USAFL News

Jul 6, 2011

International Cup Draw Released

International Cup 2011

The AFL has released the draw for the International Cup to be held in Sydney and Melbourne August 12 – 27.  There will be 18 countries competing in the men’s competition. Round one will be a seeding round used to determine two divisions. Teams have been split into six groups of three with each team to play the other two teams in its group in lightning match format of 2 X 15 minute halves. Based on the results of round one the top twelve teams will be placed in Division 1 and the remaining six will make up Division 2.

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Jul 6, 2011

Portland Stumptown Throwdown

Portland Steelheads

Written by Nick Wirth

On Saturday, June 25th, the Portland Steelheads hosted the Stumptown Throwdown, a tournament featuring the Steelheads, Golden Gate Roos, and Seattle Grizzlies facing each other in a battle for West Coast supremacy. Between the beautiful weather and the great field at Northgate Park, the stage was set for a great day of footy with some fiercely contested matches between the three clubs. Each team faced each other once in games of 20 minute halves, the same format as the USAFL Nationals Tournament.

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Jul 2, 2011

Happy 4th of July!

The USAFL Executive Board and staff would like to wish everyone a happy and safe Independence Day long weekend.

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Jun 28, 2011

Club Development for success!

All developing clubs who would like to learn strategies to grow their local clubs should attend the USAFL conference call TONIGHT at 9:00pm EST (June 28). We will be discussing a broad range of topics, offering insights into overcoming and working through road blocks, weaknesses & getting to hear from other USAFL teams and directors helpful tips and suggestions.

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Jun 23, 2011

The Honorable Kim Beazley to Become USAFL Patron

The United States Australian Football League (USAFL) is pleased to announce that H.E. the Hon Kim Beazley, Australian Ambassador to the United States, has accepted an offer to become the USAFL Patron.  This marks a significant step forward in the USAFL’s efforts to further develop partnerships with key Australian government officials in the US. 

Ambassador Beazley will represent the USAFL where appropriate in working towards strengthening ties between the Australian and American governments. 

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Jun 16, 2011

Austin Crow Blake McLean Off to Collingwood

Blake McLean

The Austin Crows recently saw the departure of star backman Blake McLean who has finished his Master's of Science in Kinesiology at the University of Texas in Austin. In exciting news, Blake has secured a position in the Sports Science department at Collingwood Football Club. After meeting with several AFL clubs, Blake was excited about the Sports Science department at Collingwood and their commitment to innovation moving forward.

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Jun 15, 2011

Nationals Accommodation Options in Downtown Austin

In addition to the Nationals host hotel, the Wyndham Garden Hotel, the USAFL has also arranged hotel deals for participants at two downtown locations. The Radisson Hotel & Suites and the Hilton Hotel, both in Downtown Austin walking distance from Sunday night's festivities.

For more information visit the 2011 Nationals accommodation information page »

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Jun 13, 2011

Minnesota Freeze Capture Madison Midwest Invitational Title

On Saturday, June 11 the Milwaukee Bombers hosted the first Australian Football tournament in Madison, WI.  Participating teams were the Chicago United, Cincinnati Dockers, Des Moines Roosters, Milwaukee Bombers and Minnesota Freeze A and B.  The Bombers have been wanting to attract more players from Madison, with the goal of eventually starting a club there, for several years.  With that goal in mind the idea for a Midwest tournament came about in discussion after a Madison metro match last summer.  While in Louisville for last year’s Nationals the Bombers discussed the tournament idea with Midwest clubs and based on the positive feedback decided to go ahead with plans for the event. 

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Jun 10, 2011

USAFL Nationals Logo 2011 Released

2011 USAFL Nationals

The 2011 USAFL Nationals preparations are well underway. This week the USAFL released the official logo for this year's Tournament.

The logo features a traditional Texan icon, longhorn cattle, which is cleverly designed using football goal posts for horns.

The tournament organizing committee has been working with the Austin Sports Commission to ensure that this year's Nationals are a huge success, both for the USAFL and the Austin community.

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