FC Westchester is a premier level soccer club based in Westchester County, NY that provides a unique opportunity for serious, skilled and dedicated soccer players. Designated a U.S. Soccer Development Academy by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), the Club was formed in 1984 as a non-profit organization by Coach Al Pastore, who went on to be a national Youth Coach of the Year and is now in the Eastern NY Soccer Hall of Fame. The advanced level of competition provides FC Westchester players with exposure to college recruitment and the opportunity to obtain needed scholastic financial aid and scholarships. In fact, FCW maintains its own scholarship fund to further assist its players.
Since the program reaches far beyond the soccer field, an equal emphasis is placed on academic achievements. A strong sense of responsibility, self-discipline, teamwork, communication and work ethic are fostered and serve to benefit the club’s young men and women later in life.
Many FC Westchester alumni have been recruited to Division I colleges and some players have moved on to play professionally in the MLS and in England.
Players now play or have played at such top schools as St. Johns, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Rhode Island, Monmouth University, George Washington University, Manhattan College, Northwestern, Providence College, UMass, Southern Connecticut, Duke, Wisconsin, Boston University, N.C. State, Georgetown, Delaware, Iona, Fordham, Clemson, Boston College and Franklin Pierce, among others. (Click on this site’s College Pipeline link for more information.)
The primary mission of FC Westchester is to provide its players with the opportunity to compete at the highest level of competition throughout the United States. We have U11-U18 boys’ teams and a U12 girls’ team.
On the boys’ side, U16 and U18 teams play in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy League, the highest level of youth soccer competition in the country. Our U14 and U15 teams compete in the Northeast Pre-Academy League, while our U12s, U13s and U17s play in premier leagues. Our youngest teams play in the Westchester Youth Soccer League (WYSL).
