USAFL News

Jul 7, 2011

July Regional Teleconferences

Regional teleconferences for all club Presidents will be held next week, see below for schedule.  The teleconference is an opportunity to hear from President, Rich Mann and your Region VP on important topics for the remainder of the season.  If you can not make the call for your region, you are welcome to attend one of the other two calls or you may have another club rep attend the call on your behalf.  Only one club rep per club please.  Contact your club President or Doren James for call-in details.

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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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