CalSouth’s Strong Response to Temecula Incident

Immediate and Vigorous response to ensure safety and sportsmanship at CalSouth fields Recently, a fight escalated into a weapons scare and mass panic at a youth soccer tournament in Temecula. In response, soccer organizations across the region have been looking to improve their safety guidelines and emergency procedures. Read more about the incident and how […]

Different Paths, Same Destination: NCAA Women’s Soccer Final 4

The NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Final 4 kicks off Friday at 4PM Pacific on ESPNU And then there were four. Stanford, UCLA, Washington State, and North Carolina make up the NCAA Division One Women’s Soccer Final Four. I spent some time looking through the rosters for all four teams, and what I found may […]

Oceanside Breakers Win Their First Boys National Cup Championship #BreakerMade

A few years ago, the Oceanside Breakers Girls 2000 team won Cal South National Cup. A boys National Cup Championship, however, had always eluded the club. Until now. Breakers 2004 Boys are National Cup Champs In one of the most exciting finals of the day, Frank Zimmerman’s Breakers battled a very strong LA Galaxy South […]

TEAM PROFILE: Legends FC Girls 01, National Cup Finalists

Before their championship game at Cal South’s 2019 National Cup against the reigning USYS National Champions Rebels SC, Legends FC G01’s coach Andy Plascencia told me, “This team has an awesome story.” Legends FC G01 had already achieved their goals (and then some). Sure, the result of this championship game was important. But this team […]

TEAM PROFILE: Laguna United FC B03, National Cup Finalists

Boys 2003 Championship: Regionals on the Line Cal South National Cup recently completed their championship weekend. Competitive club teams from across the region were all fighting for a spot to represent SoCal in Far West Regionals in Boise, Idaho. The championship game of the Boys 2003 division had huge consequences for both teams. Neither LA […]

UPDATE! Cal South National Cup Heads into a Championship Weekend

UPDATE: A few weeks ago, Cal South National Cup began and teams started their quest for a trip to the US Youth Soccer Far West Regionals in Boise, Idaho. Many of the top-seeded teams had a great showing, but were eventually defeated by teams with lower seeds. Congratulations! Congrats to all of the teams who […]

Albion, you’ve just won National Cup! What are you going to do next?

“We’re going to Disneyland!” Next year, they’re headed to the US Soccer Development Academy. The girls of Mike Whittaker’s Albion SC 2006 team have one last summer under the US Youth Soccer (USYS) umbrella, and they’ve just extended their USYS season by winning the Cal South National Cup. The Albion girls battled San Diego Surf […]

Rebels U13 Boys Win CalSouth National Cup with Class

It took overtime to break the 0-0 deadlock of the Cal South Boys U13 National Cup Championship game. Rebels SC of San Diego, coached by Hector Camello Aguilar, were facing a strong Pumas USA team. As the end of the first 10min overtime period drew near, Rebels sent a long ball towards the Pumas’ corner […]

SoccerNation Sitdown: Jimmy Obleda of Boca OC

According to Merriam Webster, success is defined as a “favorable or desired outcome”. Some synonyms include favorable outcome, positive result, triumph or even Hollywood ending. The Boca Juniors OC boys 2002 team coached by Boca Director of Coaching and Santiago Canyon Men’s Soccer Coach, Jimmy Obleda, wrote their own “Hollywood ending” recently by winning the […]

Boxers SC’s first National Cup appearance!!

Boxers SC’s BU19 team made club’s history by attending National Cup for the first time ever! Head Coach and Vice President, Oscar Zamora, said: “I am proud of the way our club played these games. We were facing tough opposition but they never stopped competing in every single game. Scoreboard does not reflect the effort these […]