USAFL News

Jul 8, 2013

Urban Cowboy To Return for 11th USAFL Nationals

The 2013 USAFL Nationals will mark the 11th consecutive year Rodney "Grilla" Grljusich has provided his unique play by play commentary as "The Voice of the USAFL Nationals". Due to his unique sound and great success in the U.S., Grilla has also been a part of the commentary team at the last two International Cup tournaments in Australia.

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Jun 27, 2013

Player Registration Reminder

Players and clubs are reminded that the player registration fee will be increased this Monday, July 1 from $50 to $75. Additionally, this Sunday is the last opportunity for clubs to purchase pre-paid player memberships.

To earn qualification points for this year’s Nationals, all players must be registered in the LMS before playing their first game. Players will not be able to accrue points unless they are registered and paid for the current season. Read more about the League Management System here »

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Jun 24, 2013

The Biggest Little City to Host Inaugural Western Regional Tournament

Up to ten USAFL teams will descend upon Reno, Nevada this September in the first ever Western Regional Tournament. Both mens and womens teams will compete in this one day event to help provide a more comprehensive method for ranking teams leading up to the USAFL National Tournament in October.

Brandon Blankenship, USAFL Vice President for the Western Region and President of the San Diego Lions, has been hard at work organizing this inaugural event.

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Jun 20, 2013

Fort Lauderdale Tournament Live Stream

The Fort Lauderdale Stadium Classic Tournament kicks off at 10am EDT on June 22, 2013. Follow all the action from the live stream. If the embedded stream is not displaying, please visit http://www.ustream.tv/flash/live/13126604.

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Jun 18, 2013

2014 International Cup dates confirmed

The AFL is pleased to announce the 2014 International Cup will be held in Melbourne from Saturday August 9 to Saturday August 23 2014.

The fifth International Cup carnival will include two AFL curtain-raiser matches, matches played at AFL and VFL venues, a men’s and women’s competition, a standalone AFL 9s fixture and matches linked with community football leagues.

AFL International Development Manager Tony Woods said the aim was to make IC14 the biggest International Cup to date.

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Jun 14, 2013

Nationals Logo, Hotel and More

Austin, the "Live Music Capital of the World" plays host once again to the USAFL Nationals. This year's logo highlights the cities musical attributes and the National tournament follows closely on the heels of the Austin City Limits music festival, which will take over the town from October 4-13.

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Jun 10, 2013

Development Squad players wanted: Nominate your club’s promising new players!

The USA Revolution and Development teams are gearing up to clash with Canada this Summer in the 2013 49th Parallel Cup, held on August 3rd in Edmonton.

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Jun 8, 2013

Record Numbers Attend Freedom Camp

A record 70+ attended the 2013 USA Freedom Training camp in the San Francisco East Bay over the weekend of June 1-2. Players came from all over the US including New York, Boston, Minnesota, Baltimore, Washington DC, Columbus, Arizona, Denver, Los Angeles and Sacramento. The Golden Gate Roos and San Francisco Iron Maidens were the proud hosts for the weekend offering up support to the players on and off the field.

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Jun 6, 2013

LMS Points Adjustments

The USAFL is announcing a slight change to the Nationals Eligibility Point (NEP) structure.  Previously 1/2 point was earned for metro matches and 1 point was earned in USAFL matches.  All points are now doubled:

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Jun 5, 2013

US Marines Get an Introduction to Footy

Members of the US Marine Rotational Force Darwin (MRF-D) were recently introduced to the great game of footy by the Northern Territory Thunder at a training session in Darwin in preparation for a game on June 8.

Travis Edwards (left), assistant coach of Northern Territory Thunder, teaches Marines how to punt during their first practice at the TIO Stadium in preparation for their first big “footy” game.

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May 31, 2013

USA Freedom Descend Upon the San Francisco Bay Area

Women from all over the USA have descended upon the San Francisco Bay area for this weekend's USA Freedom training camp and tryouts. A record will be set with over 70 participants attending in the hopes of representing their country against Canada at the 49th Parallel Cup in Edmonton this August.

Players have traveled from as far as New York, Boston and Minnesota as as close as San Francisco, Sacramento and Los Angeles. 

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