Hampton Roads - March 1, 2010 - Founded in 1990, Eurotech® celebrates 20 years in the soccer education industry this year. Long time Eurotech® Coaching Director, Rick Barnhill remembers the "early days" as they used to travel around the midwest conducting soccer clinics and day camps to what he calls "anyone who showed an interest in learning soccer skills!". The company’s first official camp was conducted by current National Director, Jim Risher and was attended by 18 players in the Quad-Cities, two of which went on to play NCAA Division 1 soccer at then powerhouse Western Illinois University. "One of those players, Eliu Hernandez, really applied himself and went on to become a PUMA Midwest All-Star Selection as a high school senior and eventually an All-American player at WIU which is something we still talk about to this day", stated Risher. The company signed on it’s first commercial camp agreement with Burlington Soccer Club in Burlington, Iowa and the club has been with the company ever since. Risher said, "Soccer in Burlington has grown and developed primarily due to Shawn and Chris Cushman, who have coached adn promoted youth soccer endlessly in that town for many years. To this day they still host a Eurotech® day Camp every summer and do a fantastic job with it." The entire Cushman family is now coaching and promoting soccer as their oldest daughter is now the high school coach after playing locally and in college for many years. Eurotech® saw about 8,000 players through their many programs back in 2005-2007 and have since developed a robust residential academy and sports travel division under one roof. "Our main focus at the moment are the residential academies an d soccer specific international tours. We are restructuring our day camp program model at the moment and have big plans for it", states Risher.