Event Recap: 2024-2025 Cal North State Cup

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2024-2025 CAL NORTH STATE CUP RECAP

DANVILLE, Calif. (December 14 & 15, 2024) - Cal North held the 2024-2025 Cal North State Cup for U9-U12 age groups on December 14th & 15th at the beautiful Mustang Soccer Complex in Danville, California.

Cal North State Cup is the designated state-level qualifier for the US Youth Soccer Far West Regional Championships and the first step to the US Youth Soccer National Championship Series. Every Cal North District was well represented, with the exception of District 6 and District 9. In total, 32 teams competed in their respective age groups, including several District Cup Champions that earned their Free & Automatic entry to State Cup via their District Cup.

Cal North State Cup Champions in the U12 Boys & Girls age groups earned the right to represent Northern California next summer at the U12 Far West Regional Championships event that will be taking place in Boise, Idaho along with the 2025 US Youth Soccer Far West Presidents Cup. There is no national event for U12.

Those two teams that have already booked their ticket to regionals are AC Marin Girls 2013 Black winning the U12 Girls bracket and Ajax United 13B Academy Pre-MLS Next winning the U12 Boys division.

Saturday proved to be a challenging day with rain conditions for most part of the day along with strong, sporadic winds throughout. Hundreds of families and players made their way to Mustang Soccer Complex despite the conditions to compete for the highest State Cup recognition there is in the state.

The following day was absolutely delightful. The sun shined bright since the morning games and set the stage for TRUE State Cup Champions to be crowned. Some groups had determining final group stage matches that would help them move on to the State Cup finals, other brackets were round-robin where standings would determine the Champion after group play. All games were played on time and Champions & Finalists were recognized in front of their supportive families & teammates.

2024-2025 Cal North State Cup Champions

U11 Girls: Lamorinda SC United 2014G Pre-GA (Moraga, CA, District 4)
U12 Girls: AC Marin Girls 2013 Black (Petaluma, CA, District 5)
U9 Boys: San Jose Rush 16B (San Jose, CA, District 2)
U10 Boys: Hanford Youth Soccer League Water Futbol Farm (Hanford, CA, District 7)
U11 Boys: Hanford Youth Soccer League Water Futbol Farm (Hanford, CA, District 7)
U12 Boys: Ajax United 13B Academy Pre-MLS Next (Modesto, CA, District 8)

This event saw new Cal North State Cup Champions in each of the age groups with Water Futbol Farm being the club taking home two Cal North State Cups. The teams from Hanford Youth Soccer League came to Danville and took the tournament by storm, surprising more than one with quality soccer from both teams, but most importantly, quality players, coaching staff and families. They 100% made the 3+ hour drive worth every bit of effort returning as Champions.

It was also pleasant to see familiar clubs getting involved in the Cal North State Cup once again, as was the case with the San Francisco Glens, Atletico Santa Rosa, 1974 Newark FC, San Jose PAL and Albany-Berkeley SC, to name a few.

As a reminder, Far West Regional Championships are for U12-U19 age groups, with U12 Far West Regional Championships taking place on June 13-17, 2025 in Boise, Idaho along with the 2025 Far West Presidents Cup. There is no national event for U12. As for all U13-U19 Cal North State Cup Champions, the Far West Regional Championships will also take place in Boise, Idaho during June 20-25, 2025. The event will feature Boys and Girls teams in the 13U-19U age groups who will compete for a regional championship and a spot at the US Youth Soccer National Championships.

We would like to recognize and congratulate all 2024-2025 Cal North State Cup Champions & Finalists!

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