Club History

Club History

Club History

Southern Premier Soccer was founded by Brent Goulet to create a championship winning, competitive travel team based in Tennessee. Coach Brent was the first American to earn the highest coaching license available as instructor in the Bundesliga League - the UEFA-Pro license. He further refined the club philosophy as a professional coach of the Nashville Metros. This player development philosophy has been carried forward through the coaching tree Coach Brent is organically building within Tennessee ensuring every team and every player is learning the same approach to the game. Southern Premier Soccer will become ALBION SC Nashville starting in the 2022/23 Season. 

ALBION SC was formed in 1981. ALBION SC was one of the first competitive clubs in San Diego and the top program in San Diego. In the late 80’s early 1990’s many competitive clubs in the area started emerging and heavily competing. In 1998 ALBION SC landed Technical Director, Noah Gins to take over and professionalize the club, develop a club wide curriculum and develop players and teams to play at the highest level in the US. At the time, the club consisted of 6 ALBION SC teams and a large recreational program.

Looking at the present... The club has over 150 plus teams, 1000 plus players representing the ALBION Junior Program, a full blown Recreational program and has played in 20 National Championship games and being crowned National Champion in 2019, 2021, and 2022, won almost every major event in the US, developed over 40 National Team players, many MLS Player and put hundreds and hundreds of players into College on over $57 million dollars in Soccer Scholarships to date. The club represents some of the best soccer in the country and has one of the most prolific coaching staffs within youth soccer. The club is progressively looking at ways to advance the club and the players and will continue to push to higher levels moving forward.  The standards of excellence that the club has set is a bar that only few can achieve in this country.  ALBION SC will continue to make history as it paves the way in youth soccer.