For Immediate Release
December 12, 2024
HOUSTON, TX —The Girls Academy traveled to compete in the GA Winter Showcase & Champions Cup at Silver Lakes Sports Complex, Norco, CA on December 5-9, 2024. Six teams traveled to California and five of those teams qualified to advance to the Champions Cup Finals at IMG Academy, FL during March 6-11, 2025. This event was the first Champions Cup event of the season with all qualifying teams from U13 to U19 in attendance. The Champions Cup bracket matches up the country’s top GA clubs to create marquee games drawing hundreds of college coaches and multiple US national team scouts.
"Once again the Champions Cup Winter event did not disappoint and gets better each year. It is always great to have the opportunity to play in front of college coaches and US Soccer scouts," Caelyn Moore, HTX Soccer 2009 Girls Academy (Class of 2028).
"Playing against some of the best club in the Girls Academy League at Champions Cup was super intense and exciting. I really loved the energy and atmosphere around the complex," Janie Toh, HTX Soccer2012 Girls Academy (Class of 2023)
"I can’t speak highly enough of the Girls Academy Champions Cup," said Randy Evans, Technical Director. "The quality of opponents, facilities and organization of the competition combined with an extraordinary number of college coaches and USYNT scouts in attendance made it a fun and exciting environment for the players."
HTX Soccer Coaching Staff: Randy Evans (Technical Director), Andrew Squire (Girls Director / 07 GA Head Coach), Willie Fowlkes (12 GA & 09 GA Head Coach), Andrea Casella (08 GA Head Coach), Hiro Suzuki (11 GA & 10 GA Head Coach), Carlos Rivera (11 GA & 10 GA Assistant Coach), Jaelyn Cunningham (Goalkeeper Coach).
Team Results:
| 12 GA OPPONENT | RESULT |
| Galaxy SC 12G GA | Won 2-0 |
| Utah Celtic FC 12G | Won 5-2 |
| STA 12G | Won 2-0 |
| TOTAL RECORD | W3-T0-L0 |
| 11 GA OPPONENT | RESULT |
| City SC 11G | Lost 1-2 |
| South Carolina Surf SC 11G | Won 4-1 |
| Lamorinda SC 11G | Lost 0-1 |
| TOTAL RECORD | W1-T0-L2 |
| 10 GA OPPONENT | RESULT |
| West Florida Flames 10G | Lost 1-3 |
| Cincinnati United 10G | Lost 1-3 |
| Utah Celtic 10G | Tied 1-1 |
| TOTAL RECORD | W0-T1-L2 |
| 09 GA OPPONENT | RESULT |
| Silicon Valley SA 09G | Lost 1-2 |
| Keystone FC 09G | Won 3-1 |
| Columbia Premier Soccer Club 09G | Won 5-0 |
| TOTAL RECORD | W2-T0-L1 |
| 08 GA OPPONENT | RESULT |
| TopHat 08G | Lost 0-3 |
| Beadling SC 08G | Lost 0-4 |
| FC United Soccer Club 08G | Won 1-0 |
| TOTAL RECORD | W1-T0-L2 |
| 07/06 GA OPPONENT | RESULT |
| IMG Academy 07/06G | Won 5-1 |
| Beadling SC 07/06G | Won 2-0 |
| Utah Celtic 07/06G | Tied 1-1 |
| TOTAL RECORD | W2-T1-L0 |
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ABOUT HTX SOCCER
HTX Soccer is the largest youth soccer club in the Greater Houston area with more than 8,500 players at every skill level from recreational to elite from the ages of 3-19. The club truly represents the sport in Houston, with teams serving a 100-mile radius from Downtown Houston. Since 2017, it has developed over 440 players who have gone on to play collegiately, more than any other club in the area, and 62 players have been selected to attend their respective youth national teams activities. HTX Soccer’s elite boys’ teams are part of the ECNL, the most competitive youth soccer league in America, and its elite girls teams compete in the Girls Academy (G.A.) League against the top teams and clubs throughout the country.
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