Team Boca's Reign Continues With Two More State Championships

May 17, 2008, Pensacola, Florida...  Team Boca, the travel division of the Soccer Association of Boca Raton, earned two more coveted Florida State Championships by winning the Girls Under 15 and Boys Under 18 divisions of the prestigious Florida Youth Soccer Association's State Cup Championships.  The Girls Under 15's, coached by Scott Baker, had wins over Sunrise 3-2 in the semi-finals, and over Inter United Soccer Club from Orlando in the championship game, by a score of 1-0.  The boys Under 18's, coached by Michael Araujo, earned their championship win with a 2-0 victory over Orlando area's Central Florida United Club, and a 3-2 victory over Real Salt Lake from Tampa in the championship.  The boys team had to overcome missing five players for the semi finals due to conflicts with their High School graduation, however, those players drove through the night on Saturday to Pensacola just in time to just make the championship game on Sunday morning. Both teams now qualify for a trip to the Southern Regionals in Raleigh,  North Carolina, June 19-25.  The winners there earn a trip to the National Championships, this year held in Arkansas in July. 

Team Boca had the most teams of any club in the state to win the FYSA State Cup, with two, tying RSL Tampa. Since 1998, Team Boca has qualified more teams into the State Championship Final Four than any other club in the state, with 43, with 12 teams winning the state championship.  Earlier this year the Team Boca Girls Under 17 Navy team was also victorious at the FYSA President's Cup, which is the state championships held for for teams that are considered Division 2 level teams.  "We have always stressed individual player development as our top priority, and if you maintain that priority then team success will always follow, as evidenced by our results in State Cup over the past 10 years"  said Team Boca Director, Bill D'Addio