Dayton Dutch Lions FC nominated for seven 2013 USL Awards - combined with recent Coach of the Year nominations DDL FC receives 9 nominations for 2013 season
Dayton, November 21 2013 - The Dayton Dutch Lions FC and several staff members have been nominated for seven USL awards for the 2013 season. The United Soccer Leagues will honor the teams and executives that set a standard for excellence during the 2013 USL PRO, PDL and W-League seasons at the 2013 USL Hall of Fame Banquet Friday, December 13, at the Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach. The great seasons of both the Men’s Professional team – a winning record and qualifying for the playoffs for the first time since they joined in 2011 – and the Women’s team – winning the Regular Season Conference Championship – puts the club in the spotlight.
5 Award Nominations for the DDL FC Women's team organization including the nomination for Organization of the Year
The DDL FC USL Award Nominations for the 2013 season are:
- Communication Award USL PRO - DDL FC Men’s team
- Broadcast Award USL W-League – DDL FC Women’s team
- Progress of the Year Award W-League – DDL FC Women’s team
- Executive of the Year Award W-League - Sid van Druenen
- Organization of the Year Award – DDL FC Women’s team
- Betsy McAdams Key Grip Award* USL PRO – Koen Driessen
- Betsy McAdams Key Grip Award* W-League – Satoshi Tatsumi
* recognizes an excellent member of a club’s staff that is not an executive with the team
Recently former 2013 Head Coach Patrick Bal of the Men's team and Sid van Druenen of the Women's team were also nominated for Coach of the Year in USL PRO and the W-League.
President Mike Mossel commented on the nominations: “it is good to see so many nominations. It shows we are being recognized and that we are on the right track as an organization. Our plan with our Men’s and Women’s team was to improve a little bit every year off and on the field, but we made a big jump this year and are looking for another one next year. I am also pleased that several individuals are nominated but they could not have done the job without their colleagues.”
