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Thet eamspl ayi ngi nOceansi deeachear ned t hei rpl acei nt heeventt hr ought hei r per f or manceatNat i onal LeagueQuar t er final s ear l i ert hi sseason.

Att hesemi final s, t eams wi l l becompet i ngf orachancet oadvancet o t he2025USYSNat i onal Champi onshi ps, pr esent edbyNewYor kLi f e, aseachgender wi l l seesi xt eamsperagegr oupqual i f yf or Nat i onal sdur i ngt heevent .

“ Wej ustcompl et edt hefir stsemi final event— fil l edwi t hexci t ementandhi ghl evel ,meani ngf ulgames— andnowwecannotwai tf ormor e oft het opNat i onalLeaguet eamst ocomet oget heri nOceansi de, ”sai dMar cFr ankl and,USYS Nat i onalLeagueGener alManager .“Thi si sat r ul yuni quecompet i t i oni nt heyout hsoccer l andscape,f eat ur i ngbot hcl ubbasedandt eambasedcompet i t or s,andhavi ngspot st ot he Nat i onalChampi onshi psont hel i neaddsevenmor eexci t ementt ot heevent ’ sat mospher e. ” I naddi t i ont ot hegamepl ay,t heNat i onalLeaguei swor ki ngwi t hExactSpor t st ohostcol l ege coachpanel st hatpr ovi dei nsi dert i psaboutt her ecr ui t i ngpr ocessst r ai ghtf r om col l ege coaches.Ther ewi l lbef ourt ot alpanel s— t wof ocusedonwomen’ ssoccerandt wof ocused onmen’ ssoccer— onSat ur day,May3.Thewomen’ scol l egepanel swi l lt akepl aceat1 0: 30 a. m.and1p. m. ,whi l et hemen’ scol l egepanel swi l lt akepl aceat3: 1 5p. m.and5: 1 5p. m.

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Qual i ficat i on cr i t er i amayvar yi ncer t ai nagegr oupswi t hf ewert ot al t eams.

Teamst hatqual i f yf ort heNat i onal Champi onshi psdur i ngpl ayi nOceansi dewi l l j oi nt he t eamst hatpunchedt hei rt i ckett oNat i onal sdur i ngt hefir stsemi final i nRoundRock, Texas.

Toget her , t hey’ l l makeupt he1 20Nat i onal Leaguer epr esent at i vesatt hi s summer ’ sNat i onal Champi onshi ps.

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LYANA CUTODPALUMNALI CONNECTI 9USWNT 1 JOSEPH CALLEDUPTOUAsLi l yana“ Li l y”Josephst epped ont ot hefiel di nSpai ni nl at e Josephwasnamedt ot he2024 ODPNat i onalSel ectTeam Febr uar ywi t ht heU. S. U1 9 Women’ sNat i onal Team, shecar r i ed wi t hheraspi r i tofr esi l i ence, det er mi nat i onandt hedeepr oot ed soccercul t ur eofConnect i cut .

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Aspar toft het our nament , Li l yandt heU. S. U1 9squadf acedoffagai nstsomeoft he wor l d’ st opyout ht eams.

Theyopenedcompet i t i onagai nstt heNet her l andsbef or e t aki ngonEngl andandhostnat i onSpai n.

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She at t endedODPNat i onal Tr ai ni ngCampsi n2020, 2022and2024, andshewasnamedt o t heODPRegi onal Team i n201 9, 2021and2024.

Shewasal sohonor edast he2022 Connect i cutODPFemal ePl ayeroft heYear , at est amentt oheri nfluenceont hefiel dand hergr owi ngr eput at i onasoneoft het opyoungpl ayer si nt hest at e.

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ST ATEASSOCI ATI ON SPOTLI GHT i nst eadbecamet hecat al ystf orar emar kabl e comeback.

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Overherfinal t wo seasons, sheamassed1 02t ot al goal sand ear nedacol l ect i onofhonor si ncl udi ng Al l St at e, Al l FAA, Al l NEPSACand2023 NEPSACPl ayeroft heYear .

Beyondherdomi nanceont hefiel d, Li l ywas equal l ydedi cat edi nt hecl assr oom, maki ngt he HonorRol l ever ysemest erandr ecei vi ngt he Al l Ar oundSt udentAwar di n2022.

Maki nganI mpactatNot r eDame Herout st andi nghi ghschool andcl ubcar eer pavedt hewayf ort henextchapt er , whi chwaspl ayi ngatt heUni ver si t yofNot r eDame, oneoft henat i on’ spr emi erwomen’ ssoccerpr ogr ams. “ IchoseNot r eDamebecauseofi t scompet i t i vesoccerpr ogr am andi t sr i gor ous academi cs, ”shesai daf t ersel ect i ngNot r eDameashercol l egedest i nat i on. “ Not r e Damehar bor sanenvi r onmentt hatIcanseemysel fgr owi ngspi r i t ual l y , emot i onal l yand physi cal l y . ” Li l ywast ednot i memaki nghermar kwi t ht heFi ght i ngI r i sh.

Asaf r eshman mi dfiel der /f or war dt hi spastf al l , sheappear edi n22mat ches, st ar t i ng1 2, andr ecor ded ei ghtgoal s, i ncl udi ngast andoutbr acei nt heNCAATour namentt hathel pedNot r eDame r eacht hequar t er final s.

Herbr eakoutseasonear nedheraspotont heACCAl l Fr eshman Team, r ei nf or ci ngherst at usasar i si ngst ari ncol l egi at esoccer . “ Thi si sawel l deser vedcal l upf orLi l y , shehadaf ant ast i cf r eshmanseasonatNot r e Dame, ”sai dJoshKr usewski , Execut i veDi r ect oroft heConnect i cutJuni orSoccer Associ at i on. “ Herhar dwor k, commi t mentandr el ent l essdr i vehasal wayssetherapar t P .

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Connect i cuti si ncr edi bl yhappyf orLi l yandcan’ twai tt oseeherr epr esent att hehi ghestl evel ! ”

Cont i nui ngaSoccerLegacy Li l y’ st al entandpassi onf ort hegamer unsdeepi nherf ami l y .

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Agyemang, whopl ayedi nUSYS’ East er nRegi onal Champi onshi ps, wascal l edupt ot heUSMNTi n Januar yandscor eddur i nghi sdebut .

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TENNESSEEANDFUTSALFACTORY ACADEMYHOSTNEW EVENT +HI GHLI GHT Mor et han1 , 000pl ayer s andcoacheswer ei nvol ved

apower f ul vehi cl ef orski l l enhancement .

TheTennesseeSt at eSoccer Associ at i on( TSSA)r ecent l y par t ner edwi t hFut sal Fact or y Academy( FFA) , anat i onal l y r ecogni z edl eaderi nf ut sal t r ai ni ng andevent s, t ohostt heNashvi l l e Fut sal I nvi t at i onal i nFr ankl i n, Tennessee.

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“ Thepur poseoft hi scol l abor at i onwi t hFFAi st opr ovi desuppor tt oaneventt hatwedo nothavet hebandwi dt ht or unonourown, ”sai dHansHobson, CEOofTennesseeSt at e SoccerAssoci at i on. “ Bypar t ner i ngwi t hFFA, t oget herwecanr unasuppor t edUSSF ver si onofsoccert hatwebel i evecanbr i ngval uet opl ayer sandt hei rdevel opment .

We woul dl ovet opar t nerwi t hot her sacr osst hest at et odot hesame. ”

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ST ATEASSOCI ATI ON SPOTLI GHT r emar kabl e65% i ncr easei nr evenuecompar edt ot hesameweekendi npr evi ousyear s. “ Notonl ywer eweobvi ousl yhel pi ngpl ayer sdevel op, butwewer eal sohel pi ng busi nessesi nt hei mmedi at ear eabenefitf r om t hi seventbei nghel d, ”sai dHudsonof t hedual i mpactf r om t heevent . “ Fr om ever yper spect i ve, t hi swasamaj orwi nf ort he ci t yofFr ankl i n. ”

Cr eat i ngAUni que,I ncl usi veExper i ence TheNashvi l l eFut sal I nvi t at i onal f eat ur edhydr at i onst at i ons, compl i ment ar ydr i nksf r om TSSAsponsorPRI MEHydr at i on, andmedi cal t r ai ner swer eonsi t et okeeppl ayer ssaf e andper f or mi ngatt hei rbest .

Addi t i onal l y , t echni cal t r ai ni ngoppor t uni t i eswer e pr ovi dedi ncol l abor at i onwi t hl ocal soccert r ai ni ngspeci al i st s, al l owi ngpl ayer st o shar pent hei rski l l sofft hefiel daswel l .

Di scount edf oodopt i onsf ur t herenhancedt he over al l exper i ence, ensur i ngaffor dabi l i t yandaccessi bi l i t yf oral l at t endees. “ Wer eal l ymadet hi st our namentf orever ybody , ”cont i nuedHudson. “ I twast he compl et eexper i encef orpl ayer s, coaches, si bl i ngsandpar ent sal i ke.

Wewant edt ogo beyondj ustanot hersoccereventandt r ul ymaket hi smemor abl e. ”

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