FRISCO, Texas (Nov. 23, 2021) — US Youth Soccer is excited to announce the 2021 regional winners of its 10 annual awards. The regional winners are now nominees for the national awards, and the national winners will be announced on Nov. 29th, before being recognized at the 2022 US Youth Soccer Awards Gala in Kansas City, Mo.
The Awards Gala will take place Jan. 22nd as part of the US Youth Soccer Workshop at the United Soccer Coaches Convention.
The awards include: Young Female and Male Referees of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Administrator of the Year, TOPSoccer Buddy and Coach of the Year, Girls and Boys Recreation Coaches of the Year, and Girls and Boys Competitive Coaches of the Year.
Goal and Save of the Year nominees will be announced at a later date, and voting will take place to determine the winner of each honor.
| Award | Regional Recipients |
| Young Female Referee of the Year | Amelia Coutts – Massachusetts Yuzim Valencia – Illinois Trystyn Cabello – South Texas Sofia Trujillo – Washington |
| Young Male Referee of the Year | Domenic Hoxholli – Massachusetts Bradshaw Harris Morel – Wisconsin Jacob Cohen – North Texas Kevin Au – Hawaii |
| Volunteer of the Year | Lorraine Schubert – New Jersey Darin Weber – South Dakota Scott Thompson – Arkansas Pat Ferre – California North |
| Administrator of the Year | Melissa Riemer – Virginia Chad Collett – Wisconsin Jenny Ferguson – Alabama Ryan Youngblood – Oregon |
| TOPSoccer Buddy of the Year | Molly Jendryka – New Jersey George Hageage IV – Michigan Matt Shelton – North Texas Keegan Donaca – Washington |
| TOPSoccer Coach of the Year | Miya Carmichael – New York West Steve McCollum – Ohio Colleen Hiltonen – Florida Brian Longbottom – Wyoming |
| Girls Recreation Coach of the Year | Deana Moreschi – Massachusetts Cleyo Harris – Michigan Imran Qayyum – South Texas Abbi Forwood – Wyoming |
| Boys Recreation Coach of the Year | Meagan Kalchbrenner – Virginia Jacob Plummer – Ohio Gary Miracle – Florida Zachary Ramirez – Oregon |
| Girls Competitive Coach of the Year | Martin DiCola – Eastern New York Erin Coppernoll – Wisconsin Tareyn Blanton – North Texas Luciane Wentz – Oregon |
| Boys Competitive Coach of the Year | Fayanga Keita – West Virginia Nicole Lukic – Wisconsin Leonardo Santin – Alabama Dillon Nino – New Mexico |
For more information about the US Youth Soccer Awards Gala and award winners, go to https://www.usyouthsoccer.org/awards-gala/
