Youth/High School Soccer

Lehigh Valley United, Real Jersey FC are U.S. Youth Soccer national champions

LVU won the storied McGuire Cup and Real Jersey FC won the 15U boys final on Sunday morning in Kansas

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6 years ago

July 28, 2019

Matthew Ralph

Photo courtesy of US Youth Soccer

Two teams from the Philadelphia area will be returning home from Overland Park, Kansas with hardware after Lehigh Valley United and Real Jersey FC won U.S. Youth Soccer national championships on Sunday morning.

Lehigh Valley United’s 19U boys captured the storied McGuire Cup with 1-0 win over Baltimore Celtic in overtime. Celtic’s 19U boys were looking to win nationals for a third straight year but a Luke McMahon goal on the end of a set piece in the 96th minute gave Lehigh Valley its first 19U boys crown since 2013.

Real Jersey FC’s 15U boys won the Medford, N.J.-based club’s first U.S. Youth Soccer national championship with a 2-0 win over another local club in PA Dominion FC in their second straight national final. Cade McGrath and Milton Jones scored in a five-minute span in the second half to avoid the late heartbreak they experienced a year ago at this stage.

The Wyomissing, Pa.-based FC Revolution had a chance to capture a third national title for our region but were unable to hold onto an early lead they captured through Taylor Mentzer in the sixth minute and fell 4-1 to Waukesha SC.

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Matthew Ralph

Matthew Ralph is the managing editor of Philadelphia Soccer Now. He's covered soccer at all levels for a decade in the Philadelphia region and has also written for TheCup.us, NPSL, PrepSoccer and other publications. He lives with his wife and two young children in Broomall, Pa., but grew up in South Jersey and is originally from Kansas.