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AKSIL teams enjoy huge success in Shanghai’s SIYSL

TEAMS from AKSIL (Active Kidz Shanghai International League) were hugely successful in the 2014/15 Shanghai International Youth Soccer League (SIYSL), picking up championship prizes in Division 1 competition in the U10, U12 and U14 categories. AKSIL teams were also runners-up for U10, U12 and U17, while they also won U10 and U12 Division 2 competition.

Competing against over 70 teams made up of local players and foreigners from 11 different Shanghai-based clubs, AKSIL Head Coach Radfan Mahyoub was delighted with the overall performance of all his teams who competed in the year-long SIYSL.

“AKSIL has played in the SIYSL league since the beginning in 2006. It’s the most important youth soccer tournament in Shanghai and for us to have won five championships plus numerous second and third places, is a huge victory for the entire ASKSIL family,” said Radfan, who also coached the successful U12 Puxi team.

A proud AKSIL U10 PX championship winning coach Amine Hammadi stressed that while winning the SIYSL league with a 13-win, 1-loss record, and scoring 120 goals in the process, was very satisfying, it was the way his team played that made him most happy.

A strong focus on specialized training involving special drills for coordination, passing, shooting, dribbling as well as conditioning and team building were key reasons for the success of U12 Pudong, which came second in D1 competition, according to coach Pawan Awan Singh.

AKSIL also entered younger age-group teams in the SIYSL to prepare them for the next year. Coach Isaac Asare of AKSIL U9 PX, which finished U10 D2 champion, was naturally very pleased with his team’s 12-win, 1-draw and 1-loss record.

For Kate Zak, manager of the AKSIL U14 PD team, there was an extra dose of joy as her two kids are in AKSIL, having joined two years ago when the family moved to Shanghai during the 2013-2014 season.

Meanwhile, after four years being part of the AKSIL family, manager of the U14 PX team, Christian Kuhne, will return to Germany this summer. He said that over his four years he was most pleased with the improvements in skill and teamwork among AKSIL players. “I am very thankful for having had the opportunity to be the manager of my son’s team,” he added.

AKSIL was started by AKS (Active Kidz Shanghai) 12 years ago as a competitive soccer team and seeks to further nurture the development of children who have a passion and talent for soccer. Now, it has 16 teams spread over five different age groups.




 

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