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The Eagles Soccer Club (Camarillo, California) U19 team is seeking to become only the third girls’ team in the 75 year history of US Youth Soccer championships to be crowned National Champion three times.   No girls’ team ever has won more than three titles.

Of the more than a quarter million girls’ teams that have competed in the US Youth Soccer National Championship Series, which dates back to 1935, only the Northern California Central Valley Mercury team in 1996-98 and Colorado Rush in 1999-2001 have been crowned champion more than twice.  The Eagles won in 2004 and 2007.

To reach the 2009 National Championship finals, to be held July 20-26 in Lancaster, Massachusetts, the Eagles must prevail at the Far West Regionals, where they will vie with state champions from each of the other eleven western states.  The Eagles, who earned a place at Regionals by winning their fourth state title in six years, open play on Monday, June 15 against the Montana state champion Electric City Thunderboltz.  The next day the Eagles meet Arizona titleholder, SC del Sol White.  They complete pool play the following afternoon against the Oregon state champion, Westside Metros Galaxy.  Quarterfinal action is on Friday, June 19, with the semi-finals and finals slated for June 20 & 21.  

(TopDrawerSoccer.com will have a special LIVE event on June 19 including updates from Region IV; you can find results for all four regionals and nationals right here).

Eight Eagles have been part of all four State Cup Championships.  They include Amelia Mathis (Ventura, CA), Nicole Sweetman (Oxnard, CA), Megan Blankenburg (Ventura, CA), Sid Garza (Camarillo, CA), Kelsey Owen (Ojai, CA), Kelsea Smith (Camarillo, CA), Gracie Gartrell (Ojai, CA) and Sam Greene (Santa Monica, CA). Those who this year garnered their third state championship medal are Amanda Lisberger (Pacific Palisades, CA), Lindsay Armenta (Camarillo, CA), Courtney Goodson (Ramona, CA) and Shaine Millheiser (San Juan Capistrano, CA), while Kelsey Kraft (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA) took home her second.  Summer Williams (Orinda, CA), Katie Roby (Poway, CA), Laura Cole (Whittier, CA), Stacey Fox (Simi Valley, CA), and Lacy Heck (Long Beach, CA) became Eagles’ state champions for the first time in 2009.  Head coach Vince Thomas and assistant coach Mikey Alexander have been at the helm from the outset.

This is the final year the Eagles players will be (age) eligible to win a United States Youth Soccer championship, however, this fall all will compete for a collegiate title:

UCLA – Amelia Mathis, Nicole Sweetman, Summer Williams
Texas – Amanda Lisberger (pictured on front), Courtney Goodson, Shaine Millheiser
Pepperdine – Kelsea Smith, Laura Cole, Lacy Heck
Oklahoma – Kelsey Kraft
Northwestern – Sam Greene
Dayton – Kelsey Owen    
UC Santa Barbara – Katie Roby
Fresno State – Megan Blankenburg
Cal State Fullerton – Stacey Fox
St. Mary’s (CA) – Sid Garza    
Humboldt State (CA) – Gracie Gartrell
Ventura College – Lindsay Armenta