Williamsburg
Legacy Announces Squad For The Summer
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Former Williamsburg Soccer Club Youth Players Named To Team
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Today
the Williamsburg Legacy named their squad for the upcoming
Premier Development League (PDL) season. The PDL is a nationwide
league operated by the United Soccer Leagues. The Legacy plays
in the Mid Atlantic Division of the league along with Raleigh
CASL Elite (NC), Greensboro Dynamo (NC), Richmond Kickers Future
(VA) and West Virginia Chaos (WV).
The
Legacy has been in existence since the summer of 2002 and this
year will compete in its fourth season of play. The team is the
senior team for all the other youth teams in the Williamsburg
Soccer Club (WSC). It is the team for all youth players to look
up to and to emulate. Over the first three seasons the team
record is 35-17-2. Each season the Legacy has made the playoffs,
winning the Mid Atlantic Division in 2002. Each of the three
years the Legacy has lost in the first round of the play offs.
“This
years squad is as strong as we have ever had”, said Richard
Butler, head coach of the Legacy. “If we can play well as a
unit and stay healthy I think we have a good shot at getting
into the play offs once again. The local colleges in Virginia
have been great about getting us quality players and it is
exciting for me to see guys from UAB, my alma mata, coming here
to play for the summer. We certainly have some experience with
both Brandon Thomas and Robbie Wright returning as the oldest
players and then several players already have PDL experience.
It’s only a few days until we start training and hopefully we
will jell quickly. If that’s the case I’m sure we will play
a high level, fast paced exciting attacking game.”
The
squad includes five players from the College of William and
Mary, five from Old Dominion University, four from
Virginia Commonwealth University, three from the University of
Alabama Birmingham and seven from Christopher Newport
University. There are also players from Virginia Tech, Campbell
University and Longwood University. The squad includes 12 former
Williamsburg Soccer Club youth players. In all there are 28
players. “I think we have some very good players in the mix.
We are at 28 players at the moment but I hope to go to 30 before
our first game on May 7. “We are very strong in goal and also
at the back. We also have some very creative players in the
middle of the park and up top”, commented Butler. “I see us
being able to attack down the middle but also through flank play
given the players that we will have on hand.”
The
Legacy open their season away to the West Virginia Chaos on
Saturday May 7. The first home game will be against the Virginia
Beach Mariners in an exhibition to be played at Christopher
Newport University on May 4th at 7pm and the first
scheduled home league game is on May 22nd at 5pm at
Busch Field at William and Mary versus the West Virginia Chaos.
Tickets for all league games are $5 for adults $3 for youths
under 18.
For
all information on the Legacy go to www.williamsburglegacy.com.
For
information on the United Soccer Leagues go to www.uslsoccer.com.
