U.S. Soccer has announced the addition of four clubs to the Girls Development Academy, which kicks off in the fall of 2017: San Diego’s Albion SC, the Los Angeles Galaxy, the San Jose Earthquakes, andGeorgia’s Club United Futbol Academy.
U.S. Soccer has also announced the breakdown of the six regional divisions.
Four clubs — Northern California’s Mustang, NewJersey’s Matchfit Academy, Arizona’s Sereno SC and Florida’s Jacksonville Armada Youth Academy (JFC) — that were included in U.S. Soccer’s August announcement of 74 clubs are nolonger slated to participate.
The 74 clubs, which will field teams in U-14/15, U-16/17 and U-18/19 competition, include nine NWSL clubs.
NORTHEAST
Boston Breakers (Watertown, Mass.)
Cedar Stars-Monmouth (Tinton Falls, N.J.)
East Meadow SC (East Meadow, N.Y.)
FC Fury NY (Bay Shore, N.Y.)
FCStars (Acton, Mass.)
FC Virginia (Chantilly, Va.)
Oakwood Soccer Club (Glastonbury, Conn.)
PA Classics (Manheim, Pa.)
Penn Fusion Soccer Academy (Westtown, Pa.)
Sky Blue-PDA(Bernardsville, N.J.)
Virginia Development Academy (Woodbridge, Va.)
Washington Spirit Maryland (Boyds, Md.)
Washington Spirit Virginia (Fairfax, Va.)
World Class FC (Orangeburg,N.Y.)
SOUTHEAST
Boca United FC (Boca Raton, Fla.)
Capital Area RailHawks (Raleigh, N.C.)
Charlotte Soccer Academy (Matthews, N.C.)
Concorde Fire (Atlanta, Ga.)
IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)
NTH Tophat (Marietta, Ga.)
Orlando Pride (Orlando, Fla.)
United Futbol Academy (Cumming, Ga.)
United SoccerAlliance (Jacksonville, Fla.)
West Florida Flames (Brandon, Fla.)
Weston FC (Weston, Fla.)
MID-AMERICA
Cincinnati Development Academy(Cincinnati, Ohio)
Eclipse Select Soccer Club (Oak Brook, Ill.)
Empire United Soccer Academy (West Henrietta, N.Y.)
FC United (Northfield, Ill.)
Indiana Fire Academy (Westfield,Ind.)
Michigan Hawks (Wixom, Mich.)
Midwest United FC (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Nationals (Pontiac, Mich.)
Shattuck-St. Mary’s Rev SC (Faribault, Minn.)
Sockers FC Chicago(Palatine, Ill.)
Western New York Flash (Elma, N.Y.)
FRONTIER
Colorado Rush (Littleton, Co.)
Dallas Texans Soccer Club (Plano, Texas)
FC Dallas (Frisco, Texas)
FC Kansas City (Prairie Village, Kan.)
Houston Dash (Houston, Texas)
Houston United DA (Spring, Texas)
Lonestar Soccer Club (Austin, Texas)
RealColorado (Centennial, Co.)
Solar Soccer Club (Allen, Texas)
SPORTING Blue Valley (Overland Park, Kan.)
Sting Soccer Club (Addison, Texas)
Texas Rush Soccer Club (The Woodlands,Texas)
TSC Hurricane (Jenks, Okla.)
NORTHWEST
Burlingame Soccer Club (Burlingame, Calif.)
California Storm (Sacramento, Calif.)
Crossfire Premier (Redmond, Wash.)
De Anza Force (Campbell, Calif.)
Eastside FC (Issaquah, Wash.)
La Roca Futbol Club (Kaysville, Utah)
Lamorinda Soccer Club (Moraga, Calif.)
Portland Thorns (Portland, Ore.)
PSV Union Football Club (Palo Alto, Calif.)
San Jose Earthquakes (San Jose, Calif.)
Seattle Reign (Seattle, Wash.)
SOUTHWEST
Albion SC (San Diego, Calif.)
Beach Futbol Club (Torrance, Calif.)
Eagles Soccer Club (Camarillo, Calif.)
LA Galaxy (Carson, Calif.)
LA Galaxy SanDiego (Carlsbad, Calif.)
LAFC Slammers (Costa Mesa, Calif.)
Legends FC (Chino, Calif.)
Los Angeles Premier Futbol Club (La Canada Flintridge, Calif.)
Pateadores (Costa Mesa,Calif.)
Real So Cal (Woodland Hills, Calif.)
San Diego Surf Soccer Club (Del Mar, Calif.)
SC del Sol (Phoenix, Ariz.)
So Cal Blues (Laguna Hills, Calif.)
West Coast FutbolClub (Laguna Hills, Calif.)


Not one pro team from the 2 in Chicago could fund an Academy for girls like Galaxy in L.A.?