Making a Difference
ASC SAN DIEGO
Inspiring Greatness
W
hat does it mean to
create a transcendent
professional sports
franchise – one that
delivers championship-
caliber soccer on the field, and creates
positive impact in our communities off the
field? ASC takes that question very seriously.
As head coach Ziggy Korytoski puts it, “At
ASC, we challenge ourselves every day to
live up to our team’s mission of Inspiring
Greatness, and work hard to earn respect,
loyalty, and support - to be the team that
soccer fans all over San Diego deserve.”
If you haven’t heard of ASC, they are the
professional team taking San Diego by storm.
They compete in the National Premiere
Soccer League (NPSL) and are the first social
enterprise professional sports team in San
Diego. Having just completed their 3rd season
of play, they have already won their conference
twice, and qualified for the prestigious 2019
Open Cup. They have ambitions of moving up
the US Soccer ranks in 2019 and representing
America’s Finest City at the highest level of the
US Soccer Pyramid.
ASC sits at the top of the Albion soccer
pyramid, an internationally recognized
development program that has been
training youth soccer players all over San
Diego since 1981. Albion players have
been awarded over $20 million in college
scholarships and more Albion players have
gone on to Ivy League universities than from
any other club in the country.
ASC is active in the community as well,
with players and coaches having made
appearances for local charities, hospitals and
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