Frank Gorman, Sr. (Veteran) - Inducted 2024

Frank Gorman, Sr. began his involvement in Metropolitan DC-Virginia area soccer in 1969, when he started a boys’ team with the Annandale Boys Club called the 1960 Annandale Cardinals. 

Around 1971 the 1960 Cardinals joined the Braddock Road Boys Club (BRBC). Frank held the position of BRBC Select Commissioner for the competitive teams. He designed the original crest for BRBC. He also became an active volunteer for the Annual BRBC Festival. He continued that involvement when, in 1976, the festival was renamed the Braddock Road Youth Club (BRYC) Al Dougherty Memorial Tournament.

While coaching, Frank played a major role in the establishment of an Amateur’s Soccer Association.  From 1972 through 1975 he served as the first president of the Metropolitan DC-Virginia Soccer Association (MDCVSA). 

Frank Gorman’s Cardinals, from their start to their graduation as U-19s, were an extremely successful team. His team ended their youth soccer careers with an outstanding accomplishment, having lost only ten games cumulatively across their eight active years.

One of Frank’s driving forces to start coaching soccer was his son, Frank, Jr. As a coach and a mentor, he did an outstanding job in preparing and challenging his players to achieve their goal of playing collegiate soccer.  

As a builder, Frank Gorman, Sr. made a major impact on the growth of soccer for MDCVSA and VYSA.