Five days of exciting competition took place at the National League PRO in Oceanside, Calif., as 30 men's teams and 30 women's teams qualified for the 2024 USYS National Championship presented by New York Life. Additionally, 10 teams won the National League PRO title as winners of the champion pools in each age group.
The game in Oceanside will feature the top teams in the 14U to 19U age groups from the USYS National League's club-based platform Elite 64 and team-based conferences, with each competing team based on their performance in previous playoff events. Through this, he gained the right to participate in the event. This season.
“It's been a long journey. We kept competing, we kept trying, we kept training,” Cook Inlet SC 07G (AK)'s Addison Bailey said after the Alaska side qualified for nationals. It finally paid off.” “Sometimes I feel like Alaska is underrepresented. This is a really big thing for us and we try to represent (the nation). Without the National League and these opportunities, we wouldn't be able to do that. I don’t think we would have been in the situation we are in now.”
Matches in the National League PRO were extremely competitive, with all matches decided by an average goal difference of just 1.91. The games that decided the right to participate in the national championship were often inconclusive, as his average goal difference was 1.54 and he had 12 penalty shootouts.
The 60 teams that qualified for the national championship came from 22 different state associations, led by Southern California and Utah, with 10 teams each qualifying. Florida has five teams qualified for nationals, while New Jersey and North Texas each have four.
In addition to the teams qualifying for the National Championship, five boys teams and five girls teams won the National League PRO title by winning tournament competition within their respective age group champion pools. .
2024 National League PRO (Oceanside) | Girls Champion
14U: Galaxy SC 10G NL (Illinois)
15U: Las Vegas Surf Soccer Club 09G Elite 64 (NV)
16U: Ambassador FC 2008 Girls (Ohio State)
17U: Utah Surf 07 B Hale (UT)
19U: DASC Black (SD)
2024 National League PRO (Oceanside) | Boys Champions
14U: Barça Academy Pro Miami B10 (Florida)
15U: Los Angeles Soccer Club 09B Elite 64 (CA-S)
16U: Kansas Rush Academy 08 (KS)
17U: Hoosier FC 2007 Elite Wolves I (India)
19U: Raiders FC 2005 (Illinois)
The National League PRO champion Raiders FC 2005 Boys returned to the National Championship after losing to in-state foe Libertyville FC 1974 in a thrilling semifinal last summer, with both teams scoring a combined seven goals in overtime. It will come.
“A lot of teams don't get a chance to play in the Nationals,” said Raiders FC's Diego Zarate. “It feels great to be one of the top 16 teams in the nation.” “It's a great feeling to be playing in the McGuire Cup. It's a real blessing to play in the National League PRO, especially to win today.”
The 10 National League PRO Champions represented nine different state associations, as Illinois was the only state with two title winners.
One of the 2023 USYS National Champions, 19U Girls DASC Black (SD), won the National League PRO title and the 15U Boys Los Angeles Soccer Club won the National League PRO following their 2023 Elite 64 National Finals title. Obtained.
National League Pro Title Goal Scorer
14U Girls
Galaxy SC 10G NL (IL) – 2 (Brooke Loudermilk 68', Sophia Cochran 70+2')
South Valley Surf SC 10G Elite 64 (CA-S) – 0
15U Girls
Las Vegas Surf Soccer Club 09G Elite 64 (NV) – 7 (Evelyn Contreras 3', 14', 70', 80', Alondra Rivera 11', Madalyn Smith 12', Sanai Battles 31')
East County Surf 09G Elite 64 (CA-S) – 0
16U Girls
Ambassador FC 2008 Girls (Ohio) – 3 (Eva Paltz 24 minutes, Ava Bell 65 minutes, Kelly McCandless 70 minutes)
Summit FC G08 JM (UT) – 1 (Annie Leighton 13')
17U Girls
Utah Surf 07 B Hale (Utah) – 2 (Samantha Sellers 11 minutes, Rachel Bolen 51 minutes)
Idaho Rush SC 07G Elite 64 (ID) – 0
19U Girls
DASC Black (SD) – 2 (Aftin Murray 2', Haley Christensen 29')
Utah Celtic FC Storm 05/06G Elite 64 (UT) – 0
14U Boys
Barça Academy Pro Miami B10 (Florida) – 2 (Mohamed Jamhour 2 minutes, Diego Rodriguez 70 minutes)
Utah Soccer Alliance 10B Elite 64 (UT) – 1 (Levy Camajou 37')
15U boys
Los Angeles SC 09B Elite 64 (CA-S) – 3 (Matthew Manrique 10 minutes, Angel Jasso 68 minutes, Jason Garcia 79 minutes)
Raiders FC 2009 (Illinois) – 0
16U Boys
Kansas Rush Academy 08 (Kansas State) – 4 (Michael Gary 11 minutes, 55 minutes, Alonso Garcia 15 minutes, Ethan Walter 80 minutes)
AC Blair B08 (CA-S) – 3 (Christopher Martinez 33', 44', Michael Sandoval 50')
17U boys
Hoosier FC 2007 Elite Wolves I (India) – 1 (Shawn Hauser 80')
PDA/Wisla B2007- Lewandowski (New Jersey) – 0
19U Boys
Raiders FC 2005 (Illinois) – 3 (Diego Ronaldo Zarate 45+2 minutes, Roman Vargas 50 minutes, Maximiliano Aquino 79 minutes)
FC Bucks Dominion 2005 Boys (PA-E) – 2 (Brandon Epstein 7 minutes, Giuseppe Propato 61 minutes)
