Elite Development League Announces Fall 2013 Schedule

Richmond, VA – The Elite Development League (EDL) has just announced its schedule of games for Fall 2013.  The 5 club league will start play for the Fall 2013 season on the weekend of August 24-25 and conclude games during the weekend of November 2-3.  

There are a total of 15 age groups participating in league play. The 15 age groups consist of the top teams in the U10 thru U16, and U18 boys and U10 thru U15 and U18 girls age groups. The 2013 Fall opening weekend features Culpeper SA playing away at Wake FC (Holly Springs, NC) .

The EDL schedule accommodates tournament play through the inclusion of league bye weekends. This Fall the EDL scheduled byes on Labor Day and Columbus Day weekends respectively. The EDL will also host its second annual EDL Columbus Day Tournament invitational in Richmond.

EDL Executive Director Bill Koeppen states “We are pleased with the simplicity of the scheduling process. The league schedules game dates while the technical directors  arrange kickoff times for each match. The scheduling format affords each club an easier model to manage their staff, an exciting player development environment, and a platform to strengthen club identity.”

A complete  league schedule can be found on the EDL website – www.edlsoccer.com

About the Elite Development League

Founded in February 2012, the Elite Development League (EDL) is a youth soccer league that provides an elite club centric environment to develop players and teams.  The EDL features a block scheduling system where all the designated “A” teams in one club play all the designated “A” teams of another club on the same day at the same field location.  The Fall 2013 season will be the second season of operations for the league. For more information, visit the EDL website at www.edlsoccer.com

USWNT Labor Day Training Session at RFK Open to the Public

CHICAGO (Aug. 5, 2013) - All U.S. Soccer fans are invited to attend the U.S. Women's National Team public training session on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 2, at 11 a.m. ET at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C.
Admission is free and open to the public. U.S. Soccer Supporters Club members will receive premium seating at the public training session. If fans wish to take part in this exclusive priority, they can join the U.S. Soccer Supporters Club through usssoccer.com/supporters. 

Fans attending the public training session at RFK Stadium are asked to park in Lots 5 or 8 and enter the stadium through Gate A. The doors at Gate A open at 10:30 a.m.
 
The U.S. will face Mexico on Tuesday, Sept. 3, at 8 p.m. ET and will be broadcast live on FOX Sports 1. Fans will be able to follow along on ussoccer.com's MatchTracker and on Twitter @ussoccer_wnt.
Tickets are currently on sale to the public through ussoccer.com, by phone at 1-800-745-3000 and at all Ticketmaster ticket centers throughout the Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia area (including many Walmart locations). Tickets will not be sold at RFK Stadium except for public training day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and on the day of the event.
The meeting between the two regional rivals in the nation's capital will mark the first international soccer match on the new FOX Sports 1, America's new sports network, which is expected to be available in more than 90 million homes when it launches on Aug. 17.
The game will feature many NWSL players on both teams as the USA and Mexico will meet for the first time since Jan. 24, 2012, a 4-0 U.S. victory during group play at the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Vancouver, Canada. Carli Lloyd registered her first career hat trick in that match and Heather O'Reilly added a goal as the Americans clinched a berth in the semifinals.

VIDEO :: 2013 NPSL National Championship Final Highlights

RVA FC CAPS OF “PERFECT SEASON” WITH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

By SCOTT WYANT
RICHMOND, Va.—In sports, it takes years to build a perennial power. For first-year program RVA Football Club, it took months to take a first step in making that happen, culminating in Sunday night’s 2-0 win over the Sonoma County Sol in the National Premier Soccer League National Championship played at Sports Backers Stadium.
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"Tear Down This Wall" - Biracial German-Americans play U.S. soccer

Here is an interesting piece done by George Howell of CNN discussing the link between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the current state of German-American players on the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team.

Sons of American soldiers stationed in Germany and German mothers choosing to play for the US. George Howell reports.