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Welcome to the home of the Connecticut Football Club - Connecticut's Premier Soccer Program.  Our club is a full service club that caters to all levels of players from a women's professional team (CFC Passion) to Youth Developmental Programs for 9 and 10 year olds.

The club has four distinct branches at the younger ages:  CFC Arsenal (Lower Fairfield County), CFC Gunners (Upper Fairfield County), CFC Impact (New Haven County) & CFC Wolves/Wildcats (Rocky Hill/Hartford County).

At U15, the four branches come together to form CFC United teams.  With the opening of the CFC Arena, teams are able to train year round rain or shine.

With a coaching staff that includes 15 college coaches, 7 current or former ODP staff coaches, 2 Regional Staff coaches and 2 National Staff coaches, we believe our staff matches up favorably with any staff in the country.  Emphasis is on player development in a team setting, with a focus on preparing players to pursue the game at whatever level they decide.


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CFC Passion Roars to fourth consecutive victory 6-1 over the New Jersey Wildcats

Five different players score as Passion is unbeaten in its last five matches

      The CFC Passion earned its fourth straight victory in impressive fashion with a 6-1 win over the New Jersey Wildcats at Reese Stadium on the campus of Yale University.

      The Passion are now 4-2-2 on the year and unbeaten in its last five matches. CFC took a lead they would never look back from when Furtuna Velaj (Westhill High School) scored her fourth goal of the season in the fourth minute of play.

      Velaj’s unassisted tally came after she had weaved her way though two defenders and took a shot that beat Wildcats goalie Elizabeth Cook.

      The Wildcats had a good chance to even the game when in the 8^th minute a shot by Ashley Lunemann rang off the right goal post. It was one of the final glimmers of hope for the visitors as they were outplayed the remainder of the way by CFC Passion.

      The Passion took a 2-0 lead in the 19^th minute when a shot by Courtney McMahon (Manhattan) bounced off a Wildcat and into the net for an own goal. Seven minutes later Nat Urbas (Sacred Heart) tallied for the 5^th time this year thanks to a nice pass from Courtney McMahon (Manhattan). Ahna Johnson’s (Fairfield) unassisted goal, her second of the year, rounded out the first half scoring and gave the Passion a 4-nil advantage at the break.

      Lauren Erwin (Boston University) and Brittany Duhamel (Manhattan) each scored for the first time this year giving the Passion a 6-0 lead. Corrine Bildstein broke the shutout for Passion netminder Nikki Weiss (Notre Dame) when she put her second goal of the season in the left side of the net in the 89^th minute.

      The Passion are next schedule to play July 6^th when the host the Long Island Rough Riders in a 6 p.m. kickoff at Pomperaug High School. The Wildcats, now 2-4-1, play host to the Jersey Sky Blue on June 24^th.

      For ticket information for all CFC Passion home games please contact General Manager Steve Risser ( ) or by calling (860) 621-3531. 

CFC Passion wins third consecutive match.

Defeats Fredericksburg Lady Gunners 2-1

Fortuna Velaj’s (Quinnipiac) third goal of the season proved to be the game-winner as the CFC Passion beat the Fredericksburg Lady Gunners at Sage Park in Berlin.

Velaj’s unassisted goal came in the 71^st minute of play and broke a 1-1 tie. Velaj weaved past two Lady Gunner defenders to score with a left footed kick into the right side of the net past goalkeeper Jessica Chisley.

Velaj’s heroics were not expected, as the Passion had taken a 1-0 lead on Maggie Westfal’s (Yale) first goal of the season. Westfal converted a pretty pass from Nat Urbas (Sacred Heart) that went behind the Lady Gunners defense.

Westfal’s goal in the 30^th minute was followed six minutes later by a red card against Maria Mohammed. Velaj’s penalty kick sailed high over the right side of the net, but the die seemed cast in Connecticut’s favor as the winless Lady Gunners would be force to play the final 54 minutes of the game short a player.

Despite several good efforts, including a shot off the right goal post by Urbas in the 54^th minute, the Passion could not beat Chisley a second time. Fredericksburg drew even on Kylie Hayes second goal of the season in the 64^th minute. Hayes unassisted goal came as she drew Passion goalie Nikki Weiss (Notre Dame) to the right of the net and then put the ball past her in the lower left hand corner.

The Passion (3-2-2) then took the lead for good on Velaj’s tally to run their undefeated streak to three games and their unbeaten mark to four games.

The Passion out shot the Lady Gunners 14-6. Weiss has four saves while Chisley was credited with six.

The Passion hosts the New Jersey Wildcats at Reese Field on the campus of Yale University in a 7:30 p.m. kickoff on June 21^st. Fredericksburg continues to seek its first victory when it hosts Northern Virginia on June 20^th at 6:00 p.m.

CFC United U16 team after state final victory

Newington, CT--(June 1)--  The sky and white striped jerseys on the field matched the color of the sky when sprinkled with a few high, puffy cumulus clouds, as the Connecticut Football Club completed another successful run in Connecticut's State Cup yesterday afternoon at Newington High School. By winning four of Connecticut's seven state cups, and sending five teams to the Region I Tournament overall, CFC laid claim to being the top girls premier soccer club in Connecticut for the 4th consecutive year.  Their 16 State Championships over that four year period easily outdistances the next closest club, Oakwood Premier, who has won 5.  South Central has won 4 cups, Yankee United 2 and FSA 1.

The CFC Wolves U13's won in their first ever finals appearance, defeating FSA 2-1.  The 13's jumped on top 1-0, but after FSA equalized, CFC found the winner with just over fifteen minutes to play.

For the CFC Wolves U15's, the third trip to the finals turned out to be the charm, as they also defeated FSA by the identical score of 2-1, after racing to an early 2-0 lead.

The U16 CFC United team, who had already qualified for the Regional Tournament through the Region I Premier League, were the only girls team in the state to repeat as State Champions from 2007, as they defeated Academica FC for the second time this season, 1-0.

The CFC United U17's scored just before the whistle in the first half and added an insurance goal late in the second to win their first State Cup, 2-0 over FSA.

The CFC United 18's and 19's also reached the state finals, but both came out on the tough side of things.  The 18's, the defending champions, jumped out to a first half lead on a penalty kick by Furtuna Velaj, but Oakwood battled back to tie the game at the end of regulation, 1-1.  After two scoreless overtimes, Oakwood advanced on penalty kicks in what was one of the most competitive games of the day.

The 19's, the three-time Region I Semifinalists, came into the final already having received a wild card bid to Regionals, but found themselves drastically undermanned.  Due to injuries and sickness, they were forced to play the entire contest in the near 90 degree heat with only 10 players, with one of their goalies playing in the field.  After a scoreless first half that saw CFC create several opportunities, FSA scored off a scramble in front of the net, and held on for dear life, as the shorthanded CFC squad nearly rallied to tie the game before falling 1-0.  They are hoping to arrive at Regionals at close to full strength, to see if they can make one last run at a title.

The Region I Tournament, consisting of state champions from 13 states plus three wild cards in each age group, will be held from June 27-July 1 in Portland, Maine, with the age group champions advancing to the National Tournament at the end of July.

Rhode Island--  ODP's Identification Camps for the U14, U15, U16 and U17 age groups were held at the University of Rhode Island over the past two weeks for players from states throughout Region I.  A pool of 40 players was selected for each age group from the nearly 400 players at each camp.  When all was said and done, 11 CFC players were selected to the Region I teams in their respective age groups--more than double the number of the next closest girls club in Connecticut.

Stephanie Piperno (CFC United U15), and Jenny Hwang (CFC Wolves U15) were selected at the U14 camp, while Jess Schloth (CFC United U16), Chrissy Lozier (CFC United U16), Kerry Scalora (CFC United U16), Jackie McSally (CFC United U16) were selected at the U15 camp that ended Friday morning.

Last week, Kelly D'Ambrisi (CFC Lazers U17), Tanya Dominguez (CFC United U17), Mallory Smith (CFC United U17), Kasey Shulz (CFC United U18) and Claire Pinciaro (CFC United U16) were selected at the U17 & U16 camps respectively.  Shulz and Dominguez were also invited to participate in the ESP National Camp.

In all, more than 30 CFC players were invited to attend the camps which provided players with the opportunity to play with and against top players from other states and in front of US Regional and National staff coaches.