USL Super League President Amanda Vandervort has been awarded the United Soccer Coaches Women’s Soccer Award of Excellence, the organization announced today.
Vandervort has been a member of United Soccer Coaches for 22 years where she served on the Board of Directors for 10 years, and in 2016 became the fifth female president in the association’s 75-year history.
The Coaches Communities Awards of Excellence are presented annually by the community group to honor an individual that has shown a commitment and outstanding work, meeting the association’s highest ideals of inclusion and diversity in the game.
Vandervort joined the USL after serving as Chief Women’s Football Officer of FIFPRO, the global player’s association based in Amsterdam, where she directed strategy, policy, and stakeholder relations. She published Raising Our Game, a women’s football report detailing global industry standards and a player-centric approach to improving the game. Prior, she spent nearly a decade at Major League Soccer as Vice President of Social Media and CRM, then as Vice President of Fan Engagement.
Past winners of the award include Michelle Akers, Kristine Lilly, and Anson Dorrance.
The award will be presented to Vandervort during the annual United Soccer Coaches Convention on January 10th.