Coach Emily McMillan

developing technically sound, creative, & fearless players

focusing primarily on individual skills, ball mastery, first touch, ball striking, and finishing
Geaux Elite Soccer Development
Providing top technical soccer training in North Carolina and Louisiana.

Our sessions are designed for individuals, small groups, and teams of all levels and abilities to grow in their skills and have fun working hard. We aim to develop your player into the best all-around soccer player, athlete, and person they can be! We want our players to be confident and fearless on and off the field.

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1-on-1 sessions

Designed to maximize your time with our Staff and get as many touches on the ball in an hour as possible.

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Small Group Sessions

Designed for 2-6 players to allow you to work with friends and teammates and grow together. The same individual focus on ball mastery is there. Still, players feed off each other to push themselves past their limits.

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Seasonal Group Training

These occur in Fall, Winter, and Spring and are for 6-10 players. These sessions focus on ball mastery, technique, and finishing. The goal is to create a space for players to work on individual skills that are focused on outside of a larger team training format.

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Foundation

Geaux Elite was founded by Emily McMillan, (Coach Em), in June of 2023 after retiring from over 20 years of coaching club soccer in Louisiana and North Carolina. Upon leaving the club game, Coach Em wanted to continue to grow the game in her own unique way and impact young players.

Passion

Coach Em’s passion in the game is developing technically sound, creative, fearless players. She believes that a player who doesn’t have to worry about the ball at their feet can get their head up and make better decisions both on and off the ball.

Focus

Her training is designed to supplement your team sessions by focusing primarily on individual skills, ball mastery, first touch, ball striking, and finishing, which are hard to work on in a team format with games on the weekend to worry about.

Confidence

She is also a huge believer in developing strong, confident young athletes who can deal with and fight through adversity. It is not unusual to hear Coach Em talk as much about growing mentally strong as she does about being technically strong in her sessions.

Geaux Elite players are encouraged to support and encourage each other when they cross paths, whether it’s between training sessions or on the weekends at the fields.

Geaux Elite Soccer Camps
We offer sessions in both North Carolina and Louisiana.

At Geaux Elite, we offer camps designed to maximize what you learn at the most affordable cost. Our first two Futsal camps in Louisiana have been an enormous success. Futsal has been our focus as it maximizes the touches players get on the ball and the speed of play. We are looking to continue camps in Louisiana and expand to NC. Stay tuned!

In North Carolina, we train at area fields in North Mecklenburg County, including Bailey Road Park, Richard Barry Park, Bradford Park, and North Meck Park.

We also have a fantastic indoor turf facility off Sam Fur Road and access to a rubber floor facility at Cross Fit Cornelius.

In Charlotte, we train at Phantom Futsal, located at Middle James Brewery.

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In Louisiana, we are just getting started! We are growing to offer high-quality training in Tangipahoa Parish.

After two successful camps, there have been lots of requests for training. Our training is like no other found in Louisiana.

We train at Trafton Academy, Chapapeela Sports Park, and our Chilly Bin indoor facility.

We are looking to expand our offerings and add more players to the Louisiana Geaux Elite Fam!

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Our daughter started working with Coach Em for personal training in June of 2023. Her improvement in ball handling skills, speed, and shot performance was exponential from June to December. Her overall foot skills, her confidence, and her decision making on the field are elevated. The training she receives from Coach Em is exceptional. She is a true mentor as well as a coach. Best money spent on soccer training yet!"
Christy Pritchard, Mom
Piper 14
Our daughter started working with Coach Em for personal training in June of 2023. Her improvement in ball handling skills, speed, and shot performance was exponential from June to December. Her overall foot skills, her confidence, and her decision making on the field are elevated. The training she receives from Coach Em is exceptional. She is a true mentor as well as a coach. Best money spent on soccer training yet!"

Christy Pritchard
Christy Pritchard, Mom
Piper 14
The energy and enthusiasm Emily brings to training is contagious! Clear carryover in team training and game play not only in confidence on the ball but passion for the game. She has a way of getting a player excited for technique training that is often difficult to do for young players. We never miss an opportunity to get a session in when she’s in town. My son and players can’t get enough!
Jonathon Bonfiglio, Dad
Clark 10, Coach 2013 STYSA Elite 
The energy and enthusiasm Emily brings to training is contagious! Clear carryover in team training and game play not only in confidence on the ball but passion for the game. She has a way of getting a player excited for technique training that is often difficult to do for young players. We never miss an opportunity to get a session in when she’s in town. My son and players can’t get enough! 
Jonathon Bonfiglio
Jonathon Bonfiglio, Dad
Clark 10, Coach 2013 STYSA Elite 
We have three kids between the ages of 5 and 13 who all train with Coach Em and love it! Em has such a passion for soccer technique and footwork, and brings her extensive coaching background and loads of fun to every training session. She tailors the sessions to the level of each player, has such a positive energy and truly cares about our kids! They leave exhausted but feeling great knowing that they put in the work to improve their game. I highly recommend Geaux Elite!
Shannon Deesch, Mom
Harper 5, Dylan 10 and Ali 13
We have three kids between the ages of 5 and 13 who all train with Coach Em and love it! Em has such a passion for soccer technique and footwork, and brings her extensive coaching background and loads of fun to every training session. She tailors the sessions to the level of each player, has such a positive energy and truly cares about our kids! They leave exhausted but feeling great knowing that they put in the work to improve their game. I highly recommend Geaux Elite! 
Shannon Deesch
Shannon Deesch, Mom
Harper 5, Dylan 10 and Ali 13
We absolutely love Geaux Elite! Coach Em has a masterful program and my daughter’s footwork and confidence on the ball and ability to take players on 1 v. 1 has been developed. I fully endorse Geaux Elite to any soccer player looking to level up and become an elite soccer player.
George Bell, Father
Madison 12 and Cooper 18 
We absolutely love Geaux Elite! Coach Em has a masterful program and my daughter’s footwork and confidence on the ball and ability to take players on 1 v. 1 has been developed.  I fully endorse Geaux Elite to any soccer player looking to level up and become an elite soccer player.  
George Bell
George Bell, Father
Madison 12 and Cooper 18 
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