The inaugural Girls Academy League Champions League competition is set to wrap up this week at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.

Kicking off on March 10, the U13-U19 age groups will duel it out in the knockout competition, with age group champions crowned on March 14 and 15.

“We are very excited about this inaugural Champions League, it was very well received in December, the first portion of it,” Girls Academy League commissioner Lesle Gallimore told TopDrawerSoccer. “The Champions League Florida is going to be the culmination, ending with a full club champion as well as an age group champion. It should be a really good event.”

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After a successful group stage event help in conjunction with the Girls Academy League Showcase in December 2021, teams head to Florida to compete for a trophy. The Champions League competition is an in-season element for the league, adding another competitive element to the 2021-22 season.

Sixteen teams across six age groups are set to take part. Round of 16 games are set to take place on March 10 and 11, with the winners advancing, and the losing sides shuffling down into the loser’s bracket. Action will culminate with a final, all at IMG Academy.

For Gallimore, the event is exciting not just for the action the field, but also to come together as a league and continue to build.

“It’s important to be seen by national team scouts, it’s important to be seen by college coaches, but I think for us as a fledgling lead, that is really for and by the players, it’s important for them to have more interaction with one another,” she said. “For us it’s really a chance to come together and keep developing the league. When we’re together, we meet with players, we meet with the directors, and have discussions around different initiatives that we have.”

U13

Teams: Cincinnati United, Tophat Gold, Houston Dash, TSJ FC Virginia, IMG Academy, FC Bay Area Surf, Colorado Rush, Cedar Stars Monmouth, Lonestar SC, Lamorinda SC, NEFC, SC Del Sol, City SC, Nationals Blue, Michigan Jaguars, South Shore Select

U14

Teams: Nationals Blue, SC Del Sol, Cedar Stars Monmouth, City SC, Lamorinda SC, Albion SC Las Vegas, South Shore Select, Cincinnati United, Lou Fusz Athletic, TSJ FC Virginia, NEFC, IMG Academy, Colorado Rush, FC Bay Area Surf, Tophat Gold, Houston Dash

U15

Teams: Lamorinda SC, Florida United, TSJ FC Virginia, FC Bay Area Surf, NEFC, Cedar Stars Monmouth, Nationals Blue, Colorado Rush, City SC, South Shore Select, Houston Dash, Palm Beach Gardens Predators, IMG Academy, Cincinnati United, Tophat Gold, SC Del Sol

U16

Teams: Colorado Rush, Lamorinda SC, Lonestar SC, South Shore Select, Nationals Blue, Houston Dash, Tophat Gold, West Coast FC, NEFC, Cedar Stars Monmouth, TSJ FC Virginia, FC Bay Area Surf, SC Del Sol, Cincinnati United, IMG Academy, City SC

U17

Teams: Oakwood SC, Lamorinda SC, SC Del Sol, Nationals Blue, TSJ FC Virginia, City SC, NEFC, Cedar Stars Monmouth, Florida United, South Shore Select, Colorado Rush, Tophat Gold, Houston Dash, IMG Academy, Cincinnati United, FC Bay Area Surf

U19

Teams: FC Bay Area Surf, Cincinnati United, IMG Academy, Houston Dash, South Shore Select, TSJ FC Virginia, Colorado Rush, OL Reign, Lamorinda SC, SC Del Sol, Nationals Blue, Cedar Stars Monmouth, City SC, NEFC, Tophat Gold, SC Wave