1/28/2010 FWU Member inducted into US Youth Soccer Hall of Fame
A great honor is being presented to one of FWU's own. Jimmie Wofford, mother of Jacki Boaz (97 Boys North), will be inducted into the US Youth Soccer Hall of Fame at February's 2010 US Youth Soccer Adidas Workshop. Jimmie Wofford was the original Region III US Youth Soccer Commissioner and worked to write and pass the original bi-laws for US Youth Soccer. Her and Jacki's Dad (who was the president of NTSSA for 8 yrs) were heavily involved in ground work for North Texas Soccer and getting associations formed in the late 60's and early 70's. Among their many contributions both on the state level and national level, Jimmie had a huge impact and was the advocate for woman's soccer including being the first licensed USSF female referee, the first US Women's commissioner for USSF, and the first Executive Director for North Texas Soccer.
11/20/2009 Fort Worth United wins Bronze and Gold in Junior Olympics
Fort Worth United Soccer Club sent two teams, boys and girls, to the Junior Olympics event in Reggio Emilla, Italy late last month. The Junior Olympics are held every four years and are sanctioned by the International Youth Sports Olympics committee. For many years, Fort Worth United Soccer Club has been the exclusive provider of players and coaches for the event. The event this year hosted some 5,000 young athletes from 23 countries around the world. FWU sent two teams, boys and girls, coached by Kenny Alexis, Jamie Southern and Dave Phillips. Both teams faired very well in the competition.
Boys from Chico Sanchez's 92 Gold team made the core of the United States boys team. The boys team, coached by Dave Phillips, competed in five matches and returned home with the Bronze medal. The girls beat teams from Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Italy to earn a berth in the finals where they beat Italy 4-1. Three players from Kenny Alexis' 92 Gold team and six players from Tony Barriteau's 92 Blue team returned home with the gold medal. Congratulations to both teams and all coaches involved and a big thanks for representing us in the event.
8/20/2009 Fort Worth United explodes into the 2009-2010 season with 31 teams
Going into the 2009-2010 season, the final tally of Fort Worth United teams hit 31. With 23 competitive soccer teams and 8 rostered Academy teams, FWU again cemented its position as the largest competitive soccer club in Fort Worth. In addition to the growth in FWU "Colors" teams (teams that play in Plano and API), FWU also increased the number of "Metals" teams (teams that play in Lake Highlands and Dallas Classic League) to 8 total making this the fifth consecutive year that FWU has grown its Metals team base. To all the new Fort Worth United Soccer Club members - welcome!
7/20/2009 Fort Worth United introduces new Directors
FWU is excited to announce the hiring of Moses Zialu as FWU's Assistant Director of Coaches. Moses, a former Dallas Sidekicks player, brings over 17 years of coaching experience to the Club. He has coached both boys and girls teams for the Dallas Texans and DFW Tejanos in various high-level leagues including the API, Dallas Classic League and Lake Highlands Classic League.
In addition, FWU also announced the hiring of new Academy Director, Dave Phillips. Dave, former West Texas A&M collegiate player and Express professional player, holds a USSF National Youth License (a first for FWU) and has coached for Trinity Valley High School and Fort Worth United. Dave is currently working on several Academy restructuring initiatives in an effort to introduce additional training and development services for our young Junior Kicks and FWU Academy players.
6/2/2008 FWU Sand Pit a Unique Training Bed
Fort Worth United Soccer Club is one of the few clubs in North Texas to possess a "sand pit" as part of their training facility. Located in between the FWU practice fields at FWU's Resource Connection Practice Facility, the "pit" was completed last month and readied for team use just in time for Summer Open Practices and Tryouts. Sand absorbs and disperses the downward force expended while running and hence, makes your muscles work much harder to produce the same result. It also adds a level of difficulty to ball control and requires quite a bit more balance to effectively maneuver on. FWU teams uses the sand pit as part of its strength and conditioning program. Shown above are the FWU 95 Boys Gold team (Classic D2) playing a game of "beach soccer" in the pit.
Field Status
FWU Private
Practice Fields
RC #1
Open
RC #2
Open
RC #3
Open
3rd Party Fields
Benbrook
Open
Central High
Open
updated
3/9/10
FWU Classic 2010
The FWU Classic Tournament will be held June 11-13 at the
Rolling Hills Soccer Complex in Fort Worth! The 16th
annual event is the longest running competitive soccer
tournament in Fort Worth. Additional details may be found
on the FWU
Classic Tournament page.
FWU Quickfoot 2010
Quickfoot is one of the premier small-sided tournament series in the United States. Quickfoot soccer events are fast paced, action packed, high scoring games that utilize smaller fields and goals. The FWU Quickfoot Tournament event will be a qualifier for the 2010 Quickfoot Championship. Additional details regarding the
2nd Annual FWU Quickfoot Tournament may be found here.
Team Openings
The following teams still have openings available. Click
the team name to contact the coach of that team for further
information.
03 Girls - Academy team with openings!
Order Spirit Gear
Take pride in your Club and show your spirit! Fort Worth
United offers decals, t-shirts, backpacks, visors, caps, and more.
Visit
the Spirit Wear page, complete the Spirit Gear order form and
turn in to your team manager. Your order will be promptly
filled and delivered to your manager for you to pick up.
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member access only. Members create online accounts using the
team codes provided by your manager. Once you've created your
account, you'll be able to access your practice, game, and tournament
schedules, schedules for club events, college scout reports, various
club documents, contact information for all teams, team and player
statistics (with comparative analysis functions), private club and
team news, and emergency alerts. In addition, members who
have logged in will have access to the full version of your Team
Portal page features a schedule synopsis, team news and alerts,
teams stats, as well as club wide comparative player, game, and
tournament statistics.
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About FWU
Fort Worth United
Soccer Club is a
non-profit organization
dedicated to the
ongoing development
of soccer skills
for both young men
and young women.
To reach that ultimate
goal, FWU provides
year round skills
sessions conducted
by our nationally
licensed coaches
and trainers under
the direction of
Mike King (Director
of Club Operations).
We strive to provide
the highest quality
soccer training
environment at a
reasonable cost.
Please feel free
to
contact us with
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