- National Capital Soccer League
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National Capital Soccer League Sport Youth Football (soccer) Founded 1965 No. of teams ~1200 Country(ies) 
United StatesMost recent champion(s)
2010 NCSL seasonThe National Capital Soccer League, (often referred to as NCSL) a youth boys and girls, premier travel soccer league based in the Washington, D.C.-Maryland-Northern Virginia region. The league was founded in 1965 and has affiliation with the Major League Soccer club D.C. United, US Youth Soccer, the Maryland and Virginia youth soccer associations and the Positive Coaching Alliance.
The league features league system based on promotion and relegation for its leagues. The league structure has a boys and girls divisions, which is broken down into age groups from under-8 to under-19. Top boys' clubs in the top divisions sometimes may be promoted to the Regionals 1-League or the USL Super Y-League. Clubs in the bottom divisions sometimes may be relegated down to the Old Dominion Soccer League, for Virginia-based clubs or the Baltimore Beltway Soccer League and MSI-league in Maryland. Top girls' clubs sometimes are promoted to the Washington Area Girls Soccer League or simply, WAGS. Others may be relegated down to ODSL, BBSL, or MSI.
66 regional soccer leagues from around the area represent teams in the league.
Contents
Notable Clubs
- Baltimore Bays
- Potomac Soccer Association
- FC Frederick
- Soccer Association of Columbia
- Bethesda Soccer Club
Age groups
Boys
- U-9 (Division C, G, M, O, Q, S)
- U-10 (C, G, M, O, Q, R, T, Y)
- U-11 (C, G, M, O, Q, R, S, T)
- U-12 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- U-13 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- U-14 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- U-15 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- U-16 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- U-17 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
- U-19 (1, 2, 3, 4)
Girls
- U-9
- U-10
- U-11
- U-12
- U-13
- U-14
- U-15
- U-16
- U-17
- U-19
See also
- Old Dominion Soccer League
- Super Y-League
- United Soccer Leagues
- US Youth Soccer
External links
Categories:- Soccer in Maryland
- Soccer in Virginia
- Soccer in Washington, D.C.
- Youth soccer in the United States
- Association football organization stubs
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