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SOCA Hires New Director of Coaching and NPL Coordinator

Philip Silverman joins SOCA as DOC for the National Premier League. The Soccer Organization of the Charlottesville Area has hired Philip Silverman as the club’s Director of Coaching in charge of National Premier League travel teams. Philip will direct the NPL level of SOCA’s Travel Program, managing 15 teams, U11-U19, boys and girls, in the […]

Elites Show Well at CCL Showcase, Prep for VBR Star

SOCA Elite teams are getting ready to close out the fall CCL campaign with a final match day against the VBR Star on Sunday, December 15.  The match ups will include the U16 through U19 boys and girls teams, with games taking place at Charlottesville High School stadium (boys) and Albemarle High School stadium (girls). […]

SOCA-Cville Scores Second Place in Skyline Premier Division

The Skyline Club Soccer League recently completed the fall season proceedings with close races for the overall championship at both the Premier and Classic levels. Final matches were played just prior to Thanksgiving and completed results tabulations were presented at the fall season general meeting in early December. At the Premier level, SOCA-Charlottesville was edged […]

SOCA Sweeps Three Club-Wide League Crowns

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-Charlottesville Classic Teams Win Fall League Championship

SOCA-Charlottesville Classic teams combined efforts to win the Skyline Club Soccer League Club Championship for a record eleventh consecutive season.  The Club Championship is determined by points earned by each club based on the placement of teams in each division. Leading the way, three SOCA-Charlottesville squads claimed first place in their respective divisions:  U12 Girls, […]

SOCA Successes Continue in Tournament and CCL Play

SOCA Travel teams continued to collect tournament hardware over the November 9-11 weekend.  The Elite Girls teams traveled to the Bethesda Premier Cup in Maryland where three squads claimed championship crowns. The U18/19 Girls Elite topped their bracket over teams from Pittsburg, New York City and Central Pennsylvania. The U16 Girls Elite won their group […]

Elite Teams Travel to Roanoke, Game On!

SOCA’s Elite teams traveled to Roanoke on Sunday, September 23, where despite wet conditions that have plagued the region, all matches proceeded.  The energy on the fields was high as players released the pent up desire to actively compete.  Recent continued wet conditions have caused field closings throughout the state, and the relief of getting […]

SOCA-Charlottesville Claims Both Premier and Classic Skyline Titles

SOCA-Charlottesville Premier and Classic teams amassed the points for a run-away title within their respective Club Championships in the spring Skyline Club Soccer League competition. Each season an overall club champion is crowned at both the Premier and Classic level, determined by points earned by the teams in each of the age group divisions.  SOCA […]

U18 Elite Boys Advance to Regional League Semi-Finals

The SOCA U18 Boys Elite team has advanced to the Eastern Regional League championship playoff round by virtue of three clear victories over the long weekend of April 27-29.  The SOCA team secured a spot in the playoffs, where they will face Baltimore Celtic in semi-final action on May 12, in Delaware. The local Elites […]

U18 Elite Boys Notch Regional League Wins

The SOCA U18 Boys Elite team faced steep challenges in Eastern Regional League play over the March 29-31 time period, and came away with two key wins and a single loss in the three day event. The Eastern Regional League is a highly selective program operated to provide top quality matches among the most competitive […]