[NATIONAL LEAGUE] Just two of the 60 teams who competed in the first weekend of boys play in the 2011-12 U.S. Youth Soccer National League at sites aroundBirmingham, Ala., were perfect: U-18 Grand Rapids Crew Juniors, the defending USYS national champions, and U-17 Eastside FC Red, the defending Region IV champion out of Washington.

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