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Illustrative program environment: a youth football development session.
Global football development

World-class football development, built to travel.

Where discipline meets talent through the efficiency of technology.

Academy 79 connects proven football institutions with trusted local academies, competitions and communities. We help preserve the methodology, build the market, operate the partnership and measure every stage of player development.

  • Partner methodology remains protected.
  • Delivery is measured through the Academy79 OS.
  • No public child profiles or guaranteed professional outcomes.
The market

Football knowledge is global. Access is not.

The bridge between football's greatest development systems and the next generation of players.

Methodology without a market layer

Historic football institutions possess valuable methodology but often lack a dedicated commercial and operating layer in new markets.

Facilities without differentiation

Local academies have facilities and players but lack differentiated methodology, international credibility and consistent coach education.

Fees without evidence

Families pay significant fees but often receive limited evidence of player development.

Events without a pathway

Tournaments create activity but rarely create a durable developmental pathway before and after the event.

The Academy 79 solution

One system. Four connected partners.

Academy79 helps world-class football institutions expand responsibly, helps local academies deliver better development, and gives players access to learning, competition and international experiences that were previously difficult to reach.

Provides

Academy79

  • Market research
  • Customer acquisition
  • Commercial structuring
  • Partner qualification
  • Technology
  • Storytelling and media
  • Sponsorship
  • Program management
  • Reporting
Brand architecture

Two pillars. One accountable system.

Pillar one

Football Partnerships

Bring a proven football-development system into a new city, region or country without losing the football identity that made it valuable.

  • Market entry
  • Methodology licensing
  • Academy partnerships
  • Coach education
  • Clinics and camps
  • Tournament activation
  • International experiences
  • Sponsorship and media
Pillar two

Player Development OS

Turn every session, assessment and development objective into evidence that coaches, families, leadership and sponsors can understand.

  • Player passports
  • Curriculum
  • Session planning
  • Assessments
  • Private evidence
  • Family reports
  • Academy reporting
  • Sponsor reporting
How the partnership works

Preserve the football DNA. Localize the delivery.

Six stages from institutional alignment to regional expansion, with technical and brand approval required before anything launches.

  1. 1

    Align

    Academy79 and the methodology institution define the authorized product, target markets, brand protections and technical standards.

  2. 2

    Qualify

    Academy79 identifies and evaluates local academies, tournament operators and regional partners.

  3. 3

    Design

    The parties create the product, pricing, delivery plan, personnel model and success metrics.

  4. 4

    Activate

    Local coaches receive education, programs launch, and clinics and competitions are delivered.

  5. 5

    Measure

    The Academy79 OS tracks curriculum delivery, player assessments, evidence, family reporting and organizational results.

  6. 6

    Expand

    Successful pilots become recurring licenses, regional programs, tournaments and international experiences.

Product suite

What can be purchased today.

Every engagement is scoped with the methodology institution and the local operator before it is priced.

Football institutions and local operators testing a new market

Market Validation Sprint

A focused engagement that establishes whether a market is real before anyone commits capital, personnel or brand.

  • Market assessment
  • Customer discovery
  • Partner qualification
  • Commercial model
  • Pilot plan
  • Revenue assumptions
  • Risk and brand framework
Engagements from $7,500.Request scope and investment
One qualified local academy and one methodology partner

Founding Academy Pilot

A limited local implementation combining partner methodology, coach education and Academy79 measurement.

  • One academy
  • One defined age group
  • Coach onboarding
  • Development curriculum
  • Baseline and endline assessment
  • Family reports
  • Executive report
Programs from $20,000, subject to technical scope.Request scope and investment
Academies, clubs, federations and school programs

Coach Education

Consistent coaching is the difference between a curriculum on paper and a curriculum on the pitch.

  • Virtual education
  • In-person workshops
  • Curriculum implementation
  • Session observation
  • Technical feedback
  • Continuing development
Custom cohort pricing.Request scope and investment
Academies, communities and event hosts

Clinics and Player Development Camps

Short-format delivery with real assessment and private reporting attached, rather than a weekend with no follow-through.

  • Partner-approved coaching
  • Player assessment
  • Coach workshops
  • Private development reports
  • Media and storytelling activation

Clinics and camps are developmental experiences. They are not trials and do not guarantee selection.

Custom program pricing.Request scope and investment
Tournament operators, leagues and regional associations

Competition and Tournament Activation

A tournament becomes a development platform when preparation, observation and follow-up are designed around it.

  • Development-focused tournament structure
  • Technical workshops
  • Player challenges
  • Coach education
  • Sponsor activation
  • Content production
  • Optional player-development awards

Player-development awards recognise participation and progress. They do not guarantee contracts, registration or selection.

Activation and revenue-share models available.Request scope and investment
Qualified academies and approved cohorts

International Development Experience

Training, competition and cultural learning inside an authorized football environment abroad.

  • Training immersion
  • Technical education
  • Competitive exposure
  • Cultural programming
  • Player-development feedback
  • Coach learning
  • Academy visits

Participation is an educational and developmental experience. It does not guarantee registration, recruitment, representation or a professional contract.

Partner dependent. Request scope and investment.Request scope and investment
Academies, clubs, schools and program sponsors

Player Development OS

The measurement layer that makes every other product accountable.

  • Player passports
  • Curriculum management
  • Assessments
  • Private evidence
  • Parent reports
  • Academy dashboards
  • Sponsor and leadership reporting
Subscription pricing by cohort size.Request scope and investment

Published figures are indicative starting points for public planning. Final scope, technical personnel and investment are confirmed in writing with the methodology institution and the local operator.

Competition engine

Training builds capability. Competition reveals it.

Academy 79 does not treat tournaments as isolated events. Each competition sits inside a loop of preparation, observation and follow-through.

1

Before competition

  • Curriculum
  • Coach preparation
  • Player objectives
  • Baseline assessment
2

During competition

  • Decision-making under pressure
  • Technical observation
  • Team behaviors
  • Player reflections
  • Approved media documentation
3

After competition

  • Development report
  • Coach feedback
  • Player action plan
  • Continued academy programming
  • Selected international learning opportunities

The cycle repeats: what a competition reveals becomes the next block of academy programming.

Initial market strategy

Built locally. Connected globally.

Validation begins in United States markets with dense youth-football participation, then extends into international theses where methodology demand is credible.

Schematic market plate. Positions are indicative only and do not represent operating territories.

Middle East

Saudi Arabia

Large-scale youth-football development, coach education, technical centers and long-term football investment.

Initial U.S. validation markets
ChicagoMiamiDallasNew York / New JerseyWashington, D.C. / MarylandAtlantaSt. Louis

Initial Academy79 market-development priorities — not announced operating territories.

30-day partnership validation

Evidence before commitment.

A four-week structure that converts an institutional conversation into a decision supported by real market evidence.

Week 1 — Alignment

  • Approve product scope
  • Define brand protections
  • Name commercial and technical contacts
  • Confirm approved outreach language
  • Establish preliminary economics
Success trigger

Buenos Aires Technical and Commercial Immersion

Triggered by
  • One signed pilot, or
  • Two qualified commercial opportunities with credible budgets.
Proposed visit objectives
  • Observe the methodology in practice
  • Meet technical and international leadership
  • Document training culture and competition
  • Develop approved media assets
  • Finalize curriculum and coach-education requirements
  • Confirm the operating model for international expansion
Business model

A recurring model built around licenses, delivery, experiences and technology.

Academy 79 earns from building and operating the market layer — not from representing players.

  1. Layer 1Partnership and licensingRecurring territory and academy relationships.
  2. Layer 2Program deliveryCoach education, clinics, camps and competitions.
  3. Layer 3ExperiencesInternational development and cultural immersion.
  4. Layer 4TechnologyPlayer passports, assessment, evidence and reporting.
  5. Layer 5Media and sponsorshipContent, brand activation and partner visibility.
Market-validation and partnership-design fees
Methodology-license sales commissions
Annual market and account-management retainers
Coach-education program fees
Clinic and camp program-management fees
Tournament activation revenue
Sponsorship and media sales commissions
International-experience program fees
Player Development OS subscriptions
Reporting and analytics services

Revenue-sharing terms between Academy 79 and a methodology institution are confidential and are never published. Academy 79 is not a player agency and does not take a share of player transactions.

Who should partner

Six ways into the system.

Historic football institutions

Expand internationally while protecting your methodology and identity.

Discuss an international expansion

Local youth academies

Differentiate your organization through proven technical education, international credibility and measurable development.

Explore an academy pilot

Professional club academies

Add a consistent measurement layer across age groups without displacing your technical staff or your football identity.

See the Player Development OS

Tournament operators

Turn an event into a year-round development, content and sponsorship platform.

Explore competition activation

Federations and associations

Strengthen coach education, development consistency and talent pathways.

Discuss coach education

Sponsors and strategic investors

Fund visible youth-development outcomes instead of logo placement alone.

Review the sponsorship model
Founder

Jeff Magloire

Founder, Academy79

Jeff Magloire is the founder of Academy79. His background spans technology, product management, finance, private markets and international business. After traveling across more than 50 countries and working with organizations at the intersection of technology and institutional transformation, he founded Academy79 to connect world-class knowledge with communities that historically lacked access.

The world does not lack football knowledge. It lacks the systems required to distribute that knowledge responsibly, measure its impact and connect it to opportunity.

Jeff Magloire, Founder, Academy79

Player Development OS

Evidence a family, a coach and a board can all read.

Player passports, curriculum delivery, assessments and private reporting — all built around strict youth-data boundaries.

  • No public child profiles by default.
  • Explicit parent or guardian consent.
  • Role-based access.
  • De-identified organizational reporting.
  • No guaranteed academy placement or professional outcomes.
  • No unauthorized use of partner brands.
  • No independent sublicensing of partner methodology.
  • Technical and brand approval required before program launch.
  • Local operators remain responsible for facilities, insurance, medical protocols, staff screening and local compliance.
  • International travel requires appropriate consent, safeguarding and operating partners.
Amara R. (sample learner)
Cohort 1 · Weeks 1–12 · Chicago
79 Passport
Personal goal

“Scan the field twice before I receive the ball.” Set in week 2 with her coach.

Coach observation

Checking shoulders more consistently in small-sided games. Next focus: first touch away from pressure.

Learner reflection

“When I look early I have more time. I tried the same thing before answering in class.”

Family update

Week 6 summary shared with guardian: 6 of 6 sessions attended, 2 goals in progress, 4 reflections completed.

Organization summary (aggregated)
24
Participants enrolled
12
Weeks scheduled
1
Showcase planned
Illustrative pilot interfaceFictional names and sample data. Features may vary by program.
Founding partnerships

Build the bridge with us.

Academy 79 is selecting founding methodology institutions, local academies, tournament operators, federations and sponsors ready to validate one market, deliver one measured program and expand what works.

No guaranteed academy placement, trials, selection, transfers or professional outcomes.