NYSW Soccer Teams Qualify

Region 1 Championships, Barboursville, West Virginia

Cortland, NY -- Weekend results from the New York State West Youth Soccer Association State Championships at SUNY Cortland  put seventeen western New York teams into the U.S. Youth Soccer Region 1 Championships.

The seventeen age-group state champions were all from various youth soccer clubs throughout western New York. A total of 63 teams from the New York State West Youth Soccer Association qualified for the Final 4 weekend from the original 119 entries.

New York State West’s champions will be among the 282 boys and girls teams playing July 2-7 in the U.S. Region I Championships at the Barboursville Soccer Complex and the Huntington YMCA Kennedy Center Scott Orthopedic Soccer Complex in Huntington, WV.

May 31, 2009 @ 12:00 AM

Cortland, NY -- Weekend results from the New York State West Youth Soccer Association State Championships at SUNY Cortland  put seventeen western New York teams into the U.S. Youth Soccer Region 1 Championships.

The seventeen age-group state champions were all from various youth soccer clubs throughout western New York. A total of 63 teams from the New York State West Youth Soccer Association qualified for the Final 4 weekend from the original 119 entries.

New York State West’s champions will be among the 282 boys and girls teams playing July 2-7 in the U.S. Region I Championships at the Barboursville Soccer Complex and the Huntington YMCA Kennedy Center Scott Orthopedic Soccer Complex in Huntington, WV.

Following are the New York State West qualifiers:

U12 Boys -- Baldwinsville Youth Soccer Red Eye II

U12 Girls -- Empire United Soccer Academy - Syracuse

U12 Girls Wildcard --  Empire United Soccer Academy - Rochester

U13 Boys -- Rochester Futbol Club

U13 Girls -- Rochester Futbol Club

U14 Boys -- Empire United Soccer Academy - Rochester

U14 Girls --  Empire United Soccer Academy - Rochester

U15 Boys -- Empire United Soccer Academy - Rochester

U15 Girls -- Empire United Soccer Academy - Rochester

U16 Boys -- CNY United Futbol Club

U16 Girls -- Empire United Soccer Academy - Buffalo

U17 Boys -- BC United Fusion

U17 Girls -- Empire United Soccer Academy - Buffalo

U18 Boys -- BC United Fusion

U18 Girls -- Surge Soccer Club

U19 Boys -- Rochester Futbol Club

U19 Girls -- Empire United Soccer Academy - Rochester

The U.S. Youth Soccer Region I Championships feature state champions in the Under-12 through Under-19 age groups. Other state associations represented are Connecticut, Delaware, Eastern New York, Eastern Pennsylvania, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania West, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia.

Opening ceremonies for the U.S. Youth Soccer Region I Championships are July 2 at Marshall University’s Joan C. Edwards Stadium, Huntington, WV. Round-robin games are July 3 through July 5. Semifinals are July 6. Champions will be determined July 7.

Winners of the Regional competition will advance to the US Youth Soccer National Championships to be held in Lancaster, MA in late July.

For more information about the tournament, visit http://championships.usyouthsoccer.org/