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SSU MSOC to hold ID Camp March 23, Youth Camp March 29
Posted: Jan 20, 2025

SSU MSOC to hold ID Camp March 23, Youth Camp March 29

The men's soccer program at Shawnee State will hold two camps over a week's time in late March -- as the men's soccer program at Shawnee State will hold a Player Identification Camp, also known as an ID Camp, on Sunday, March 23 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The program will return to Shawnee Turf six days later -- as Stan Rodrigues' squad will hold a Soccer Youth Camp Saturday, March 29 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

SSU ID Camp (Sunday, March 23, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Shawnee Turf -- for high school players and college/university/JUCO transfers)

The Shawnee State Player ID Camp, which costs $75 per player that participates, is available to high school players from the ninth through 12th grade levels. The camp is designed for aspiring soccer players looking to showcase their skills in front of college coaching.

Players will get to compete in front of a coaching staff that has experience coaching at the NAIA, NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and junior college levels of sport.

Players will need the following:

  • Shin guards
  • Dark colored shirt
  • Light colored shirt 
  • Water
  • Soccer ball

Registration is complete when the student registration, emergency medical, parental consent and release and camps, lessons, trainings and clinic release and consent forms are all received. To register, visit https://admissions.shawnee.edu/register/mens_soccer_id.

Soccer Youth Camp (Saturday, March 29, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Shawnee Turf -- for boys/girls between ages of 6 to 14 years)

The Shawnee State Soccer Youth Camp, which costs $35 per player that participates, is available to youth level players from the ages of six to 14 years old. The camp is also available to both girls and boys.

Designed for players of all skill levels, this fun and engaging camp offers expert coaching, skill development, and team-building activities in a positive environment.

Players will need:

  • Shin guards
  • Dark colored shirt
  • Light colored shirt 
  • Water
  • Soccer Ball

Registration is complete when the student registration, emergency medical, parental consent and release and camps, lessons, trainings and clinic release and consent forms are all received. To register, visit https://admissions.shawnee.edu/register/soccer_youth_camp.

Stan Rodrigues

Stan Rodrigues, who is in his first season coaching at Shawnee State, brings with him a distingushed coaching career that has spanned across several stops, including fellow NAIA member Eastern Oregon, NCAA Division II members Adams State (Colo.) and Cal State-Dominguez Hills and NCAA Division I Loyola Marymount. This season, Shawnee State sits 7-7-3 overall heading into the River States Conference Tournament and will host its second-ever postseason contest at home in program history this coming Wednesday evening.

Four different players on the SSU roster have won River States Conference Player of the Week honors, including Nikos Pontikis, Guilherme Bitencourt, Théo Cavaleiro Trindade and Eric Green -- the latter of whom has won two River States Conference Defensive Player of the Week Awards this season as a goalkeeper.

Prior to his time at Shawnee State, Rodrigues led Eastern Oregon, at the time an upstart program, to a 7-9 overall record in his first season and led the Mountaineers to a 2-0 victory over No. 9-ranked Corban (Ore.), who was the defending Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) Champions, then increased that mark to an 11-6-1 overall record in his second season, which still stands as EOU's best season, in terms of winning percentage, in program history.

Following stints as the head coach at Northwest College in Powell, Wyo., where Rodrigues was named as the NJCAA Region 9 Coach of the Year in his lone season there, and Adams State University in Alamosa, Colo., Rodrigues joined the Cal State-Dominguez Hills program as an assistant men's soccer coach across two separate stints. While there, Rodrigues oversaw a massive improvement from 4-11-1 in 2019 to 10-6-1 by the conclusion of the 2021 season and helped recruit classes that ultimately combined to post a 15-2-5 overall record and obtain a California Collegiate Athletic Association's Runner-Up finish while finishing as the 10th-ranked unit in the NCAA Division II realm.
 
Within the past three years, Rodrigues has also served as an academy coach and college advisory director at the Capital Futbol Club in Salem, Ore. and was the recruiting coordinator for a NCAA Division I Loyola Marymount program that went 10-5-6 last fall. In addition to his vast coaching experiences across the west coast, Rodrigues has earned his United States Soccer Federations (USSF) 'B' License, United Soccer Coaches (USC) Goal Keepers License I/II, USSF Adult Coaching License, USC Director of Coaching Diploma, the Dutch Coever Coaching Diploma, and his USSF 'A' License.