W-20 Alignment & Schedule Announced

W-20, the premier North American under-20 women’s league, released its divisional alignment and schedule for 2013 in Tampa, Florida, with the action slated to kick off for the 96-game regular season on Saturday, May 18. 

The 2013 W-20 season features 23 teams aligned in four regional divisions - North Atlantic, Midwest, New England and South Atlantic - playing 8-10 regular season matches from May through July, with a national championship set at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.

The Northern Virginia Majestics will travel to face Reading United AC on Saturday, May 18 in the rebranded league’s inaugural matchup. The Washington Spirit Academy, which reached the 2012 Women’s Super-20 League final as the D.C. United Women, opens its season on June 8 when it hosts Keystone Athletic SC in another important North Atlantic Division matchup.

The regular season closes on Sunday, July 14 when the Carolina Elite Cobras host Southern Soccer Academy and Lake Norman SC travels to face Triangle FC.

2013 W-20 Alignment
North Atlantic Division
FASA 
Harrisburg City Islanders 
Harrisburg City Islanders/LDC
Keystone Athletic SC 
Northern Virginia Majestics 
Parsippany SC 
Reading United AC 
Washington Spirit Academy 
Midwest Division
Alliance Academy Black 
Dayton Dutch Lions FC
Force Football Club Academy 
Kalamazoo Kingdom 
Toronto Lynx Jrs. 
Waza FC East
New England Division
Black Watch Premier SC 
FC Stars of Massachusetts 
New Brunswick Blizzards 
Ottawa Fury 
Western United Pioneers
South Atlantic Division
Carolina Elite Cobras 
Lake Norman SC 
Southern Soccer Academy 
Triangle FC 

W-20 currently features six teams that serve as reserve teams for W-League clubs, including the Carolina Elite Cobras, the Dayton Dutch Lions, FASA (Fredericksburg Impact), the Ottawa Fury, the Toronto Lynx Jrs. (Toronto Lady Lynx) and the Washington Spirit Academy (Washington Spirit Reserves). The Washington Spirit Reserves of the W-League serve in the same capacity for the Washington Spirit of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL).

About W-20: As the premier U-20 adult-amateur women’s league in North America, W-20 provides the necessary platform for top 17- to 20-year-olds in the United States and Canada to compete at an elite level, while also serving as a reserve system for professional and senior adult-amateur women’s teams. W-20 utilizes the W-League’s operational infrastructure that emphasizes quality ownership, league standards and player development to maintain itself as the leader in under-20 women’s soccer in North America.

Information on W-20 can be obtained by calling 813-963-3909, following on Twitter: @USLwleague or going to the website at http://wleague.uslsoccer.com/index.html