close to three dozen volunteers<\/a> pack and deliver tournament kits across multiple fields weeks in advance, and line fields so games can run all weekend long.<\/p>\nIn other Surrey FC news, the club announced Daniel Davidson (Boys) and Vinay Bahia (Girls) as head coaches of their 2013 BCSPL teams.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth coaches are long-standing members of Surrey FC, having already worked closely with this age group and others across the club. Their understanding of our players, development pathway, and club philosophy positions them well to lead these teams. We\u2019re excited to see the continued growth of this group under their leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
On the final weekend of January, the club welcomed Adam van Koeverden, Canada\u2019s Secretary of State for Sport, to Newton Athletic Park for a chat with players, coaches and local MPs.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring his visit, we had the opportunity to discuss preparations ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the importance of federal investment in community sport, and to showcase our home and the role it plays in developing players at every level,\u201d Surrey FC posted on social media. \u201cA great conversation about the future of soccer in Canada and the impact strong community facilities have on growing the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
This fall, from Oct. 6-12, Newton Athletic Park will welcome 24 of the top U-15 soccer teams (representing each province) to a pair of national championship tournaments, for girls and boys divisions.<\/p>\n
Canada Soccer has often picked Newton Athletic Park to host national championships. In October 2024, Surrey FC hosted the 100th-annual edition of the organization\u2019s national championships for adult club teams. Officially known as the Toyota National Championships, the two tournaments featured top amateur teams from across Canada battling for the men\u2019s Challenge Trophy and women\u2019s Jubilee Trophy.<\/p>\n
Weeks earlier, in September 2024, it was a winning weekend of soccer for Surrey FC on home turf at Newton Athletic, host of the 2024 edition of the regional Masters tournaments for men\u2019s and women\u2019s amateur clubs. The annual Canada Soccer-backed competition features men\u2019s over-35 and women\u2019s over-30 clubs from across Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"235 soccer teams will travel to Surrey for big Mayor\u2019s Cup in March Published 9:00 pm Wednesday, February…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-454827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}