VYSA & ASA ‘Soccer IN School’ initiative is selected by U.S. Soccer
Alexandria, Virginia — Virginia Youth Soccer Association (VYSA) and Alexandria Soccer Association (ASA), in partnership with Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS), were recently awarded an Innovate to Grow grant from US Soccer. Funded for three years and beginning this fall, ASA and VYSA will launch “Soccer IN School” — the program will bring a two […]
Jen Walker Team partners with Alexandria Soccer to support scholarships
Alexandria Soccer Association (ASA) announced its new partnership with the Jen Walker Team, a local real estate firm focused on community development in Alexandria and beyond. As part of the partnership, the Jen Walker team will help support ASA’s new Academy Financial Aid fund and also sponsor the newly designed Academy practice jerseys (stay tuned […]
First Annual SoccerFiesta
On Saturday morning in early November ASA hosted our first ever SoccerFiesta Community Day at William Ramsay. SoccerFiesta was the culmination of a fun fall season of After School Soccer. ASA received grant funding from INOVA via their Health Equity grant to expand capacity of the After School League at Ramsay in the Fall […]
August A4A in Alex
We love back to school time! Back to school events signal the start of soccer season and we get to see many familiar faces at events across the City. Throughout August our team visited elementary schools, hosted programming in the community, and coordinate with school administrators to set up fall after school soccer programming. Here […]
May A4A in Alex
We had a busy month! Our team hosted after school soccer, special field days, attended outreach events and more. We tried to squeeze every opportunity in before kids let out for summer. #ASACommunity Outreach: Tabling at RecFest at Samuel Tucker Mount Vernon Community School PTA and ASA Family day at Four Mile Run — MVCS […]
From Sierra Leone to ASA, Sam’s Journey
For Bai Sam Kamara—born in Sierra Leone, then an immigrant in a new country, and then a college student finding his way—soccer has always been a part of his life. He arrived in Alexandria in 2013, a 12 year old in a new country where everything was different. He was thrilled to be joining his […]
ASA Griffin Award Recipients | 2022
The first 50 years at ASA were filled with growth, change, adaptation, adversity and success. This time of rapid growth would not have been possible without many, many wonderful volunteers, coaches, community leaders and staff members who went above and beyond to help provide soccer programming. At our 50th anniversary gala we honored two high […]
GWMS After School Soccer League
“I am a Reading Specialist that works with the English Learners at George Washington Middle School. At the height of the pandemic during virtual learning, when so many of my neediest students were isolated at home and disconnected from their peers and their favorite activities, ASA came through and helped create a program right in […]
