Fusion FC
CLUB SPOTLIGHT FOUNDED IN 2010, FUSION FUTBOL CLUB WAS CREATED AS A WAY TO PROVIDE a competitive soccer experience for kids in northeast Alabama. Based in Gadsden, Fusion has expanded its reach over the years, fielding teams in Marshall, Etowah, and Calhoun Counties while also pulling in kids from further out, such as Fort Payne and Oneonta. The club has been quite successful on the Division II level and is now working toward being just as competitive on the Division I, a lofty goal for an area of the state lacking a solid history or understanding of soccer. To help with the task, Fusion’s Director of Coaching, Jeremiah Massa, has brought in a handful of quality and dedicated coaches who not only develop players but serve as ambassadors for the club, helping to promote the sport from a grass roots level. “It’s about changing cultures here,” Massa says. “We have a really good core group of coaches, and they have a lot of work put on them and they do a lot of the development. JEREMIAH MASSA “We reach out to all of the recreation programs in the region like Upward and park Director of Coaching Not available; need to get and rec soccer, and try to link them all together to create a player base to choose out of because we don’t have a rec program underneath us,” Massa says. “We’ve tapped TYPES OF PROGRAMS OFFERED into the Hispanic community and our girls program has gone from just two teams to Academy | Competitive being almost as big as the boys. Plus, the parents really let us coach and do our thing to help develop them and turn them into better soccer players.” ADDRESS 954 Leon Smith Parkway To help soccer grow more in the area, the club is developing the East Alabama Oxford, AL 36203 Soccer League and is working with teams in Guntersville and Oneonta to bring PHONE: (256) 282-7290 them under the Fusion banner. “We’re trying to get all of eastern Alabama working WEBSITE: www.fusion-fc.com together, similar to the way Chattanooga does,” Massa says. Massa says the goal of Fusion is to be a full-fledged competitive soccer club fighting for state championships and beyond at the Division I level, expanding on their success in Division II. In 2017 Fusion plans on fielding four boys teams and two girls in Division I. Massa says the club will base those teams out of Choccolocco