Anytime Soccer Training - Blog

Neil Crawford never played soccer a day in his life. When his son moved from recreational soccer to a competitive club, Neil watched from the sideline feeling helpless — wanting to do more but not knowing where to start. So he did what any determined parent would do. He figured it out. Through years of research, trial and error, and countless early morning training sessions in the backyard, Neil developed a home training system that changed everything. Both of his sons went on to reach elite levels — one earning a spot in an MLS academy, the other competing at the ECNL level. But Neil never forgot how lost he felt in those early days. That feeling is what drove him to build Anytime Soccer Training — a platform with over 5,000 follow-along videos designed for parents just like him. Parents who love their kids deeply, believe in their potential fiercely, and are willing to do whatever it takes — even learn a sport from scratch. Today he leads a community of over 100,000 soccer families, hosts The Inside Scoop podcast, and is writing his first book — The Parent-Trainer's Playbook. He shares everything he has learned so that no soccer parent ever has to feel as alone as he once did.