Five teams from the area are one win away from playing for a national championship.
Teams from Philadelphia SC, Real Jersey FC, Penn FC Youth, Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals and Yardley Makefield Soccer are in semifinals at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships after advancing out of group play.
Philadelphia SC Coppa Rage 2005 girls made it three wins out of three on Thursday with a convincing 7-0 win over KC Athletics. They are looking to return to the national final after coming up short last year. They play Utah Avalanche at 8 a.m. today.
Real Jersey FC 2006 girls got the benefit of the tiebreaker to advance to the semifinal after finishing with an identical 2-1-0 record as two other teams in their group.