McLean Youth Soccer Association

MYS has enjoyed another strong season of Virginia State Cup tournament play this fall with the MPS Freedom U18G and MPS Hurricanes U16B wining the State Cup in their respective age groups. The MPS Freedom, coached by MYS Technical Director Clyde Watson won their 2nd consecutive Virginia State Cup for the club and the MPS Hurricanes, coached by David Kenna, has won an unprecedented three State Cups in a row for MYS.

All told, MYS showed very strong at this year’s fall State Cup outing with a total of 14 MYS and MPS teams entering the tournament. Four MPS teams advanced to the semi finals in their age group brackets giving MYS the distinction of being the Virginia club with the largest number of teams in the State Cup semi-finals. The U15G MPS Strikers, the U16G MPS Dragons, the U16B MPS Hurricanes, and the U18G MPS Freedom all battled in semi-final games on championship weekend, October 25-26 in Richmond.

The VYSA State Champions will play in the Region I Regional Championship Tournament, July 2-7, 2009. The Region I Championships will be held in Huntington, West Virginia. The Region I winners go on to play the US Youth Soccer National Championships to be held in July of 2009 in Massachusetts.

Background Information on State Cup

The Virginia Youth Soccer Association State Championships (or State Cups) is a state championships competition conducted annually by the Virginia Youth Soccer Association (VYSA) for boys and girls teams in the Under 12 through Under 19 age groups. The Virginia State Cup is a single-game elimination tournament.  Depending on the age group, 30-50 teams from across the commonwealth play in the tournament each year. 

State Cup is tournament is administered by the Virginia Youth Soccer Association (VYSA) and is open to all teams playing in Virginia.  VYSA conducts State Cup competition two times each seasonal year: In the Fall, competitions are conducted for the Under 15-18 age groups, boys and girls. In the Spring, competitions are conducted for the Under 12-14 and Under 19 age groups, boys and girls.

The VYSA State Cup is a part of, and a qualifying event for, the US Youth Soccer Region I Championships and National Championships conducted by United States Youth Soccer. Winners of the VYSA Championships advance to the US Youth Soccer Region I Championships, and in the Under 14 to Under 19 age groups, Region I winners advance to the United States Youth Soccer National Championships.

For more information about State Cup, go to the VYSA website.