Based on an open submission process and online voting, the national US Youth Soccer Goal of the Year award winner is Leonardo Lindo of Palo Alto, Calif., and the Save of the Year winner is Alyse Scott of Marietta, Ga. Lindo plays for Palo Alto SC and Scott patrols the net for NASA 12 Elite 2.

US Youth Soccer and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), two of the nation’s soccer leaders, are merging their respective annual gatherings for the first time in January 2013 to create the game’s most influential event of the year. The combined convention will appeal to the entire soccer community as US Youth Soccer brings the annual US Youth Soccer Workshop to the NSCAA Convention.​

US Youth Soccer honors Gary Allen as 2012 US Youth Soccer Excellence in Youth Coaching Education award recipient