My fifth visit to the Annual General Meetings in Florida concluded with the Y-League North American Finals, which I attended for the third year. This year I stayed all the way through to the Championship matches, which were played on a staggered schedule on six fields at the Ed Radice Soccer Complex in Tampa.

It was a pretty wild weather day, especially for Tampa. It started out very cold, then became very sunny and pleasant, and then the skies opened up as it poured with rain, followed by blistering sunshine, but finally settled down into a pleasant day as all of the finals were played. In order to get photos of all of the matches, it required some quick dashing back and forth between the various fields and the stage where the champions and runners-up were being awarded as other matches were still being played on the various pitches. But I did get photos of all the matches, and of all of the championship and second place teams (except one team who had to quickly dash to the airport), and present the gallery of all of the matches and team photos below.

If any teams, players, or parents are interested in any of the photos below, please contact me at and I will be happy to send the high resolution version of the photos to you.

Thanks again to Tim Holt for allowing me to attend the festivities for the fifth year, and Francisco and Gerald and Alysha and everyone who made me feel so welcome to take in the festivities again this season.

2008 Super Y-League North American Finals

U13 Boys Final
Diablo FC 2:2 PDA (Diablo FC wins in PK's 5-3)








Champions: Diablo FC


Runners-up: PDA

U13 Girls Final
CASL Railhawks 1:0 Schulz Academy








Champions: CASL Railhawks


Runners-up: Schulz Academy

U14 Boys Final
Cal Odyssey 1:0 PDA








Champions: Cal Odyssey


Runners-up: PDA

U14 Girls Final
Richmond Kickers 0:2 Atlanta Silverbacks Jrs.








Champions: Atlanta Silverbacks Jrs.


Runners-up: Richmond Kickers

U15 Boys Final
West Coast FC 3:0 City Islanders Academy








Champions: West Coast FC


Runners-up: City Islanders Academy

U15 Girls Final
Arsenal FC 2:1 Diablo FC








Champions: Arsenal FC


Runners-up: Diablo FC

U16 Boys Final
Mountain WFC 2:0 TSF Academy








Champions: Mountain WFC


Runners-up: TSF Academy

U16 Girls Final
Chicago Magic 1:0 Real So Cal Blue








Champions: Chicago Magic


Runners-upReal So Cal Blue did not attend the awards ceremony to catch their flight

U17 Boys Final
Parsippany SC 0:1 TSF Academy








Champions: TSF Academy


Runners-up: Parsippany SC

U17 Girls Final
Ottawa Fury 1:2 MPS Cape Cod








Champions: MPS Cape Cod


Runners-up: Ottawa Fury