USAFL News

Nov 15, 2013

We Want to Hear From You!

The USAFL Board and Nationals organizing committee would like to get feedback from anyone who attended this year's Nationals in Austin, Texas. One lucky entrant will win free USAFL Player Registration in 2014! The information collected will be used to improve future National Tournaments. The survey will close on December 1.

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Nov 14, 2013

Denis Ryan Interview with Big Footy

The Revolution has arrived – Australian Football in the United States

Story Courtesy – Jason Lassey

For this latest installment in the International Football series, we talked to Denis Ryan, the President of the USAFL., with other input provided by Simon Boyce, the co-coach of the Austin Crows.

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Nov 14, 2013

Simon Boyce Interview with Big Footy

Australian footy deep in the heart of Texas

Story Courtesy – Jason Lassey

For this installment of the international footy series, I talked to Simon Boyce, the co-coach of the Austin Crows. For further information on US Footy you can check out the interview with Denis Ryan, the President of the USAFL here.

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Nov 6, 2013

USAFL Mourns the Passing of Houston Lonestars Player

The greater USAFL community is mourning the passing of Houston Lonestars player Craig Ruggles, who tragically and unexpectedly passed away on Sunday, November 3, aged 29.

David Bryant, VP of the Lonestars says, “Craig Ruggles was a committed member and great friend within the Houston Lonetsars football community. He will be forever remembered for his energy and passion for the game he adopted 5 years ago when he joined the Lonestars. Craig was one of the early players at the club and through his commitment and positive outlook helped develop a strong culture at the club. He will be sorely missed both on and off the field but his legacy will live forever with the Houston Lonestars.”

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Nov 2, 2013

USAFL Seeks New Treasurer

The USAFL are seeking applications for the Executive Board position of Treasurer beginning December 2013. Keith Nelson, the current Treasurer, has advised the board he will be stepping down from the position. Keith has currently held the position since June 2012.

The USAFL Executive Board would like to extend a big thank-you to Keith for his services and wish him all the best in his future endeavors.

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Oct 22, 2013

Home Team Wins National Championship!

For the first time in USAFL history, the host city's home team has won the Division 1 championship. The Austin Crows played a hard fought match against the Calgary Kangaroos to take out this year's title by only 1 point - 4.2.26 to 4.1.25. This was the Crows first year in Division 1 and they showed everyone why they deserved to be there.

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Oct 19, 2013

Nationals Day 1 Review

Day 1 of the 2013 USAFL National Tournament has drawn to a conclusion with a number of teams clearly set with their eyes on the finals. In Division 1 the Denver Bulldogs, Calgary Kangaroos, Austin Crows and New York Magpies have all finished day one with two wins each.

First up tomorrow, the Denver Bulldogs take on the Calgary Kangaroos at 9am and the Austin Crows and New York Magpies will take the field at 10am to decide who make it through to the final at 4pm.

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Oct 15, 2013

Aussie Football Returns to Austin’s City Limits

The United States Australian Football League’s (USAFL) National Tournament returns to Austin this weekend, October 19-20. The tournament is expected to attract more than 1,000 athletes from all over North America for the two-day event being held at Onion Creek Soccer Complex, south of downtown. This is the second time the tournament has been held in Austin with the first in 2011. After much success and positive feedback the vote was unanimous to return.

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Oct 13, 2013

AFL Names Attending USAFL Games

The USAFL is excited to announce there will be an AFL contingent attending the 2013 Nationals.  St. Kilda Saints Captain Nick Riewoldt will be in Austin on Sunday, October 20 for the finals and participate in pre-game ceremonies and awards presentations. (Picture left: Riewolt (far right) in Denver during 2012 Team Pre-Season Camp with team mate Lenny Hayes and members of the USA Revolution squad.)

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Oct 13, 2013

Nationals 2013 Preview

The New York Magpies and the Calgary Kangaroos have had twelve months to wonder, "What if?". On October 19th & 20th in Austin, TX, these two sides will head into the 2013 USAFL National Championships as dual number one seeds in Division One. Both sides undoubtedly feel they have a claim to last year's vacated title, left open when the Dallas Magpies were officially disqualified from competing in Division One at the 2013 tournament. New York and Calgary's only losses in Mason, OH last year were to Dallas. This year, Nationals promises to be as fiercely contested as ever.

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Oct 11, 2013

USAFL Annual General Meeting

Procedures, Nominations and Agenda

The 2013 USAFL Annual General Meeting (AGM) will commence at 1:30pm on Friday October 18th. Per the USAFL Constitution, rules of the AGM are as follows:

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Oct 9, 2013

State of the USAFL

Over the past year, the USAFL Executive Board has been hard at work instituting best practices for non-profits and creating systems to uphold league rules and regulations/policies. While the league hovers around 1,000 annual members, the USAFL is advancing as an organization. As a better organization we can be poised for more league growth. We must have one before the other. 

The past 24 months board activities focused on the non-profit aspect of the league ensuring the organization is well prepared to answer the IRS if an audit occurred.

These activities included:

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Oct 4, 2013

Calling All Umpires!

It's that time of year again when we all grab our whistles and head for the largest footy carnival in the world: October 19-20 are the game days and Austin, Texas is the place!

If you would like to be considered for umpiring duties at this year's Nationals, please contact Umpire Director, Jeff Persson and let him know if you are:

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