Girls Academy conference alignment set ahead of 2024-25 season

With the Girls Academy’s 2024-25 season kicking off later this month, the league has announced its conference alignment for the upcoming campaign. To view the GA’s regular season schedule, click here.

This season, the league’s 115 clubs will be broken into 11 conferences: Frontier, Mid-America, Michigan, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, Mountain West, Northeast, Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Northwest, South Central, Southeast, and Southwest.

The South Central Conference – which is composed of clubs from Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, and Tennessee – is the GA’s newest conference, kicking off play this season.

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Along with an entirely new conference, the GA is welcoming a number of clubs from throughout the country, including: Bayside FC, Blues FC, Capital City SC, Charlotte Development Academy,  Colorado United, Columbus United SC, Coppermine SC, Downtown United SC, Kansas City Scott Gallagher SC,  Liverpool FC IA So Cal, Nashville United Soccer Academy, North Shore United, One Knoxville SC,  Oregon Premier FC, Pinecrest Premier SC, Rhode Island Surf SC, Seattle Celtic, South Valley Surf SC,  Sporting United FC, SYC Springfield, Triangle United SC, VA Revolution, Vestavia SC, and West Side Metros FC.

Additionally, existing GA member clubs Cincinnati United Premier, City SC and NEFC have added second teams within each age group to their respective conferences, reflecting their deep player pools.

Below is a map and full list of the 11 GA Conferences, along with the clubs that will be participating in each one.

Frontier Conference

• BVB International Academy NTX (Carrollton, TX)
• Cap City SC (Austin, TX)
• HTX Soccer (Houston, TX)
• Lou Fusz Athletic (St. Louis, MO)
• Louisiana TDP Elite (Baton Rouge, LA)
• Renegades Soccer Club (Richardson, TX)
• RISE Soccer Club (Houston, TX)
• San Antonio City SC (San Antonio, TX)
• St. Louis Development Academy (St. Louis, MO)

Mid-America Conference

• Chicago FC United (Glenview, IL)
• Cincinnati United Premier (Cincinnati, OH)
• Columbus United (Columbus, OH)
• Indy Premier United (Noblesville, IN)
• Lexington Sporting Club (Lexington, KY)
• Michigan Jaguars FC (Novi, MI)
• Sockers FC (Chicago, IL)
• Sporting United (Pontiac, MI)

Midwest Conference

• Central Illinois United (Rantoul, IL)
• Galaxy SC (Naperville, IL)
• Kansas Rush Soccer Club (Olathe, KS)
• North Shore United (Milwaukee, WI)
• Salvo SC (Rosemount, MN)
• SC Wave (Brookfield, WI)
• Sporting Nebraska FC (Omaha, NE)
• Tonka Fusion Elite (Plymouth, MN)
• Union KC (Kansas City, MO)
• VSA Rush (Waukee, IA)

Mid-Atlantic Conference

• Baltimore Armour (Baltimore, MD)
• Baltimore Celtic (Baltimore, MD)
• Beadling SC (Bridgeville, PA)
• Century United FC (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Coppermine SC (Baltimore, MD)
• Keystone FC (Mechanicsburg, PA)
• PA Classics (Manheim, PA)
• Real Futbol Academy (Medford, NJ)
• SJEB FC (Pitman, NJ)
• Skyline Elite SC (Charlottesville, VA)
• Sporting AC (Wilmington, DE)
• Springfield Youth Club (Springfield, VA)
• The St. James FC (Leesburg, VA)
• VA Revolution (Leesburg, VA)

Mountain West Conference

• ALBION SC Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV)
• Broomfield Soccer Club (Broomfield, CO)
• Colorado United (Littleton, CO)
• Las Vegas Sports Academy (Las Vegas, NV)
• New Mexico Soccer Academy (Albuquerque, NM)
• Rio Rapids SC (Albuquerque, NM)
• Utah Celtic FC (Highland, UT)
• Wasatch SC (Kaysville, UT)

Northeast Conference

• Bayside FC (Providence, RI)
• Cedar Stars Academy – Monmouth (Tinton Falls, NJ)
• Cedar Stars Academy – Bergen (Teaneck, NJ)
• Downtown United SC (New York, NY)
• Long Island SC (Glen Cove, NY)
• NEFC (Mendon, MA)
• New York Soccer Club (Purchase, NY)
• Oakwood SC (Glastonbury, CT)
• Rhode Island Surf (North Kingstown, RI)
• Rochester NYFC Youth (West Henrietta, NY)
• Seacoast United (Epping, NH)
• STA (Morris Plains, NJ)
• Syracuse Development Academy (Solvay, NY)

Northwest Conference

• Almaden FC (San Jose, CA)
• Blues FC (Rocklin, CA)
• Clovis Crossfire (Clovis, CA)
• Lamorinda SC (Orinda, CA)
• Los Gatos United (Los Gatos, CA)
• Modesto Ajax (Modesto, CA)
• Sacramento United (Sacramento, CA)
• San Francisco Elite Academy (San Francisco, CA)
• Santa Clara Sporting (Santa Clara, CA)
• Silicon Valley SA (Palo Alto, CA)
• South Valley Surf (Bakersfield, CA)
• West Coast Soccer Club (Tracy, CA)

Pacific Northwest Conference

• Capital FC (Salem, OR)
• Columbia Premier SC (Vancouver, WA)
• Eugene Metro Fútbol Club (Eugene, OR)
• Liverpool FC IA Washington (Issaquah, WA)
• Oregon Premier (West Linn, OR)
• Seattle Celtic (Seattle, WA)
• Seattle Reign Academy (Tacoma, WA)
• Spokane Shadow (Spokane, WA)
• Washington Rush (Everett, WA)
• Washington East Surf SC (Spokane, WA)
• Westside Metros (Beaverton, OR)

South Central Conference

• Charlotte Development Academy (Charlotte, NC)
• Hoover-Vestavia Soccer (Birmingham, AL)
• Nashville United SA (Brentwood, TN)
• One Knoxville SC (Knoxville, TN)
• Pinecrest Premier (Miami, FL)
• Triangle United Soccer Association (Chapel Hill, NC)

Southeast Conference

• AFC Lightning (Fayetteville, GA)
• Florida United (Miramar, FL)
• IMG Academy (Bradenton, FL)
• Palm Beach United (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
• South Carolina Surf (Mt. Pleasant, SC)
• Southern Soccer Academy (Marietta, GA)
• Tophat Gold (Marietta, GA)
• Tophat Navy (Marietta, GA)
• Wake FC (Holly Springs, NC)
• West Florida Flames (Apollo Beach, FL)

Southwest Conference

• ALBION SC San Diego (San Diego, CA)
• City SC (Carlsbad, CA)
• FC Tucson (Tucson, AZ)
• FRAM Soccer Club (Torrance, CA)
• LA Surf SC (Pasadena, CA)
• SoCal Reds FC (Irvine, CA)
• Murrieta Soccer Academy (Temecula, CA)
• SC del Sol (Phoenix, AZ)
• SDSC Surf (San Diego, CA)
• West Coast FC (Irvine, CA)