Hotspur Announce Final Open Tryout Date

The Fredericksburg Hotspur have announced a final open tryout date for the club's USL PDL team for the 2012 season. The men's team will hold tryouts on Sunday, April 15th, from 12-2 p.m. at Patriot Park, located at:

5710 Smith Station Road, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22407

There will be a $25 tryout fee per player. Registration and payment must be received by noon on the day of the tryout. Any player making the squad will be reimbursed their $25 fee. 

According to the United Soccer Leagues guidelines, USL rosters may consist of a maximum of 26 players, with 18 designated for each game. PDL teams are permitted a maximum of eight foreign players per roster.
All players trying out for the Hotspur squad must present a valid ID. Players are encouraged to bring water and be ready to take the field at the exact start time of tryouts.

For more information visit the web site at http://www.fasasoccer.org/

Carl Gray returns to lead Fredericksburg Hotspur

The Fredericksburg Hotspur of the USL's PDL have announced that head coach Carl Gray will be returning to lead the Hotspur for another season.

In the inaugural season for the Hotspur the club finished in last place of the South Atlantic Division with only 9 points a result of their 2-11-3 record. The club also conceded the most goals in the division, allowing 23 goals against.

2012 Fredericksburg Hotspur PDL Schedule

USL Soccer Release: Gray Returns To Coach Hotspur

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - Fredericksburg Hotspur has announced that Carl Gray will be returning for a second season as the team's head coach for the 2012 PDL campaign.

"I am excited to be a part of the 2012 Hotspur PDL team," said Gray, a veteran coach who has also played an important role in Virginia's Olympic Development Program for years. "We are in the process of putting together a team we think will contend for the South Atlantic division title."
 

Local teams Hotspur, Royals, Piranhas 2012 PDL Season Schedule Released

Three Virginia teams that particpate in the Premier Developmental League can now start  planning for their 2012 season matchups. The USL released the 2012 PDL Schedule today. The Fredericksburg Hotspur, Northern Virginia Royals, and Virginia Beach Piranhas will play in the South Atlantic Division of the PDL in 2012.

2012 PDL Schedule

TAMPA, Fla. – United Soccer Leagues released the 2012 divisional alignment and schedule for the PDL today, with the 584-game regular season getting underway on April 22 as LA Misioneros FC faces the Fresno Fuego.
 
Thirteen new teams have joined the PDL for 2012, including the Austin Aztex, Baltimore Bohemians, Boston Victory, CFC Azul, Chicago Inferno, FC Tucson, Ocala Stampede, Palmetto FC Bantams, Panama City Beach Pirates, Texas Dutch Lions, Southern West Virginia King’s Warriors, VSI Tampa Flames and Worcester Hydra.

Several teams have announced name changes including the Sounders FC U23 (Tacoma Tide), El Paso Patriots (Chivas El Paso Patriots), Fraser Valley Mariners (Abbotsford Mariners), LA Misioneros FC (Los Angeles Legends), West Texas Sockers (West Texas United Sockers) and Seacoast United Phantoms (New Hampshire Phantoms).

The PDL will feature 73 teams in four geographic conferences and nine divisions. The Eastern Conference features three divisions while the Southern, Central and Western Conferences feature two divisions each.  PDL clubs will play 16-game schedules in 2012, eight home and eight away. The defending PDL champion Kitsap Pumas open their 2012 campaign on Friday, May 4, when they travel to play the Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 at Swangard Stadium.