Felix Acosta

Holds:  United States Soccer Federation (USSF) National “A” License, United Soccer Coaches (USC) D.O.C Diploma, (USSF) National Youth License, (NSCAA) Goalkeeping National Diploma.

Cyclones Coaching Highlights:

  • 2024-25 U10 Boys Black:  Champions Florida Extreme Cup and Cape Coral Cup. EDP U10 Fall League Champions.   U8 Boys Black: Champions Naples Spring Shootout, Adidas Cup & Tampa Super Cup.  Finalist Bradenton Cup & Dimitri Cup.  U15 girls Blue Head Coach: Champions Bradenton Cup & Finalist Ft Myers Kickoff.
  • 2022-23 U8 Boys Black:  2nd place SWFL League in U9 division.  Champions Ft. Myers Kick off.   U12 Boys Black: Champions: Ft Myers Kickoff. Region C Champions.  FYSA STATE RUNNER UP.  U10 Boys Region C Champions Playing UP in U11 division. Champions Southeastern Labor Day Cup & Extreme cup. 
  • 2021-22 U11 Boys Black:   USA League Winners.  Region C Champions / Southeastern-USA Labor Day Cup, Champs USA League, Champs Florida Extreme Cup.
  • 2021-22 U11 Boys Blue: SWFL league Champ. Champions West Pines, Champs Salty Palms Showdown, Champs Dimitri Cup, Champs Cape Coral Cup
  • 2012-2013 Head Coach for U11 Girls and U15 boys Cyclones.  Both teams were the Division 1 Region C Championship.
  • 2010-’11 U14 girl’s cyclones team coached by coach Felix were Presidents Cup Champions and represented the state of Florida in the National Regional Tournament in Alabama.

Coach Felix has been coaching in SWFL for over 15 years, involved with the development of recreational, competitive, and collegiate athletes and is Founder of Acosta Academy of Excellence (2014).  U23 PDL assistant coach for the 2012 and 2013 seasons.

His experience goes beyond SWFL, traveling nationally and internationally to compete, and educate himself about other soccer cultures. Some of these travels include:

  • Adidas International Training Program (2013); Real Madrid CF, Spain
  • USSF “A” License International Workshop (2015); FC Porto, Benfica, Sporting of Lisbon FC, Portugal
  • 45th Annual McDonald’s Cup and Cordial Cup (2016); Weil en Rhein, Germany and Kembs, France – First team from United States to compete in tournament, where the youth academies of Juventus, Chelsea, Olympique de Marseille, Bayer 04 Leverkusan, FC Barcelona, and eventual tournament champions Borussia Dortmund competed as well.
  • Took 2003-2004 age group boys to Costa Rica (2017) to compete in exhibitions against youth academies of professional clubs Alajuela, Belen, and Regional Select Players.
  • Austria (2018) Cordial Cup with the U15 Boys, some of  youth academies that competed Borussia Dortmund, Red Bull FuBallakademie Salzburg, Ajax Amsterdam, FSV Mainz, Yokahama Japan.
  • Peru  Dec 2018 and Dec 2019, Exhibitions games U15-U16 youth academies Alianza Lima, Universitario, Deportivo Municipal  and Attend Coaches (ANEF) Seminario Internacional