The Pachuca Football Academy will be holding tryouts for the Spring 2012 season after the holidays.  Please watch the website for dates and times for the tryouts.

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Yet another successful year for Pachuca is coming to a close. Thank you to all of our volunteers for helping make this a smooth and successful year.  Here is a look back at a few of the highlights for the year:

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Pachuca FC USA is seeking motivated coaches to be part of the Pachuca Academy. Opportunities available for our U6-U8 and U9-U11 teams. Interested parties should send cover letter and resume to pachucausa@hotmail.com.

Several teams are holding open tryouts. New U-8 and U-9 Girls and Boys teams are forming. Rising U-10 through U-17teams are looking for additional players. Visit our tyouts page for more information. Tryouts are for teams for fall and winter of 2011 or existing teams that are seeking to add new players (updated August 13, 2011).

The Pachuca UFC ’96 won the U-14 Premier Group at the National Cup X Regionals in Richmond, VA. The tournament was held June 25-28, 2011. The team went 3-0-1 (10:6) in route to its championship. The team defeated Team America ’96 (VA) in penalty kicks in the final match. Winning the regional title qualifies the team for the National Cup X finals in Boise, Idaho on July 29 – August 1.

The U16 Pachuca Green Dragons are the 2011 U16 Maryland State Cup champions!!. The team defeated the Baltimore Bays Blues 1-0 and now advance to the 2011 US Youth Soccer Region I Championships. The tournament will take place at Classics Park Soccer Complex in Manheim, PA from June 30 – July 5. The Dragons were State Cup finalists in 2008 and 2009.

Three players from the U16 Pachuca Dragons received notable recognition this week. Trey Cooper, Mike Eppler, and Sam Summerlin were named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Mid-Atlantic team of the month. The honor goes to players to watch from clubs from the Mid-Atlantic Region (Maryland, Virginia, DC, Delaware and West Virginia) and recognizes top performers in the region across the span of age groups.

The Pachuca UFC ’96 (U14) and ’99 (U11) were finalists in the Columbia Invitational Memorial Day Tournament.  The U14 UFC ’96 team were finalists in the top Premier flight losing in the championship match to SAC United Premier.  The U11 UFC ’99 were finalists in the top Gold flight losing in the championship match to FASA Elite. The tournament was played on May 28-30, 2011.

Coach Jim Bruno has joined the Pachuca Futbol Club USA, as the Director of Women’s programs.   Jim has been a leader in the area’s soccer community for over 30 years. In 1994, he was named the Washington Post’s All-Met Coach of the Year and in 1998 was named the National Private School Girl’s Coach of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. He was named the Maryland Coach of the Year in 2002, 2003, and 2009. He holds the Premier Diploma and Goalkeeping Diploma I from the NSCAA. Currently, Jim is the Head Coach of Girls Soccer at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School. Under his direction, Good Counsel has made the NSCAA’s “national top 25 teams” 11 of the last 15 years, holding down the #1 spot during the 2000 season. Jim also coaches other girl’s soccer teams in the area.

Ten-year old Patrick Cassagnol is being courted by AC Milan, Valencia CF and FC Barcelona. He is currently wowing Pachuca FC USA, where club president Julio Zarate knows he has something special. "The only thing I can say is, I saw Freddy Adu when he was younger; I really believe he has the makings to be better," said Zarate, who has coached club soccer in Maryland for more than 15 years. "This kid’s a natural. He has things you cannot teach." Read more here.

Two Pachuca teams travelled to Orlando, FL for the Disney Soccer Showcase. The tournament, played from December 27 - 30, 2010, has been rated as the #1 youth soccer tournament in the U.S. in a Soccer America survey. The U15 Dragons and the U16 Dragons both did exceptionally well against tough competition. The U15 Dragons were quarterfinalists in the Copa flight and went 2-2 (scoring 4 goals and allowing 4). The U16 Dragons won the Copa flight after going 3-1 (scoring 9 goals and allowing only 3). The U16 Dragons are now ranked 23rd in the nation by Gotsoccer.com as a result of their strong finish.