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Redbirds / Haitian Initiative / Bricks to Bread Soccer Camp

By Heather Carlson, 06/04/23, 12:30PM CDT

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For boys and girls going into  1st grade through 12th grade    (Grades indicate the START of the 2023 - 2024 school year)

Location:  Alexandria Area High School Soccer Fields

Dates:  Monday July 24, 2023 through Friday July 28, 2023 

Cost for 2023:

Elementary School: $60

Middle School: $75

High School: $120

All proceeds from camp go to the Haitian Initiative and Bricks to Bread.

Refunds:  No refunds will be issued after the 1st session except under special circumstances with board approval.

Camp Director:  Tom Roos – Head coach Men's & Women's Soccer, Alexandria College; NSCAA national coaching license

Assistant Coaches

Brandon Johnson - Head Coach, Cardinal Boys Soccer

Amy Korynta - Former D-1 Collegiate Player, Head Coach, Cardinal Girls Soccer

Tom Smith - Former Coach, AAHS Cardinal Girls Soccer

West Alvarado - Playing Career at Benilde-St Margarite HS and St. John's University

2023 Guest Coaches

Chato Alvarado – Current Men's and Women's Soccer Coach at Alexandria College. Former MN Statewide coaching director of MYSA and MN ODP.  Former professional player in Costa Rica’s Premier League and North American Soccer League.  

John Curtis – Current statewide coaching director for Vermont Youth Soccer; Former Coaching director for MYSA, Former head coach at Macalester College. 

John Haws – Current head coach for 14 seasons at St. Johns University, where he also played his collegiate career.

Zach Neiberger – A former high school All-American, Neiberger played his collegiate soccer a D1 San Diego State University and UW- Milwaukee. Current Assistant Coach in his fourth season with St. Cloud State University Men’s team.

Christy Kopietz - Head Coach of Women's Soccer at Minnesota State University Moorhead for seven seasons. In her college career at MN Crookston, Christie set team records for goals and points.

Karli Kopietz - Karli played GK for D1 NDSU Bison and MN Gophers. Current GK coach for MN State Moorhead.  College coaching experience at Creighton College and NDSU.

Kevin Roos – Current director at Kangaroos Soccer Training. Former Head Coach at Concordia College; Former captain of Concordia College men’s team.  

Simon Whitehead - Former Midwest Director of Coervor Coaching - worldwide soccer coaching.

George Gauld - Third Season Coaching for Concordia College, Moorhead. Played collegiately at University of Jamestown.

This camp is a proud partner of Haitian Initiative. All proceeds of the camp go to the Jack Schneider Memorial Fund for Haitian Initiative. This fund provides an ongoing team sponsorship of a U-11 boys team in Haitian Initiative. The team sponsorship allows 20 boys to attend school, participate in daily soccer programming, & receive clean drinking water as well as a daily meal (for most this is their only meal of the day) for a full year.

Bricks to Bread International is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that helps build brick ovens for Costa Rican families seeking a sustainable source of income. Brick ovens not only help provide a family with an income, but they also bring communities together. The ovens often become a focal point in the town, become a gathering place for community events, and encourage comradery by welcoming all to participate in the build.

2023 Schedule (Grades are for Fall 2023)

Times Groups
9:00 am - Noon HS Boys & Girls
9:00 - 10:30 am Middle School Boys
10:30 - Noon Middle School Girls
9:00 - 10:00 am 1st Grade
10:00 - 11:00 am 2nd and 3rd Grade
11:00 am - Noon 4th and 5th Grade