The USSF Development Academy has announced San Juan Soccer Club as a member in the Development Academy for the 2012-2013 season. This encompasses both the boys U16 and U18 teams. San Juan, established in 1978, is the only club in the Sacramento Valley to be members of both the ECNL and USSFDA. The Development Academy is a partnership between US Soccer and the top 77 youth clubs around the country to provide the best youth players in the US with an everyday environment designed to produce the next generation of National Team players. The Academyʼs program philosophy of increased training and a reduction in games played (however, the games played are at the highest level for the given age group) is based on “U.S. Soccerʼs Best Practices” which is utilized by the U-17 US National Team Residency Program.