01First Touch
Every session starts with the ball. Receiving, cushioning and setting up the next action: the foundation for everything else.
Major Development Soccer Academy.
MDS Academy is a club-neutral youth soccer academy in Bergen & Monmouth County, NJ. We work with clubs, never against them: players keep their town team and their friends, and train with coaches from Premier League academies, English pro clubs and MLS.
Our programs, your club, your rec league: wherever your player plays, MDS brings professional standards. Structured, year-round coaching from people who came through professional academies, built to make better players.
100+
Years of combined coaching experience
8
Partner clubs in New Jersey & England
2
Counties: Bergen & Monmouth
12
Months a year of training
Four pillars. One standard.
01First Touch
Every session starts with the ball. Receiving, cushioning and setting up the next action: the foundation for everything else.
02Ball Mastery
Thousands of touches with both feet. Manipulation, changes of direction and the confidence to take players on in tight spaces.
03Decision Making
Coaches who make players think, not just react. Scanning, reading the game and choosing the right action at speed.
04Game Understanding
Structured technical and tactical development that turns good habits into real performances on game day.
Train with purpose.
From weekly futsal to residential camps and international tours, every MDS program builds the same four pillars.
Two counties. One academy.
Pick your area to see what's running near you.
Trusted by clubs across New Jersey.
Bring MDS to your club.
We partner with clubs across New Jersey to raise the standard of coaching, and your players stay with your club. Choose from four partnership levels, MDS Select to MDS Complete, each shaped around your club.
Team TrainingSessions for your rec, travel and premier teams, led by licensed MDS coaches.
Coach EducationTrain your volunteer and staff coaches in the MDS framework.
Tryout EvaluationsIndependent, professional player assessments.
Camps, clinics & futsalFor your members, under your club's name, Powered by MDS.