16 Teams from Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Earn Berths in US Youth Soccer Region I Championships Next Week in Kingston, Rhode Island
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania – June
21, 2013 – Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer is
sending 16 teams to next week’s US Youth Soccer Region I Championships,
to be held from Friday, June 28th through Tuesday, July 2nd
at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island.
“We are
very proud of all 16 teams that will represent Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer in the upcoming US
Youth Soccer Region I Championships,” said Chris Branscome, Chief
Executive Officer of Eastern
Pennsylvania Youth Soccer. “Each
year, Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer
has multiple teams competing for regional and national championships, and it is
a testament to the hard work of our organization, our coaches, our parents and
our players that we consistently field strong and competitive teams to
represent us at the regional and national level. We wish them all success next
week in Kingston.”
The 16
teams representing Eastern Pennsylvania
Youth Soccer next week are:
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12 Girls Spirit United Madrid (from Downingtown);
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12 Boys Lehigh Valley United ’00 (from Allentown);
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13 Girls CRUSA FC Bucks Fusion (from Richboro);
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13 Boys Patriot FC Red (from Newtown);
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14 Girls Yardley Makefield Soccer Xplosion (from Yardley);
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14 Boys Penn Fusion (from West Chester);
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15 Girls Penn Legacy Black (from Landisville);
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15 Boys Lehigh Valley United (from Allentown);
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16 Girls FC Revolution Black Hawks (from Reading);
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16 Boys Nether United FC (from Wallingford);
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17 Girls CRUSA FC Bucks En Fuego (from Richboro);
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17 Boys Penn Fusion (from West Chester);
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18 Girls TS United (from Maple Glen);
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18 Boys FC Delco (from Wayne);
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19 Boys Lehigh Valley United ’93 (from Allentown); and
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19 Girls FC Pennsylvania Strikers (from Washington’s Crossing).
The Under
19 Girls FC Pennsylvania Strikers are defending National Champions, winning the
Under 18 Girls National Championship last year in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
The
2013
US Youth Soccer Region I Championships in Kingston features the top 260
boys and girls teams ranging in age from under-12 to under-19 from US Youth
Soccer Region I, which includes the following 16 state organizations: Connecticut; Delaware; Eastern New York;
Eastern Pennsylvania; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; New
Jersey; New York West; Pennsylvania West; Premier League; Rhode Island (host);
Vermont; Virginia; West Virginia.
Regional
winners from the under-14 through under-19 boys and girls brackets earn a berth
to the upcoming 2013 US Youth Soccer National Championships, scheduled for July
23rd through July 28th in Overland Park, Kansas.
About Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer:
Since 1972, Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer has
worked throughout Eastern Pennsylvania’s 36 counties to promote foster, and
perpetuate the game of soccer to the region’s youth. Through competitions, educational programs,
workshops and coaching clinics, each year Eastern
Pennsylvania Youth Soccer impacts the lives of more than 130,000 youth
soccer players from ages five to 19.
Additional information is available at www.EPYSA.org.