CLUB SPOTLIGHT FC TORJÄGER , LAUNCHED IN 2009 BY CURRENT AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT Montgomery (AUM) men’s soccer coach Wulf Koch, is a development soccer academy providing high-level soccer training for children in central Alabama. Koch is a native of Germany, where soccer is the national sport. He began the club to help players throughout the region increase their knowledge and technical abilities of the game and prepare them to compete at the next level. WULF KOCH “Basically it came about when I coached the men’s’ team at AUM and always Owner/Chairman being asked by people in the community ‘why we don’t have a lot of local kids on the NSCAA Master Coach Diploma AUM team?’ ” explains Koch. “I started the club because of the need to have players USSF “A” License that can accomplish those goals.” USSF National Youth License Koch says the club focuses primarily on player development rather than TYPES OF PROGRAMS OFFERED competition. Recreational | Competitive Currently, the club is only fielding boys’ teams and stands at around 70 players, a size that Koch finds just fine. “I don’t think I want to be much bigger. It’s hands-on ADDRESS: with all the players here,” he says. “Our philosophy is not necessarily to win but to 130 Arrowhead Dive develop. I measure my success of how many kids we have coming back each year.” Montgomery, Alabama PHONE: (334) 224-2552 Even so, the club has won five State Cup championships since 2009. WEBSITE: www.fctorjager.com