SEATTLE — PacNW-OSA FC will offer its best players from its WPSL and NPSL teams two scholarships to attend the prestigious Soccer Business School (SBS) in Florence, Italy.

SBS is a unique experience where students integrate a top master's degree with a major soccer program specifically designed for graduate students and athletes.

SBS is a semester or yearlong program created in collaboration with the Italian Soccer Federation and the Italian Soccer Coaches Association in partnership with EDUITALIA.

Studying at SBS gives participants the opportunity to train and play in a professional soccer academy in Italy and be surrounded by some of the top Italian coaches and managers to showcase their playing abilities and potentially sign a professional contract in Europe.

Antonio Cincotta (Head Coach of AC Fiorentina Women, the 2017 Serie A Champion) will lead the coaching. Renzo Ulivieri (President of AIAC and the Chief of the Coverciano School) will select additional coaches. Ulivieri and his staff will also teach the coaching classes.

About PacNW-OSA FC

Olympic Soccer Academy - Pacific Northwest Football Club (PacNW-OSA FC) is based in Seattle. Prominent Italian businessman Giuseppe Pezzano formed the club with the aim of bridging the two different soccer realities and creating a cultural exchange between Italy and the United States.

OSA FC’s goal is to increase opportunities and advance the game of soccer by connecting players, coaches, clubs and the community. Top caliber soccer training is offered to players using an Italian methodology created and tested by professional youth development academies like ACF Fiorentina.