Boys 14 Soccer Rankings - January

Barreling into our tenth spot is one of the top teams from New Jersey, TSF Academy X. The Lincoln Park squad recently captured the New Jersey State Cup (B14 Flight).

The team recorded a big 2-0 win over powerhouse PDA Pele on November 5 and reached the finals of the Potomac Memorial Day (B13 Potomac) tournament in the spring. The club also owns a  3-0 win over New York SC 97-98 this fall.

Coached by Daniel Christian, the team includes Ruben Arias, Ritchie Barry, Julien Bouguennec, Calvin Carbajal, Jeffrey Choonoo, Kenneth Gwon, Kyle Hartigan, Nicholas Henao, Lucas McGahren, Adam Ozeri, Kevin Patino, Frankie Salensky, Kevin Santamaria, Ken Santos, Seth Shachar, Alexander Soto and Marko Urosevic.

Checking in at No. 9 is a team that has marauded its way through the fall season so far, the CCV Stars 98 Black. The Peoria, Arizona club, led by Eric Gerle, went 6-0, with a 19-3 goal differential, to capture the Surf Thanksgiving Tournament 2011 (B14 Gold) in November. The Stars beat our No. 1 South Bay Gunners 2-0 in the semifinals of that event, before besting the Sereno 98 Boys White 2-0 in the final.

The team is 2-0 so far this year in the 2011-2012 State League Season II (B14 AZSL Division 1) after finishing first in Season I. The squad also pocketed the Sereno Pro Classic 2011 (B14 Gold) championship in October by sweeping four games with a 9-3 margin over the course of the event.

While Dirk Nowitzki and the NBA Champion Mavericks may have trouble repeating this season, Dallas' own TFC 98B Royal intends to pick up the slack. The Texas team, coached by Reagan Angell, had an eye-opening run at the Bobby Rhine Fall Invitational (B14) tournament in November, going 4-1 with a 14-3 goal differential. Only a 1-0 loss to Mana of Mexico stopped TFC from taking that tournament crown.

The team also won the Michael Brown Winter Classic X (B13 Gold) event last spring, sweeping four games while outscoring its opposition 13-3, and had a 1-0 win over TFC 98B at the TFC Blue Cup 2011 (B14 Blue) in December.

Norwalk, Connecticut is not the first place that comes to mind when one thinks of the world's foremost beach destinations, but it is the home to one of the nation's finest soccer institutions, the No. 7 Beachside of Connecticut. The team recently went 4-1, and outscored its opponents 10-5, to reach the finals of the MAPS Cup 2011 (B14 B MAPS Cup) tournament.

The club captured the title at the Manhattan Soccer Club Kick-Off Classic (B13 Platinum) last spring, beating the Ironbound SC Premier Strikers 2-0 in the final. The team also reached the finals of the Lou Ramos Classic 2011 (B14 Championship) event in September, notching a 3-1 record at that tournament.

Led by Mickey Kydes, the team consists of Brett Capone, Kyle Casey, Chris Molina, Steven DeMoura, Ryan Mingachos, Nicholas Petridis, Max Sanderson, Caner Snover, Daniel Mines, Matt Wilson, Emmett Witmer, John Ricks, Paul Tricarico, Finn Conley, Sean Dalrymple and Alex Cincolo.

The town of Dublin, Ohio naturally conjures visions of The Emerald Isle, but its proudest export is our No. 6 OP Eagles Green 1. The Eagles have had a strong fall campaign, capped by winning the CASL Boys Shootout (B14 Predator) tournament with a 2-0 win over the Jacksonville United FC 97/98 Boys in the deciding match.

The team also finished second in the Midwest Regional League Fall 2011 (B14 First Division East Blue). The club made it to the semis of the Internationals Season Finale (B14 Premier) event in October and recorded a 3-2 win over GSA 98 Phoenix Red in November.

Guided by by Mike Lawrence, the team includes Hunter Gordon, Camden Solomon, Bryce Johnson, Jack Holland, Brian Woo, Lukas Manarollo, Nicholas Christoff, Emmanuel Dapaa, Brennon Davis, Matthew Scoliere, Andrew Weislogel, Kingsley Amoakohene, Brady Whittekind, Brenan Lawrence, Justin Jun, Nathan Trinh and Matt Kiley.