ALBION SC Central Valley originated as CenCal Cosmos. The concept of CenCal Cosmos came into being in 2013, when founding President Joel Gambrell, DOC Kevin Botterill and a group of like-minded soccer people decided that the soccer community of Fresno deserved a better option. The club was designed with the guiding principles of long term development of players, long term development of coaches, fiscal responsibility and transparency. Cosmos began in earnest in the spring of 2014 with 7 teams and added 5 more that May. Success on the field was almost immediate as the U17 girls won the USClub Regional Tournament and represented the Western Region at The USClub National Championships in Greenville, NC.

The following year marked the beginning of the extraordinary success of the Cosmos Youth Academy as the U9 boys won the NorCal State Championship to be named the best team in Northern California. This was the first boys team from the Central Valley to win a NorCal State Cup ever. 2016 surpassed everyone's expectations, as CenCal Cosmos established themselves as the preeminent youth development program in the whole of Northern California. Every boys team from U12 down ('05, '06, '07 and '08 birth year teams) finished in the top ten in NorCal State Cup with the '07 and '08 boys both finishing second. The '07 second team also finished in the top 16. On top of this, the '08 girls team finished 5th in the State. In just 3 short years, CenCal Cosmos became one of the San Joaquin Valley's largest and most successful soccer clubs, and every year we build on that succsss.

In addition to the success that the Cosmos teams have had, the club has also fulfilled its mission of providing opportunities for players beyond the Cosmos setup. Kayla Calmes, Christian Silva, and Frank Brunnemann have all represented the Region IV ODP team. Numerous players have committed or are currently playing college soccer. Ryen Darling committed to Oregon State, Elisa Soderholm played at UW-Milwaukee, Nerisse Bugho is playing at UC-Riverside and Kayla Calmes is playing at Fresno State. A number of other players are playing at NCAA DII, DIII, NAIA or NJCAA schools.
 

ALBION SC was formed in 1981. ALBION SC was one of the first competitive clubs in San Diego and the top program in San Diego. In the late 80’s early 1990’s many competitive clubs in the area started emerging and heavily competing. In 1998 ALBION SC landed Technical Director, Noah Gins to take over and professionalize the club, develop a club wide curriculum and develop players and teams to play at the highest level in the US. At the time, the club consisted of 6 ALBION SC teams and a large recreational program.

Looking at the present... The club has over 150 plus teams, 1000 plus players representing the ALBION Junior Program, a full blown Recreational program and has played in 20 National Championship games and being crowned National Champion in 2019, 2021, and 2022, won almost every major event in the US, developed over 40 National Team players, many MLS Player and put hundreds and hundreds of players into College on over $57 million dollars in Soccer Scholarships to date. The club represents some of the best soccer in the country and has one of the most prolific coaching staffs within youth soccer. The club is progressively looking at ways to advance the club and the players and will continue to push to higher levels moving forward.  The standards of excellence that the club has set is a bar that only few can achieve in this country.  ALBION SC will continue to make history as it paves the way in youth soccer.