EPD selections unveiled by Washington Youth Soccer

Washington Youth Soccer released its list of Elite Player Development (EPD) selections for the State Team pools late last week for boys and girls from 1998-2022 birth years.

According to WYS, players were scouted via the Regional Club League (RCL), state cup championship games and five tryout locations - Moses Lake for Eastern Washington on August 11 and 25.

Players selected to the EPD state pool participate in monthly training sessions with nationally licensed EPD coaching staff, and have the potential to be selected for competitions including the US Youth Soccer Region IV ODP Championships.

FC Spokane’s River City Cup set for this weekend

The Plantes Ferry Soccer Complex in Spokane will be busy this weekend as 82 teams from the greater-Spokane area and a few visitors come together for the River City Cup, hosted by FC Spokane, which will have 24 teams in action.

The event, which raises money for cancer research through Coaches vs Cancer, will feature boys and girls brackets for each age from U11-14 with a pair of mixed older brackets, U15/16 and U17-19, at the upper end of the spectrum.

The list of clubs from the area is vast with eight representing Spokane Foxes/Pumas and five each from the Sabers, Breakers, Cheney Storm and XiFA. Spokane Valley FC United will have four teams along with the Scotties. Washington East is fielding three teams.

Three advanced to USCS NW Regional playoff rounds from Spokane quintet

Part 2 of a three-part series recapping the performance of Inland Northwest clubs from Washington at the US Club Soccer Northwest Regional tournament held June 23-26 in Seattle. For an overall look at the event and links to other two parts, click here. 

This section covers SoccerEdge Academy FC, FC Spokane, Spokane Foxes, XiFA SC and Washington East SC - five of the six clubs that represented the greater-Spokane region.