Club soccer catch-up: Lakeshore United Boys Navy 2012 runners-up at USYS National Presidents Cup

Plus updates from the Girls Academy League, ECNL Boys and Girls, U.S. Club Soccer and WYSA's annual Mike Kabanica Scholarship recipients.

Following a loss in group play Saturday, every game was a must-win for the Lakeshore United Boys Navy 2012 team in the 13U Boys competition at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Presidents Cup in Tampa, Fla.

They did that in their group finale Sunday, getting past Kentucky side Javanon 2-1 to earn a spot in the semifinals. A day later, they outlasted previously unbeaten Texas team D10 Lions 4-3 in overtime to advance to the championship game.

And with a four-goal lead in the second half of Tuesday morning’s final, it looked like Lakeshore United would complete that impressive run with a title. But Utah’s 7 Elite Academy Copa South stormed back, scoring four times to pull level — the equalizer coming in the final minute of regulation — then adding two goals in overtime to pull out an amazing 6-4 victory in a match of massive momentum swings.

Only one Wisconsin team has won a National Presidents Cup championship in the event’s 17-year history: Lakeshore United’s U19 Girls Navy team in 2022.

Two other state boys teams played in this year’s national event: Capital East Maroon 2010, who went 1-2-0 in the 15U division, and the Lakeshore United Navy State 2006 team, which finished 0-2-1 in 19U division. Both teams’ losses were both by one goal.

• U.S. Youth Soccer Presidents Cup

  • 13U Boys: Lakeshore United Navy 2012

    • July 11: WCWAA Gray (N.C.) - 3-0 W

    • July 12: Arlington SA 2012B White (Va.) - 4-0 L

    • July 13: Javanon 2012 Boys Red (Kent.) - 2-1 W

    • July 14: Semifinals — D10 Lions EDPL (Texas) - 4-3 W (OT)

    • July 15: Championship — 7 Elite Academy 12B Copa South (Utah) - 6-4 L (OT)

  • 15U Boys: Capital East Maroon 2010

    • July 11: HVAA Stingers 2010 (Penn.) - 1-0 L

    • July 12: Washington Premier FC B10 Black A (Wash.) - 3-2 L

    • July 13: Milan De Miami Premier 2010 (Fla.) - 2-0 W

  • 19U Boys: Lakeshore United Navy State 2006

    • July 11: PSA Pedro Jrs (Tenn.) - 1-0 L

    • July 12: LMSC 007’s (Penn.) - 1-1 D

    • July 13: Havasu Lions Academy 07B (Ariz.) - 2-1 L

• Nine more state teams — eight of them girls sides — will head to Florida next week for the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships July 22-27 in Orlando.

  • Girls

    • 13U: Elmbrook United

    • 14U: Elmbrook United, Madison 56ers

    • 15U: Elmbrook United, Wisconsin United

    • 16U: Elmbrook United

    • 17U: Wisconsin United

    • 19U: Madison 56ers

  • Boys

    • 15U: Madison 56ers

Around the leagues

Girls Academy League

The SC Wave 09 team was one of eight teams to qualify for the U16 Girls Academy National Finals last week in Richmond, Va.

• Girls Academy National Finals

  • U16: SC Wave 09 Girls

    • July 10: Quarterfinals — Louisiana TDP Elite 09 - 2-0 L

    • July 11: Consolation semifinals — Galaxy SC 09G (Ill.) - 7-0 L

    • July 13: Seventh-place game — NEFC 09G GA Red - 6-2 L

• The GA recently announced its conference and divisional alignments for the 2025-2026 season. All four Wisconsin clubs will be in the Midwest Conference, with SC Wave and North Shore United in the West Division and newcomers Elmbrook United and the Madison 56ers in the East Division.

ECNL

The FC Wisconsin Nationals 2008 team went undefeated in the U17 division at the ECNL Boys National Playoffs late last month in Seattle, but ended up second in their group and didn’t advance to the knockout rounds of the 64-team event. The club’s 2010 team also qualified and closed out with a draw in their group finale.

• ECNL Boys National Playoffs

  • U17: FC Wisconsin Nationals 2008 Boys

    • June 25: GSA (Ga.) - 2-0 W

    • June 26: SUSA FC (N.Y.) - 2-2 D

    • June 28: Beach FC (Calif.) - 1-1 D

  • U15: FC Wisconsin Nationals 2010 Boys

    • June 25: Albion SC Colorado - 2-1 L

    • June 26: NVA (Va.) - 3-1 L

    • June 28: Marin FC (Calif.) - 2-2 D

• The FC Wisconsin 2010 team advanced to the U15 North American Cup tournament at the ECNL Girls National Playoffs last month in San Diego, but lost all three of its group matches in the 16-team event by one goal.

  • ECNL Girls National Playoffs

    • U15 North American Cup: FC Wisconsin 2010 Girls

      • June 27: Sting Black (Texas) - 2-1 L

      • June 28: NC Courage - 1-0 L

      • June 30: Kansas City Athletics (Kan.) - 2-1 L

U.S. Club Soccer

Three FC Wisconsin girls teams — 2012 (U13), 2009 (U16) and 2008 (U19) — qualified for the Super Division competition at the U.S. Club Soccer National Cup finals, which are July 20-24 in Denver.

WYSA Mike Kabanica Scholarships

The Wisconsin Youth Soccer Association awards six $1,000 scholarships each year to graduating seniors (three boys and three girls) who are current WYSA club members and show commitment, excellence and dedication to soccer, academics and community service.

The scholarships are awarded in honor of the late Mike Kabanica, a longtime referee and Wisconsin Soccer Association president who was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame for his contributions to the game. The 2025 recipients are:

Boys

• Eun-Ho Lee, Madison 56ers/Middleton

• Odyn Peterson, FC Wisconsin/Westosha Central

• Charlie Thiel, Milwaukee Kickers/Oak Creek

Girls

• Anya Carrillo, Madison 56ers/DeForest

• Sunny Gruenloh, Lakeshore United/Sheboygan North

• Larissa Likes, FC Green Bay/Kaukauna