Editor's Note: The article was originally posted on June 24, 2026, and has been updated to reflect that registration is now open and to reflect the approved selection documents. Dear Goalball Community, As promised earlier this week, registration is now open for the 2027/28 USA Goalball National Team Open Tryouts. Registration will close on July 10, 2026 at 11:59 pm MT. Registration can occur at the following link: https://forms.gle/APCkuHvyyKEuV44M7 In addition, the PRELIMINARY testing criteria are attached to this message as well. We provide this information for all potential participants have the opportunity to train and prepare with the same…
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Dear Goalball Community, Today, I would like to share an important update regarding the pathway toward the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games. Last year, USABA organized a national team tryout process for the first time. Following this process, we received a significant amount of valuable feedback from both athletes and coaches. Over the past several weeks, we have worked extensively to further develop and improve the tryout concept based on this feedback, and I would like to provide you with some initial details. This year’s tryouts will be conducted as Open Tryouts, meaning that every athlete who meets the minimum…
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Team USA Athletes to Represent the United States June 6-16, 2026 on Sport’s Global Stage COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) today announced the men’s and women’s rosters that will represent Team USA at the 2026 IBSA Goalball World Championships, taking place June 6-16, 2026, at the China Goalball Training Centre in Hangzhou, China. Hosted by the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) and the National Paralympic Committee of China, the World Championships bring together the top national teams from across the globe for one of the sport’s most prestigious competitions. The event also serves…
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(article courtesy International Blind Sports Federation) USA Women's Goalball Coach Jake Czechowski raises his arms in the air as assistant coach John Potts, trainer Jen Brown, and players Lisa Czechowski and Shavon Lockhardt celebrate a victory over Canada at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. (photo by Mark Reis) A couple of veteran players mixed with a fresh, younger team, together with a new defensive system, means that the defending women’s bronze medalists, the USA, are fired up, ready for Tokyo 2020.Having competed in the Rio 2016 and London 2012 Paralympics, Amanda Dennis and her team are using…
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(July 25, 2019) -- The United States will send a seasoned group of goalball athletes, sprinkled with a few rising stars, to Lima, Peru, to compete at the 2019 Parapan American Games next month. Two-thirds of the men’s and women’s goalball rosters include medalists from the Paralympic Games Rio 2016. For the U.S. men’s goalball team, the Parapan Am Games represent the final opportunity to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games. The team will need to finish on the top step of the podium to secure their ticket to Tokyo next year. Four returning members from the silver-medal winning…
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