Super-20 League

Infobox sports league
logo=USL.gif
pixels=100px
sport=Football (soccer)
founded=2006
teams=55
country=USA and CAN
champion= Chicago FireThe United Soccer Leagues Super-20 League is an American-Canadian soccer league for players 17 to 20 years of age. Introduced in 2006 it took the place of the U-19 age bracket in the Super Y-League.

The league's main goal is to provide opportunities to elite youth players to keep playing without having to join a senior level team.

On August 3, 2008 the Chicago Fire Super-20 team became the first MLS player development team to win a league championship by becoming the North American Super 20 champions after defeating Toronto 2-1 in the Super-20 Final. The win capped a dominating finals competition in which the Fire went 5-0 and outscored the other conference qualifiers by an aggregate score of 17-2, including a 3-0 win over the DC United player development team in the semifinals. The Fire qualified for the North American Finals after finishing on top of the Midwest Conference with a record of 10-1-0. The Fire finished the season with a 15 game winning streak and a final record of 15-1-0. Their two year record of 23-2-3 is the best in North America in the Super 20 division. The team was led by captains and Super 20 League Co-MVP's Robert Younger (Illinois-Chicago) and Mark Blades (Northwestern). Mike Stephens (UCLA) and Chris Cutshaw (Bradley) were named to the All-League team and Matt Eliason (Northwestern) won the Golden Boot award as the leading scorer in the North American Finals with 6 goals in 5 matches, including the game winner in the 81st minute of the Championship match against Toronto.

2008 Teams

Men

Central Conference

*Midwest Division
**1790 Cincinnati flagicon|Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio
**Alliance Academy flagicon|Michigan Lowell, Michigan
**Chicago Fire flagicon|Illinois Bridgeview, Illinois
**Cincinnati United Premier flagicon|Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio
**Des Moines Menace flagicon|Iowa Des Moines, Iowa
**Indiana Invaders flagicon|Indiana South Bend, Indiana
**Mequon United flagicon|Wisconsin Mequon, Wisconsin
**Penns Forest flagicon|Pennsylvania North Huntington, Pennsylvania
**St. Louis Lions flagicon|Missouri Cottleville, Missouri
**TKO Premier flagicon|Michigan Kalamazoo, Michigan
**Toronto Lynx Juniors flagicon|Ontario Toronto, Ontario
**West Michigan Edge, Grand Rapids, Michigan
**Windsor Spartans flagicon|Ontario Tecumseh, Ontario

Northeast Conference

*Mid Atlantic Division (Group A)
**Beachside S.C. flagicon|Connecticut New Canaan, Connecticut
**Brooklyn Knights flagicon|New York Maspeth, New York
**Ironbound S.C. flagicon|New Jersey Newark, New Jersey
**Jersey Knights flagicon|New Jersey North Brunswick, New Jersey
**Match Fit Academy flagicon|New Jersey Lincroft, New Jersey
**New Jersey Rangers flagicon|New Jersey Denville, New Jersey
**PDA FC flagicon|New Jersey Zarephath, New Jersey
**Quickstrike FC flagicon|New York New Windsor, New York
**Red Bull New York flagicon|New Jersey East Rutherford, New Jersey
**Westchester Flames flagicon|New York New Rochelle, New York

*Mid Atlantic Division (Group B)
**D.C. United flagicon|Maryland Germantown, Maryland
**City Islanders Academy flagicon|Pennsylvania Palmyra, Pennsylvania
**South Jersey Barons flagicon|New Jersey Atco, New Jersey
**Parsippany S.C. flagicon|New Jersey Parsippany, New Jersey
**Potomac S.C. flagicon|Maryland Germantown, Maryland
**Rage S.C. flagicon|Pennsylvania Reading, Pennsylvania
**Real Maryland flagicon|Maryland Germantown, Maryland
**Super Nova FC flagicon|Pennsylvania Carlisle, Pennsylvania
**TSF Academy flagicon|New Jersey Montclair, New Jersey

*New England Division
**Black Watch S.C. flagicon|New York Schenectady, New York
**MPS flagicon|Massachusetts Braintree, Massachusetts
**New Hampshire Phantoms flagicon|New Hampshire Bedford, New Hampshire
**Seacoast United flagicon|New Hampshire Epping, New Hampshire

outhern Conference

*South Atlantic Division
**Carolina Dynamo flagicon|North Carolina Greensboro, North Carolina
**East Tennessee SF flagicon|Tennessee Johnson City, Tennessee
**FC Fredericksburg flagicon|Virginia Fredericksburg, Virginia
**Hampton Roads Piranhas flagicon|Virginia Virginia Beach, Virginia
**Northern Virginia Royals flagicon|Virginia Manassas, Virginia
**Triangle FC flagicon|North Carolina Cary, North Carolina

*Southeast Division
**Florida Soccer Alliance flagicon|Florida Sanford, Florida
**HC United flagicon|Florida Tampa, Florida
**Kendall S.C. flagicon|Florida Miami, Florida
**Orlando FC flagicon|Florida Sanford, Florida
**RSL Florida flagicon|Florida Tampa, Florida
**Schulz Academy flagicon|Florida Boca Raton, Florida

Western Conference

*Pacific Southern California Division
**Bakersfield Brigade flagicon|California Bakersfield, California
**Lancaster Rattlers flagicon|California Lancaster, California
**Los Angeles Galaxy Rios flagicon|California Carson, California
**Poway Vaqueros flagicon|California Poway, California
**Riverside MGFM flagicon|California Riverside, California
**Ventura County Fusion flagicon|California Ventura, California

Women

Central Conference

*Midwest Division
**1790 Cincinnati flagicon|Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio
**Chicago Gaels flagicon|Illinois LaGrange Park, Illinois
**FC Indiana flagicon|Indiana Indianapolis, Indiana
**Penns Forest flagicon|Pennsylvania North Huntington, Pennsylvania
**Toronto Lynx Juniors flagicon|Ontario Toronto, Ontario

Northeast Conference

*Mid Atlantic Division
**Brooklyn Knights flagicon|New York Maspeth, New York
**FC Frederick flagicon|Maryland Buckeystown, Maryland
**Jersey Knights flagicon|New Jersey North Brunswick, New Jersey
**Match Fit Academy flagicon|New Jersey Lincroft, New Jersey
**New Jersey Rangers flagicon|New Jersey Denville, New Jersey
**South Jersey Barons flagicon|New Jersey Atco, New Jersey
**Parsippany S.C. flagicon|New Jersey Parsippany, New Jersey
**Quickstrike FC flagicon|New York New Windsor, New York
**Super Nova FC flagicon|Pennsylvania Carlisle, Pennsylvania
**TSF Academy flagicon|New Jersey Montclair, New Jersey
**Washington Freedom flagicon|Maryland Germantown, Maryland

*New England Division
**CFC flagicon|Connecticut Rocky Hill, Connecticut
**MPS flagicon|Massachusetts Braintree, Massachusetts
**Long Island Rough Riders flagicon|New York East Meadow, New York
**New Hampshire Phantoms flagicon|New Hampshire Bedford, New Hampshire
**Seacoast United flagicon|New Hampshire Epping, New Hampshire

outhern Conference

*South Atlantic Division
**East Tennessee SF flagicon|Tennessee Johnson City, Tennessee
**FC Fredericksburg flagicon|Virginia Fredericksburg, Virginia
**Hampton Roads Piranhas flagicon|Virginia Virginia Beach, Virginia
**Northern Virginia Majestics flagicon|Virginia Manassas, Virginia
**Triangle FC flagicon|North Carolina Cary, North Carolina
**West Virginia Illusion flagicon|West Virginia Fairmont, West Virginia

External links

* [http://supery.uslsoccer.com/super20league/index_E.html Super-20 League Official Site]