The fall 2019 State Cup will launch in a big way this weekend with SOCA Elite teams playing in nine matches. SOCA will host seven of the state championship knock-out games and will travel for two of the match-ups. Come out and support SOCA Elite teams as they pursue the top spot in Virginia. All […]
SOCA Elite kicked off the fall 2019 State Cup campaign with a single match on Saturday, September 14. The U15 Elite Girls topped Virginia Legacy in a well-played and deserved 1-0 win at the WAHS stadium field. Stella Steigler provided the game winner at about the 30 minute mark, and the local defense did the […]
SOCA teams dominated the awards list at the recent Blue Ridge Cup, claiming a total of 30 trophies. With 165 teams in 31 divisions competing for championship and runner-up honors, SOCA took home 19 championship awards and 11 runner-up awards. SOCA-Augusta contributed two championship and three finalist trophies to the total with SOCA Elite and […]
SOCA recently announced the addition of Greg Paynter to the staff as the new Director of Goalkeeping and Premier Program Coordinator in Charlottesville. Greg has been working with SOCA in an adjunct capacity for two years and the club is pleased to welcome him to a full time staff position. Prior to moving to Charlottesville, […]
SOCA recently announced the hiring of Chris Stapler as the new Director of Coaching for the Augusta Region. Chris has an extensive soccer and coaching background having served as a head coach for many years within the Richmond Strikers Elite Travel Program. Chris’s passion for the game will be contagious throughout the club and he […]
SOCA Travel teams completed an unprecedented sweep of league play championships this spring season, by winning over-all club titles at the Elite, Premier and Classic levels. This remarkable achievement is the result of consistently high quality throughout the club’s Travel teams, across all levels of play. In the Elite level Club Champions League, the over-all […]
SOCA Travel teams hit the road over the Memorial Day weekend, with different groups headed to destinations around the mid-Atlantic, making big impacts wherever the SOCA colors were represented. The holiday weekend is the traditional end-of-season test for the U11-U15 age groups, as they wrap up their campaign. Club wide results are impressive, showing a […]
Over the Memorial Day weekend, 49 SOCA Recreation and Challenge teams battled for local bragging rights at the club’s annual Sunburn Tournament, held at South Fork Soccer Park and Charlottesville High School. Nearly 700 players were involved in the traditional season-ending event, capping off a fine spring season with some hot action on the holiday […]
On Saturday, May 4, both the girls and boys SOCA U13 Elite teams booked their passage to the VYSA State Cup semi-final round, with convincing quarter-final wins at home. Starting the day in the 11:00 am match at South Fork Soccer Park, were the U13 Boys, who jumped to an early lead, and ended with […]
