SYA/FCV Player Brittany Basinger in Azerbaijan for the U17 Women's World Cup

Check out this great post from ussoccer.com about SYA/FC Virginia player Brittany Basinger and her call-up an journey to Azerbaijan to join the U.S. Under-17 Women's National Team for the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

ussoccer.com: Basinger Phones Home

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.

2011 SYA Cardinal Cup - August 13-14

Southwestern Youth Association is hosting the 8th annual Cardinal Cup August 13-14. SYA is expecting around 150-200 teams to this year’s event! 

EVENT DATE: August 13-14, 2011

U9-U19 boys teams and U9-U19 girls teams

LOCATIONS:

Field of Dreams

Poplar Tree Park

Kinchloe Park

TOURNAMENT FEATURES:

• U9-U19 1st and 2nd Place awards
• No 8:00 am games!
• Assigned by quality referee association
• Located in Centreville/Clifton Area
• Vendors at site with soccer products
• Minutes from historical attractions
• Veteran tournament management
• Field warmup times between games


TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Steve Lovgren, steve@cspsoccer.net , 804-833-2092

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.