{"id":20878,"date":"2023-08-02T11:43:45","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T16:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/?p=20878"},"modified":"2023-08-02T11:44:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T16:44:29","slug":"iowa-based-club-development-league-continues-expansion-in-third-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/iowa-based-club-development-league-continues-expansion-in-third-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa-based Club Development League continues expansion in third season"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>Iowa-based Club Development League continues expansion in third season<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CHARLESTON, S.C. (Aug. 2, 2023) <\/strong>\u2013 The Club Development League, a US Club Soccer-sanctioned league entering its third season, is welcoming three new clubs as it continues its expansion throughout Iowa and now into western Illinois. AYSO United, Dubuque Soccer Club and Quad Cities Rush are joining the league for the 2023-24 season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are the member clubs of the CDL for the upcoming season:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AYSO United (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)<\/li>\n<li>Ames SC (Ames, Iowa)<\/li>\n<li>Cedar River Soccer Association (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)<\/li>\n<li>Cedar Valley Soccer Club (Waterloo, Iowa)<\/li>\n<li>Dubuque Soccer Club (Dubuque, Iowa)<\/li>\n<li>FC United (Marion, Iowa)<\/li>\n<li>Iowa Rush (Ankeny, Iowa)<\/li>\n<li>Iowa Soccer Club (Iowa City, Iowa)<\/li>\n<li>Pearl City Soccer Club (Muscatine, Iowa)<\/li>\n<li>Quad Cities Rush (Moline, Illinois)<\/li>\n<li>Sporting Iowa Central (West Des Moines\/Johnston\/Urbandale, Iowa)<\/li>\n<li>Sporting Iowa East (Bettendorf, Iowa)<\/li>\n<li>Vision Soccer Academy (Waukee, Iowa)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the additions represent an expansion of the league\u2019s footprint in the area, the <a href=\"https:\/\/clubdevelopmentleague.com\/\">Club Development League<\/a> also continues to broaden its programming, facilitating local implementation of US Club Soccer coach education, Player Development Programs (PDP) and the Iowa State Cup.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Club Development League continues to grow, now spanning most of Iowa and has its\u00a0first affiliate from Western Illinois,\u201d said Ian Bradley, Executive Director of the Club Development League. \u201cMore than 170 teams now play in the U-13 through U-19 league, and we are delighted to welcome three new affiliates in Quad Cities Rush, Dubuque Soccer Club and AYSO United.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cQuad Cities Rush is really excited about joining the CDL of Iowa,\u201d said Jason White, Technical Director of Quad Cities Rush. \u201cWe\u2019ve competed against these clubs and coaches previously, so we know the talent and commitment these clubs bring to the field. Our players will be tested on a weekly basis and that can only help our development long term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Dubuque Soccer Club is excited to be joining the CDL this coming Fall,\u201d said Jason Berna, Administrator of Dubuque Soccer Club. \u201cWe have enjoyed playing the EYISL clubs on the eastern side of Iowa, and the CDL allows us to continue to have great competition and great leadership, so we can impact future soccer players in Dubuque.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are excited for the opportunity to play in the CDL and cannot wait for the fall season to start,\u201d added Todd Bell, Technical Director of AYSO United.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iowa-based Club Development League continues expansion in third season CHARLESTON, S.C. (Aug. 2, 2023) \u2013 The Club Development League, a US Club Soccer-sanctioned league entering its third season, is welcoming three new clubs as it continues its expansion throughout Iowa<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/iowa-based-club-development-league-continues-expansion-in-third-season\/\"> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":20879,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[31,32,19],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"class_list":["post-20878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-news","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20878"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=20878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}