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The Pride is... 40 girls with birthdays between 8/1/97 and 7/31/98 who love to compete, love to learn and love to play soccer.
The Pride competes... in both the Washington Area Girls Soccer League (WAGS) and the Old Dominion Soccer League (ODSL). Our teams compete against teams all over Northern Virginia and the DC Metro area as well as participate in tournaments throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. The Pride is trained by... Bill Creswick. Coach Bill is a nationally-licensed soccer coach with nearly 30 years experience. He holds both United States Soccer Federation (USSF) and National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) coaching accreditation. Bill is a former assistant coach for the Marymount University (Arlington, VA.) Women’s Varsity, and since 1996 has coached both boys and girls soccer at Robinson Secondary School (Fairfax, VA). More Info about Coach Bill and the Pride Training Program. The Pride was established... in June of 2006 and currently we have 4 teams of girls. Pride Blue and Pride White compete in WAGS while Pride Red and Pride Gold compete in ODSL. The Pride is a member of... Springfield South County Youth Club and we are sanctioned by the Virginia Youth Soccer Association The Pride home field... is Hooes Road Park in Springfield, Virginia. The Pride girls have a blast... playing competitive matches and always learning something new about the Beautiful Game! The Pride teams have select openings for talented WAGS and ODSL players including goalkeepers. We're always looking for girls who Play the game with PRIDE! The Pride Program currently has 2 WAGS teams and 2 ODSL teams. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions: coachmike@sycpride.org Our age group coordinator is Mike Jones. Our head trainer is Bill Creswick. 2009 Virginian SemifinalistsPride Gold and Pride Blue both advanced to the semifinals in the 2009 Virginian tournament. Pride Blue fell in PK's while Gold fell to a strong Loudoun White team. Congrats to both teams on a solid tournament weekend!Division 2 ODSL ChampionsPride Gold finished with 7 wins and only one loss in their first year of ODSL competition taking first place in ODSL Division 2. Congrats on a great season Pride Gold!Latest TournamentsPride White advanced to the championship game in the CMSSL March Mania tournament in Columbia, Maryland, but couldn't fight off a tough Calverton team. The girls finished with two strong wins and a draw over the weekend in this preseason tuneup.Pride Red wins the Hunt Country Classic!  Pride Red - Champions, 2008 Hunt Country Classic Pride Red played some super soccer in the 2008 Hunt Country Classic in November. The girls won a semifinal on penalty kicks and convincingly wrapped up the championship in the final 3-1 over a Stafford team that handed them their only defeat of the weekend earlier in the tournament. Congrats girls!  Pride White at FC Frederick Small Sided Shootout Pride White finished as the runner-up based on tiebreaker points in the FC Frederick Small Sided Shootout over Columbus Day weekend. After dropping the first match to the host FC Frederick Blue team, the Pride ran off three straight wins to finish the weekend with some excellent soccer and bring home a second place trophy. Pride Red finished with a couple solid victories in the FC Frederick Small Sided Shootout while Pride Blue and Pride Gold both brought home victories in the Richmond Kickers Columbus Day weekend event. Well done Pride girls! 2008 Virginian Champions!Pride White won the U10 Girls Silver East Division Championship on Memorial Day with a 1-0 victory over Loudoun 97 Black in a rematch of the Arlington Invitational March championship game. This capped a run of four victories against only one loss in a holiday weekend full of soccer. Pride Blue were semifinalists in the U10 Girls Silver West Division and lost a heart breaker in penalty kicks to the eventual champion. Pride Red ran off two convincing shutout victories by a combined 8-0 margin, but was also nipped twice for losses to come up just short of the championship in the U10 Girls Bronze Division. Visit the Virginian Website for all the tournament details! Congrats to all the Pride girls for a great weekend!  Pride White - 2008 Virginian U10G Champs! More Recent CompetitionSilver Medalists - Arlington Spring Invitational Runner Up - CMSSL March Mania - Silver Division Runner Up - Hunt Country Classic - Premier Division Runner Up - Dulles National Soccer Tournament - Champion Division |
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 SYC Pride - 2007 Sun Cup Team A collection of girls from all three Pride teams traveled to Virginia Beach to play a weekend's worth of games on the beautiful Bermuda grass fields at the Hampton Roads Soccer Complex. The girls came away with a loss in the semifinals, but lots of fun soccer experience and great competition.  2007 McSoccerfest Team Five Pride girls brought home silver medals from the McDonalds 4v4 McSoccerfest in July. |
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