Girls Academy 2021 Postseason: Final Club-By-Club Results
With the inaugural Girls Academy (GA) season in the books, SoccerWire has compiled a club-by-club breakdown of how the postseason played out.
Cincinnati United Premier (CUP) emerged as the national champion in both the U14 and U16 age groups, completing a remarkable 2020-21 campaign. CUP also advanced to the semifinals at the U17 level and reached the postseason in the U15 age group as well.
FC Bay Area came away as U19 champion while Michigan side Nationals took home the U17 trophy, Massachusetts’ NEFC won the U15 title and Oklahoma Energy FC claimed the U13 championship.
National finalists included: NEFC (U13), Lou Fusz Athletic (U14), IMG Academy (U15), Utah Royals – Arizona (U16), TSJ FC Virginia (U17) and Tophat (U19).
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Three total clubs – NEFC, Tophat and Utah Royals AZ – qualified for the GA Playoffs across all six age groups. Despite not winning at all, Tophat ended the season with a second place finish (U19) a third place finish (U17), and saw its U13 side reach the semifinals, and its U15 squad advance to the quarterfinals.
An additional four clubs – Arlington Soccer, City SC, Houston Dash Academy and TSJ FC Virginia – reached the playoffs in five out of six age groups.
See below for a complete look at how each GA club fared in the 2021 postseason.
GA Postseason | U13 | U14 | U15 | U16 | U17 | U19 | ||||
Albion Las Vegas | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | |||||||
Albion San Diego | Qualified | Quarterfinalist | Qualified | |||||||
Arlington Soccer | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | |||||
Baltimore Armour | Qualified | Qualified | ||||||||
Baltimore Celtic Union | Qualified | Qualified | ||||||||
Beadling SC | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | |||||||
Cedar Stars Monmouth | Qualified | Qualified | ||||||||
Century United FC | Qualified | |||||||||
Chicago FC United | Qualified | Qualified | ||||||||
Cincinnati United CUP | Champion ? | Qualified | Champion ? | Semifinalist | ||||||
City SC | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Semifinalist | |||||
Clovis Crossfire | Qualified | Qualified | ||||||||
Colorado Rush | Qualified | Quarterfinalist | Qualified | Qualified | ||||||
FC Bay Area | Qualified | Champion ? | ||||||||
Houston Dash | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | |||||
IMG Academy | Finalist | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | ||||||
Indy Premier United | Qualified | Semifinalist | ||||||||
ISC Gunners | Qualified | |||||||||
LA Surf SC | Qualified | |||||||||
Lamorinda SC | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | |||||||
Legends FC | Qualified | Qualified | ||||||||
Lonestar SC | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | ||||||||
Long Island SC | Qualified | Qualified | ||||||||
Lou Fusz Athletic | Semifinalist | Finalist | ||||||||
Michigan Jaguars | Quarterfinalist | Qualified | ||||||||
Midwest United FC | Qualified | Qualified | ||||||||
Nationals | Qualified | Quarterfinalist | Qualified | Champion ? | ||||||
NEFC | Finalist | Qualified | Champion ? | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | ||||
New York Soccer Club | Qualified | |||||||||
Oakwood SC | Qualified | Semifinalist | Qualified | |||||||
Oklahoma Energy FC | Champion ? | Semifinalist | Semifinalist | Qualified | ||||||
OL Reign | Quarterfinalist | |||||||||
PA Classics | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | |||||||
Rise SC | Qualified | |||||||||
SC Del Sol | Qualified | Quarterfinalist | Qualified | Qualified | ||||||
SC Wave | Qualified | Quarterfinalist | ||||||||
Seacoast United | Qualified | |||||||||
SJEB Rush | Qualified | Qualified | ||||||||
Sockers FC Chicago | Qualified | |||||||||
South Shore Select | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Quarterfinalist | ||||||
Spokane Sounders SC | Qualified | Qualified | ||||||||
Sporting Blue Valley | Qualified | Qualified | ||||||||
Sporting Delaware | Qualified | |||||||||
STA | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | ||||||
SVSA/PASC | Qualified | |||||||||
Tophat Soccer | Semifinalist | Qualified | Qualified | Quarterfinalist | Third Place ? | Finalist | ||||
TSJ FC Virginia | Qualified | Qualified | Quarterfinalist | Qualified | Finalist | |||||
Utah Royals AZ | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Finalist | Qualified | Qualified | ||||
West Coast FC | Third Place ? | Qualified | Qualified | |||||||
West Coast Soccer | Qualified | |||||||||
Weston FC | Semifinalist | Third Place ? | Qualified |