2007 Boys | Eastern Regional Champions
We sat down with Coach Grigor and Coach Daniel to chat about their Regionals experience. https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/10700204 We have two exciting things share today! WE WON A REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP! The 2007 boys red team poses with parents and siblings during the eastern regional tournament in West Virginia. 2. We launched a podcast! You can listen to Coach […]
Coach of the Month: Will Hanna
Each month we feature one ASA coach to learn more about his or her background and personal story and this month (July 2019) we’re featuring Coach Will! What programs do you coach at ASA and how long have you been coaching with our club? I have coached in ALL of our programs—Tots, Summer Camps, Ball Mastery, […]
Academy Tryouts 2019–2020
The Academy tryout season is here. Below are a few resources we thought might come in handy. Alexandria’s Academy tryouts kick off next week with the U9 (2011 birth year) age groups. The U17+ girls’ sessions will take place the following week, and all other age groups will try out the week after Memorial Day. […]
ASA Partners with MB Athletics
ASA partners with MB Athletics to educate Coaches on Communicating the Mental Game to Athletes One of the newest editions to ASA’s support staff is Mental Training Consultant and Peak Performance Expert, Robyn Kenney. She is the Director of a locally-based organization, MB athletics. On March 23, 2019, MB Athletics and ASA are co-hosting a Coaches […]
How to protect the body against the common denominators of soccer injuries
Jennifer Schwartz is a Master Level Muscle Activation Techniques™ Specialist and certified Exercise Physiologist. She oversees Alexandria Soccer Association’s Injury Prevention and Fitness program and her exercise and rehab practice in Alexandria. In the ASA culture we want players to stay healthy and confident about their performance throughout each soccer season and throughout their time […]
Keeping on Eye on the Big Picture
Our journey to the Futsal National Championship and what it really means. Our 2005 and 2002 boys futsal ID teams have landed in Santa Clara, California. They’re getting acclimated to the time change and prepping for the United States Futsal Federation national championship that kicks off tomorrow. A lot, and we mean A LOT, of […]
Coach of the Month: Peja Ilic
Each month we feature one ASA coach to learn more about his or her background and personal story and this month we’re featuring Coach Peja. What programs do you coach at ASA and how long have you been coaching with our club? I have been coaching at ASA for four years. I’m currently coaching the U9 […]
Annual MARPSA Awards
Earlier this Spring our Executive Director, Tommy Park, was honored as the Administrator of the Year at the Mid-Atlantic Recreation and Parks Sports Alliance, GoodSports in our Communities annual award ceremony. Recognition of MARPSA GoodSports was created to highlight and promote positive sportsmanship within our communities. We’re proud of Tommy and our ASA community for […]
Soccer Tryouts — A Club’s Perspective
As we approach tryouts for our Academy (travel) soccer program we thought it would be helpful to sit down with our Technical Director, Ryan Rich, to ask him what tryout season looks like from the club side. With U9 tryouts kicking off next week and U10 and older dates approaching quickly, this seemed like the […]
Coaching After College
Former Catholic University Women’s Soccer player Juliet Onufrak recently began coaching for several of our programs. We sat down with her to talk about her experience thus far and how her playing experience and soccer knowledge helped prepare her for her new role as a coach. How did you get involved coaching with ASA and […]