SYC Soccer hires Dotty Talbott as Executive Director

(Via SYC) – Springfield South County Youth Club (SYC) has announced the addition of Dotty Talbott as the new SYC Soccer Executive Director.

Talbott brings over 25 years and a wealth of knowledge of youth soccer to SYC including; high school coaching, youth travel coaching, refereeing as well as the R&D Administrator of NCSL, member of the VYSA Adjudication Committee and tournament director for numerous tournaments including our very own Virginian Elite Showcase held during memorial day weekend.

As R&D Administrator, Talbott took the lead role in bringing the online reporting system for the NCSL league into existence to help automate game reporting. She also developed great relationships with numerous club reps to work on any important R&D issues. As a tournament director, Talbott streamlined the preparation, management, logistics, operations and communications to ensure that every event ran optimally and delivered on its mission of providing a great experience to the players.

From a soccer background, Talbott played her youth soccer here in the Northern Virginia area under the watchful eye of Coach Mavis Derflinger who co-founded Washington Area Girls Soccer (WAGS). She played in the inaugural season of the league, and many more as well as the first WAGS tournament, which was a turning point for girls’ soccer in the area. Her talent and hard work on the field was rewarded with several scholarship offers to schools such as Brown University and George Washington University.

Her unique experience in administration, project management and soccer, will give Talbott an advantage as she takes on the role of SYC Soccer Executive Director, tasked with executing the clubs mission as well as ensuring optimum soccer operations, proper reporting controls and communications with our membership.

“It is an honor to be chosen for the position of Executive Director at SYC Soccer. I look forward to working with a great staff and the enthusiastic board members who have worked so tirelessly to make the club what it is today. SYC has a wonderful foundation of soccer leadership in the club, travel and recreational, which makes me enthusiastic and thrilled to continue the positive work going forward.”