Celebrating 50 Years of ASA: Recreational League
Leading up to the Golden Gala—ASA’s 50th Anniversary celebration on March 26, 2022—we are sharing interesting historical facts about the history of ASA. Check in each week to learn about the history of the club, what the early years looked like, who was involved and much more! [Here’s week 1 and week 2 in case […]
Celebrating 50 Years of ASA: Organizational Structure
Leading up to the Golden Gala—ASA’s 50th Anniversary celebration on March 26, 2022—we are sharing interesting historical facts about the history of ASA. Check in each week to learn about the history of the club, what the early years looked like, who was involved and much more! [Here’s week 1 in case you missed it]. […]
Celebrating 50 Years of ASA: Participants & Branding
Leading up to the Golden Gala—ASA’s 50th Anniversary celebration on March 26, 2022—we are sharing interesting historical facts about the history of ASA. Check in each week to learn about the history of the club, what the early years looked like, who was involved and much more! ASA was founded in 1970 with 60 boys […]
ASA introduces Grassroots Manager
Alexandria Soccer Association (ASA) welcomes Will Sutton as the Grassroots Manager. This new role is an important investment in further reducing barriers to program participation and improving the quality of ‘grow the game’ initiatives and grassroots programs like Recreational Soccer, Rec Futsal, and Access4All After School Leagues, which support 700 kids annually at title 1 […]
ASA announces Adult Programs Manager Veliko Uzunangelov
Alexandria Soccer Association is excited to welcome Veliko Uzunangelov as the Adult Programs Manager. In this part-time role Veliko will oversee and support all aspects of the adult soccer and futsal leagues at ASA as well as provide additional play opportunities in the future. He has been working as the adult soccer league’s referee assignor […]
ASA Announces Academy Director and Academy Support Structure
Alexandria Soccer Association is excited to welcome Gonzalo Ramella to the full-time team as Community Partnership & Boys Academy Manager. Gonzalo, who has coached in the Academy program for nine years, will be a familiar face to many. He joined the staff team full time on May 1st and has jumped in quickly to support […]
Academy Tryouts 2021 — an inside look
As we kick off another tryout season for our Academy (travel) soccer program we thought it would be helpful to refresh and re-share some information we consolidated in the past! We put together this Q&A with what soccer tryouts look like from the inside—from ASA’s coach and admin leadership perspective. Below is a look into […]
7 Nutrition Tips for Teenage Athletes
Thank you to our wonderful partners at OrthoVirginia for providing this guest blog post. Certified Sports Performance Coaches authored the information below. Tip 1: Eat For Energy Inadequate energy, or caloric intake, can lead to early onset fatigue, irritability, poor performance and recovery. Make sure you are getting an adequate number of calories from healthful […]
ASA announces Futsal Manager, Camps & Tournaments Manager
Alexandria Soccer Association (ASA) is thrilled to formally welcome two well-known faces who need no introduction, Ben Hawkins—Camps & Tournaments Manager and Tim Lenzo—Futsal Programs Manager. Ben & Tim join the ASA Program Management Team in a full-time capacity to oversee camps, tournaments, Futsal Ball Mastery and the Futsal League, respectively. Ben and Tim have […]
Soccer Coach in Training Program
The popularity of the US Women’s National Team and the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) both continue to grow, alongside the number of girls who play soccer each year in the United States. Unfortunately, the number of female soccer coaches, at every level of play, remains lackluster. In 2018 only 26.2% of Division I NCAA […]