They’re not only great soccer players, they’re also great guys . . . The players have served as excellent role models to students by reading with them, by helping them solve math problems, and by being friends in the classroom.

June 2009 :: SALEM, OR – The Cascade Surge partnered with Swegle and Washington Elementary Schools to bring Sammy’s Team on campus this May. The players have served as excellent role models to students by reading with them, helping them solve math problems, and by being friends during lunch and recess. View Full Article 

“Irby has been a great influence on American soccer”, Tredway continued as he praised his former boss. . . View Full Article 

Oct. 2009 :: SALEM, OR – “It is with much sadness, we announce the terminiation of our Cascade Surge PDL soccer franchise.” said Surge President Dave Irby. “For fifteen years we have entertained fans and spent quality time with youth throughout the area; but changes in the economy made it harder to keep the team operating.” …

Oct. 18, 2009 :: SALEM, OR -The Cascade Surge has folded as we reported last week. Should they be mourned? Why should anyone care . . . There are plenty of reasons to care . . .

Surge News Feb 2012 Allen Lotz, our Senior VP, just returned from from the jungles of Peru. He was part of a seven person group that traveled 10 hours by plane, 10 hours by bus, 10 hours by truck, then throw in a canoe ride! The purpose was to help provide medical care, minor construction and begin to explore the idea of using soccer for leadership training, similar to our project in Mongolia.

See Coach Irby  as he traveled with their Seahorse Team to Uganda, as the civil war was ending.

June 26, 2010 :: As an incoming freshman, David Irby 75 had no idea how much impact APUthen Azusa Pacific College would have on his life. Thirty-five years later, he is founder and CEO of Surge International, a ministry that uses soccer to bridge political and social gaps around the world in order to spread the Gospel. View Full Article