The Arsenal is a member of SYA, a Centreville, Virginia based club. The Arsenal plays a fast and highly competitive style of soccer while encouraging creativity, and self-expression.
We play year around soccer, in addition to WAGS and State Cup the Arsenal participates on 10 - 12 tournaments and showcase events including the Jefferson Cup, WAGS Tournament, Bethesda Thanksgiving Tournament, VCCL College Showcase and CASL Showcase. During the winter we play indoor and a couple of tournaments, during the Spring we sit out the WAGS season but do tournaments and friendlies while our players play for their high schools.
During the fall we hold practices in the Centreville area on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. The coaches are committed to develop players for high school, college, and beyond in a supportive and encouraging environment.
Our players are encouraged to play for their high school teams; we have players from these high schools, Chantilly, Centreville, Fairfax, Freedom, Paul VI, Oakton, Robinson, Westfield and West Springfield.
The team is professionally coached by Stephen Alabi. Coach Alabi holds a UEFA "B" license and is a member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). Coach Alabi played professionally with the Rotherham United Football Club in Sheffield, England and is a former George Mason University Men’s Soccer standout. Coach Alabi is assisted by Assistant Head Coach Chris Avery who coached the Arsenal for the 3 years prior to Coach Alabi been named head coach.
Our team participates in State Cup and in six to ten College Showcase Events
Fall 2008 Pre-Season Tournaments
SYA Cardinal Cup & PWSI Toys for Tots
GOOOOOOOOOOOAL!
Erin Holden takes the corner and Erin O'shaughnessy heads it in against the Chantilly Arsenal
SYA Arsenal at the DC United game v. New England Revolution
