Tournaments

PWSI Toys for Tots 2012: Coverage Central

Another PWSI Toys for Tots Tournament is underway in Northern Virginia this morning and the soccerwire.com staff is onsite all weekend this and next. Families have packed into the fields around Howison and Hellwig Park to root on their budding footy stars in the opening weekend, which features only U9-U12 play.

Toys for Tots: FC Milan (Va.) experimental model proves successful in U-14 play

Even veterans of the youth soccer scene probably haven't seen anything like it. A soccer club where match results are hardly prioritized at all, a team who competes in tournaments and friendlies with no league play?

Toys for Tots: PWSI Courage 96 Boys Red makes surprising run to U-16 final

One of the most impressive teams at PWSI Toys for Tots this weekend has been PWSI Courage 96 Boys Red. Led by coach Mayowa Owolabi, the Under-16 squad put together a solid tournament despite just four returning players and a new coach.

Toys for Tots: Gibson makes a new coaching start at hometown club

Grover Gibson left his player/coach position with PDL squad Fredericksburg Hotspur halfway through the 2012 season and now finds himself with Prince William Soccer, Inc., looking for a fresh start as the coach of PWSI Courage 97 Boys Red.

Toys for Tots: Krieger leads another fearsome PWSI girls squad

Toys for Tots: PWSI Courage 96 Red gelling rapidly under Owolabi

Toys for Tots: Bolanos blends styles, backgrounds with Reston City

Toys for Tots: Etienne brings Haitian flair to NVSC Jr. Royals 97

Hans Etienne isn't your average youth coach. He doesn't play American-style soccer -- in fact, the Haitian-American coach's team doesn't play any style routinely seen throughout the world.