On January 20th from 9 a.m. to approximately noon St. Cloud Soccer Club will host a FUNiño Festival for players born 2011 – 2006. This event is open to Saint Cloud Soccer Club Players and Players from other Clubs. Players are asked to register ahead of time as participation will be limited to the first 60 players.

This is a Free Event.  

FUNiño is the abbreviation for Fútbol a la Medida del Niño or “soccer designed for children” and is a four-goal game created by Horst Wein.  Everything about the game of FUNiño is designed to teach young players “game intelligence” in an optimal setting where the game is the teacher and the rules are the instructions.

Participating players should expect to play in three - four 15 -20 minute FUNiño Matches. Each match will use different criteria such as each player must touch the ball before the team can score or the team can only score from a cross. Teams will be formed by age on the day of the festival, registration is by individual.

Questions can be directed to Mike Alfers at [email protected].   

“When you do what you have done always, you will never reach any further” – Horst Wein.

Considered a coach for the world’s best coaches, Horst Wein has consulted for FC Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Sunderland, Leeds United, Atletico Bilbao, Villareal, Real Sociedad, Bayer Leverkusen, VFB Stuttgart, Schalke 04, Mainz 04, St Pauli, TSG Hoffenheim, Deportiva Cali, Peñarol Montevideo, Pumas, C.America, Nacional Montevideo, Universidad Católica, Liga Univers, FC Adelaide and FC Kenkre

Wein has also worked with the National Federations of England, Scotland, Spain, Italy, Austria, Germany, Russia, Estonia, Sweden, Denmark, Finland Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Panama, Australia, India and Singapore.