New No. 1 club featured for first time in SoccerWire Top 100 Boys Rankings

Sterling, Va. – SoccerWire has revealed a new edition of its series highlighting the top youth clubs in the United States, and for the first time since the launch of the boys’ rankings, FC Dallas has been overtaken as the No. 1 ranked club. In the Top 100 Boys Soccer Clubs rankings for June 2021, Philadelphia Union has risen up one spot to take the top position.

Philadelphia Union has excelled at developing key players for the United States, ranking first in the part of our algorithm that accounts for U.S. Youth National Team call-ups. Additionally, the Union’s U17 team sits at the very top of the MLS NEXT national standings, with their U15 team sitting in third.

In the ratings aggregated by YouthSoccerRankings.US, the most comprehensive database for team results in the youth soccer industry, Union’s U17 team is top in the nation, while the U15 team slots in at second and their U16 team sits at 11th.

All of these efforts have led the Union to barely overtake FC Dallas, who also excels in each of these areas. FC Dallas has been solidified as the top boys club in SoccerWire’s monthly rankings since the series began in February 2020.

With a primary focus on the American soccer player development landscape, SoccerWire’s monthly Top 100 lists are based on an algorithm which measures the competitiveness of U15-U19 teams, along with other key factors including recent U.S. Youth National Team call-ups and season success in the nation’s top leagues.

If you want to make sure your club maximizes its chances of making the Top 100, please ensure that your teams’ results are up-to-date in YouthSoccerRankings.US.

See below for the full list of SoccerWire’s Top 100 Boys Soccer Clubs for June 2021.