AV United : About Us
AV UNITED SOCCER LEAGUE,
INC. WAS INCORPORATED IN 2004 AS AV
UNITED SOCCER LEAGUE, AND IS AN ESTABLISHED 501 (C) (3) NON-PROFIT
INCORPORATION. WE ARE AN ALL-VOLUNTEER
LEAGUE, OFFERING PLAYERS AGES 4 THRU ADULT AN UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY
TO PLAY AND REGISTER YEAR-ROUND.
A LOCAL TOURNAMENT WAS HELD IN NOVEMBER
2004 TO KICK OFF THE
LEAGUE.
THE LEAGUE BEGAN THEIR
FIRST SEASON IN SPRING 2005. THE
REGISTRATION
FEES ARE ALWAYS KEPT LOW, ALLOWING ALL CHILDREN AN
OPPORTUNITY
TO PLAY ON A TEAM. COACHES ARE A VITAL
PART OF THE LEAGUE, AND AS SUCH, COACHES’ CHILDREN
ARE FREE AND AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY DISCOUNT IS
ALSO OFFERED.
AN INITIAL 25 TEAMS KEPT THE LEAGUE UP AND RUNNING AND ENABLED ALL GAMES TO BE
PLAYED
AT THE
LANCASTER
NATIONAL
SOCCER
CENTER.
BY THE END OF 2006,
AV UNITED WAS 39 TEAMS STRONG UNDER THE DIRECTION OF CURRENT CEO AND
CHAIRMAN, MARY CALLENDER. MARY HAS PROMOTED AND KEPT TEAMS AND DIVISIONS
HONEST, OFFERING FAIR COMPETITION.
ENJOYING
A SEASON OF ORGANIZED, LOCAL, FAIR AND COMPETITIVE GAMES, MANY COACHES ARE MOTIVATED TO RETURN FOR ANOTHER SEASON OF COMPETITION.
NOVEMBER 2006 WAS AVERY EXCITING MONTH FOR AV UNITED. RECOGNIZED AND COMMENDED BY
GARY
BRUNNER, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE UNITED
SOCCER LEAGUE’S (USL) PREMIER DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE (PDL)
TEAM, LANCASTER RATTLERS. MR. BRUNNER
WAS SO IMPRESSED BY THE LEAGUE AND
ITS PLAYERS THAT THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS JOINED FORCES.
AV UNITED CHANGED ITS NAME TO
LANCASTER
RATTLERS AV
UNITED SOCCER LEAGUE. THIS PARTNERSHIP
WILL PROVIDE INCREASED EXPOSURE FOR THE LEAGUE BY FUNDING RADIO ADVERTISING,
DISCOUNTS ON PDL RATTLERS TICKETS,
FUND RAISING OPPORTUNITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PLAYERS TO ATTEND
TRAINING ACADEMIES AND JOIN LANCASTER RATTLERS SOCCER CLUB, AFFILIATED THROUGH
CAL
SOUTH.
THE FUTURE CONTINUES TO LOOK BRIGHT FOR
LANCASTER
RATTLERS AV UNITED SOCCER LEAGUE. WE
HAVE GROWN TO BE THE LARGEST NON-PROFIT
SOCCER
ORGANIZATION IN
LANCASTER,
AND WE CONTINUALLY SURPASS OUR YEARLY GOAL OF ADDING TEN NEW TEAMS TO THE
LEAGUE.
LANCASTER RATTLERS AV UNITED SOCCER LEAGUE OFFERS ALL
CHILDREN AN AFFORDABLE, FUN & COMPETITIVE
OPPORTUNITY
TO SHOWCASE THEIR SKILLS
THROUGH YEAR-ROUND SPRING AND SUMMER SEASONS THAT INCLUDES 24 GAMES WITH
PLAY-OFFS. THE
LANCASTER
RATTLERS PDL FRANCHISE WILL OFFER THE ADDED BENEFIT OF A
PROFESSIONAL
TRAINING
ACADEMY
FOR ANY PLAYERS THAT DESIRE TO ENHANCE
THEIR SKILLS.
OUR ORGANIZATION
IS HELPING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE SPORT OF SOCCER.
WE PROMOTE AND AWARD THE IMPORTANCE OF
ACADEMICS, RESPONSIBILITY, RESPECT, SELF – ESTEEM AND DISCIPLINE IN SPORTS.
LANCASTER
RATTLERS AV UNITED SOCCER LEAGUE,
AGAIN, HAS GROWN IN 2007. AS OF
SEPTEMBER 1ST,
2007 WE ARE
NOW A CAL – SOUTH ,
CALIFORNIA
YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION (CYSA)) AFFILIATED RECREATIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE. THIS ADDED BENEFIT GIVES ALL
PLAYERS AN
OPPORTUNITY
TO PARTICIPATE IN CAL-SOUTH TOURNAMENTS
AND/OR MAKE THE TRANSITION TO CLUB LEVEL
OF PLAY.
IN MARCH 2008,
AV UNITED HAS HAD A RE-ORGANIZATION OF DIRECTORS.
AV UNITED WILL REMAIN ITS OWN ENTITY AND ITS
OWN 501C3 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION. AV
UNITED WILL NO LONGER HAVE AN AFFILIATION
WITH
LANCASTER
RATTLERS.
THE LATEST
ENDEAVOR FOR AV UNITED IS PARTICIPATION IN COMPETITIVE LEVEL OF PLAY FOR
2008-2009 WITH THE FORMATION OF AV UNITED SOCCER
CLUB.
THIS ADDED BENEFIT TRANSITIONS CURRENT CYSA REGISTERED RECREATIONAL
TEAMS INTO CLUB PLAY IF THEY ARE READY FOR THE CHALLENGE OF A MORE COMPETITIVE
LEVEL OF PLAY.
AS OF APRIL
19TH, WE ARE 51 TEAMS STRONG.
MARY CALLENDER,
CEO
AV UNITED
SOCCER, LEAGUE, INC.
341-4137
