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NSR Founder - Ron "Spader" Levitt
Naperville, Illinois
A nationally licensed coach and
certified referee, Spader has been involved in youth soccer since 1995.
Recognizing the need for a more comprehensive, accurate and fair ranking
system, National Soccer Ranking.com was established on
September 18, 2000. Based out of Naperville, Illinois,
NSR is the
longest running, most widely recognized national, regional, and state
youth soccer ranking
system in the country. The intent of the rankings is to stimulate greater interest in boy's and girl's youth soccer and to
recognize those teams and clubs that are attaining remarkable success on a state, regional and national level. NSR is the only soccer web site utilized by all major
soccer tournaments for seeding purposes. We are the only web site
utilized by the USYSA National League for seeding and the only ranking
web site recognized by the Super Y-League. The Super Y-League is
affiliated with US Soccer and partnered with US Club Soccer.
NSR is currently involved in running 6 quality
tournaments around the country. We offer a platform for soccer
enthusiasts to get together and we have developed a player profile
system to bring college coaches and youth soccer players together.
NSR is constantly striving to help bring the "beautiful game" to
prominence in the U.S.
Spader lives with his wife Kim in Naperville,
Illinois. They have twins, Jessica and Ryan, entering their senior years
at the University of Illinois - Champaign and DePaul University in
Chicago respectively. Jessica is a member of the soccer team and
both Ryan and Jessica plan to attend law school upon graduation. Their youngest daughter Lauren will be
joining her older sister Jessica this fall on the University of Illinois
soccer team.
Janae Wilson - NSR Event Coordinator
Duluth, Georgia
Janae joined the NSR staff in 2003 and brings over 15
years of tournament experience with her. Janae oversees all event
administrative functions and coordinates all on-site volunteers.
Janae handles all of the scheduling and specializes at limiting coaching
conflicts and other challenges associated with multiple teams and site
venues.
Randy Wilson - NSR Technical Coordinator
Duluth, Georgia
Like his wife Janae, Randy joined the NSR staff in
2003 and also brings over 15 years of tournament experience with him.
Randy specializes in database development and is responsible for the
software that runs the real-time scoring at tournaments as well as the
bracketing and scheduling. Randy also developed the NSR Player
Profile System.
Nate Wilson - NSR Tournament Manager
Omaha, Nebraska
Nate joined the NSR staff in 2003 as the Assistant
Tournament Manager. Nate has since moved up to Tournament Manager
and is responsible for day to day operations of the tournaments.
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