2008 US Youth Soccer National Championships

2008 National Championship Series Official Website

Each summer the United States Youth Soccer Association (US Youth Soccer) crowns a boys and girls national champion in each of its seven age divisions (Under 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19). The finals are a culmination of a year-long series of competitions at the state and regional levels. The US Youth Soccer National Championship Series provides approximately 185,000 players on 10,000 teams from US Youth Soccer's 55 State Associations the opportunity to showcase their soccer skills against the best competition in the nation, while emphasizing teamwork, discipline and fair play.

The US Youth Soccer National Championships serves as the crown jewel of competitive youth soccer as the nation's top 48 youth soccer teams, in the Under-14 through Under-19 Boys and Girls brackets, compete for the US Youth Soccer National Championship title.

A form of the US Youth Soccer National Championships were first held in 1935 and, after adding age groups throughout the years, reached the present format in 2001.

Winners of the New York State West State Championships advance to the US Youth Soccer Region1 Championships in Portland, ME. Winners at the Regional level advance to the National Finals to be held in Little Rock, AK in late July.