Welcome to Champions Soccer Camp!

Since 1987, Champions Soccer Camp has been the ultimate training ground for aspiring soccer players to unlock their full potential. We offer an exciting, challenging, and fun environment that nurtures the necessary skills, tactics, character, and mindset that will empower all our campers to achieve their personal best. Our goal is to inspire and guide our campers to make the most of their talent on and off the pitch.

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“Growing up in Pembroke, my brothers and sisters and I went to an incredible soccer camp every summer run by Coach Dean Schneider (the founder of the original World Cup Soccer Camp). We learned how to properly play the great game of soccer while having an absolute blast, even our least talented brother, Christian, loved going to camp!!”

-Luke Vercollone, New England Revolution & PYS camper

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Champions Camp was the original World Cup Soccer Camp from 1987-2012.

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FAST & FURIOUS!

Our 2025 summer camp dates will be announced soon.

Our Six Coaching Pillars of Soccer Success

  • Total Soccer

    “Total Soccer” is a soccer philosophy made famous by the Dutch super club Ajax. It develops players who are highly skilled and tactically aware and can play any position on the pitch.

  • Learn Through Play

    There is no better teacher of soccer than the game itself. Our Learn Through Play approach gives our campers real match experience that will develop their soccer IQ and confidence.

  • Participation For All

    We have created an all-inclusive and dynamic curriculum to involve all campers, regardless of their ability or background. Players get maximum involvement for maximum improvement.

  • Competitive Training

    We believe that progress is best achieved through competitive and fair training sessions, which also makes training much more fun and enjoyable—while developing grit and desire.

  • Character

    We believe character is the real foundation of all worthwhile success. Hence, we aim to inspire good character in all our campers by incorporating character into everything we do.

  • Fun

    Training should involve hard work, but this doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be fun. That is why we have created an educational and fun-filled program that will inspire our campers to excel and have a great time.

GET THE CHAMPION’S EDGE!

At Champions Camp we aren't offering any pie-in-the-sky promises. We simply tell our campers this: If you want to be a great soccer player, then you must earn it through old-fashioned hard work and determination. Not only does our approach develop sound players, but instills within them the Champion’s Edge, which is an inner-confidence of knowing you have worked harder than your opponent and therefore deserve to win. We want our campers to dream without limits, but know that before they can obtain success, they must truly deserve it.

DAILY SCHEDULE

Mornings: Skills & Tactics: At Champions Soccer Camp we thoroughly break down and teach the fundamental skills and tactics of the game, while emphasizing character-based pinciples of success. Also, included are our 1v1 Magic Moves that enable our campers to be unstoppable forces on the pitch.

Afternoons: Small-Sided Match Play: Each camper will be assigned to a top European soccer club that will compete in the Champions League. Play will consist of small-sided matches that allow for maximum touches for maximum improvement. It also enables our coaches to evaluate and teach during match play.

The league culminates on Friday with our Champions League Ceremony and Tournament to determine the Champions of Europe!🏆

 

Champions Football Camp

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England

Coach and his daugther, Poppy, at the Etihad Stadium for the Manchester Derby (Manchester City vs Manchester United). “Glory, Glory, Man United!”

Coach Dean Schneider

Coach Dean Schneider was the founder and director of World Cup Soccer Camp in Pembroke from 1987-2012. He then moved to England and founded Champions Soccer Camp that he directed for 12 successful summers. He has now moved back to the US and is continuing his Champions Soccer Camp in the South Shore, which will mark his 37th summer as a camp director.

During that time Coach has been a high school teacher, motivational speaker, and coach (in which he has coached soccer at every level from U-5s to club to college). Coach’s enthusiasm, high energy, superior knowledge of the game, and unmatched teaching ability have solidified his reputation as a top clinician. Coach also possesses an FA and USSF coaching license.

“AT CHAMPIONS CAMP, WE BELIEVE EVERY CAMPER CAN BECOME A CHAMPION, WE JUST HAVE TO INSPIRE THEM.”

⚽ Coach Schneider ⚽

"First and foremost, I am a teacher. My objective is always the same, regardless of the endeavor: To inspire and transform individuals and teams to achieve their PB (Personal Best) through proven character-based principles of success. I believe with a commitment to character there are no limits, so we encourage our campers to unleash their potential and become the amazing people they were meant to be.”

⚽ Coach Dean Schneider ⚽

SHOOTING PRACTICE ON COACH SQUID!!

Champions Camp Testimonials

  • “Champions Camp provided me the training and guidance to play at the highest levels in the United States. The experience challenged me and gave the foundation and confidence that allowed me to compete at some of the highest levels in women’s soccer. Every camper will walk away a better player.”

    — Courtney Lawson
    High School All-American, Penn State University, and former PYS camper

  • “When it comes to teaching soccer there is no better place to learn than Champions’ Camp. Going to camp was such great experience. I looked forward to it every summer. The skills and tactics I learned at camp were my foundation for success.”

    — Niki Cross
    High School All-American, University of Connecticut, Bayern Munich FC, and former PYS camper

  • “If you want to be the best you can be, then there is no better place than Champions’ Camp. The life lessons I learned at camp still serve me to this day. I am looking forward to my kids attending Champions Camp this summer.”

    — Luke Vercollone
    Seton Hall University, New England Revolution, and former PYS camper

  • "As a young soccer player I was extremely fortunate to attend Coach Dean's soccer camp every summer. The skills, tactics, and passion I learned for training have been the cornerstone of my soccer career. As a mom of four girls I am so happy that Coach Dean is back to inspire and teach them how properly play the game of soccer at high level."

    - Dr. Meg Cross Hannon

    High SchooI All-American, Boston University, and former PYS camper (8 x Camper of the Day)

  • "Everything I learned about soccer was at Dean's soccer camp in Pembroke. And if you're ever fortunate to watch me ball, then you will know just how amazing Champions Camp is. In all seriousness, if you want to be the best soccer player and person you can be, then your best choice is Champions Camp."

    - Christian Vercollone

    High Scool All-Ameican, Seton Hall University, and former PYS camper

  • "Growing up as a kid, I absolutely loved Coach Schneider's soccer camp. Yes, I scored the greatest goal in the history of the camp, but it was more than just that. It was the learning, the competition, the camaraderie, the banter, and all the silly fun. Speaking on behalf of myself, my sister Lauren (who was awesome), and all my former teammates: Champions Camp is the best!"

    - Artie “Golden Goal” Miner

    Pembroke Soccer Legend, Westfield State University, and former PYS camper

How do you get to Wembley Stadium? Practice, Practice, Practice, like Courtney!

 

In 1997, England played Penn State University during halftime of the FA Charity Shield match between Manchester United and Chelsea at Wembley Stadium in London. Penn State won 2-0 and both goals were scored by former camper and PYS player Courtney Lawson DeSena. And of course, Manchester United defeated Chelsea. “Glory, Glory, Man United! As the Reds go marching on, on, on!”