Anthony (Tony) Cascio

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2005-2008 - Hamilton High School (Chandler, Arizona)

• Started on varsity all 4 years at central midfield

• Leading goal scorer junior and senior seasons

• 3-time first team all-region, 2-time first team all-state

• Awarded scholarship to the University of Connecticut

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2008-2011 - University of Connecticut (Storrs, Connecticut)

• During his time at UConn, Tony was named 2010 NSCAA First Team All-American, Big East Offensive Player of the Year in 2010, and was a two-time All-Big East First Team selection in both 2009 and 2010. During his junior year, he was named NSCAA/Performance Subaru Division I First Team All-American, Soccer America MVP Second Team, and was a MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist. As a sophomore, was named to the Northeast Region Second Team and selected to the All-Big east First team

 

2012-2014 - Colorado Rapids (Denver, Colorado)

• The Colorado Rapids selected Cascio in the first round (No. 14 overall) of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft.

• Cascio made his debut during a 2–0 win over Columbus Crew on March 10, 2012. Cascio recorded his first professional goal against the Philadelphia Union on March 18, 2012.

• Made 42 appearances and scored 4 goals for the Rapids

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2014 Houston Dynamo (Houston, Texas)

• First ever MLS player to be loaned within the league, made 6 appearances for Houston

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2015 Orlando City SC (Orlando, Florida)

• Was taken 3rd overall in the expansion draft by Orlando City. Although he had a promising pre-season, his regular season was cut short by a back injury that forced Tone to miss most of the year

 

2016 Arizona United (Peoria, Arizona)

• Tony returned home to sign with local club Arizona United this season.

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Tony is a very attack minded player. He has always had an eye for goal in his high school, college and professional career. He has excelled at level and can help any player work on their technical abiity, their physical improvement and their finishing ability.

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Typical Day at Camp

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Warm-up – 10-15 mins

                Warm-up will depend on the group whether we warm up as a group or individually. For more advanced groups we will have them warm up individually since they know what they need to do in order to be ready to play but for less advanced groups we will go through a series of running drills and stretches aimed at preparing them for the training session.

Guided Warm-up – Jogging a few times back and forth, high knees, side shuffle, karaoke, butt kickers, inside/outside/leg kicks, 1-2 sprints then stretch

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Speed Drills – 10-15 mins

                Speed Drills will include and focus on fast footwork and explosion. It will be ladder work, bungee work and regular sprints/agilities.  Speed work is useful because the faster and more agile you are on the field the quicker you are able to close down an attacker or beat a defender.

Ladder Drills – 2 feet in each space, 1 foot in each space, side shuffles both feet in each space, one foot in and one foot out and other drills that will be explained by example before performed by the players.

Bungee Work – one player runs in the bungee and the other player runs behind. The person in the bungee is working on resistance training.

Regular Springs/Agilities – These are a variety of different drills that will work on explosion, change of direction and change of pace. Different lengths and position of cones will be utilized.

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Individual Skills – 15-30 mins

                We will work on individual work with the ball for this period. Drills will include a variety of ball work and dribbling exercises. This work is essential for situations on the field where you need to take on and beat a defender as well as first touch setting yourself up for success with the next touch.

Drill examples – Shuffles and single foot touch drills in place and dribbling in a grid, Cuts including shuffle cuts, stopovers and scissors and combinations of these dribble moves.

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Small Sided Skills – 15-30 mins

                These will work on 1 v 1, 2 v 2 and other small sided activities. They will be more game like situations working on general knowledge of what to do in a game during these situations. Games include traditional 1 v 1, 2 v 2 and 3 v 3 sessions with coaching tips offensively and defensively, as well as 2 v 1 and 2 v 3 offensive and defensive situations. Other activities will include passing drills and games meant to focus on precise passing techniques.

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Total Time – 55-95 mins

                This is how a typical camp will be conducted. If a team is interested in signing up and has specific requests (for example focused training on certain skills, certain training time or location, etc.) This can be negotiated. 

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