Lee Dunne Soccer

02/02/2026

2012B, morning training. Reflection and refinement from Arizona, some regional team stories, and preparation for Costa Rica in April. All coupled with laughing at each other. Tell me a better Sunday.

27/11/2025

Thankful for football, know what I mean?

07/11/2025

Goals make a difference.

20/06/2025

San Antonio, TX.

It started here in 2014. My first Coaching Course Residency - C License. It was awful. 8 days of playing and coaching. All about meeting the instructors expectations for pass or fail. Instructors avoided you. Drawing everything by pencil and then pen because of limited blank session plan templates. I’m so glad to be a part of a progressive education experience as an educator now.

Then even further back to 2006. My first ever coaching course - the FA Level 1. My assessed activity was called the ‘Alamo’. A ‘shooting’ activity that seems insensitive having explored the real Alamo, but was my assessment and what started me on this soccer journey.

Love. Football.

24/03/2025

It’s been a while since being involved in a game of quality, and man have I missed it!!

09/02/2025

Sometimes it’s different things. Training and playing is all a part of the process but this week we did a dads v lads game. A large part of my seasons growing up was this exact experience. It’s fun for the boys, it’s great to turn past your dad or put a goal in on him, but also great to laugh at his lack of skill when he coaches you from the sideline. All about the experience!
The boys also played 13 hours later and won 3-0, after some tough games lately. Maybe it’s coincidental, or maybe a 10-10 tie is the answer to turn results around! Either way, it’s great for coaches ego to play to against 13 year olds.

07/01/2025

Winning is what I hope comes from a process. The process to this picture has been 4 years. Refining styles, building profiles, recruiting and coaching, and creating an environment that has been tweaked year over year is all a part of this process. It’s been full of influential coaches that have all played a serious part in what we created for our players to experience the ‘next level’. I will be forever grateful for the opportunity with and ODP to lead the U13’s to this!

10/08/2024

Coach Lee available for any type of coaching, or cake topping you might need! ⚽️🫶⚽️

14/01/2024

My most recent podcast is about our environment being fun. Is yours??

Heads and Volleys is a grassroots Soccer game that reflects the youth soccer environment. The game was played as everyone VS the GK and you could only score with a header or a volley. Simple, right? Wrong. It was complex and fraught with arguments that resulted in 'taking my ball home' or some kind....

06/01/2024

A very tough opening game at regional championships. A 4-1 loss, and a big game ahead today, but the environment is second to none!