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History

The following is a snapshot of the Federal Triangles Soccer Club’s history.


 * The club was founded in November 1990 by J. C. Cummings and others, and club play began in January 1991.  Originally starting as a loosely formed co-ed team in ‘90 and then quickly branched with a men’s team forming as well.


 * After having a co-ed team and forming in 1990, the club soon started up a men’s team. In 1996, the club entered the team into WISL.  In the spring of 1999, the team was put into the current league we use– MCRDL.


 * Traditions began to form as the club grew its roots– and the club started hosting tournaments. Early on, the club would host an annual Over 30/Under 30 competition the weekend before Thanksgiving.  This was a friendly, co-ed style tournament open to everyone.  Being held at a field locally in the Washington, DC area, this one day event grew each year.  Much further down the road, the tradition started to take on a new look (or rather, the faces started getting older and we were constantly adjusting it to the Over 35/Under 35, Over 37/Under 37, etc.!).  The name was changed in 2005 to the Turkey Bowl.  The style remained the same– friendly, co-ed, and open to all!  After years of having the Over 30/Under 30 relaxed tournament, FTSC took on a much more grand task– organizing a tournament in GLBT-friendly Delaware and making it a 3-day event.  And so launched, in 1999, the first ever Rehoboth Beach Classic!


 * The original web site, put together by Craig Grimm, was launched on June 15th, 1998.


 * Also in 1998, the Feds sent a men’s team to participate in the Gay Games in Amsterdam.Though a rough start to the international playing fields (going 0-4-2) it was the start to a whole new level of competition for the club– going global. The years following saw quite the drastic change, including the performance in the 2002 Gay Games in Sydney, Australia and that of the men’s team in the 1st OutGames in Montreal in 2006 where they took the gold!  The Feds have truly travelled the globe and left their footprint.


 * In 1998, there were 38 dues paying members. At the close of 2006, there were over 80!


 * The current co-ed team competes in the Arlington Co-ed Kicks league, where it has taken the championship and continues to play in division 2. Constantly dominating and taking control of the field, co-ed team play is the first team play that this club ever had!


 * The winter of 2003-2004 saw the first ever women’s teams. Pioneers of the women’s side were Wendy Chun-Hoon and Melanie Lilliston.  These teams were entered into the Arlington indoor league and later that spring, the first outdoor women’s team was entered into WAWSL’s division 1.  This team continues to play in D1 after having won the division in 2006, played a season in premiere, and then came back to D1.  By 2005, a second women’s team was formed and entered in the Arlington Women’s Soccer League.  Continuing growth, a 3rd women’s team was formed in the fall of 2006 and entered into WAWSL in the 2nd division.

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