Mavis Derflinger, Administrator
Mavis Derflinger began her soccer career coaching a girls’ team in Lee-Mount Vernon, VA, in 1969. In the 1970s, Derflinger teamed with Rael Vodicka to form the Washington Area Girls Soccer League (WAGS) where she served as treasurer. Derflinger was elected the President of the Virginia Youth Soccer Association from 1979-1981. She also held the position of Region I Director for US Youth Soccer from 1981-1986. In the early 1980s, she became the first female board member of the USSF. In 1986, she was elected as chairwoman of US Youth Soccer, which put her on the USSF Executive Committee. She served as chairwoman through 1990.  Mavis is also a lifetime member of the US Soccer Federation and was selected in the Concacaf Hall of Fame.  Click here to read the full biography.

Congratulations Mavis!