User:John J. McCormick

'''John J. McCormick - Raptors Soccer Club - 7 Time 3v3 Soccer World Champions - www.RaptorsSoccer.com - Childhood: Fox Chapel Pa. - Lives in: Pittsburgh Pa.'''

Coach John McCormick is the founder and Director of Coaching for the Raptors Soccer Club. The coaching staff of Coach Don Dodge (Florida Director), Coach Jim Marino, Coach Nick Basara, Coach John Michael McCormick, and Coach Krissy Edmonds are a big part of why the Raptors have been so successful over so many years. Their countless hours of hard work and dedication year after year have made them the "Best Coaching Staff in 3v3 Soccer in America".

The Raptors teams have won the 3v3 Championship "7 TIMES"!!! (The World Championship by playing with 10 countries and 120 cities), as well as 2 second place finishes, 3 third place finishes, and 1 fourth place finish at the championships in 3v3 soccer. In regular indoor season play, we have a record of 13 undefeated seasons out of 15 seasons played. The Raptors indoor record is 294 Wins – 8 Losses – 4 Ties. The Raptors Soccer Club has had many All American players, and many All Regional and All State players over it’s history. The Raptors Soccer Club is considered to have the greatest 3v3 soccer team of all time. Coach Jim Marino and his players ( Set Carpintero – Daniel Dodge – Chase Neinken - Chris Marino ) have won the 3v3 Championship 4 Times. The Raptors Soccer Club also won 3 World Championships in 2006 and had all 4 of its teams attending the World Championships in the final championship game. The Raptors in 2006 are World Champions for the Boys 18 year olds – the Girls 16 year olds – the Boys 15 year olds - and runner-up in the 17 Boys. The Raptors Soccer Club has also had one of its players in 2006 ( Paul Paradise ) listed as The Greatest Soccer Player to come out of any high school in America. In 2007, the Girls 16 year old team won the World Championship for the second time making them the first girls team in history to win "Back to Back" World Championships. The Raptors Soccer Club has also received many honors, they have been honored by the State of Florida, the Mayor of Orlando, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Mayor of Pittsburgh, they have thrown in the First Pitch at a Pittsburgh Pirates game in 2006 (the year the Pirates hosted the MLB All-star game at PNC Park), and they were honored by the Pittsburgh Riverhounds along with the Columbus Crew. The Raptors girls and boys in 2007 were highlighted by appearing on International Television (GOAL-TV) across the globe. Also, Coach McCormick has also been the Keynote Speaker at many high school soccer banquets in the Pittsburgh area. And finally, in 2008 the Raptors had one of it's World Championship trophies put on display at the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum (in affiliation with the Smithsonian Institution) on the 250th Anniversary of the City of Pittsburgh.