Youth/High School Soccer

Lower Merion, Carlisle Youth SA capture National Presidents Cup crowns in Tampa

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7 months ago

July 17, 2025

Photo courtesy of US Youth Soccer

Two Eastern Pennsylvania teams returned home this week with hardware as the Lower Merion SC 007’s and the Carlisle Area Youth SA Cannons captured U.S. Youth Soccer National Presidents Cup crowns in Tampa, Florida.

Lower Merion won the U-19 boys title in a 1-0 win over Spartans FC Havasu. Funsia Donzo scored the lone goal to lead Lower Merion to the victory. It was their second win over the Arizona team after opening play in Tampa with a 4-1 win on Friday.

The Cannons captured the U-18 girls crown with a 4-1 win over CUSA out of Chicago on Tuesday morning.

Two other area teams came up short in their finals on Tuesday with Real Futbol Academy out of South Jersey falling 1-0 to Hawaiian club Leahi in the U-13 girls final and Keystone FC fell 3-1 to Rapids SC out of Idaho in the U-16 girls final.

This was the game winner for Lower Merion, scored by Funsia Donzo, a rising senior at Phelps School.

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— Philadelphia Soccer Now (@phlsoccernow.bsky.social) July 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM

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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.