Development Academy playoff groups announced

Development Academy playoff groups announced
by ESNN
June 17, 2013

On Monday, U.S. Soccer conducted the draw for the 2012-13 Development Academy playoffs, which will kick off on June 24 in Frisco, Texas. Thirty-two teams, as determined by placement in division and Wildcard standings, were placed into eight groups for each age group.

Check back on TopDrawerSoccer.com later in the week for previews of the playoffs and next week for exclusive content from the action in Texas.

UPDATED: The original draw from USSF did not rank the teams correctly based on points per game, which is the standard used for seeding in the pot placement for the playoffs. Only the automatic qualifiers from the divisions were in the first two pots (seeds #1-16), which created the error in the first release of the playoff groups. USSF re-did the draw to correct the mistake later in the day. The below groups are the updated official pairings per USSF's announcement. 

U18 Playoff Groups

Group 1: Vancouver Whitecaps FC, PA Classics, Houston Dynamo, Chicago Fire

Group 2: PDA, Seattle Sounders, Real So Cal, IMG Academy

Group 3: Albertson SC, FC Dallas, Crew Soccer Academy, Concorde Fire

Group 4: New York Red Bulls, Weston FC, Chicago Magic PSG, Irvine Strikers

Group 5: Shattuck-Saint Mary's Soccer Academy, Solar Chelsea SC, Kendall SC, Pateadores

Group 6: LA Galaxy, New England Revolution, Dallas Texans, San Jose Earthquakes

Group 7: Baltimore Bays Chelsea, Indiana Fire Academy, Chivas USA, De Anza Force 

Group 8: Real Salt Lake-Arizona, D.C. United, CASL Chelsea FC Academy, St. Louis Scott Gallagher Missiouri 

U16 Playoff Groups

Group 1: De Anza Force, Chicago Fire, Georgia United, Arsenal FC

Group 2: Baltimore Bays Chelsea, CASL Chelsea FC Academy, Colorado Rapids, Revolution Empire

Group 3: Solar Chelsea SC, D.C. United, FC Bolts Celtic, Chicago Magic PSG

Group 4: Crew Soccer Academy Wolves, Sounders Academy, Real So Cal, Orlando City SC

Group 5: PDA, Albertson SC, Crossfire Premier, Texas Rush

Group 6: FC Dallas, Real Salt Lake-Arizona, FC Delco, Sockers FC 

Group 7: New York Red Bulls, Houston Dynamo, Concorde Fire, PA Classics 

Group 8: Chivas USA, Oakwood SC, Texans SC Houston, South Carolina United Battery Academy

Trending Videos
 
IMG Academy Top 150 Rankings
see full ranking:
Boys Girls