Philosophy

Our Philosophy

Utah Celtic FC believes in a balanced approach to player development that creates a competitive environment to build team values and individual character for success in soccer and life.

Our Core Values

We create an environment of balance, development, character, and success

Balance - Here at Utah Celtic FC we believe that a key part of development is having a balanced culture. We believe kids should have time off, play other sports and develop other things in their life. This culture of balance helps retain players from blow out and keeps their spark for soccer alive.
Development - Development is our number on focus here at Utah Celtic FC. We strive to develop technical, tactical players who play our brand of soccer.
Character - We recognize that soccer is a small time in our players lives. We design our environment to influence the players outside of soccer for the better. We like good soccer players, but love good kids.
Success - We develop to be successful. Here at Utah Celtic FC we have a long history of incredible success that separates us as the best clubs in the state. We define success in team wins and college recruits.

Our Training Philosophy

Detailed Purpose - Every training session will support a very detailed purpose and end goal. Every session will lead to the players understanding a topic more than they did before.
Game like - The game is the best teacher. We truly in teaching the kids to play soccer by playing soccer. Our activities are game like and will create scenarios the kids will see during matches.
Problem Solving - Soccer is all about problem solving in a creative way. Our activities will force the players to think and solve problems on their own. As coaches, we do not give answers to these problems, but simply guide the players to discover them on their own.
Competitive - We love to compete! We compete as hard in trainings as we do games. Every activity will keep the players motivated and working hard.

College Recruits

CLASS OF 2022 COMMITMENTS
Sierra Pennock - BYU
Avery Frischknecht - BYU

CLASS OF 2021 COMMITMENTS

CLASS OF 2020 COMMITMENTS
Paola Garcia - BYU
Haven Empey - BYU
Tara Warner - BYU
Addy Symonds - Utah State
Bre Eves - UVU
Grace Beeston - UVU
Lily Haskins - UVU
Paige Easter - UVU

CLASS OF 2019 COMMITMENTS
Jamie Shepherd - BYU
Rachel McCarthy - BYU
Gabriella Jensen - Dixie State
Samantha Brady - Minnesota
Becca Olsen - Salt Lake Community College
Amanda Bryan - Snow College
Sydney Bushman - Snow College
Alaina Pestana - Snow College
Brecken Mozingo - UCLA
Anna Pickering - Utah
Chelsea Peterson - Utah
Megan Astle - Utah State
Kathryn Wynn - Utah State
Tennessee Schellenberg - UVU
Abbi Graham - UVU
Megan Unbedacht - UVU
Erika Oldham - UVU
Jocelyn Bybee - UVU

CLASS OF 2018 ALUMNI
Hailee Atwater - UVU
Katie Haskins - UVU
Kennedy Jex - Southern Utah
Callie Fisher - Salt Lake Community College
Catherine Hill - University of San Francisco
Sage Gentry - Snow College

CLASS OF 2017 ALUMNI
Ellie Smith - BYU
Cameron Tucker - BYU
Savanna Empey - BYU
Siri Dahl - UVU
Brinley Nelson - UVU
Amanda Mangelson - UVU
Kami Warner - Utah State
Ashley Hughes - Utah State
Callie Burt - Snow College
Ally Carlisle - SUU
McKenna Kondel - Dixie State
Victoria Page - Dixie State
Brooklyn Vogelsberg - Dixie State
Malaree Weller - Dixie State
Kamryn Worthington - Salt Lake Community College
Sena Warren - Salt Lake Community College

CLASS OF 2016 ALUMNI
Elise Flake - BYU
Lizzy Braby - BYU
Ella Ballstaedt - Utah
Carly Nelson - Utah
Natalee Wells - Utah
Olivia Burnett - Utah State
Kaitlin La - Utah State
Alecia Robinson - Utah State
Imelda Williams - Utah State
Catherine Billings - Minnesota
TJ McKendrick - Minnesota
Breanna DeWaal - UVU
Adrene Harding - UVU
Jenna Shepherd - UVU
McKenzie Humphries - San Francisco
McKenzie VanBuren - Salt Lake Community College
Whitley Sargeant - BYU Hawaii

CLASS OF 2015 ALUMNI
Cassidy Smith - BYU
Kate Gurney - BYU Hawaii
Natalie Lewis - BYU Hawaii
McCall Smith - BYU Hawaii
Jessica Smith - BYU Hawaii
Sahalie Donaldson - BYU Hawaii
Brittney Porter - University of Washington
Courtney Stromberg - UVU
Laken Flinders - UVU
Jordyn Chung-Hoon - Utah State
Jennie Davis - Dixie State
Amelia Fullmer - Iowa Western/Lamar
TJ Thompson - SUU
Audrey Searle - Chandler-Gilbert

CLASS OF 2014 ALUMNI
Katie Ross - Dixie State
Bailey Clark - Iowa Western

CLASS OF 2013 ALUMNI
Nicole Gowans - Iowa Western
Kiona Christensen - Iowa Western
Kristine Reynolds - Iowa Western/BYU Hawaii

CLASS OF 2012 ALUMNI
Bailey Nielsen - Utah

CLASS OF 2011 ALUMNI
Marissa Nimmer - BYU
Hillay Smith - BYU

CLASS OF 2010 ALUMNI
Angelica Dickson - BYU

CLASS OF 2008 ALUMNI
18 Players

CLASS OF 2007 ALUMNI
Hailee DeYoung - University of Portland
Nicole Urry - BYU
Cassidy Shumway - BYU
Mercedes Koning - BYU
Karissa Henage - Idaho State
Crosby Joyner - Idaho State
Heather Hatfield - Utah State
Stefani Shiozaki - Utah State
Heather Pond - Utah State
Alyssa Toomey - Utah & Weber
Christine Quinn - Utah
Nicole Cardon - Utah
Jennifer Nielsen - UNM & UVU
Stephanie Lowry - UNM
Jessie Badley - Santa Clara

CLASS OF 2005 ALUMNI
Jana Davis - Idaho State
Kilee Quigley - Idaho State
Chelsea Roberts - Idaho State
Laura Baggley - Idaho State
Katie Fellows - BYU
Katie Larkin - BYU
Whitney Feller - BYU
Jessica Harmon - BYU
Karen Cook - BYU
Megan Richardson - BYU
Stephanie Staples - BYU
Katy Reineke - Utah
Lynzee Lee - Utah
Kelly Isleib - Utah
Danielle Sample - Utah
Candice Clark - Utah State
Jessica Darrow - Utah State
Lindsey Foote - Utah State
Lacey Christensen - Utah State
Jamie Hatfield - Utah Valley University
Shantae Adams - Utah Valley University
Shayla Adams - Utah Valley University
Katie Clark - Southern Virginia University
Jessica Thompson - University of Nevada, Reno
Kira Lazenby - Iowa Western
Lisa Crump - Weber

CLASS OF 2003 ALUMNI
Haylee Cuthbert - BYU
Amberlea Anderson - BYU
Courtney Asay - BYU

Major Championships

Summer 2019
Utah Celtic 2000 - National Champions USYS
Utah Celtic 2001 - National Champion Semi Finalist USYS

Utah Celtic 2000 - Far West Regional Champions
Utah Celtic 2001 - Far West Regional Champions
Utah Celtic 2004 - Far West Regional Champions

Spring 2019
Utah Celtic 2000 - State Cup Champions
Utah Celtic 2001 - State Cup Champion Finalist
Utah Celtic 2002 - State Cup Champions
Utah Celtic 2004 - State Cup Champions

Utah Celtic 2001 - National League Champions
Utah Celtic 2004 - National League Champions
Utah Celtic 2000 - Desert Conference Champions

Spring 2018
Utah Celtic 2000 - State Cup Champions
Utah Celtic 2000 - Desert Conference Champions
Utah Celtic 2004 - State Cup Champions

2005-2017
15 State Cup Championships