| President Tommy Thompson 2530 SW 105th Terrace Davie, FL 33324 407-852-6770 954-475-1686 Email: tthompson@fysa.com |
Executive Director Ed Thiebe 7201 Lake Ellenor Drive Suite 200 Orlando, FL 32809 407-852-6770 407-852-6771 Email: ethiebe@fysa.com |
By the Numbers
Established: 1974
Number of registered players in 2006: 100,000
Key Tournament Dates
Florida Youth Soccer Annual General Meeting – last weekend in July
US Youth Soccer Florida State Championships finals – May 18-20
Florida US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program Tryouts – varies upon age and location
Presidents Cup and Hackworth-Davis Cup – March 30 – April 1
Notable Alumni
Four former Florida Youth Soccer players were drafted in the first two rounds of the MLS draft: Dax McCarty (Maitland), Blake Wagner (Tampa), Josmer Altidore (Boca Raton), Nathan Sturgis (St. Augustine)
Full Men's National Team: Ed Johnson (Palm Coast) and Cory Gibbs (Plantation)
• U20: Nathan Sturgis (St. Augustine)
• U18: Dax McCarty (Winter Park)
• U17: Anthony Wallace (St. Pettersburg), Jeremy Hall (Tampa), Josimer Altidore (Boca Raton), Greg Eckhardt (Orange Park)
• U15: Jason Alvarez (Palm Coast), Zack Macmath (St. Petersburg)
• U14: Andrew Craven (Jacksonville), Zachary Herold (Port St. Lucie), Eric Reyes (Pembroke Pines), Stefan Jerome (Davie), Joshua Fusan (Windermere)
Full Women's National Team: India Trotter (Boca Raton) and Daniele Fotopolus (Altamonte Springs)
• U21W: Ashlyn Harris (Satellite Beach)
• U18W: Jane Alukonis (Indialantic)
• U17W: Ella Stephan (Indialantic) and Marissa Kazbour (Countryside)
• U15W: Annick McBryar (Indialantic) and Alexandra Crown (Lake Mary)
Did you know?
• It is a shorter drive than Pensacola to Key West: from Pensacola to San Antonio, Texas, St. Louis, Mo., Indianapolis, Ind., Columbus, Ohio, and Richmond, Va.
• Key West is closer to Cozumel, Mexico, all of Cuba, Grand Caymen Island, and the Bahamas than to Pensacola.