NEW YORK, NY – Major League Soccer and adidas today announced a groundbreaking partnership with the German Football Association (DFB / Deutscher Fußball-Bund) that provides MLS academy goalkeeper coaches and young goalkeepers with world-class training through a series of immersive development courses implemented over a 12-month period. The two-pronged approach will see both goalkeepers developed in MLS academies and academy goalkeeper coaches participate in classroom education and field instruction in Germany from July 20-26, 2019 with continued trainings through 2020.
Through the partnership, MLS academy goalkeeper coaches will be guided through the same player training methodologies implemented by the world’s elite goalkeeper instructors.