[trisoccerfan] Burnley FC ink development deal with Cary PDL team, Next Level Academy

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W. Jarrett Campbell

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Nov 19, 2008, 12:00:27 PM11/19/08

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Burnley FC ink development deal with Cary PDL team, Next Level Academy

Fresh off a famous Carling Cup victory over Chelsea in penalties last week, Burnley FC have signed a partnership agreement to develop youth players with Next Level Academy which includes the re-branding of the current Cary RailHawks U23s into the 'Cary Clarets'.

The agreement is part of an initial two-year deal aimed at developing Academy-based and first team players for Burnley FC.

In return, Burnley FC has pledged to provide full backing to the Cary Clarets in terms of aiding youth development, sharing training methods and helping to establish the Cary brand. The partnership follows a successful tour to the United States in the summer of 2008, when Burnley played, and lost to, the U23 side at WakeMed Soccer Park during their preseason.

Burnley FC Operational Director Brendan Flood said: "We are delighted to welcome Cary as a club partner. The seeds of this burgeoning relationship were sown last summer and there is no doubt that Cary has an exceptional college set-up in the United States that we can hopefully tap into. The standard of players their Academy produces is high and we hope that working with Cary we can help both organizations to prosper."

RailHawks fans will remember that the Cary RailHawks U23s were never the formal property of Triangle Professional Soccer or the Carolina RailHawks, but rather the result of the Good For the Game partnership between the RailHawks, CASL, and Next Level Academy. NLA is run by former RailHawks' assistant coach Damon Nahas and former RailHawks' head coach Scott Schweitzer is a member of Next Level's staff.

Current RailHawks Owner/President Brian Wellman has said in the past that pursuing a partnership with a foreign club remains a priority for the team, but the team had no immediate comment today when contacted in regards to how this partnership with Next Level Academy may boost or preclude their partnership discussions with Burnley.

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