Rank	Team Name	Head Coach	Comments
1	Fullerton Rangers - White  Fullerton, CA	Jimmy Obleda	US Youth Soccer National Champion; CalSouth National Cup (state cup) champion; US Youth Soccer Region IV champion; Dallas Cup champion.
2	Cincinnati United Premier - CUP Crew Juniors Gold  Cincinnati, OH		US Youth Soccer National League division winner; Midwest Regional League division champion; US Youth Soccer Region II champion.
3	Chicago Magic - Pre Academy I  Chicago, IL	Bato Radoncic	3. Magic US Youth Soccer National League division winner; Illinois State Cup champion; Northern Illinois Soccer League spring NPL division winner.
4	NY Cosmos Academy - 96		Northeast Pre-Academy League playoffs winner; NPL Champions Cup runner up.
5	Smithtown Kickers SC - Arsenal		Eastern Development Program winner; NPL Champions Cup participant.
6	LA Galaxy - Youth Academy  Carson, CA		Southern California Developmental Soccer League Flight 1 winner; Dallas Cup quarterfinalist.
7	Carmel Valley Manchester - Red Academy		Surf Cup runner up; CalSouth National Cup runner up; Southern California Developmental SL flight winner.
8	Gwinnett Soccer Association - Phoenix Red		US Youth Soccer National League participant; Georgia State Cup champion; US Youth Soccer Region III finalist.
9	FC Dallas - 96 Pre-Academy  Frisco, TX		Texas Pre-Academy League runner up.
10	Sockers FC - Cup  Palatine, IL	Oleg Vatchev	National Premier Leagues Champions Cup winner; Midwest Developmental League winner.
11	New York Red Bulls - 96  Secaucus, NJ
12	Kendall Soccer Coalition - 96 Pre-Academy
13	Houston Dynamo - Pre-Academy  Houston, TX
14	Concorde Fire SC - Elite  Atlanta, GA
15	Hilmar Milan FC - Rossoneri
16	Real So Cal - White  Calabasa, CA
17	Texans SC Houston - 96 Pre-Academy Houston, TX
18	Weston FC - 96/97 Pre-Academy  Miami, FL
19	Montgomery SC - Magic Green  Montgomery, MD	Ben Morey
20	Lehigh Valley United - United
21	Sporting Kansas City - Juniors
22	Dallas Texans - 96 Pre-Academy  Dallas, TX
23	Albion SC (CA) - White	Roy Lassiter
24	FC DELCO - Academy 96  Coatesville, PA	John Hingley
25	Solar Chelsea SC - USCS Pre-Academy  Dallas, TX
26	Soccer Academy of the Americas - Real Madrid	Libardo Perdigon
27	Manhattan SC - Paris St. Germain  New York, NY	Wilson Egidio
28	Santa Barbara SC - White
29	West Pines United - Black
30	Vardar - Academy  Rochester Hills, MI
31	FC America Soccer Academy - Premier	Jim Maynes
32	West Coast FC
33	Washington Premier FC - Black  Tacoma, WA	Ralph Black
34	Carolina Elite Soccer Academy - 96 Premier  Greenville, SC
35	Albertson SC - 96  Albertson, NY	Robert Michaels
36	Carlsbad Lightning - Elite B96  Carlsbad, CA
37	Baltimore Bays - Chelsea  Baltimore, MD	Brandon Quaranta
38	CZ Elite FC  Canada, CA
39	United FC (WI)  Kenosha, WI
40	PDA - 96 Pre Academy  Zarephath, NJ
41	CCV Stars - 97 Black  Peoria, AZ
42	Century United SC - V
43	Gaston United - GUSC '96 Blue  Gastonia, NC	Jarrette Brathwaite
44	Upper Freehold Allentown SA - Strikers  Upper Freehold, NJ	Amaro Pereira
45	DC United - 96  Washington, DC
46	Chicago Fire - Academy  Bridgeview, IL
47	CASL - 96 Elite  Raleigh, NC
48	Colorado Storm - Copa 97 WCDA
49	Las Vegas SA - 97B Red  Las Vegas, NV
50	Challenger Crew Jr. - Black  Medina, OH