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SOCA Juggling Club Now Accepting Members

The SOCA Travel program has a new initiative for the 2024-25 season, the SOCA Juggling Club.  Travel players are encouraged to work on their juggling skills and earn their badges as achieve the different levels.  25 juggles earns the Red patch, 50 for the White and 250 for the Blue. Click hear to learn more. […]

SOCA Hires New Director of Coaching and ECNL Regional League Coordinator

July 30th, 2024 SOCA Hires New Director of Coaching and ECNL Regional League Coordinator Tyler Hudson joins SOCA as DOC for the ECNL Regional League. The Soccer Organization of the Charlottesville Area has hired Tyler Hudson as the club’s Director of Coaching in charge of ECNL Regional League travel teams.  Tyler will direct the ECNL […]

SOCA Hires New Challenge Program Coordinator

July 16th, 2024 SOCA Hires New Challenge Program Coordinator ­ Julian Khalili joins SOCA as Coordinator of Challenge Program and coach for Skyline Elite. The Soccer Organization of the Charlottesville Area has hired Julian Khalili as the club’s Challenge Program Coordinator.  Julian will lead SOCA’s innovative Advanced Recreational Program, overseeing a league with more than […]

SOCA Hires New Director of Coaching and ECNL Regional League Coordinator ­

https://www.socaspot.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Gregory-Vickrey-Announcement.pdf   August 19th, 2022 SOCA Hires New Director of Coaching and ECNL Regional League Coordinator ­ Gregory Vickrey joins SOCA as DOC for the ECNL Regional League.   The Soccer Organization of the Charlottesville Area has hired Gregory Vickrey as the club’s Director of Coaching in charge of ECNL Regional League travel teams.  Gregory […]

SOCA Hires New Female Coach & Player Advocate

Full Press Release May 7th, 2022 SOCA Hires New Female Coach & Player Advocate ­ Marcelle Van Yahres takes on new role for the Soccer Organization of the Charlottesville Area. Marcelle Van Yahres has joined the Virginia Soccer Alliance in a newly created position as Female Coach and Player Advocate.  In her new role Marcelle […]

Skyline Club Soccer League Joins the VPSL to form Western Division

Full Press Release   CHARLESTON, S.C. (April 26, 2022) – The Virginia Premier Soccer League (VPSL) is welcoming the Skyline Club Soccer League as its new Western Division beginning in Fall 2022. The VPSL expansion bolsters the league’s geographical and competitive influence, as the Skyline Club Soccer League is an established presence in west central […]

SOCA Announces New Uniform, Apparel, and Equipment Partnership with Capelli Sport

SOCA Press Release                     March 31st, 2022 SOCA x Capelli Sport ­ Capelli Sport Becomes Official Uniform, Apparel and Equipment provider for the Soccer Organization of the Charlottesville Area (SOCA). Today Capelli Sport announced a multi-year partnership with the Virginia Soccer Alliance and will become the […]

SOCA Apprentice and Skyline Elite Teams Advance to State Cup Quarterfinals

SOCA’s U12 Apprentice teams cruised to second round State Cup wins on Saturday, May 1, at South Fork Soccer Park.  The home sides were not gracious hosts, as they posted big wins against their guests.  The U12 Girls Apprentice started off with a 5-0 win over NVSC and the U12 Boys Apprentice squad followed with […]

Frostbite Tournament Inaugurates SOCA Field House

The 2020 Frostbite Tournament took place on the December 5 & 6 weekend and will be memorable for a few reasons.  Following a season ravaged by COVID restrictions, the usual celebratory season-ending tournament for all SOCA Recreational ages was reduced to a U10 competition, only.  A bright spot for the venerable event was that it […]

Field House Nearing Completion

The SOCA Field House, located in the Belvedere neighborhood, is nearing completion with occupancy expected before the end of October.  The state-of-the-art turf is being installed, and is one of the last remaining major components of the club changing project.  Over the next few weeks much of the finish work will be completed, with locker […]