The CVSA Cup



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CUP FINALS THIS WEEKEND

Both 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.


CVSA Cup

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.



CVSA Cup Past Champions

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


Copa Bruce


El Bruce

S. Bruce Williams

(1959- )

Father of the Copa Bruce

Founder of the Bryan Park Soccer Complex


 


Copa Bruce Past Champions

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

2010 - Sticky Rice FC 3, Glanville United 2

2011 - Lightning 4, Absolute A.D. 3