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VIP Soccer Academy offers weekly soccer practices, participation in league games, summer programs, fun events, and soccer games on the weekend. Youth players train in an environment where professional coaches safely teach technical skills, communication skills, and conditioning and training.
• Ages: 3–17 years old
VIP Soccer Academy has experienced and licensed professional coaches. The academy prides itself on a variety of courses geared towards every age and background. Victor Popovsky holds a B.S. in Health and Physical Education and an M.S. in Exercise Science from Kean University and holds a National “D” soccer coaching license. In the 2011 season, Victor Popovsky was nominated coach of the year by both the Daily News and the New York Post and is a recipient of the Metro Award for Special Recognition for helping student teachers succeed with their educational goals.
The leadership team includes Founder and Coach Alisher Shaislamov, who is the general manager and head coach of VIP Soccer Academy and also coaches for the Kingsborough Community College men's soccer team. President and Coach Victor Popovsky is a former professional soccer player, head coach of Grady High School, teaches Physical Education at P.S. 321 in Park Slope, and is an adjunct professor at Kingsborough Community College as well as a coach for their soccer team.
VIP Soccer Academy states that it values discipline, hard work, and sportsmanship and that it helps students develop soccer skills and achieve prime performance. The academy states that it challenges players to be their best in teamwork, perseverance, and decision making and that it values both players and family and strives for players’ progress to succeed both academically and athletically. It states that it teaches players to be respectful to teammates, parents, and family and to be good citizens. The club states that it is against unlawful discrimination of any form and kind and against any use of violence and that it conducts its business in a respectful manner with high expectations for coaches, players, and families.
Last updated June 3, 2026.
• Ages: 3–17 years old
VIP Soccer Academy has experienced and licensed professional coaches. The academy prides itself on a variety of courses geared towards every age and background. Victor Popovsky holds a B.S. in Health and Physical Education and an M.S. in Exercise Science from Kean University and holds a National “D” soccer coaching license. In the 2011 season, Victor Popovsky was nominated coach of the year by both the Daily News and the New York Post and is a recipient of the Metro Award for Special Recognition for helping student teachers succeed with their educational goals.
The leadership team includes Founder and Coach Alisher Shaislamov, who is the general manager and head coach of VIP Soccer Academy and also coaches for the Kingsborough Community College men's soccer team. President and Coach Victor Popovsky is a former professional soccer player, head coach of Grady High School, teaches Physical Education at P.S. 321 in Park Slope, and is an adjunct professor at Kingsborough Community College as well as a coach for their soccer team.
VIP Soccer Academy states that it values discipline, hard work, and sportsmanship and that it helps students develop soccer skills and achieve prime performance. The academy states that it challenges players to be their best in teamwork, perseverance, and decision making and that it values both players and family and strives for players’ progress to succeed both academically and athletically. It states that it teaches players to be respectful to teammates, parents, and family and to be good citizens. The club states that it is against unlawful discrimination of any form and kind and against any use of violence and that it conducts its business in a respectful manner with high expectations for coaches, players, and families.
Last updated June 3, 2026.
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