Over 450 teams ready for Jefferson Cup 2024 Girls Showcase Weekend

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Boys: U15 | U16 | U17 | U19
Girls: U15 | U16 | U17 | U19

Richmond, VA – This St. Patrick’s Day weekend 459 teams will hope that luck is on their side as they compete in the Jefferson Cup Girls Showcase.

For over 40 years, the Jefferson Cup has been considered one of the top youth soccer events in the United States. The event, hosted by Richmond Strikers Tournaments and presented in partnership with Inter Milan Academy, will take place March 15-17. (College Coach List).

The Jefferson Cup is a four-weekend tournament that this year will see 1,835 of the top boys and girls youth teams from across the United States and Canada play for top honors and in the high school-aged groups hundreds of college coaches. The Girls Showcase is preceded by the Boys U9-U14 Weekend (March 2-3) and Girls U9-U14 Weekend (March 9-10). The Tournament will wrap up next weekend with the Boys U15-U19 Showcase (March 22-24).

In this year’s competition, teams from 19 different states will be traveling to Richmond to participate in this year’s event along with multiple clubs from Canada.

The states represented include: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,  Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

(Players to Watch: Jefferson Cup 2024 Girls Showcase Weekend)

Teams accepted into the tournament are highly-accomplished members of the nation’s most competitive leagues, including the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL), Girls Academy, Elite Clubs Regional League (ECRL), Elite Development Program (EDP), US Youth Soccer National League and US Club Soccer National Premier Leagues (NPL), among others.

Included in this year’s competition are Beach FC RL 2009, Richmond Strikers 2009 Elite ECRL, and A3 Soccer Royals 07/06/05 who automatically qualified by winning the top division in their age group at last year’s Capital Fall Classic.

The competition will have two different formats: a traditional tournament style format for the U15 age group with multiple winners across the fourteen divisions and a showcase style format for the U16-U19 age groups (Schedule)

The Jefferson Cup features some of the nation’s top natural grass playing surfaces in the country with over 32 synthetic turf fields, including the River City Sportsplex, which is one of the nation’s largest turf complexes. (Field List)

Once again, the tournament will include multiple additional opportunities for players. Among these opportunities are the Jefferson Cup Players Combine, and the ‘Own The Goal’ Goalkeeper Showcase.

Both the boys and girls showcase weekends will host the 3rd annual Jefferson Cup Players Combine. Players from across the country will play in front of some of the top NCAA Division I, II, III, and NAIA college coaches in a series of short games to maximize recruiting opportunities. Each combine will feature three mini-games to be recorded via VEO. The VEO link will be sent to all participants as well as all college coaches attending Jefferson Cup that weekend. The Jefferson Cup Showcase weekends are two of the most highly attended soccer showcase weekends in the country. Over 300 college coaches are expected to attend the Girls Showcase weekend.

In the ‘Own The Goal’ Goalkeeper Showcase, goalkeepers will have enhanced opportunities to showcase their skills in front of college coaches. Each ninety minute goalkeeper session will include a variety of training scenarios with the aim of highlighting each keepers skills that might be overshadowed during a regular game.

Players attending the Girls Showcase will have the opportunity to purchase High Definition Game Film and highlight reels through NextPro. Those that are unable to make the Showcase weekend matches can also watch matches from home through BallerTV’s livestream (Learn More).

For more information about this year’s Jefferson Cup please check out the Tournament Guide.