ABOUT THE LEAGUE.
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California Regional League provides your team with the best opportunity to play against high level competition during the Spring. Top teams from CSL Premier and its Championship Divisions will face off against top teams from other leagues in the Southern California region.
In addition to top level play, winners of CRL will receive an invite to the USYS National League Winter Showcase Events held in late 2026.
CRL & National League Winter Events
The USYS National League Winter Events are a modification to simplify the current structure of quarterfinals and semifinals, and will begin in the 2025-26 seasonal year. As with the current event structure, the winter events will provide teams with an opportunity to earn their place into the summer’s USYS National Championships, presented by New York Life.
Learn more about the Winter Events HERE
League Flexibility.
The league understand that the Winter/Spring can be a busy time for some teams. For the older aged divisions, CRL/PC play will begin after high school, and for teams playing in National Cup or other player showcase tournaments, games will be scheduled around those conflicts if requested.
CRL League Format + Winter Events
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Age Divisions & Bracketing
The league offers six age divisions for boys and girls - 13U, 14U, 15U, 16U, 17U & 19U. Divisions will typically have 10-12 teams with each team playing each other once.
Qualification for the USYS National League Winter Events is available in the 14U through 19U divisions.
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CRL/PCL League 2025
League games will kick off the Spring season on March 7th, 2026. This will allow teams in CSL Premier and adjacent leagues to have a year-round soccer season from their Fall League games onto the CRL eague games in the Spring.
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PACIFIC CONFERENCE
The Pacific Conference is one of 13 Conferences within the National League that offer team-based competition, meaning each team earns its place into the appropriate level of play through its play on the field. The 13 Conferences share national connectivity via the Conference Playoffs, which provide a platform for the top 10 percent of teams from the 3,500+ teams playing in the conferences to come together and compete for an opportunity to continue on the pathway toward the US Youth Soccer National Championships.
SCHEDULE.
CRL is played in the Spring from March until early May. The below play dates are tentative and subject to change.
Play dates.
March: 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th, 21st, 22nd, 28th & 29th
April: 4th, 5th, 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th, 25th & 26th
May: 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 10th, 16th & 17th
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