Founded in 1989, the Legends Soccer Club organization started in Kansas City and now has sister clubs throughout the nation. The hallmark of all Legends teams is superb individual skills, notably deceptive dribbling and goal scoring. Founder, Andy Barney, (A License-Advanced National Diploma), is the author of “Training Soccer Legends” (A 320 page book that documents the unique Legends training philosophy) and “Legendary 1 v 1 Moves”, a DVD that describes the in-depth methods of training the world’s most effective dribbling moves. Development of the individual player is highly emphasized over team success because winning is the natural consequence of maximizing each individual player's potential.
The Legends Club has an Academy teaching world class dribbling and finishing skills to better prepare players for the highest level of play. Since its inception, teams with a majority of Legends trained players have won over 50 Kansas & Missouri State championships, placed 5 times in the USYSA National Championship Final Four (Winning Once), won 14 National Indoor Championships and won numerous other prestigious national tournaments.
Often the captains/leaders of their high school soccer teams and perennial State Select players, 300 alumni have played in college, 56 have received National or All-Conference selection and 26 have been drafted to play professionally (Including Ryan Raybould pictured with the KC Wizards). 3 have played at the National team level.
However, the real value of Legends training is courageous, creative, leadership character for life. Long-term Legends players now in the adult world of business are consistently creative leaders and mentors at a very early career stage. They and their parents are convinced the “out of the box” Legends creative training was a major factor in this capability.