is really exciting for all of us.”

“I’m excited to get here and work with Eclipse with Rory and Mike, who are very established in the soccer community,” King said. “Over the years, we’ve had some great battles, and I have a lot of respect for them and what they do. To have a club like Eclipse Select and to have it on top for as many years as they have had, I’m looking forward to the challenge.”

• Q&A with Chris King

For more, visit EclipseSelect.org.

ESPNHS: Eclipse Select, Michigan Hawks fight for first in Midwest

By Chris Ackels
ESPNHS.com

It doesn’t take much to realize the importance of this weekend’s ECNL matches between Michigan Hawks and Eclipse Select.

At the U18 level, it’s a battle between the first-place Hawks and the second-place Eclipse. For the U17s, it’s last year’s US Youth Soccer Region II Champion against last year’s best ECNL record. At U16, it’s a chance for two squads to prove themselves against a rival club. And at U15, Eclipse sits in second place with the Hawks right behind them.

From top to bottom, at every age level, this weekend’s matches will have significant implications on the Midwest Conference standings.

“There’s definitely a mutual respect between the clubs,” said Michigan Hawks U17 head coach Doug Landefeld. “It’s like Michigan versus Michigan State. This week is different. The training is different, and the expectations are different.”

Eclipse head coach Mike Nesci agrees: “They are a fantastic club with a great coaching staff,” Nesci said of Michigan Hawks. “They’re also a huge reason why our club has gained prominence. They make us better because we are constantly competing with them.”

Read more at ESPNHS.com.