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2023 Austin Soccer Foundation Gala

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This year will mark the 8th annual Austin Soccer Foundation Gala, which convenes Austin’s amazing soccer community for a night of celebration that highlights achievements of Austin’s youth soccer players, coaches and referees, and honors leaders who have made significant and sustained contributions to the growth and development of the beautiful game we love.

    • Thursday, July 13

 

    • 6:30pm — 10:00pm

 

    South Congress Hotel

We are excited and honored to have Brad and Ashley Stuver as Co-Chairs, and to present UT head women’s soccer coach, Angela Kelly, with the Lifetime of Achievement Award.

We will also celebrate the Austin American-Statesman high school players and coaches of the year, the Capital Referees’ referees of the year, as well as, Austin Soccer Foundation’s annual academic scholarships. With this year’s recipients, we will have distributed 27 scholarships from 18 area high schools. The annual Gala is our primary resource for funding these scholarships and the other programs we offer.

Individual tickets for the 2023 Gala are now on sale and can be purchased here.

THANK YOU TO OUR 2023 GALA SPONSORS:

Wolfgang Sühnholz Scholarship Underwriter

Lifetime of Achievement Award

Scholarship Underwriters

If you have any questions about the Gala, please contact Alissa Ziemianski

 

 

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Linda Hamilton Hall of Fame Class of 2022

2022 Austin Soccer Awards Gala

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Join us on July 14, 2022 for the 7th Annual Austin Soccer Awards Gala! This event will be hosted once again this year at the beautiful South Congress Hotel, and will be an opportunity to gather and celebrate with our Austin soccer community.

We will be recognizing developments and achievements in Austin through the beautiful game, joined by some amazing honorees. We’ll also be hearing remarks from Linda Hamilton, a former U.S. Women’s National team soccer player and National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee who currently coaches for Southwestern University.

Awards recognized in the program will include:

  • The Austin American-Statesman players and coaches of the year
  • The Wolfgang Sühnholz Award
  • The Austin Soccer Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
  • Austin Referees of the Year
  • Foundation scholarship award recipients

Join us at this premier event celebrating soccer in Austin.

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2021 Austin Soccer Awards Gala

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Join us on August 12, 2021 for the 6th Annual Austin Soccer Awards Gala! This in-person event will be hosted once again this year at the beautiful South Congress Hotel, and will be an opportunity to gather and celebrate with our Austin soccer community.

We will be recognizing developments and achievements in Austin through the beautiful game, joined by some amazing honorees. We’ll also be hearing remarks from Amobi Okugo, a professional soccer player who currently plays for Austin Bold FC. Amobi is the founder of the financial-literacy platform A Frugal Athlete, and a Forbes 30 under 30 Class of 2021 member.

Awards recognized in the program will include:

  • The Austin American-Statesman players and coaches of the year
  • The Wolfgang Sühnholz Award
  • The Austin Soccer Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
  • Austin Referees of the Year
  • Foundation scholarship award recipients

Reserve your tickets now for this premier event!

Wolfgang Sühnholz and honorees from the 2020 ASF Gala

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Austin Soccer Foundation's 2020 Footgolf Tournament

Kicking off 2021!

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2021 will be a big year for soccer in Austin, and the Austin Soccer Foundation invites you to join in the action. We’re still finalizing dates & details, but keep your eyes out for these great events:

  • Spring Footgolf Tournament  with a Local Elite Partner
  • Summer Gala and Awards Program
  • our Annual Footgolf tournament in the Fall

 

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2020 Footgolf Tournament Nov. 8

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Get your tickets here!

Join us for our 4th Annual Footgolf Tournament! We know they’re are lots of supporters groups in Austin for a variety of Clubs around the world as well as here in Austin! Wear your favorite soccer kit (jersey) to represent the club you support. AND, there’s a new twist this year to bring more supporters groups together: the winning team will be playing for their supporters group’s cause in addition to bragging rights! We are asking the leadership of each participating supporters group to designate their local nonprofit cause that will receive part of the tournament’s proceeds in the #ATXCommunityShield!
If you have not played footgolf before, it is a blast! The tournament will consist of two-person teams, each paired with another team (4 players total per hole at a time). The Harvey Penick Footgolf Course is 18 holes. Bringing your own soccer ball is your best bet (if not, a limited supply are available on site for a $5 rental). A Size 5 soccer ball is recommended for adults. Dress appropriately: golf or active wear; indoor soccer shoes or tennis shoes; no cleats or bare feet. Golfcarts will also be available for rent.
In an effort to facilitate social distancing and avoid crowds of players gathering at the course, we are going to us rolling tee times all starting on Hole 1, rather than shotgun start on all the holes at once. If players are gathered, masks will be required and the event will comply with all local health guidance policies.
All proceeds will go towards the Austin Soccer Foundation and the charity designated by the winners of the ATX Community Shield!

Get your tickets here, or send any questions to info@AustinSoccerFoundation.org!

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2020 Austin Soccer Foundation Gala

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The 5th Annual Austin Soccer Awards Gala provides an opportunity to gather (even virtually) and celebrate with our Austin Soccer community. This will be a Facebook Live Event, so like our page and join us there for the festivities!

We will be recognizing developments and achievements in Austin through the beautiful game, joined by some amazing honorees. We’ll also be hearing remarks from Austin FC’s Coach Josh Wolff and his former US Men’s National Teammate turned Philanthropist Tony Sanneh.
Tony was our first Keynote speaker in 2016 and his generous work in Minneapolis, St Paul and Haiti continues to inspire us. We are very fortunate to have him return as our Keynote this year.

Awards recognized in the program will include:

  • ASF scholarship award recipients
  • The Austin American-Statesman players and coaches of the year
  • The Austin Soccer Lifetime Achievement Award recipient

Special thanks to our Title Sponsor: Austin FC’s 4ATX Foundation.

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Austin Soccer Awards Banquet 2018

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The third annual Austin Soccer Awards banquet gathered leaders from throughout the soccer community to celebrate the brightest scholar-athletes, players, coaches and referees in Central Texas. Guests included representatives from four professional teams: USL Austin, the Columbus Crew / MLS2ATX, FC Dallas, and San Antonio FC. Attendees also represented youth clubs, area high schools, recreational leagues, supporter groups, members of the media, administrators and fans, collectively representing every facet of our local soccer community.

This year’s academic scholarship recipients were truly the cream of the crop as finalists were selected among extraordinary applicants from eleven area high schools. Our 2018 scholarship winners were: Ahmed Mohamed of Eastside Memorial HS, Isabelle Gillespie of McCallum HS, Kayla Geren of Hendrickson HS, and Madison Horner of Bowie HS.

Jason Jarrett, Sports Editor for the Austin American-Statesman recognized the All-Central Texas high school players and coaches of the year, and for the first time, male and female referees of the year were also recognized.

Nick Barbaro, Founder and Publisher of the Austin Chronicle, was recognized as the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient based on his support of local soccer as writer of the Soccer Watch column (since 1985!), a proud participant in the Austin Coed Soccer Association, and Austin soccer fan extraordinaire.

Djorn Buchholz, Executive Director of the National Soccer Hall of Fame delivered the keynote speech and gave a sneak preview of what we can expect when the NSHOF opens this October. Kit McConnico, host of The Throw-In radio show served as emcee, and guest speakers also included former professional referee, Courtney Jackson; Kaitlin Swarts, founder of the Upper Ninety Soccer Foundation; and Reihaneh Hajibaigi of the American Red Cross.

We hope you can join us next year!

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2018 Awards Banquet

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Purchase Tickets Now! to the 2018 Austin Soccer Awards Banquet benefitting our local soccer community at South Congress Hotel. Highlights include recognition of Austin Soccer Foundation’s 2017-2018 Academic Scholarship Award Winners, the Austin American Statesman High School Players and Coaches of the Year, and the Austin Soccer Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award sponsored by the Austin Chronicle.

Guests will enjoy a silent auction cocktail hour and plated dinner program with Keynote Speaker, Djorn Buchholz, Executive Director of the US Soccer Federation’s National Soccer Hall of Fame and Master of Ceremonies Kit McConnico, Sports Broadcaster and Host of “The Throw In” on 104.9 The Horn.

Tickets must be purchased in advance as this event has sold out the previous two years. Corporate Sponsorships are available and Valet Parking is available at the hotel for the event.

Buy your ticket here!.

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2018 Footgolf

ASF Footgolf Tournament- August 4th, 2018

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https://www.eventbee.com/v/austinsoccer/event?eid=109968402#/tickets

Join us for our 2nd Annual Footgolf Tournament! We scheduled this event the weekend prior to the start of EPL as we know everyone will be anxiously awaiting some footie action and friendly competition! Wear your favorite jersey to represent the club you support.

We will kick off at 9:00 a.m. sharp to try and beat the worst of the heat. Please arrive by 8:00 to get registered. We will need to start walking to the holes at 8:40.

If you have not played footgolf before, it is a blast! The tournament will consist of two-person teams, each paired with another team (4 players total per hole at a time). The Harvey Penick Footgolf Course is 18 holes, and we will play Best Ball style (rather than Scramble). Bringing your own soccer ball is your best bet (if not, a limited supply are available on site for a $5 rental). A Size 5 soccer ball is recommended for adults. Dress appropriately: golf or active wear; indoor soccer shoes or tennis shoes; no cleats or bare feet.

We recommend you register as a team of two, but if you register solo, we will do our best to match you with a partner. Kids are welcome but please try and have them keep the play moving. While there may be limited space for event day registration, we strongly recommend you purchase your tickets here in advance.

All proceeds will go towards the Austin Soccer Foundation and will help support our charitable endeavors.

Please send questions to Info@AustinSoccerFoundation.Org

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