visitRaleigh.com Girls College Showcase: U15-U19 Top Brackets Preview

(Pictured Above: The Eclipse Select SC 2009 ECNL squad will be playing up an age group, competing in Bracket A of the U16 Showcase Division.) 

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With the visitRaleigh.com Girls College Showcase Series set for this weekend, 548 of the top girls U15-U19 teams will be heading to the Tar Heel state to play in front of over 200 of the top college coaches from across the country (View College Coaches List)

U15 Elite Gold

Bracket A

Fuerza CF 09 KIF FC-recently won the Midwest Junior Championships and placing second in their flight at the SLSG Girls Fall Classic and College Showcase. They will face on matchday one the hosts in NCFC Youth Academy that recently defeated Baltimore Armour’s 09 GA team at the Copa Rayados Tournament. They will be joined by Concorde Fire CF Platinum (9-2-2, 29 points) who have scored 41 goals this season. Rounding out the bracket are Pipeline SC, whose players are just coming back from the high school fall season.

Bracket B

Florida Hawks Futbol Club Blue are one of the top attacking teams in the Development Player League, having outscored opponents 53-7. They will face a tough defensive team in the form of Maryland United FC , who last season placed second in their Superior Orange Division at the Jefferson Cup. Joining them from the DPL will be Inter Atlanta FC ADP, who are currently in first in the Southeast Conference South Division (9-2-0, 27 points). Wilmington Hammerheads FC  are bringing their National roster that are sporting a 6-2-2 record in Mid-Atlantic Conference play.

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Bracket C

Iconz Elite Girls 2009 Orlando are a relatively new team out of  Florida that won their flight at last May’s Disney Memorial Day Soccer Tournament. SJEB FC  just won their opening weekend match in Girls Academy Mid-Atlantic Conference play (a 10-1 victory over Baltimore Celtic) and are coming off of earning two wins at the FC DELCO Showcase. Tormenta FC will also be bringing their attacking fire to North Carolina, having scored 63 goals in DPL play this season. Charlotte SA  can also mix it up with the best attacking teams in the country, having scored 37 goals in ECNL Mid-Atlantic play this season, the most out of any 2009 team in their Conference.

Bracket D

CO Elevation FC Summit Elite will kickstart Bracket D play on matchday one against NCFC Youth ECNL 09, coming off of a strong 2022-2023 NPL season in which they made it to the National Playoffs. Meanwhile NCFC, have defensively been one of the more difficult teams to break down in ECNL league play earning three shutouts early in the season. Sunrise Sting have also had a strong start to their season, jumping out to first place (6-1-1, 19 points) in the DPL  Florida Conference South Division while allowing just seven goals in their first eight games. Force Academy out of Canada are the final entrant in the bracket. Force earned three draws at the EDP Summer Classic and nearly defeated SJEB GA 09s, falling just short 1-0.

U16 Showcase

Bracket A

Pincrest Premier  are currently undefeated in DPL Florida Conference-South Division play (6-0-0) having outscored their opponents 33-1 and have not given up a goal in their last four matches. They will face another strong attacking team on matchday one in NCFC Youth ECNL 08, who have scored at least a goal in each of their last seven ECNL Mid-Atlantic Conference games. Both teams will have their hands full with Eclipse Select SC’s 2009 team, who will be playing up an age year after dominating ECNL Midwest Conference play this season (10-1-2, 32 points first place). Their first match against SJEB FC of the Girls Academy, who last season made the GA National Playoffs, will be one of the top games on the weekend.

Bracket B

NJ Premier FC are coming off of a strong run at the Bethesda Premier Cup in which they won their flight, went undefeated, and allowed just one goal in three matches. Florida West FC will give them a tough test in their first match, having held a strong United Futbol Academy team to just one goal in ECNL Southeast Conference play. NC Fusion ECNL 08 will be using this weekend’s competition to prepare for a busy ECNL Mid-Atlantic schedule which includes mid-December match against rival Charlotte SA. They will face Charlotte SA’s DPL team on Sunday, who are at the top of the Southeast North Conference having yet to lose a game (10-0-1, 31 points)

U17 Showcase

Bracket A

Bracket A will feature two of the top teams from the DPL in Florida Conference -South Division leaders Sunrise Sting  (9-0-0, 27 points) and Charlotte Development Academy (7-1-2, 23 points) who are currently in second in the Southeast Conference-North Division. NC Fusion ECNL 07 are one of the more well-balanced teams in the U17 age group, scoring 25 goals in ECNL Mid-Atlantic Conference play (third highest) while conceding just 10 (fourth lowest). SJEB FC just finished a strong run at the FC DELCO Fall Showcase in which they defeated Pipeline SC ECNL 1-0 and Sarasota FC Premier 3-0, placing third in their flight.

Bracket B

FC Prime earned three strong draws at the Tampa Bay Super Cup, with their defense pulling out shutouts against Sunrise Sting and IMG Academy (0-0). NCFC Youth have also defensively posed problems for attacks this season, having just allowed more than two goals in a game just twice this season in ECNL Mid-Atlantic Conference play. Rush Canada will be joining the competition after finishing up play in the Ontario Premier Development League having earned point points in two of their last three matches. CO Elevation FC Summit 08s were semifinalists in last year’s National Cup XXII Finals Super Division, having won all three matches in Group Play.

U19 Showcase

Bracket A

Florida Roots Futbol Club – Elite Central  were last year’s winners of US Club Soccer’s Florida Cup, which earned them a spot in the 2023 National Cup XXII Super Division Group Stage. Roswell Santos Soccer Club currently sit atop the DPL Southeast Conference South Standings, having allowed just 18 goals in 11 games. They will face another strong defensive team in their second game against Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals, who are coming off of a 6-0 opening day win in GA Mid-Atlantic Conference action against Baltimore Celtic. NCFC Youth finish up the bracket and like their other competitors are a strong defensive team that hold a 1-0 win over the Wilmington Hammerheads in ECNL Mid-Atlantic Conference play.

Bracket B

Sunrise Sting 06/05 will bring plenty of attacking spark down to North Carolina this weekend, having scored 23 goals in just nine matches in the DPL Florida Conference this season. They will face a dark horse in their first game in the form of the Athlete Institute Football Club Womens Prep , who competed in the Umbro Top Rated Showcase last May and at last year’s Bethesda Premier Cup. Both teams will have their hands full with Charlotte Development Academy, who are undefeated in the DPL Southeast Conference North Division play (10-0-0, 30 points) and have outscored their opponents 51-4. NC Fusion will have the first crack at them though and come into this showcase having won three of their last five games in the ECNL Mid-Atlantic Conference.