University of Massachusets Athletics
Nadia Villarroel And The Stars Of Massachusetts Become Champions
August 05, 2005 | Women's Soccer
Aug. 5, 2005
Amherst, Mass. - The Stars of Massachusetts U-19 Girls team won the Ross Stewart Cup on July 31 at the US Youth Soccer National Championships in Orlando, Florida. UMass' Nadia Villarroel was a part of that team that won the Cup, which was decided by a shootout.
The Stars are registered with and sanctioned by the Massachusetts Premier League (MAPLE) and the Massachusetts Youth Soccer Association (MYSA). The teams participate in the MAPLE, the Massachusetts Soccer Conference (MASC) and in the Region 1 Director's League.
The 2005 US Youth Soccer National Championship Series, providing more than 129,000 players on over 7,200 teams from US Youth Soccer's 55 State Associations the opportunity to showcase their soccer skills against the best competition in the nation while emphasizing teamwork, discipline and fair play, is the country's most prestigious national youth soccer tournament. The US Youth Soccer National Championships cap a year-long series of competitions for boys and girls teams in multiple age brackets.
This year also marked the 25th anniversary of the Under-19 Girls Ross Stewart Cup.
Annually the US Youth Soccer National Championship Series provides the nation's top collegiate coaches with the premier stage to identify and scout the most coveted players in the country.