SPRING 2024 STATE CUP CHAMPIONS

This past weekend, nine teams added their names to the esteemed list of Illinois State Cup Champions. Five of those nine champions pulled off the noteworthy feat of winning back-to-back titles.

Galaxy SC led the way with an impressive four State Cup wins. Raiders FC won two titles and Bloomingdale FC Lightning won the club's first State Cup.

• 13U Boys State Cup Final: Bloomingdale Lightning FC: 4 - Deportivo 59: 0
• 13U Girls State Cup Final: Galaxy SC: 3 - Chicago Empire: 0
• 14U Boys State Cup Final: Ponys FC: 2 - Rockford Raptors: 1 (PK's)
• 14U Girls State Cup Final: Galaxy SC: 3 - Metro Alliance FC: 1
• 15U Boys State Cup Final: Galaxy SC: 2 - Central Illinois United: 1
• 16U Boys State Cup Final: Galaxy SC: 5 - FC United: 0
• 17U Boys State Cup Final: Raiders FC: 3 - Galaxy SC: 2 (OT)
• 18U Boys State Cup Final: JaHbat FC: 2 - GLSA FC 1974 Elite: 1 (OT)
• 19U Boys State Cup Final: Raiders FC: 3 - FC United: 2 (OT)

BLOOMINGDALE LIGHTNING FC

13U Boys State Cup Champions Club's 1st State Cup Title

Gianluca Adamo, Quinn Beyer, Tyler Boulos, Francisco Diaz, Juan Escobar, Joshua Espinoza, Francesco Gallo, Karol Lesniak, Alexander Lugo, Aaron Padilla, Peter Panagakis, Jesus Penaflor, Angel Perez, Damian Ramirez, Diego Samayoa, Izai Terrazas, Patryk Wolski, and Enson Zajmi-Nallbani  

GALAXY SC

13U Girls State Cup Champions

Alexandra Adams, Amelia Batsch, Julia Boguslawski, Daniella Chiovari, Marina Colligan, Emme Evans, Addison Gill, Addison Gripp, Jourdan Henderson, Anna Herrmann, Madison Mares, Remi Royal, Laini Rucka, Annabel Sansouci, Hannah Sester, Harper Stokes, Alyssa Straub, Grace Watland, and Madison Weil

PONYS FC

14U Boys State Cup Champions

Back-To-Back Champions

Angel Acosta, Aaron Anguiano, Anthony Cervantes, Andrew Collins, Lucca Dos Reis, Martin Vastin Garcia, Henry Garcia, Fabian Lopez, Alex Daniel Maldonado, Diego Manriquez, Emmanuel Montano, Geovanni Morales, Matthew Morales, Sebastian Padilla, Nathan Albeiro Panduro, Michael Panduro, Alexander Reyes, Richard Rivera, Jason Serrano, Ronaldo Eli Tovar, and Anthony Vega

GALAXY SC

14U Girls State Cup Champions Back-To-Back Champions

Cathwryn Adams, Karolina Boguslawski, Corinne Bullock, Quinn Fahey, Brooke Genthner, Gabriella Gjeldum, Aubrey Guskey, Samantha Horner, Elizabeth Johnson, Brooke Loudermilk, Quinn Luttenton, Kailyn Martin, Kelsey Martin, Taylor Mills, Jasylene Ortega, Alexa Patel, Kavea Senthilanand, Emilee Stevens, Keira Stone, Qori Strotkamp, Reagan White, and Ava Wilkey

GALAXY SC

15U Boys State Cup Champions

Jacob Adams, Jackson Arnold, Gavin Brown, Sebastian Conroy, Declan Crist, Kalen Davis, Lucas Garcia, Logan Godfrey, David Guerrero, Rihaan Gupta, Tyler Johnson, William Kalish, Alexander Kolliniatis, Alex Laczo Jay Larson, Noah Lau, Asher Lesniak, Gavin Majewski, Mark Ndrio, Sean Vanbaalen, Derek Williamson, and Evan Wojtowich

GALAXY SC

16U Boys State Cup Champions Back-To-Back Champions

William Boniface, Lucas Bouska, Jack Bouska, Oliver Brosnahan, Andrew Calderon, Anthony Flores, Kalan Gaccione, Ludovico Gallina, Ryan Gervase, Alexander Ginder, Dustin King, Onkar Lidder, Hugo Lopez, Vakaris Majus, Jackson Mares, Arnav Nagpal, Thomas Ondrejcak, Ben Schroeder, Brady Strang, Kaleb Stumpenhorst, and Matthew Vandeman

RAIDERS FC

17U Boys State Cup Champions

Alexis Alejandre, Connor Capp, Dario Cisneros, Omar Garcia, Samuel Henle, Juan Hernandez, Bryan Isaac Juarez, Eric Lopez Camacho Lopez, Francisco Martinez, Dante Meza, Aiden Montes, Devin Ocon, Brandon Razo, Jose Rodrigo Teudocio-Reyes, David Valencia, Joel Vazquez Martinez, and Julian Zambrano

JAHBAT FC

18U Boys State Cup Champions Back-To-Back Champions

Christopher Alexander, Lincoln Carbray, Julio Epting, Makhi Francis, Renan Gursel, Jonathan Harwood, Jack Hwang, Arun Krishna, Finnigan Lennon, George Lewis, Cade Likhite, Tarik Louagi, Bryan Maldonado Rodriguez, Hecto Mejia, Ricardo Mejia, Munyaneza Ndahiriwe, John O’Carroll, Ben Roman, Joseph Sargent, Orlando Tobin, Diego Velasquez, and Charlie Weiss

RAIDERS FC

19U Boys State Cup Champions Back-To-Back Champions

Daniel Alfaro, Gael Alfaro Castro, Christian Aparicio, Maximiliano Aquino, Cashmere Ballesteros, Anthony Gael Cordoba, Christian Escobedo, Yamir Gallegos, Michael Garcia, Gustavo Herrera, Saul Lagunas, Diego Ochoa, Sebastian Palma, Eduardo Perez, Alexis Perez, Christian Jesus Ramirez, Omar Saldana, Juan Salinas, Carlos Sanchez Jr., Roman Vargas, Tristian Gregorio Youskevtch, and Diego Ronaldo Zarate

These nine champions will now join the Fall State Cup winners and US Youth Soccer Midwest Conference Premier I and E64 Midwest winners at the 2024 US Youth Soccer Midwest Regional Championships in Overland Park, KS from June 21-26.

The Illinois State Cup is the most prestigious tournament in Illinois and the official state championship tournament of the US Youth Soccer National Championship Series. State champions advance to the US Youth Soccer Midwest Regional Championships with the goal of earning their place in the US Youth Soccer National Championships, the only nationwide championship series where all teams have to #EarnYourPlace by qualifying on the field. This is not just “some” tournament and the list of champions is an impressive collection of some of the best teams to ever play in the “Land Of Lincoln.”

Registration for the Fall State Cup for 15U-19U Girls opens June 5.

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