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CUP FINALS THIS WEEKENDBoth CVSA Cup and Copa Bruce finals are this Sunday.Both games will play in the Ukrop Park stadium field. See schedule for details. Updated 5/14/12, 11:0113 AM. |

Stephen Salpukas © 1999
The Arthur Ballner Trophy
The CVSA Cup traces
its roots to the beginning of the CVSA, with the first competition being held
during the 1975-'76 season. The basic idea of the competition is to have all
teams in the league participate in one inclusive tournament. It generally lasts
from the fall to the spring, with games played intermittently during the regular
season. The tournament gives an opportunity for lower division teams to test
themselves against higher competition within the league.
The Cup is one of the
four major titles awarded by the league in a calendar year. The others are the
Premier Division Spring Champion, Premier Division Summer Champion, and Premier
Division Fall Champion.
The trophy awarded to
the winners is named for the late Arthur Ballner of Deutscher
Sportclub. Mr. Ballner is one of the pioneers of adult amateur soccer in the
Richmond area. In the late 1950's he led a group that started playing pickup
soccer games near Byrd Airport, and became Deutscher Sportclub in 1960.
Throughout the 1960's, he led the Deutscher Sportclub teams to play in
Washington, DC leagues on weekends, as their weren't enough players to support a
league in Richmond at the time. Their teams were good enough to win the DC
Second Division at one point. As the game grew in the Richmond area Mr. Ballner
branched off and founded the Internationals Soccer Club, the precursor to the
very first CVSA Champions in the 1975-'76 season, and winners of two of the
first three CVSA Cups. Mr. Ballner passed in 1972, three years before the
founding of the league, but his enthusiasm and love of the game laid the
groundwork for what is now the CVSA.
The Copa Bruce
is named for longtime CVSA President S. Bruce Williams, whose idea it was
to give the lower division teams a legitimate chance in cup competition. Mr.
Williams led the coalition of community, business, & municipal groups who
developed the Bryan Park Soccer
Complex in the mid-1990's, which the CVSA
uses as their primary base of operations. Mr. Williams is still an active player
in the CVSA, as a leading offensive component for the Lions Masters of
the CVSA Veterans Division.
1976
- West End FC
1977 - Internationals
1978 -
Internationals
1979 - Deutscher Sportclub
1980 - Deutscher
Sportclub
1981 - Deutscher Sportclub 3, Lions FC
1
1982 - Lions FC
1983 - Deutscher
Sportclub
1984 - Lions FC
1985 - Eclipse
1986 -
European FC
1987 - Lions FC
1988 - Eclipse
1989 -
Spiders FC
1990 - Spiders FC
1991 - Pink
Panthers 3, Fan Rats 2 - OT
1992 - Not Played
1993 - Not Played
1994 - Fan
Rats 5, Lions 30 1
1995 - Not Played
1996 - Not Played
1997 -
Not Played
1998 - Not Played
1999 -
Dublin FC 3, Fan Rats 1
2000 -
Dublin FC 4, Lions FC 2
2001 - Lions
FC 4, BlackWatch FC 0
2002 -
BlackWatch FC 1, Dublin FC 0
2003 - Lions
FC 3, Fan Rats 2
2004 - Fan
Rats 5, Lions Express 2
2005 - Lions
FC 3, Team FCA 2
2006 -
X-Rams 3, Fan Rats 2
2007 - Lions
80 3, Metro Sting Masters 2
2008 - Fan
Rats 3, Lions 80 1
2009 -
X-Rams 1, FC Bosnia 0
2010 - Richmond Celtic FC 2, Partizan
Richmond FC Premier 0
2011 - Partizan Richmond FC Premier 3, Brown Distributing 1

S. Bruce Williams
(1959- )
Father
of the Copa
Bruce
Founder
of the Bryan Park Soccer
Complex
2000
- Big Nasty 3, Daredevils 1
2001
- Tyrants 2, Poe's Pub 1
2002
- Lions Express 3, Fan Rats 0
2003
- Lions Express 6, Pink Panthers 4
2004
- BlackWatch United 1, BlackWatch AARP 0 -
2OT
2005
- Bandito's 4, Sidewalk Café 1
2006
- Metro Sting Internationals FC 4, Reggae Boyz FC 3 - OT
2007
- Richmond Celtic I 2, 3 Monkeys 2 - 4:1 PK
2008
- CLG Flames 2, Galaxy FU 0
2009
- Richmond Celtic FC 1, 3 Monkeys 0 -
OT
2011 - Lightning 4, Absolute A.D. 3