Robert Knights '15 Recruiting Profile

Top Drawer Soccer - Player of the week March 29th 2014.

Video highlights 2013-2014:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1wprsjTaBBROAlnnqMIm-A

I am Robert Knights born March 31, 1997, in Bristol, England. I have lived in Irvine, California, since April 2004. I am a Junior at Northwood High School. I am passionate about soccer and have been playing club soccer for 9 years. In addition to gaining a good education I want to play soccer in college and ultimately become a professional soccer player.

I play for Strikers FC U16 Academy as a forward (Jersey #36; previous Seasons #16). So far this Season 2013-2014 our record stands at 10:5:5 to which I have contributed 11 goals and 8 assists. Here is a link to my schedule -

http://academy.demosphere.com/teams/60852305/47187210-60852392/TEAM.html

Over the summer period (2013) I participated in the Dallas Showcase (stats - 2:1:1) and played in the Northern Ireland Milk Cup (Premier Section U18) 2013. The Milk Cup, which is a European showcase tournament held in Northern Ireland every summer, attracts many top European teams including Everton and Manchester United. My team, Strikers FC, played Manchester United in our second game. Although we lost 2-0, the game was close and highly entertaining. We also played a German team, TuS Altenberge, and beat them 6:0. During this tournament I scored 2 goals and assisted 1. http://www.nimilkcup.org/

Below is some supplemental information on my soccer highlights 2012/13-

·          Fall 2012, I played for the B97 pre-academy team which emerged Champions of the Southern California Developmental Soccer League (SCDSL) - 7:1:2

·          Champions of the Nike Harvest Cup Thanksgiving Tournament.

·          During the Fall Season I contributed 3 goals and 5 assists and a further 5 goals in the Thanksgiving Tournament.

·          From November 2012 through to the Spring 2013, I played 6 games as a DP on Strikers FC US Soccer Development academy team as a starter.

·          Tried-out with the English Premiership Academy Team, Aston Villa.

·          I participated as a starter in the Milk Cup 2012 and we won the Vase trophy. My stats- 3 goals; 3 assists.

·          I played in the last Manchester United Premier Cup (2012) at Nike World Headquarters, Oregon. After playing 7 games in 4 days we came 4th out of 20 teams; losing to Real So Cal in the semifinals 2-0 and in the consolation match 1-0 to Fullerton Rangers. I played in all 7 games as a starter.

·          I attended the West Ham National Camp in Georgia, having been spotted earlier at a local West Ham ID Camp.

·          I have also benefited from attending two residential camps in England, the Manchester United Camp and Bobby Charlton Camp. After a week of training and skills work in the Bobby Charlton Camp, I won the skills competition and returned there to participate as a finalist in the International skills competition which was overseen by Manchester United’s Assistant Manager (now retired) Rene Meulensteen.