SDA Alumni DJ and Drew Taylor have both carried on their soccer career from Syracuse Development Academy to SUNY Brockport. DJ is a Junior center back and Drew is a Freshman goalkeeper. As student athletes, the two brothers both finished the Fall semester with a 4.0 GPA while balancing their soccer commitments. DJ began training and competing with SDA in 2007, and Drew joined SDA a U6 player in 2008. Starting in SDA's Youth Development Program and playing until graduating to

SDA Alumni Jade Gentile, Taylor Bennett, and Claire Stackel are all continuing their soccer careers and playing professionally overseas. We had the opportunity to catch up with each of them and discuss how they accomplished this new milestone. All ’98 SDA Girls, going from D1 Athletes to professional footballers. Jade Gentile, SDA '98 Girls Jade Gentile played forward at West Virginia University where she recently graduated from in 2020 with an honors degree in Supply Chain M

Taylor Bennett, from the girls ’98 SDA team, has signed a contract with Afturelding, a second division team in the Iceland professional women’s soccer league. Taylor played D1 soccer at Syracuse University, where she was a 4-year starter on the back line, playing center back and helping the team secure 21 shutouts during her career. Taylor led her defensive line, with a total of 5 points. She tied for most assists (3) during her freshman debut as well. Taylor graduated from S

Tommy Tanner coaches our SDA Boys 2008 team and has been with the 2004 boys for the past several years. Tommy has been coaching with SDA for over 10 years and has a tremendous background in soccer and coaching. Tommy played professional soccer for over 14 years. Due to his passion and love for the sport of soccer, he decided to become a coach. Tommy has been coaching youth soccer for over 22 years. In an interview, Tommy said, “My favorite part of youth coaching is seeing pla

SDA alumni, Gabby Piontkowski from our girls 2000 team, has had a challenging college soccer career but persevered. Gabby is a sophomore at Binghamton University where she plays outside back for the D1 program. During her freshman preseason, she was experiencing tremendous pain in her chest and difficulty breathing. She went to the hospital and found out she had a pulmonary embolism, a blood clot in her lungs. Gabby’s oncologist told her to quit soccer because it would be to