Chesterfield United Football Club in Richmond, VA has had multiple players from their youth teams selected to participate in prestigious international tournaments and an elite women's showcase.
JoJo Taylor and Jackie Zerull invited to participate in the Puma Elite Women's Showcase held in July Puma has informed Chesterfield FC that two of their very talented young women, JoJo Taylor and Jackie Zerull, were selected to participate in the Puma Elite Women's Showcase held in July.

A third Wisconsin player will be part of the U.S. Youth Soccer Boys ODP Thanksgiving Interregional next week in Chula Vista, Calif.

Wind Lake midfielder Luke Prpa (North Shore United) was one of 36 players named to the U.S. Under-14 national team for the event, which starts Wednesday and runs through Nov.

Two Wisconsin players were named to Region II teams for the U.S. Youth Soccer Boys ODP Thanksgiving Interregional, which is Nov. 24 to 28 at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif.

Vuk Latinovich of the Milwaukee Kickers was chosen to play for the 1997 regional team at the event, while Jack Shaw of Bavarian SC earned a spot on the 1998 team.

More great news regarding local soccer players has just been announced by VYSA today. Last week we shared the news of 9 players from Virginia being selected as representatives at this year's US...
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*Update - James (Max) Edwards was also at the U-14 camp bringing the total number of Virginia players to 9 from the previously reported 8. Edwards plays for PWSI. Recently players from Virginia...
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Mark your calendars! The Olympic Development Program (ODP) District tryouts are just around the corner. Tryouts for the upcoming season are for players (male and female) born in the years of 1995,...
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From the Evansville Courier Press, July 24, 2011
There has always been a 'High School versus Club' debate between groups on both sides of the discussion of the best place for young soccer players to ply their trade, but a recent initiative from US Soccer could escalate this debate to all new heights.

The Virginia Youth Soccer Association State Championships (or State Cups) is a state championships competition conducted annually by the Virginia Youth Soccer Association (VYSA) for boys and girls...
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Ortega - Hawkins - Henry - Opfer, Springfield SC 95-96

Springfield Soccer Club has announced that a trio of their players have been added to the Missouri State ODP squad. Nicole Ortega (Catholic HS), Kasey Opfer (Glendale HS) and Aspen Hawkins (Central HS) (Alternate) have made the 95 Girls ODP State team.

FC Milwaukee defender Brittany Von Rueden was called into a U.S. Under-18 women's national team training camp June 7 to 14 in Chula Vista, Calif.

Von Rueden, who lives in Mequon and has verbally committed to play at Notre Dame in 2012, was one of 24 players named to the camp roster by coach April Heinrichs.

Article reprinted with permission of the author: Coree Reuter
It was raining this morning when I woke up and headed down south to Stafford, VA to watch Virginia's State ODP training session. Rain is my favorite soccer weather, so I should have known straight away it was going to be a good day.

While Anthony Wallace is making his first appearance with the full team, he is no stranger to the U.S. National Teams set-up. A former member of the U-17 Residency Program in Bradenton, he has represented the U.S. at the U-18 level and played in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

Below is an outstanding article by Bela Dziengeliewski about the challenges that the US Soccer Development Academy is presenting to their participants, which limits their opportunities to be recruited by college soccer programs.