Hampton Roads Piranhas
The Hampton Roads Piranhas and Beach FC/NYSL have recently entered an exclusive partnership to create a vertical integration player development model.
United Soccer Leagues - W-League
2003 W-League National Champions
2004 Atlantic Division Champions
Beach FC and The Neighborhood Youth Soccer League are proud to be the exclusive youth programs of The Hampton Roads Piranhas W-League Team.
Immediate Benefits of Partnership With the Hampton Roads Piranhas
- This partnership will further our pursuit of becoming a premier soccer club with regional and national recognition, and continue our tradition of being leaders in youth soccer.
- Joint marketing efforts will help maximize recognition on the local, regional and national levels. Allows more access to co-sponsoring advertising opportunities.
- Creates many added benefits such as player appearances, free clinics, interaction between pro players and Beach FC/NYSL players, discounted ticket opportunities to name a few. We are able to offer these added benefits without raising fees.
- Ability to leverage sponsorships (Beach FC, NYSL and Piranhas).
- Creates a natural affinity for the Piranhas. Allows the Beach FC/NYSL Membership to develop a true identity, participate in, and support a club that has a professional team.
- Be part of a true Soccer Club much like the Europeans have in which they create a real soccer culture.
- Prestige of being identified with a professional soccer team and acting as their “farm system” in which players are developed to play at higher levels.
- Exclusive access to professional players who will participate in club’s youth activities like: coaching teams, conducting clinics, helping with camps, etc.
- Creates additional opportunities for our staff such as additional coaching education, and other employment opportunities within the organization.
- Exclusive access to Super Y league. Allows Beach FC, if chooses, to provide an additional level of play for our elite players. This will give us a major competitive advantage over other local clubs.
- All three organizations have staff that are already very familiar with each other.
- Gives all three entities a more unified image.
Conditions of Piranhas Partnership
- Beach FC/NYSL maintain final decision making authority on all youth soccer programs.
- Beach FC/NYSL maintain final decision making authority on all youth soccer issues related to organization, operational, and coaching matters.
- Separate accounts will be used for financial reporting of the youth division activities.