Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Virginia Rush Accepts Invitation to Join Exclusive "Elite Clubs National League"







April 14, 2009

Release:

The Rush is proud to announce that we have accepted an invitation to participate in the Elite Clubs National League (formerly Red Bull National League). The ECNL will be the highest level league of girls youth soccer IN THE COUNTRY! Currently 32 teams clubs have confirmed their participation with a target of 40 elite clubs to be named soon. Included in the prestigious membership are more than 50% of the 2008 Soccer America top 30 girl’s soccer clubs in the USA. League competition requires that each club field teams in the U15, U16 and U17 age groups.

As the 2008/2009 reaches the half way point our girls have already played against nationally ranked #3 SoCal Blues, #8 Colorado Rush, #22 Crossfire Premier, and # 27 CA Mustangs!

We look forward to being a charter member of a league that is spearheading opportunities for the development of competition for the best players in the country. We are thrilled to be able to offer these levels of national competition to the Rush U15, U16 and U17 girl’s teams and are the ONLY club in the area who was invited to join the ECNL.

Congratulations to the players who have laid the foundation for our invitation into the ECNL. You have risen above the levels local competition can offer and have propelled the Rush to playing on a National stage!

Monday, April 13, 2009

Letter of Appreciation for Rush Athletic Trainer, Chrissy Ames

State Cup Games for Saturday April 18

HRSC 13 @ 11am - U13B Swoosh versus Churchland Academy Orange
HRSC 13b @ 11am - U12G Academy Blue versus U12G Academy Black
HRSC 13b @3pm - U12B Academy Black versus Herndon Boca Jnrs

Robinson HS (Fairfax)
2:00pm - U12B Academy Blue versus Great Falls Cougars

Good Luck to all of our teams.

VCCL Select - U14 Boys

Ethan Scott and Alex Lally from the U14 boys Nike team recently made huge contributions at both ends of the field in helping the VCCL Select team win the International Easter Tournament in Clearwater, FL.
Ethan scored 4 goals in four games, while Alex (playing in goal) conceded only one goal in four games on route to defeating Clearwater Chargers 94-95 Red in the Final. Congratulations boys on a job well done.

VCCL Select 6 - 0 Plant City Lancers
VCCL Select 7 - 0 Poinciana River Plate
VCCL Select 7 - 0 Simon Langton (England)

Final
VCCL Select 2 - 1 Clearwater Chargers 94-95 Red

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Why I Love Football - Sam Allardyce

Sam Allardyce, manager of Blackburn Rovers, explains why he loves the game. Not really surprised by his answer about "best thing about match day".

Swindon Town Player versus Coach Head2Head

A Swindon Town Academy player goes Head2Head with one of their coaches in a juggling contest. Come on coach!!!!!

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

USSDA ADMITS FIVE NEW CLUBS, ONE VIRGINIA CLUB

Joining the Academy in 2009-10 will be California Development Academy (Sacramento, Calif.), Houston Dynamo (Houston, Texas), Kansas City Wizards Juniors (Kansas City, Mo.), McLean Youth Soccer (McLean, Va.) and NJSA 04 (Holmdel, N.J.).