Three soccer players from Virginia have been named semifinalists of the Inspireum Soccer Awards.
Tyler Hobbs (Chesapeake),
Christian Metzler (Woodbridge), and
Gaela Normile (Virginia Beach) are hoping to win the $25,000 in scholarships.
The list of 50 semifinalists will be narrowed down to 12 finalists on December 13th by the National
Selection Committee that includes coaches April Heinrichs and Jurgen Klinsmann.
Taylor SchisslerEclipse Select and U.S. Soccer Communications
CHICAGO -- Eclipse Select Soccer Club defender and New Lenox, Ill., resident Taylor Schissler is
one of 26 players who were called in to participate in the U.S. U-18 Women's National Team's final
training camp of 2011.
The Lincoln-Way Central junior will take part in a Dec.
FC Milwaukee defender Brittany Von Rueden is headed south for the final U.S. Under-18
women's national team camp of the year.
Von Rueden, a Notre Dame recruit, is one of 26 players called in by U.S. Soccer women's
technical director April Heinrichs for the camp Dec. 11 to 18 in Sunrise, Fla.
