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Youth Boys Dec 27, 2011

Local teams to clash with nation’s elite at Disney Showcase in Orlando

By Jimmy LaRoue

One of the top elite youth soccer tournaments in the country begins today as Disney’s 2011 Boys Soccer Showcase kicks off in Orlando, Fla. with 300 accepted teams taking part, including 24 teams from Virginia and Maryland.

Games will take place through Dec. 30 at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Lake Myrtle Sports Complex in Auburndale and Austin-Tindall Regional Park in Kissimmee, giving players a chance to display their talents before coaches from 300 college programs throughout the U.S.

Pool play began today at 8:30 a.m. and will run throughout the day and evening through Dec. 29. The semifinals and finals will take place Dec. 30, with the final being shown Dec. 30 on ESPN3’s online broadcast at 2 p.m.

The girls will begin play Dec. 31 and continue through Jan. 3, with 268 teams participating and 20 local teams making the trip to Florida.

A list of the local boys teams taking part follows:

Boys Open
Baltimore Bays Chelsea USSF DA
Bethesda SC AC Bethesda
Potomac USSF DA

Boys U-15
D.C. United Youth Academy
Annandale BGC Spartans
Baltimore Bays Chelsea 97 Pre-Academy
Arlington Soccer Strikers Red
Braddock Road 96Y Elite

Boys U-16
OBGC Soccer Rangers (Md.)
Loudoun SC 95 Red
Arlington Travel Suprema Inferno 95
McLean USSF 96 Pre-Academy
Baltimore Bays Chelsea 96 Pre-Academy
Annandale BGC Hawks

Boys U-17
Beach FC Red
Annandale BGC United Force
Annandale BGC Knights
Calverton SC Revolution (Md.)

Boys U-19
SA of Columbia United Premier (Md.)
Annandale United FC
Southwest Youth Assoc. NOVA
Regional FC 93 (Va.)
Bethesda SC 93/94 Gunners
Bethesda Internationals

A list of the local girls teams taking part:

Girls U-15
McLean MPS 96 Force Green
Herndon YA Chaos
VSA Heat Blue
PWSI Courage 96 Red

Girls U-16
Braddock Road YC 95 Elite
Prince William Courage Gold 95 Red
McLean MPS Fury Green 95
FC Virginia Heat
Premier Eagles (Md.)
Baltimore Bays Chelsea 96
Richmond Kickers YSC Elite
Beach FC Red

Girls U-17
Baltimore Bays Chelsea 94-95
FC Frederick 94
CYA Phoenix (Va.)
Herndon Youth Soccer Firecats
Bethesda SC ECNL
Virginia SA Heat Blue

Girls U-18
Lee Mount Vernon SC Patriots
Reston 93 Strikers

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