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Jonathan Smith (ASA President): What were your expectations coming into the weekend of Nationals?

Patrick Sheridan (Colorado, Open Champion): I just wanted to see the newer Denver guys meet some of the older ASA guys, and to facilitate some new friendships being formed. For my own play, I hoped to get out of the group and if I was playing well with some good matchups, I thought it would be great to have a tight semi-final game and maybe make the final.

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The American Subbuteo Association hosted a highly successful U.S. Nationals weekend in Denver, Colorado, on August 27-29, 2021. 18 players from 7 states attended the event organized by the Colorado Subbuteo Club. On Friday evening, Daniel Cranston won the Travelers’ Cup, a warm-up tournament for out-of-town players. Patrick Sheridan (Colorado) won the National Championship (Open category) with a 2-1 win over Paul Eyes (Maryland) in the final. (Watch the match below.) Peter Alegi (Michigan) took the Veterans’ title with a 2-1 sudden death victory over Eyes. (Watch the match below.) Shaun Kidsley (Indiana) won the Mary Jane tournament and Jake Schoonmaker (California) claimed the Beginners’ Cup. A friendly team event brought the weekend to a close.

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The Colorado Subbuteo Club and ASA are proud to announce that this year’s National Championship will take place in Denver, Colorado on August 27-29 weekend. As the pandemic is easing and restrictions are being lifted, the CSC and ASA will follow all local and state guidelines for assuring a safe, responsible, and memorable event! We realize some folks may have legitimate concerns that prevent becoming vaccinated. Therefore, we will be asking those that are unvaccinated, to please protect themselves and others by wearing a mask during the event.

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If you’ve come here in the past you might be hard pressed to realize that the ASA is in fact a very active table soccer community. We’ve taken some steps to move to a new platform that will allow us to project that. The first one being this web site.

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Our new site is expected to change over time, and we welcome your feedback on what we can do to make this more useful to you.

“Position is everything for a ref, knowing the rules is so important…the main ones players know… it is the little ones that they don’t.”

—Gregg Deinhart, 7-time ASA National Champion (Open)

“Refs make decisions, but players decide the match”

—Peter Vahle, 2018 ASA Nationals organizer & Northern California S.C. Member

The ASA Referee Project is a guideline for becoming a better referee put together by ASA Board member Bryan Arnold. We’ll let him explain it below. You can download the guideline here.

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Patrick Sheridan made a historic run in the 2020 FISTF Major of Mons. After progressing to the Knockout phase, Patrick stunned Heinz Eder of Austria, 2-1 in overtime.

In the round of 16, Patrick pushed former World Cup champ, Rémy Huynh before losing 4-2.

Well done Patrick on your successful run!

Zach Walker defeated Patrick Sheridan 2-0, to take the 2020 Western States Open title. A rematch of the 2019 Colorado Cup Final, Zach came out victorious for his 2nd consecutive title.

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