FRISCO, Texas (Sept. 3, 2024) — The USYS National League has announced the full field of teams that will compete in the December 2024 National League Quarterfinals. The event will feature teams primarily from the National League Conferences and Elite 64 Regional League, and all games will be played at the Arizona Athletic Grounds in Mesa, Ariz.
The December Quarterfinals include boys and girls teams in the 14U (2011), 15U (2010), 16U (2009), 17U (2008) and 19U (2006/2007) age groups.
The December competition will feature more than 260 top-performing teams from the past year of competition in the 13 National League Conferences, as well as the Elite 64 Regional League. Each side earned its place in the quarterfinals, either via automatic qualification or by securing an open slot selection, through its recent on-field accomplishments.
“Each team playing in these National League Quarterfinals has proven it belongs through excellent performances over the last year, which will make for a high-level event full of special teams and talented players on the top of their game,” said Marc Frankland, USYS National League General Manager. “Every team goes to Arizona with an opportunity to get a step closer to advancing to the USYS National Championships, and that emphasis on team achievements creates a very exciting atmosphere all around the event.”
THE TEAMS
The December 2024 Quarterfinals will feature 57 teams that qualified for the 2024 USYS National Championships, presented by New York Life, in the 13U through 18U age groups, including 15 semifinalists, six finalists and seven champions.
In all, the December Quarterfinals will consist of teams from 39 of the 54 USYS State Associations. State Associations with participating teams include: Alabama, Arizona, California South, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Eastern New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Eastern Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania West, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Texas, South Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
THE PATHWAY
Teams in the December Quarterfinals will compete in three days of group play for a chance to advance to the second stage of national events — the National League Semifinals.
At the National League Semifinals, teams that advance out of the December Quarterfinals will meet the teams that advance from the other two quarterfinal events, which primarily feature Elite 64 sides. With the best of the National League’s team-based and club-based divisions coming together, the semifinals will see teams compete for berths to the 2025 USYS National Championships, presented by New York Life.
The game schedule for December 2024 National League Quarterfinals will be posted around late October.
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