Division champions crowned at 5th Annual Columbus Day Explorer Cup

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(Via APL Tournaments) – The 5th Annual Columbus Day Explorer Cup was played over the weekend, as 170 teams from Maryland, New York, New Jersey and throughout Eastern Pennsylvania played in one of the Mid-Atlantic region’s fastest growing youth soccer tournaments.

A handful of the largest clubs in Eastern Pennsylvania sent a flock of teams across the various age groups, including area powerhouses Continental FC, Penn Fusion Soccer Academy and West-Mont United which claimed a combined 17 division titles.

Seven Continental FC squads – Dortmund 09 (U-8 Boys Championship Division), Dortmund 06 (U-11 Boys Championship Division), Real 06 (U-11 Boys Premier Division), Barca 03 (U-14 Boys Elite Division), Arsenal 03 (U-14 Boys Premier Division), Barca 02 (U-15 Boys Elite Division) and Barca 08 (U-9 Girls Championship Division) – each won their respective divisions. Meanwhile, Juventus 06 (U-11 Boys Elite Division), Dortmund 04 (U-13 Boys Championship Division) and Premier 02 (U-15 Boys Championship Division) all earned second place finishes.

Five Penn Fusion Soccer Academy squads – Eagles 08 (U-9 Boys Premier Division), Elite 07 (U-10 Boys Championship Division), Elite 04 (U-13 Boys Championship Division), Elite 03 (U-14 Boys Championship Division) and United 05 (U-12 Girls Championship Division) – went home as division champs. Penn Fusion teams that finished as finalists included Predators 08 (U-9 Boys Championship Division), Elite 05 (U-12 Boys Championship Division) and Predators 05 (U-12 Boys Elite Division).

Five West-Mont United sides – Union 07 (U-10 Boys Premier Division), Montco Alliance 02 (U-15 Boys Championship Division), Union 08 (U-9 Girls Elite Division), United 06 (U-11 Girls Championship Division) and Montco Alliance 04 (U-13 Girls Championship Division) – won division titles. West-Mont United 08 and West-Mont United Union 06 also placed second in the Girls U-9 Championship Division and U-11 Elite Division respectively.

It wasn’t all local clubs taking home the hardware at the Explorer Cup, as Maryland side Severna Park Premier Green (U-12 Boys Elite Division) and New York side Albertson Fury 07 (U-10 Girls Elite Division) also claimed division titles. Maryland’s Pipeline SC Black (U-11 Boys Championship Division), New York’s Albertson Academy 03 (U-14 Boys Championship Division) and New Jersey’s Washington United 03 (U-14 Boys Premier Division) each earned second place finishes in their groups.