PRESS RELEASE September 22,
2009
“PAT
VARSALLONA TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE USASA HALL OF FAME ON OCTOBER
10, 2009 in PHOENIX, ARIZONA”
The
United States Adult Soccer Association has announced that among
the 2009 Hall of Fame Inductees, it has chosen to honor Pat
Varsallona, longtime Executive Director of the New Jersey Soccer
Association and of the Garden State Soccer League
Mr.
Pasquale “Pat” Varsallona was born in Favignana, Italy, and
later moved to Torino, Italy, the city where he started his
soccer career as a youth player. Upon his arrival to the United
States, he immediately began playing Semi-Professional soccer
for various teams in New Jersey. He also had an illustrious
collegiate career starring his first two years with national
powerhouse Mercer County Community College, then playing his
Junior and Senior years at Drexel University, where is was
chosen as a First Team All-American for the Mid-Atlantic region.
In
1976 he founded the Central Jersey Youth Soccer Association and
in 1980, he established the Garden State Soccer League, a
premier soccer league in New Jersey for men, women and youth
with emphasis on the older age youth teams to prepare them for
the adult environment.
Pat
is involved in many administrative capacities: he has been a
member of the United State Soccer Federation’s International
Games Committee and a member of the U.S.A.S.A.’s Rules
Committee.
He is
currently the Chairman of the U20 National Tournament Committee
He is
also serving as the New Jersey Soccer Association Executive
Director, a capacity he has held since 1984, as the Commissioner
of Champions League Soccer, a Regional League of the USASA and
as the Chief Executive Officer of the Garden State Soccer
League.
Pat
has been married for 38 years to Ellen Volk, and together they
have 2 boys: Derrick and Andrew.
For
more info:
www.usasa.com
www.soccernjsa.com
www.gssl.com
www.championsleaguesoccer.com
The
New Jersey Soccer Association (NJSA) is the oldest member of the
United State Soccer Federation having been created in 1913.
The
NJSA is a non-profit organization devoted to the promotion of
the game of soccer for adults male and female players.
Inquiries
should be directed to
njsa_office@yahoo.com