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Get Cancellation & Urgent Updates Sent to You

Tired of trying to find out if a game or practice has been cancelled?  Well now you can sit back and let the news come to you! 

Valley AFC is using RainedOut.com to send cancellations and urgent updates via text messaging and email for Arsenal Travel & Recreational players. 

RainedOut.com has the ability to set-up multiple groups.  This allows Valley AFC to send targeted emails & texts to a team, a group of teams or all teams across both our Arsenal & Recreational programs. This will remove the burden from team managers having to make phone calls about a last minute change or cancellation.  Sign Up Instructions>>

Valley AFC Arsenal League Play - Fall 2010

Valley AFC Arsenal has Great News about our league affiliations for the Fall 2010. The Arsenal will have teams playing in two leagues, the Blue Ridge Class League (BRCL) and the Skyline League Premier League.

We talked about moving into the the Skyline South this fall. The members of the BRCL made a decision to keep the league going, while adding teams from the Roanoke Star, New River Soccer Club and Smith Mountain Lake Soccer Club. The BRCL currently has 94 teams committed to play this fall, up 32% from last fall (71 teams).

The Skyline Premier League has extended an offer to 8 of Valley AFC Arsenal teams. Playing in the league will allow our teams to face strong competition against larger clubs from the region. We will have "block" scheduling, meaning all 8 teams will play at the same place and on the same days.  The Skyline Premier League teams consist of:

SOCA
Augusta FC
Shenandoah Valley United
Central Virginia United
Roanoke Star Soccer Club
New River United Soccer Club

Below is a list of our Arsenal teams and what league they will play in this fall. 

Should you have any questions, please contact John Faircloth, Director of Soccer. 

The Arsenal Green U11 Girls win a championship at Beat the Heat

The Arsenal Green U11 Girls won a championship at the Beat the Heat Tournament in Winston-Salem, NC the weekend of April 24th & 25th.  They went 4-0 outscoring their opponents 21-2.  Congratulations girls! 

The Arsenal U19 Boys win a championship at the NVSC Fall Classic Tournament

The Arsenal U19 Boys won the top high school bracket at the NVSC Fall Classic Tournament the weekend of November 21st & 22nd.  They outscored their opponents 13-1 (lone goal came on a PK) and won the championship game 2-0.  Congratulations to the U19 Boys!
 

Three Arsenal Teams win championships in the Piedmont Shootout Tournament

All 14 Arsenal Teams attended the Piedmont Shootout Tournament in Martinsville the weekend of November 14th & 15th.

Three teams won championships:

• Arsenal U14G: won the finals 1-0.

• Arsenal U14B: went 2-0-1, outscoring opponents 6-1.

• Arsenal U16G: went 4-0, outscoring opponents 19-3.

Two teams were finalists:

• Arsenal U17B: came in second in the High School Divison, losing to a U18 team in the finals.
• Arsenal U18G: went 3-0-1, finished second based on goal differential.

Other Notables:

• Arsenal U11G: lost in the semifinals.
• Arsenal U12G: lost in the semifinals.
• Arsenal U13G: lost in the U14G division semifinals in sudden death pk's
• Arsenal U13B: lost in the U14B divison semifinals.
• Arsenal U19B: went 2-0-1, didn't qualify for finals because of tiebreaker rules.

Congratulations to all the Arsenal teams for a strong showing! 

Valley AFC is now using Twitter!

Valley AFC Arsenal Travel has created a twitter account to announce club wide practice & game cancellations/changes.

When we send a "tweet" (an update), within seconds a text message will be sent to your cell phone if you enable your cell phone with this feature. This is a free service!

Instructions:

• Create a Twitter account if you don't have one

• Once you have an account, click On "Follow"

• If phone image after "Following" is not green, click on it (green means you will get tweets to your cell phone)

• Click here to begin: Follow Us>>

We will continue to update our website and office message with cancellations/changes.

 

8 of 13 Arsenal Travel Teams reach the finals at the Summer Sizzler Tournament

13 Arsenal Travel teams competed in the Summer Sizzler Tournament hosted by the Danville Soccer Club. 2 teams won championships and 6 others made it to the finals:

• Champions

  • U19B won the championship in their division.
  • U14G went undefeated (3-0-1) to win the championship in their division.

• Finalists

  • U17B lost a hard fought championship game on penalty kicks.
  • U15B lost 1-0 in the U16B championship game 1-0.
  • U14B lost 2-1 in the championship game, ending the match playing down 2 players.
  • U16G lost 2-1 in the championship game.
  • U12G lost 2-0 in the championship game.

Congratulations to all of the Arsenal Teams for doing an outstanding job!
 

We are pleased to announce that the Valley AFC Travel program will now be known as Valley AFC Arsenal.

In an effort to exemplify our unity as a Travel club and to better promote our club regionally, Valley AFC decided this spring to adopt one team name that all our individual travel teams would share. We polled our club members and "Valley AFC Arsenal" was the clear winner, capturing 60% of the vote. The next closest choice only received 14%. Thank you to all who share our enthusiasm for this change and took the time to vote. Go Arsenal!

Two teams win championships in the Radford Shootout Tournament May 30-31

Five Valley AFC teams competed in the Radford Shootout Tournament May 30-31. Two teams won the championship and one made the finals.

• The U-13 Girls needed to win their last game by 3 goals to qualify for the finals. Advancing to the final game, the girls played a tough U-14 team to take 2nd place.

• The U-12 Girls swept the tournament by going 4-0 and outscoring their opponents 14-2.

• The U-15 Boys won a thrilling championship game by beating their opponent 4-3 in penalty kicks.

Congratulations to all five teams that attended the tournament, for a great showing and all their hard work.

Two teams are Finalists in the "Beat The Heat Tournament" in Winston-Salem

The U12 Girls Dynamo and the U15 Boys Revolution made it to the finals Sunday of the Beat the Heat Tournament in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Both teams had intense semi-final games. The Dynamo went 0-0 through regulation play and two overtime periods, to end in a shoot-out where Goalkeeper Paige Stinson made three penalty kick saves to win the semi-final game. The Revolution rallied back from being two goals behind in their semi-final game to win 5-3 and give them their finals ticket. The Dynamo played a close game against the ETSF Lady Falcons in the final match, but lost 2-1. The Revolution played the CASL Crew and lost the final game 4-1.

VAFC also had two teams advance to the semi-finals: the U12 Boys Storm, and the U13 Girls Arsenal.

Congratulations to all seven teams that attended the tournament, for a great showing and all their hard work.