St. Croix Soccer Club Testimonial (Coach: Tyler Oliver)
- rearegan91
- Apr 2
- 3 min read
Updated: Apr 7
SUMMARY: This is a testimonial from St. Croix Coach Tyler Oliver. Tyler recommends St. Croix Soccer Club for its excellent people, successful track record, and supportive environment. He valued learning from his former youth coaches and highlights the club's strong player development and college guidance. With access to great fields for year-round training, St. Croix is a top choice for coaches, parents, and young players aiming for college soccer.
St. Croix Soccer Club Testimonial Featuring Coach Tyler Oliver
Read more about a member's experience at St. Croix Soccer Club, a soccer club in Minnesota.
How long have you been a part of St. Croix Soccer Club? What attracted you to the club?
I've been a part of this club for sixteen years now, through playing and coaching. What drew me to it was just the the people here. It's it's a special group of coaches, special group of administrators, and then the tracker grid for success at St. Croix, second to none, at pretty much every single, level of youth soccer on the men and women's side.
What has been a favorite experience at St. Croix Soccer Club?
My favorite experience at the club has probably been the coaches that started coaching me when I was 14 years old, who I now get the privilege of working alongside, four or five times a week. Getting to learn from them as players and learn from them again as coaches and and just build the relationships over an extended period of time, I think, bleeds into the love that our players feel from staff.
What kind of impact can St. Croix Soccer Club have on a player’s development?
I do not have a son or daughter yet, but I can definitively say that if I did have a child right now and they were playing youth soccer, the first place I would put them is St. Croix Soccer Club. The development that they get from eight, nine years old and on is second to none in Minnesota. And I know they'd be in great hands to find a great college home that's the right fit for them.
What do you like about the facilities used by St. Croix Soccer Club?
The different field options that we have at St. Croix is a is a true blessing. Getting to use St. Croix Rec Center, getting to use Stillwater High School, getting to use Saint Croix Prep, getting to use Conway. We get access to some of the best turf fields in Minnesota, and then us being able to train year round has made a huge difference, and that's something that a lot not a lot of teams in our region get to say they get to do.
Would you recommend St. Croix Soccer Club to a friend or colleague?
Yeah. I would recommend St. Croix to any coach who's looking for a club to work at, any parent who's looking to put their son or daughter into a team, or any youth player who's curious about what they think would be the best fit to prepare them for college. I know that St. Croix prepared me really well for college. It placed me in a great Division One home, helped me find a great Division Three home after that as well. Again,[St. Croix] helped me find two great fits for me for different stages and phases of my life.
And I think that's one of the things that us as coaches now having gone through the club as players for a lot of us, make sure that we preach the right fit and make sure that when people are going somewhere that they're gonna be loved, heard, seen, cared about in their college career, and that the relationships that they built at St. Croix will help elevate them as well when they're in college.