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mo4ch:> Derrick Pereira - Development, not results, the focus of FC Goa's youth system | Mo4ch News

FC Goa creating the next generation of footballers in the football mad state of Goa…Indian Super League (ISL) outfit FC Goa have a steady flow of talent coming in, thanks to robust age group teams and the Forca Goa foundation.One of Salgaocar FC's greats and former India international, Derrick Pereira, is the technical director and is in charge of club's youth development since the last three years."When I joined three years back, we started from the age groups of U-14, U-16, U-18, U-20 and the dev (developmental) team. In the first year, the U-18 and the develepmental team trained together before we separated the devlelopmental team from the U-18 from the next year. So we kept on improving our structure along with our coaching staff," Pereira informed Goal.Editors' Picks"Now, in the third year, we started our grassroots leagues (Little Gaurs Leagues) through the Forca Goa foundation for U-6, U-8 and U-10 kids to build the football culture from an early age,…