The James River Cup is the name of the soccer rivalry between Virginian soccer club, the Richmond Kickers and the Virginia Beach Piranhas. The series formed in 1996 and was played at the professional level annually until 2007, when the Mariners disbanded as an organization. From 2008–09 the rivalry was played in the USL Premier Development League with the Richmond Kickers Future and the Virginia Beach Submariners, now known as the Piranhas. The rivalry ended in 2009 when the Kickers Future left the PDL.
Famous quotes containing the words james, river and/or cup:
“O Jesse had a wife, a mourner all her life
And the children they were brave,
But the dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard
He laid Jesse James in his grave.”
—Administration in the State of Miss, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Cole Thornton: Just a minute, son.
Mississippi: I am not your son. My name is Alan Bourdillon Traherne.
Cole: Lord almighty.
Mississippi: Yeah, well, that’s why most people call me Mississippi. I was born on the river in a flatboat.”
—Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)
“The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?”
—Bible: New Testament, 1 Corinthians 10:16.