WSA Way Curriculum

THE WSA WAY CURRICULUM 

CONTENTS 

Club Profile 

Geography of Club 

Player Development Model Snapshot 

Player Pathway Current 

Club Brags & History 

 

CLUB OFFICIAL NAME: West Side Alliance Soccer Club 

 

CLUB ALIAS: WSA Soccer 

 

CLUB NICKNAME: “The Side” 

 

CLUB TAGLINE: “Side before self. Every time.” 

 

CLUB ESTABLISHED: 1992 

 

CLUB BUSINESS ENTITY: Non Profit Corporation 

 

CLUB’S PLAYER MANTRA: “Mia San Mia” (We are, who we are) 

 

CLUB’S SEMIPRO TEAM: Side FC 92 (UPSL)

MAP OF OKLAHOMA’S MOST EXPANSIVE SOCCER CLUB 

 

Map outdated. Does not include Pryor, Muskogee 

MUS = Muskogee’s Hatbox Complex 

MUS

The Curriculum for WSA soccer is a living document. It is the "always becoming" instructional plan, that helps provide the guideposts for 

learning and teaching inside the WSA Soccer Program. The history of devleopment of The WSA Way curriculum is now, and has been 

throughout club history, the ongoing analysis, appraisal, and assessment of methodology and outcomes. It is specific in detail, and wideranging 

in scope of reach, as well as broadly stretching in terms of flexiblity towards the learner (the PLAYER) and the teacher (the 

COACH). 

The curriculum includes periodization planning cycles, age specific objectives and outcomes, and value-driven transformative goals. The 

WSA Way is NOT a rigid teaching model, it is not an absolute, it is not a one-size fits all model, and it is not the best methodology for all. 

The WSA Way curriculum does not replace the team culture or individual team game model that is most intimately connected to the 

player's experience. 

The WSA Way is a paradigm, a lens of perspective, offered each player, coach, team, parent, administrator, and leader of WSA. It has 

been shaped by history. When we look through the lens of The WSA Way it includes every success, every failure, every small and great 

challenge, every training session, every game played, every moment shared, and all of the great lessons learned from our respected 

opponents and competitors along the way. Embracing the curriculum is a way of not only connecting to history, but also in shaping the 

future. It becomes each WSA player's, coach's, parent's, and administrator's, LEGACY. 

The WSA Way is a way of playing football that reflects on a culture of the organization. Therefore it is "value driven" and "core 

competency" laden. There is a mission behind the curriculum that drives the specific goals and objectives for player outcomes. The 

WSA Way is intended to fulfill the mission of generating a supremely valuable player experience, development as player and person 

through the challenge and struggle of growth, and forming relationally to something bigger than ourselves. It is a Way to live, to play, to 

become, and to relate. The curriculum contains a game model and this model connects an on-field culture to an off-field culture. When 

executed properly, when the right person intersects this way of teaching, learning, and interacting, the mission of transformation takes 

place, and a process of reaching our best, our maximal capacity, as a player, teammate, and person is realized.

PLAYER PATHWAY 

PROSPECTIVELY UWS 

WOULD FIT HERE IN 

OUR CLUB MODEL 

Girls Academy League (GA) 

RPL 

Regional Premiere League (RPL)

PROSPECTIVELY UWS 

WOULD FIT HERE IN 

OUR PLAYERS ACADEMY

CLUB ELEMENTS 

The WSA Way Curriculum Contains several elements inside the team and age-specific areas. Below is a brief outline of the "club elements". Please be 

mindful that the primary WSA Way elements are inside the team's training, offered and supported by the individual WSA team, and the team coach. 

High Performance Movements (Speed, Quickness, Leaping, Cutting, Propioception, and 

more) 

Recovery (Aerobic Short Term and Long Term Sustainability) 

Nutrition (Ratios, Game Day, Recovery Day, Prep Day, Periodization Functions) 

Fitness (Fast Twitch to Slow Twitch Muscle Proportions) 

Injury Prevention (Rehab, Concussion Protocol Program, Balance, Coordination) 

Testing Metrics (Test In, Test Out, Benchmarks) 

Postional Specific Role (specific to 4231 formation and applicable to all formations) 

Territorial Role (location on field) 

System of Play Functional Roles (i.e. Sit & Counter vs Press High or Deliberate Ball Mastery 

vs Direct) 

Game Management Functions (time remaining, score, typology of match, pacing, etc)

GK Academy Level 1: Introductory to Beginners (Exposure & General Fundamentals of Catching) 

GK Academy Level 2: Intermediate Training (Angles, Diving, Handling, Distribution) 

GK Academy Level 3: Advanced Training (Functional Role, Power Diving, Boxing, Deflecting, 

Communication) 

GK Functional Training: At Team Session Training w/ Live Play (Appraisal, Correction, 

Interactive Feedback) 

GK Wholistic Training: Game Day Warm-Ups, Recoveries, OffSeason Fitness Plans, etc 

Sports Pyschology (Motivation, Growth Mindset, Self Efficacy, Self Confidence, Pre 

Competition Anxiety) 

Mental Imagery (Focus, Visualization) 

Self-Talk (Mental Toughness, Power in Words, Resiliance) 

Mindfulness & Meditation (Stress Managment, Coping, Mental Processing, 

Decision Making) 

Club Core Value & Club Core Competency (shape perspective, drive decisions) 

Community Servant (how to follow, how to lead, how to respond, how to nurture) 

Culture Builders (how to give attention to consistent actions, words & behaviors that 

develop culture) 

Leadership Aptitude (credibility, qualities, authorities) 

Team Building (growing relationally, working inside a team, becoming responsible 

to something bigger)

Technology (Player Apps, Fitness Based, Skill Based, Cogntive Training, Nutrition, etc) 

Videos (Analysis, Training Sessions, Game Analysis, Modeling Skills & Movements) 

Independent Learning (Active reading, studying, film analysis, personal growth) 

Social Media Engagement (Club engaging with age ranges via healthy social media) 

TEAM ELEMENTS 

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TEAM ELEMENTS OF THE WSA WAY 

CURRICULUM ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PRESENTATION. 

 

Age specific outcomes, periodization cycles (micro, meso, macro), 

game typologies, feedback mechanisms, culture builders, default 

formation and system analysis, etc.)

PLAYER CORE VALUES 

Serve

SERVE 

 

CLUB CORE COMPETENCIES 

DISCIPLINE 

SPORTSMANSHIP 

RESPECT 

HONOR 

LOVE 

JOY

HISTORY OF GIRLS SUCESS IN OKLAHOMA 

RECENT TRENDS 

The club’s recent sucess inside the Girls Program at WSA is a quite remarkable turn-around. WSA began in 1992 primarily as a Boys Club. With only 25% of it’s membership through 

2000 on the female side the club organically began to take steps towards developing a female specific program to complement it’s tradition rich boys programming. While the WSA 81 

girls were multiple times a state semifinalist, the club was first able to produce multiple age group teams competing regionally with the 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95 girls programs. 

 

The WSA 90 Girls became the first girls team to represent the club at USYS Regionals in 2007, followed by the WSA 92 Girls, WSA 93 Girls, WSA 95 Girls, WSA 97 Girls, and WSA 98 

Girls. The ’92 girls finished 5th at Regionals in 2010. In 2017, in the club’s final year with USYS, the WSA 98 Girls reached the USYS National Final 8, where a goal conceded in injury 

time in their last group game would tie a game and move the team to a GDF tiebreaker, where they would be eliminated from their national championship hopes. Since then the 

following WSA programs have qualified for nationals: 2000’s, 2001’s, 2002’s, 2003’s, 2004’s, 2005’s, 2006’s, 2007’s, 2008’s, and 2009’s. 

 

With the opportunities far and wide for female college soccer players, and WSA sporting a robust college search program, the girls program has regularly sent players to the college 

level since the ’81 girls graduated in 1999. The numbers have soared recently with 30+ female commitments being made annually for the past decade. 

WSA WOMEN’S PROGRAM RECENT MILESTONES: 

2020: WSA Girls Club Accepted into the Nationally Prestigious Girls Academy & Frontie Futures League for Youth Academy 

2020: SIDE FC 92 Women’s Semipro Team Forms in Front Office, League Platform & Operations TBA 

2019: WSA registers over 1,000 female soccer players in various programs 

 

Decades Worth of Production of Regional & National Success by “Program”: 

WSA 09 Girls - Super Y National Qualifiers, OPC State Finalist 

WSA 08 Girls - Super Y National Qualifiers, OPC State Finalist 

WSA 07 Girls - Super Y National Qualifiers, OPC State CHAMPIONS 

WSA 06 Girls - Super Y National Qualifiers 

WSA 05 Girls - Super Y National Qualifiers, OPC State CHAMPIONS, US CLUB National Cup Qualifiers 

WSA 04 Girls - Super Y National Qualifiers, OPC State CHAMPIONS, USCS Regional Finalist, NPL National Finals 

WSA 03 Girls - Super Y National Qualifiers, OPC State CHAMPIONS, USCS REGIONAL CHAMPIONS, US Club National Cup Qualifiers 

WSA 02 Girls - Super Y National Qualifiers, OPC State Finalist, US Club National Cup Qualifiers 

WSA 01 Girls - OPC State Finalist, US Club National Cup Qualifiers 

WSA 00 Girls - OPC State Finalist, US Club National Cup Qualifiers 

WSA 99 Girls - State Finalist 

WSA 98 Girls - State Champions, USYS Regional Finalist, Nationally 5th 

 

NPL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS SINCE 2018: 3 Teams in 2020 Top of Table not included below 

 

WSA 05 Girls 

WSA 04 Girls 

WSA 03 Girls X2

HISTORY OF BOYS SUCESS IN OKLAHOMA 

Consistency of Standard 27+ Years 

One of the club’s proudest achievements, is the consistency with which teams finish their youth club journey, graduating as a team of homegrown players. The club has only had 

one program not complete it’s journey through senior graduation (19U) in it’s 28-year history, since club inception of 1992. To clarify information below, the club has multiple 

teams per age program. We have only listed the age division “program”, not each team, for this demonstration. ONLY the BEST FINISH of the PROGRAM is listed. Per example, 

WSA 01 White played WSA 01 Red in the 2018 State Final. We did not record both results below. WSA 01B White won their 4th State Championship, but for purposes of recording, 

we only recorded 1X State Title for the 01B Program, and not also a Runner-Up Finish by 01B Red (only the best team result for the age program is noted below). 

Since 1997 any club in America could have only produced 24 graduating age division programs. OF THE 24 POTENTIAL GRADUATING AGE DIVISION PROGRAMS SINCE 1997, 

WSA has graduated 23! Since 1997 any club in America could have only produced 31 age division programs. OF THE 31 AGE DIVISION PROGRAMS since 1997, WSA has had 27 

age division programs finish top-4 in Oklahoma, 10 different programs win over 20 State Titles, and 20 of the 31 AGE DIVISION PROGRAMS finish at least top-2 in Oklahoma. 

WSA is the Boys Competitive club standard of consistency. 

YEAR 

OF GRAD 

WSA 

PROGRAM 

BEST FINISH 

OKLAHOMA 

BEST FINISH 

NATIONALLY 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1997 - WSA 79 BOYS - Graduated 

1998 - WSA 80 BOYS - State Semifinalist, Ranked Nationally Top 50 

1999 - WSA 81 BOYS - Graduated 

2000 - WSA 82 BOYS - Did not Graduate 

2001 - WSA 83 BOYS - Oklahoma State Finalist 




2005 - WSA 87 BOYS - Oklahoma State Semifinalist 

2006 - WSA 88 BOYS - OKLAHOMA STATE CHAMPIONS, USYS Regionals 1-1-1 Record 

2007 - WSA 89 BOYS - Graduated 

2008 - WSA 90 BOYS - OKLAHOMA STATE CHAMPIONS, USYS Regionals 1-1-1 Record 


2010 - WSA 92 BOYS - Oklahoma State Finalist 

2011 - WSA 93 BOYS - OKLAHOMA STATE CHAMPIONS, USYS Regionals 2-1 Record 

2012 - WSA 94 BOYS - Oklahoma State Finalist, USYS Regionals 2-1 Record 



2015 - WSA 97 BOYS - OKLAHOMA STATE CHAMPIONS, USYS Regionals, 5th Place 



2018 - WSA 00 BOYS - OKLAHOMA STATE CHAMPIONS, USYS Regional Semis, ENPL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 

2019 - WSA 01 BOYS - OKLAHOMA STATE CHAMPIONS, USYS Regional Quarters, ENPL 5th Place 


Teams Below this mark have not yet graduated….. 

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WSA 03 BOYS - OKLAHOMA STATE CHAMPIONS, ENPL National Final 32 

WSA 04 BOYS - OKLAHOMA STATE CHAMPIONS 

WSA 05 BOYS - OKLAHOMA STATE CHAMPIONS 

WSA 06 BOYS - Oklahoma State Finalist 

WSA 07 BOYS - Oklahoma State Finalist 

WSA 08 BOYS - Did not Place 

WSA 09 BOYS - Oklahoma Premier Clubs Gold Champions (highest level)

SUBMITTED BY WSA EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS 

Roger Bush E: roger.Bush@wsasoccer.org C: 918 629 4476 

Ryan Bush E: ryan.bush@wsasoccer.org C: 918 409 7386 

Alex McLaurin E: alexander.mclaurin@wsasoccer.org C: 918 237 0067

WSA Way Curriculum

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