SYA Girls Receive USWNT VIP Experience at PPL Park



PPL Park - USWNT vs China 05/27/2012

Chester, PA - Sunday evening VA Soccer News was at PPL Park in Chester, PA along with Southwestern Youth Association (SYA) who took a contingent of the youth clubs girls players up to Philadelphia to watch the U.S. Women's National Team compete against China in a pre-olympic international friendly.

These lucky young SYA players along with some parents and coaches where treated to a VIP experience, greeting the USWNT players as they came on the field, watching warm-ups up close at field level, and escorting players from both teams onto pitch to kick off the match. It was a magical experience, and many of the USWNT players chatted with and gave autographs to the SYA girls.

U.S. Women’s National Team Defeats China 4-1 in Front of Sold-Out Crowd of 18,573 at PPL Park in Chester, Pa.

U.S. midfielder Heather O'Reilly was hilarious as she related crowd noise to youth parents yelling at players during games (see video below).



 
VA Soccer News would like to thank Eric Hunsaker (BlackLabFilm+TV) who has produced other amazing videos for us in the past for this stunning video, U.S. Soccer, and finally everyone who was part of the SYA group on a beautiful soccer day in Philly.

SYA Soccer Names Paul Ellis as Technical Director

SYA Soccer is pleased to announce that Paul Ellis has joined the staff as Technical Director. Coach Ellis will guide SYA’s coaching staff to achieve the highest quality and most effective program of soccer coaching, education and training.
Ellis has a strong coaching resume having coached at George Mason University as well as State and Regional Olympic Development Teams. He was the Head Scout for the US Women’s National Team at the Athens Olympics and has coached youth teams to 7 Virginia State Titles, 3 Region one championships and 1 National Championship.

10 Northern Virginia Travel Soccer Clubs – with upcoming Tryouts:

UPDATE - For the most up-to-date club tryout information check our: Travel Soccer Tryouts (2013-2014) page.

http://www.vasoccernews.com/p/travel-soccer-tryouts.html

Well even though the 2010 Spring Soccer Season is wrapping up here in Northern Virginia and families are making their summer plans, its already time to think about the 2010 Fall Soccer Season. For many players that means tryouts. Some players will be returning travel players who have played for many years and others will be hoping to join the wonderful, busy, competitive, and sometimes downright crazy world that is Travel Soccer.