Florida Soccer

The 2013 Florida Youth Soccer’s Annual General Meeting and Workshop will be held August 2-4 at the Omni Hotels & Resorts, Championsgate-Orlando. The Annual AGM awards will be presented during this weekend. Details are available online at www.fysa.com…..All-time leading international goal scorer Abby Wambach is coming to Florida on Nov. 9. Her[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] appearance will be at the XL Soccer World in Orlando, FL. Wambach, a five-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, has launched fundraiser to benefit Florida’s TOPSoccer program. Players who raise $250 for the FYSA TOPSoccer program can attend the event with a parent or guardian and have lunch with Wambach. The top 10 fundraisers will sit with Wambach dring luch, and the top two will sit next to her. Wambach was a first-team collegiate All-America at the University of Florida. Details of her appearance can be found online now at www.fysa.com….Former Florida Atlantic University soccer player Giovanni dela Rosa has returned to FAU as the men’s soccer assistant coach. Originally from Colombia, dela Rosa spent three years on the varsity team at Miami Springs High School, and two years at Miami-Dade Community College before joining the Owls from 1989-91. He coached at the high school and club levels before accepting the positon on FAU head coach Kos Donev’s staff…..FAU sophomore forward Claire Emslie represented Scotland, her home country, in the second round of qualifying for the women’s European Under-19 Championships. She scored a goal in her team’s 4-2 win over Ukraine…..Jacksonville Universeity men’s head coach Ryan Pratt filled some holes in his lineup with a 15-player recruiting class that included five local players from Jacksonville: defender Kevan Wright (Bartram Trail HS), midfielders Christopher Azar (Bishop Kenny HS), Riley Perrin (Bishop Kenny HS) and Adam Stenson (The Bolles school) and forward Kacper Grzeszczak (Mandarin HS)…..Eric Sims, who led the Gaither HS boys to 10 playoff appearances in 12 seasons, has resigned as coach. He continus as Executive Direxctor of the Tampa Bay United Soccer Club.