Oct. 7, 2006
GOING NATIONAL
So Cal teams join Red Bull National League 17

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Four California teams will be among the 16 Under-17 teams to compete in the Red Bull National League 17. The top eight teams from the East and West regions will meet head-to-head during the year with four weekend-long tournaments. The first of these tournaments will take place November 17-19, 2006, in Raleigh, NC, in conjunction with the Capital Area Soccer League (CASL) Shootout.

Teams in the East will be Atlanta United, CASL Elite (Raleigh, NC), Chicago Magic, Chicago Sockers , Concorde Fire (Georgia), FC Delco (PA) , PDA (Central NJ), Scott Gallagher (St. Louis).

Teams in the west will be Arsenal FC (Alta Loma, CA), Colorado Rush, Crossfire Premier (Redmond, WA), Dallas Texans, Irvine (CA) Strikers, Nomads (La Jolla, CA), Pateadores (Mission Viejo, CA), Dallas Solar.

All 16 teams will attend the first event of the season. The second and third events will be regional competitions. They will each play three games per weekend and only play each other once in the entire regular season. Standings will be based on the point system: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss. The fourth event will take place in Chicago, May 26-28, 2007, and will serve as the official league playoffs. One team will leave the field that day as the national champion.

In addition to the National Title, the winning team will win a trip to New York to play the New York Red Bulls Under-17 team in Giants Stadium. The New York Red Bulls Under-17 team will be joining the Red Bull National League 17 for the 2007/2008 season, along with other new teams that will be chosen through a qualification and possible play-in process.