His academy ("CEFAR") is affiliated with Barcelona CF, one of the largest and most succesful soccer clubs in the world. Each year "Barca" (as they are known to their fans) pays Jorge to find and train the best 10-16 year old boys from around South America. Often, they come to live with him at his hotel and training facility (click link for pictures). His teams play friendly matches against the biggest professional club youth teams (e.g. Boca Juniors, River Plate, Independiente) from around Buenos Aires (pop. 13,000,00) and they routinely defeat these teams. Once his boys are old enough to sign professionally, the best go to Barcelona in Spain, while many others continue to play in Argentina professional futbol.
I'm not sure how much the girls soaked in, but I was hugely impressed with Jorge and his passion for futbol, to say nothing of his soccer knowledge and teaching ability. His drills were at once complex and simple, and focused on ball possession, quick passing and movement off the ball. He was a very hard coach with high expectations but I think all 50 or 60 players will long remember his sessions. Hopefully he'll be back next year!
We will see alot of Jorge's drills this fall as Brett and Steph intend on incorporating much of Jorge's Argentinian-style for our club.
