Scott Douglas Anderson (Class of 2020)

Scott is a former Officer in the early days of CVSRA and one of its earliest assignors. He worked sparingly as a scholastic official with Richmond Interscholastic Soccer Officials Association (RISOA), because of his practice schedule as the Head Coach of one of the Richmond Strikers most successful Premier travel teams, who were State Finalists five of nine years with two Championships under his leadership in the U-13 & U-14 divisions and a third as U-18’s.

Scott missed that opportunity following his untimely death in 1997 at the age of 49, while skiing in Killington, Vermont, with his fiancée and her son. His Assistant Coach Leigh Cowlishaw, then a standout player at the University of Richmond, initially took over the reins of that team. Scott had taken that U-13 Championship team to Europe to compete in the Dana Cup in Denmark and gain valuable experience training with an English professional club outside London. The highlight of that trip was battling the defending world champion U-13 Brazilian team in a friendly to a 1-1 draw and visiting Wembley Stadium for each of his boys and one girl to raise the English Championship Cup. All of his players would go on to become confident and productive adults. One would become a standout at Clemson University and go on to play for Real Salt Lake in the MLS and later for the Richmond Kickers for a season upon his return to Richmond. Another would captain his Princeton University team. But the most amazing and unique aspect of the training of this team was that each of the players were USSF certified referees at age 13 and worked youth matches, when they were not on the pitch playing.

Scott was a Navy veteran as a helicopter pilot and served in the Naval Reserves as a Lieutenant where he received a medal of Meritorious Service in 1987. He settled in Richmond with his first wife Michelle to raise their two boys Ian and Patrick, who were also certified referees in their youth. Scott was a USSF and VHSL certified referee for over twenty years cut short only by his heart disease. Scott devoted most of his life to youth soccer in the Richmond area and was instrumental in the development of Richmond Metropolitan Youth Soccer League (RMYSL) and is a past-President of this originating organization responsible for seeding youth soccer programs in Richmond. Before becoming a member of the CVSRA Board and Assignor he was significantly involved in the creation of the Richmond Strikers Soccer Club program, he was instrumental in the Club’s developing the Jefferson Cup Tournament which has continued to grow as one of the most prestigious youth tournaments in America.