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SYA Travel - Where Champions Come to Play!
Committed to player development and soccer excellence
Welcome to the home of the Southwestern Youth Association Travel Soccer program. The teams are based in the Clifton/Centreville area but draw from many surrounding communities including Fairfax, Manassas, Chantilly, Reston, Burke and Fairfax Station. SYA is a member in good standing of the Virginia Youth Soccer Association and teams compete in WAGS, NCSL and ODSL.
HOT OFF THE PRESSES! THE FIRST EDITION OF SYA TRAVEL SOCCER'S "TRAVEL TIMES"
SYA Players Compete in ODP National Championships!
Congratulations to Jared Windt and Paul Boehme!
 Congratulations to Jared Windt and Paul Boehme of
the SYA Copperheads U-16 boys team who
represented Virginia’s ’92 boys team at the ODP
National Championships in Frisco, Texas March 8-9.
Virginia narrowly defeated the California South team 3-2
to win a place in the finals. Jared scored the opening goal
in the championship game against Indiana, but Indiana
leveled the score to send the game into overtime, where
they won 3-2. Jared has participated in the ODP program
for the past two years, and twice traveled to Germany
with the state ODP team, as well as being selected to
attend regional camp.
He hopes to play in the English Premier League one day!
Read more about the national championship game here:
http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/news/story.asp?story_id=3303
Congratulations to the SYA Teams on their recent achievments!
- Arsenal U-15 Girls PWSI Icebreaker Champions
- Jaguars U-15 Boys Liberty Cup Champions
- Arsenal U-12 Boys Liberty Cup Champions
- Bombers U-11 Girls Liberty Cup Champions
- Storm U-9 Girls Liberty Cup Champions
- Lions U-15 Boys MSC March Madness finalists
- Freedom U-14 Girls Arlington Invitational Finalists
SYA Coaches Game
SYA Travel Coaches Meet in Match ECL Park, Thursday, February 28, 2008
Thursday, February 28 was a frigid night at ECL, when a large contingent of SYA travel coaches and friends gathered under the lights to play soccer. A crowd of SYA travel players and their parents assembled in the stands to watch, parents huddling under blankets and children bearing signs and doing cheers and generally supporting their coaches.
Congratulations to the Fall 2007 Character Counts award winners!
Girls Travel - Hannah Smith (U-12 Electric)
Boys Travel - Eric Lewis (U-12 Arsenal)
Travel Coach - Willi Williams (U-16 Girls Avalanche)
Congratulations to the WAGS Sportsmanship Award Winners!
WAGS has named their Fall 2007 Sportsmanship winners. Teams in each division in each age group voted for the team which displayed the best sportsmanship during the fall season and we are extremely proud of the four SYA teams who won the award:
U12 Swifts
U13 Arsenal
U15 Arsenal
U19 Select
30% of the SYA’s teams playing in WAGS won this award, which is exceptional. Congratulations to the players and coaches on these four teams. In addition to other ’goodies’, they will receive tickets to a DC United game and will be honored on the field at half-time during a match in 2008!
Statistically, 56 clubs have teams playing in WAGS, and only one other had four teams win awards (Loudoun). Two clubs had three winners, and eight clubs had two teams recognized.
Congratulations to our SYA girls and their coaches and to all of the winners in this first presentation of the WAGS Sportsmanship Awards!
Travel Program Information
The SYA travel program offers competitive soccer teams of all levels. Players looking for a premier team giving them exposure to college coaches, and those who simply want a more challenging level than recreational soccer can provide, will find an SYA travel team that is right for them.
All SYA travel teams hold open tryouts following the Spring season around late May or early June, but many have openings during the year as well. Please refer to the list of teams provided on this page to contact the appropriate coach.
For more information on the SYA travel program in general, you may also contact the following club officials:
¨ SYA Soccer Director of Operations/Coaching Rob Olson Tel: 703-440-5038
¨ Girls Travel Commissioner - Kathy Hull
New! Travel Team FAQs
Wondering if Travel soccer is right for your child? Click here for more information.
SYA Travel Teams 2007-2008
The following age groups are for the 2007-2008 seasonal year, and are valid from Aug. 1, 2007 through July 31, 2008. Please consult this chart to find the right team for your player. In all cases, the player must be born on or after the date listed:
U-18 -- 8/1/89 U-13 -- 8/1/94
U-17 -- 8/1/90 U-12 -- 8/1/95
U-16 -- 8/1/91 U-11 -- 8/1/96
U-15 -- 8/1/92 U-10 -- 8/1/97
U-14 -- 8/1/93 U-9 -- 8/1/98
SYA SOCCER'S DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND COACHING, ROB OLSON, INDUCTED IN TO THE VYSA'S HALL OF FAME
Awards ceremony held on February 4, 2006
SYA Soccer is honored to announce that Rob Olson, Director of Operations and Coaching, has been inducted in the Virginia Youth Soccer Association’s Hall of Fame as a player. Rob played soccer at the College of William and Mary, where his team won three Virginia state championships and where he was named to the Senior Bowl, All-South, and All-State teams. He was second all-time leading scorer when he graduated. After graduation, Rob was a member of the 1983 US National team and then played professionally with the Georgia Generals (American Soccer League), Kalamazoo Kangaroos (AISA Indoor League), and the Washington Stars (ASL). Since 1997, Rob has been the Director of Coaching here at SYA Soccer He has been on the Soccer Academy staff for 20 years and is the Assistant Director of Soccer Education and a coach for many of its programs. Rob currently coaches a U17 WAGS team and is on the VYSA coaching education staff.
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