The Soccer Academy is a children’s television show produced by Capistrano Films. The show is shown in over 23 countries around the world, including the United States, Africa, and the Middle East.
Soccer Academy is a children’s television show based upon the skills needed by children to participate in soccer. The demonstration of soccer skills during the program are performed by professional soccer players participating from the country in which the show is taking place in.
Along with the soccer skills, there is also a mix or culture, religion, as well as interaction with the local people from whichever country the television show is featuring for that specific episode.
"The Soccer Academy" qualifies as children-friendly programming from an instructional and educational perspective, and has been issued the IE certificate by the United States for the shows educational value to children.
The parent company, Capistrano Films, has offices located in both Los Angeles, California and Detroit, Michigan.
Famous quotes containing the words soccer and/or academy:
“We want beans, not goals.”
—Mexican steelworkers’ banner at opening ceremony of 1986 World Cup soccer championship.
“...I have come to make distinctions between what I call the academy and literature, the moral equivalents of church and God. The academy may lie, but literature tries to tell the truth.”
—Dorothy Allison (b. 1949)