You Asked George !!

We have accumulated all of your questions and have come up with the most frequently asked.
Email:   Where were you born? George:  I was born in Cameroon, Africa  
Email:  Where did you grow up? George: I grew up in Paris, France  
Email:  Do you have any brothers or sisters? George: I have one brother and one sister.         
Email:  When did you first start playing competitive soccer? George: I played competitive soccer in France, my first club was called "Courbevoie".          
Email:  Where did you play professional soccer? George: I did not play professional soccer, after U17, I did not get a contract as quickly as I expected, so, I only played for fun after that....          
Email:  What is your favorite soccer team? George: My favorite soccer team is Marseille, they are in southern France.           
Email:  Who is or was your favorite soccer player in the world? George: My favorite soccer player is Maradona.           
Email:  What do you like most about soccer? George: The thing I like the most about soccer is that it the only sport that it doesn't matter what size, race, height, or how much money you make, it's for everybody!! That is why it is the number one sport in the world!      
Email:  What is most different about soccer in America vs. in Europe? George: There are not many differences between American and European soccer, but from my experience as a youth player and what I see here, in Europe the youth players are better organized and understand the game much better.  This probably is because youth begin competitive club soccer at 5 years of age.  
Email: When did you know you wanted to work with Kids? George: After I didn't get signed as a professional player, I started coaching kids at 17 years old, and I have been working with them ever since!  
Email: What is your favorite color? George: My favorite color is blue.  
Email: What do you like to do away from soccer? George: I like to make music when I am not coaching soccer.  
Email: Where did you learn most of your training techniques from? George: I started learning techniques in Africa as a child by playing 2 vs. 2 and 3 vs. 3 on the street. At 17 years old, I passed my first soccer certification called J.A.T (Jeune aniteur technique) this certification allows you to train children who are 5 years old. At 19 years old, I passed my I1 (initiateur first) this certification allows you to train 6 and 9 year olds. At 21 years old I passed my I2 (initiateur second) this certification allowed me to train 9 through 12 year olds. In the same year I passed my I3 (initiateur third ) also called "Animateur senior", which allowed me to train all the way up to U18 and older. After all of these certifications, I went to Saint Denis university for one year and took the writing test for the B.E.E.S. I took the practical test for the B.E.E.S at "De creps de montry", which took me another year,and thats how I became certified.  
Email: What is your vision for youth soccer? George: My vision for youth soccer is to focus more on technique. At ages 6 and 7, the kids should be taught only skills. At ages 8 and 9 the second initiation, they should learn technique with movement, as well as coordination. From ages 10 to 12, the pre-formation we should include physical as well as tactics. Ages 13 and older the players should have a broader view of physical and tactics, as well as when being trained they should be placed in a game situation. Also the U11 age group should never play on a big field, only on a small field because at that age the player is not ready to run on a big field, they should play on a half a field so they can have more contact with the ball to develop their initiation in soccer. Most of the kids this age cannot kick the ball a long way or take a corner kick.  One big problem in the U.S. is that at the end of formation our players do not have the opportunity to play in the MLS.  There is no alternative to play in soccer schools as they do in Europe.  Typically, players will have to play in a Div I College to get the opportunity to move on to MLS.  We need for there to be another option for 14 and 15 year olds to enter soccer schools or academy's as a stepping stone to professional soccer.  As well, Premier soccer should start at 14 or 15 years rather than the current 16 years of age.  
Email: Where do you see yourself in 10 years? George: In 10 years I will still coach soccer part time but I plan to have my own business and be married, raising my kids with my girl.  
Email: We here you are a movie star now. Tell us about the commercials you have done recently. George: I am not a movie star! (smiling) I did two commercials, one for Nike And one for Toyota. Oh, yeah, I forgot, keep this a secret.....I owe somebody 10 percent from these commercials and he wants to kick my you know what!! (smiling)