Knights Soccer Academy was founded in 2022 by Joe Soto to provide quality, functional individual and small group training in Saint Johns, Florida. Joe is a former Director of Coaching at Florida Elite Soccer Academy as well as the former Assistant Coach at Bartram Trail and Head Coach at Creekside High School on the girls side. Joe was part of 4 out of the last 5 Florida Girls 7A State Championships. He was a member of the Bartram Trail coaching staff that won back to back 7A State Championships, the first 2 in program history. A season after leaving Bartram to become head coach at Creekside, he led the Knights Girls Soccer team to their first State Championship in his first season at the school and followed up with a second State Championship 2 years later in 2024. Joe also spent 3 years at Saint Peters University as an assistant coaching Division 1 Women's Soccer from 2008 - 2010. Joe has coached at various levels of the youth game for over 24 years and worked with players that went on to play professionally, on youth national teams as well  as at schools including the University of Cincinnati, North Florida,  Kentucky, Miami, Columbus State, Brandeis, Florida Atlantic, Lipscomb, Florida, Appalachian State, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Florida State and UCLA.  

 

The goal behind KSA is to focus on the individual. The team environment that club and school soccer provides gives players such valuable experiences and life lessons. But athletes, like students develop at their own pace and have their own unique needs to reach their full potential. At KSA all of our training is specific to the individual and focuses on all aspects of the game but with a plan specific to each player and their needs. All of our training will provide a challenging environment that will improve each player's ability on the ball thus increasing their confidence in the game. The sessions will also provide a fun and exciting environment that will allow every player to develop and grow their love of soccer. All private and small group sessions will be run by Joe Soto. Camps are run by our professional staff of diverse and highly experienced coaches.