Three local teams advance to 2009 US Youth Soccer National Championships

US Youth Soccer announced the schedule for the 2009 US Youth Soccer National Championships to be played July 21-26 at Citizens Bank Fields at Progin Park in Lancaster, Mass., outside of Boston. The tournament will consist of US Youth Soccer Regional Champions in the Under-14 through Under-19 age groups for boys and girls as well as the US Youth Soccer National League qualifiers in the Under-15 through Under-17 Boys and Girls age groups to complete the field of 60 teams.
 
The traditional 48 teams have advanced to the national championships via success through the first two legs of the annual US Youth Soccer National Championship Series where more than 10,000 teams began their journey at the US Youth Soccer State Championships.
 
State champions advanced to their respective US Youth Soccer Regional Championship, four in all, where over 900 teams competed from all corners of the country. In addition to these 48 regional champions, eight teams have punched their tickets to the national championships via success in the national league.
 
The league consists of teams, Under-15 through Under-17 Boys and Girls, who qualified for league play through their respective US Youth Soccer Regional League. Established in 2007, the league has had immediate success at the national championships, claiming seven of eight finals slots in 2008 and four national championship crowns.     
 
The teams will play matches Wednesday, July 22 through Friday, July 24 to determine who will advance to play for the national titles. Teams will earn three points for a win, one point for a tie and no points for a loss. The team with the most points at the conclusion of Friday's play will advance to play for the national championship on Saturday, July 25 or Sunday, July 26.   
 
Here is the 2009 US Youth Soccer National Championships schedule for local teams involved:
 
Wednesday, July 22:

U15B         7:30am       Spirit United Celtic (E-PA) vs Baltimore Casa Mia Bays 94 (MD)
U15G         7:30am       Chantilly Burn (VA) vs FC Pennsylvania Strikers (E-PA)
U19B         9:30am        NASA 08 Elite (GA) vs Baltimore Casa Mia Bays (MD)
 

Thursday, July 23:

U19B         7:30am       Baltimore Casa Mia Bays (MD) vs Pike Indy Burn (IN)
U15B         1:30pm       Baltimore Casa Mia Bays 94 (MD) vs Blast FC (OH-S)
U15G         1:30pm       So Cal Blues (CA-S) vs Chantilly Burn (VA)

Friday, July 24:

U15B         11:30am      Baltimore Casa Mia Bays 94 (MD) vs SCSA 93 Gold (NC)
U15G         11:30am      Chantilly Burn (VA) vs St. Louis Scott Gallagher (MO)
U19B          1:30pm       Colorado Rush Nike (CO) vs Baltimore Casa Mia Bays (MD)

The complete 2009 US Youth Soccer National Championships schedule as well as game scores and highlights are available at the Series web site

http://championships.usyouthsoccer.org

, or click the

direct link here

. Look for live game Tweets, video and more from the championships site.