North Carolina FC Youth

North Carolina FC Youth (NCFC Youth) is an American soccer club and eponymous league based in Raleigh, North Carolina and serving greater Research Triangle. It is the largest youth-to-professional soccer club in the country.[1]

Active teams of North Carolina FC
USL1 NWSL USL2 Youth

Club

NCFC Youth was founded as Capital Area Soccer League (CASL) in 1974 as a not-for-profit organization and provides recreational and competitive programs for youth in the greater Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill metropolitan area. NCFC Youth offers teams in all divisions of North Carolina youth soccer including "classic" (first tier competitive teams in US regional and statewide leagues), "challenge" (second tier competitive teams locally), and recreational soccer. NCFC Youth "classic" teams compete at the highest level of competition in the nation including Elite Clubs National League, Region III Premier League, and U.S. Soccer Development Academy in partnership with the North Carolina FC. They utilize venues throughout the area including WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, and the WRAL Soccer Center in Raleigh. NCFC Youth sends many players on to play collegiately each year, including NCAA Division I and local NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III schools.[2]

Merger with North Carolina FC

On March 10, 2017, North Carolina Football Club announced that it would be merging CASL and TFC Alliance, two of the largest youth clubs in the Raleigh area, and they would become part of the NCFC family as North Carolina FC Youth soccer.

League

In addition to recreational divisions which include only club teams, North Carolina FC Youth serves as a league organizer for competitive leagues in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina.

Professional alumni
Player College Professional and international teams
Nazmi Albadawi North Carolina State University Wolfpack North Carolina FC, FC Cincinnati
Steven Curfman Wake Forest University Demon Deacons Real Salt Lake, Carolina RailHawks, Wilmington Hammerheads
Scott Goodwin University of North Carolina Tar Heels Carolina RailHawks
Michael Harrington University of North Carolina Tar Heels Portland Timbers, Sporting Kansas City, Colorado Rapids, North Carolina FC
Casey Nogueira University of North Carolina Tar Heels Chicago Red Stars, Sky Blue FC, FC Kansas City, US Women's National Team
Logan Pause University of North Carolina Tar Heels Chicago Fire
Forrest Lasso Wofford College Terriers FC Cincinnati
Claire Wagner Clemson University Tigers North Carolina Courage
Christina Gibbons Duke University Blue Devils FC Kansas City
Alexis Schaffer University of Virginia Cavaliers FC Kansas City
Cameron Castleberry University of North Carolina Tar Heels Washington Spirit

References
  1. "CASL, TFCA to merge, reform as North Carolina FC Youth :: WRALSportsFan.com". WRALSportsFan.com. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  2. http://www.caslnc.com/Club-Information/Club-and-Player-Success/Current-College-Commitments
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