ISS trade shows bring together buyers, suppliers and manufacturers in screen printing, embroidery and graphic design. The shows are filled with exhibitors ranging from apparel screen printing equipment, multi-head embroidery machines, direct-to-garment printing options, heat-applied rhinestone designs, neon inks, performance stretch inks, sublimation equipment and much more. You’ll see multi-head embroidery machines making twelve caps at a time. See the options of rhinestone application from heat-press application to robot-arm application from a computer design. See foil appliqué, laser applied lettering, screen printed team numbering systems as you walk around the immense show floor. You’ll see the latest t-shirt colors, hoodie string and zipper colors, heather and marling sweatshirt designs, placket shirts, embroidery-ready corporate apparel, super-soft baby apparel, matching blankets, blank robes and slippers, backpacks, tote bags, aprons and every other apparel item that can be custom decorated.

Let the Games Begin! That’s the traditional phrase that has proclaimed the start of the  since its first venue in Irvine, Calif., in 1988. Those words will start off a week-long celebration that brings together AYSO players, volunteers and parents from across our country. The genesis of the National Games is typically AYSO. It started with a good idea and volunteer power pulled it off!