Triangle United teams took to Myrtle Beach, SC the weekend of April 26-27 to participate in the Coast FA soccer tournament.  The weather was fantastic for all involved and a few of our teams made it into the finals.  Below is how some of our teams faired:

u9 Girls TU Dortmund: Champions
u9 Boys TU Malaga: Champions
u10 Girls TU Lyon (playing u11): Champions
u12 Boys TU Porto: Finalists
u12 Boys TU Chivas: Champions

Jeffrey Depaz Donis (01 TU Jrs), was invited to participate in the US Club Soccer's id2 camp, which is a National Identification and Development Program.  The id2 program provides an opportunity for the country’s elite youth soccer players to be identified and developed, and scouted for inclusion in U.S. Soccer’s National Team programs.

Jeffrey Depaz Donis was touted by Top Drawer Soccer as one of the top players at the id2 Camp.   Here is what they said:

Nazmi Albadawi (91 Triangle United Gold and former NC State standout) has joined the Carolina Railhawks for the 2014 Season.  Congratulations to Nazmi in realizing his dream of playing professional socccer

Here is info on Nazmi from the Railhawks site

Hopefully you can see him in action this season with the Carolina Railhawks.  Here is a link to their home schedule

Congratulations to the '99 (u14) Gold Boys for winning the prestigious Jefferson Cup tournament over the weekend of March 8-9, in Richmond, VA.  The team scored 9 goals while only conceeding 2 over the 4 games.  The Jefferson Cup is the 2nd rated tournament in the country, so job well done. 

The club also had 4 other teams that participated in the event.  The '03 (u10) Boys Celtic lost in the semi-finals, '95 (u18) Boys Gold went 2-1, while the '96 (u17) and '97 (u16) both went 3-0.  The u16-u18 age groups are set up in in a showcase format for college recruiting, so they just play 3 games with no championship.    

Congratulations to all of the teams that participated this past weekend as they represented Triangle United well.  

Triangle United is very proud of all of its players that have participated in our program.  We are extremely proud of those players that have gone on to play at the collegiate level. 

By following the link on this article, it will take you to our Triangle United "Alumni Wall", which showcases all of our players that have or are playing in college. 

Again, congratulations to all of you and for your hard work of making it at the college level!

Congratulations to Ben Fisher ('95B Gold and Chapel Hill HS Junior) for being named to the 2013 NSCAA Boys High School All-America Team; he was 1 of 2 players selected from North Carolina.  Ben is also on the NSCAA All Region, NC All-State, and NC All Region teams; Ben is currently committed to UNC-Wilmington for Fall 2015. 

Here is the link to the NSCAA All-America page; here is the link to the NSCAA All-Region  

The ’98 (u15) Girls Gold lost a heart breaking 1-0 game against PGSA November 17th in NCYSA USYS State Cup Finals in Wilson NC. 

Congratulations to coach Luis Satorra and the u15 Girls on a great year! 

To get the results go here. 

Top Drawer Soccer, one of the Country’s websites that follows youth soccer, as well as college and beyond, recently wrote an article regarding US Club Soccer’s National Premier League (NPL).  Currently, Triangle United’s u13-u15 Boys and Girls Gold teams participate in this league.

Below are a few excerpts from the article (full article you can read here):

"The first goal is to have leagues all over the country in every major market, with the top clubs in the area being involved in the NPL," Lavers said. "We recognize the Academy and ECNL are the highest level of club competition in the country. The NPL should be a level just below that."

The NPL welcomes teams from the U13 to the U18 levels, with a single winner in each age division from each regional league advancing to the NPL Champions Cup in the summer. It’s not unlike what the Academy does with its Finals Week format, just blown up to accommodate more age ranges and both sexes.

The u17 Boys Gold (Coach Billy Englishby) just captured the club’s 4th Region 3 Championship Thursday, June 27th, in Edmond, Oklahoma.  The boys were the only NC team to make it to the Regional Finals.  The last team from NC to make it to Nationals were also from Triangle United and that team (91 TU Gold, coached by Elmar Bolowich) made it there 3 years in a row (2008, 2009, 2010).

This is a great accomplishment, since the boys had to play 6 games in 7 days to make this happen. The team will now travel to Overland Park, Kansas to partake in the US Youth National Championships.  Winners from the other 3 Regions will travel to Overland Park, where one team will be crowned National Champions.