Cup season kicks off this weekend with the start of NCS State Cup, Presidents Cup and Challenge Cup competition.
More than 950 teams will be competing in the cups being contested between this weekend through the second weekend in June.
Champions will be crowned on Saturday, May 20 for the 12U-17U age groups for NCS State Cup, May 20 and 21 for Presidents Cup and June 10 and 11 for Challenge Cup.
Schedules have not been finalized for the 18U-19U NCS State Cup, which will be decided on June 10.
More information on each competition is below.
NCS State Cup
A total of 137 teams will compete in the cups at the 12U-17U age groups with the champions being crowned on Saturday, May 20 at United Sports Training Center in Downingtown.
There are 79 boys teams and 58 girls teams in the competition representing 59 clubs across Eastern Pennsylvania. Winners will advance to the U.S. Youth Soccer Eastern Regional championships with a shot at making the national championships on the line.
Four teams that won NCS state cups last year are back in the field. Quaker Elite SC Magicians (14U Boys), Penn Alliance Select (14U Girls), FC Revolution Reds (17U Girls) and Eagle FC 06B Black (17U Boys) are looking to make it back-to-back.
Six boys games are scheduled for this weekend. The first girls game will be played next Friday.
The 18U-19U schedules have not been finalized. The finals will be played on Saturday, June 10 at the West-Mont United's Hilltop Farm Soccer Complex in Royersford.
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Presidents Cup
A total of 193 teams from 117 clubs will be competing in the Eastern Pennsylvania Presidents Cup. The finals will be held on Saturday, May 20 and Sunday, May 21 at United Sports Training Center in Downingtown.
There are 115 boys and 78 girls teams in the tournament field competing for a chance to compete in the Eastern Regional Presidents Cup, which will be held locally in Conshohocken and Plymouth Meeting this year. The National Presidents Cup will be staged in Wichita, Kansas in early July.
Seven teams will be defending titles from a year ago. Steel United PA Elite 2009 (14U Girls), Western Lehigh United (16U Girls), FC Montco Victory Premier (17U Boys), North Union United (17U Girls), Hulmeville SC Dortmund (18U Boys), Lancaster Elite Sprinters (18U Girls) and Vereingung Erzgebirge SC Gunners (19U Boys).
Twenty-two games are slated for this Saturday and Sunday.
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Challenge Cup
A total of 615 teams from 117 clubs will be competing in the Eastern Pennsylvania Challenge Cup this year.
There are 353 boys teams and 262 girls team in the competition field. The finals will be played on Saturday, June 10 and Sunday, June 11 at West-Mont United's Hilltop Farm Soccer Complex in Royersford.
Sixty-two games are slated for this Saturday and Sunday.
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