In 2021 Eugene Metro FC applied and was admitted to the Girls Academy League, a national platform for top female players. The Girls Academy is the leading youth development platform for the best female soccer players in the United States. GA is the only national youth soccer platform that represents the collective vision of member clubs and actively engages the voice of the players to take real ownership of the league. The GA embraces the desire of club members and players to maintain an unrivaled standard of excellence in coaching, competition, and regional and national showcase events throughout the year. In 2025, our club applied to GA Aspire and was accepted. We are looking forward to entering our Competitive 1 teams in the same platform as our Premier teams.
The launch of ASPIRE marks a major step in our commitment to player development, expanding GA’s standards of excellence to a broader ecosystem. By introducing a tier two league, the GA is creating new opportunities for young women to challenge themselves and grow within a structured pathway.
GA is committed to cultivating an environment that empowers each player to reach their best potential as an exceptional athlete and human being by celebrating the player’s journey with a lifelong love of the game through competition, showcases, and camaraderie.
All U13-19 Birth year (2013-2008/07) EMFC Girls Competitive 1 teams will play in the Girls Academy League Aspire. You can learn more about the GA Aspire here: https://girlsacademyleague.com/what-is-aspire/
Season 2025-26
After tryouts in May, teams will train typically 2-3 times a week (Mon-Wed and every other Friday). Each of the GA teams will have a Tournament schedule and a GA Aspire League schedule:
Preliminary GA Aspire League Schedule
The 2025-26 season will have the following clubs in our GA Aspire Oregon Division (Columbia Premier, Soccer Chance Academy, Portland City United, Bend FC, EMFC)
- Our youngest GA Aspire teams (2013G Wolfsburg Comp and 2012G Man City Comp) will play in OYSA in the fall. We will double register those teams with OYSA cards and GA cards so they can play a solid 10 game fall season. The conference chose this option to avoid too much travel.
- Both teams play a summer tournament schedule.
- U13 2013G Wolfsburg Comp and U14 2012G Man City Comp will play 10 OYSA Fall League games.
- Both teams will then join the rest of the GA Aspire teams in January for our regular GA Aspire schedule.
- https://system.gotsport.com/org_event/events/42138
- Teams who qualify through Conference play will participate in GA Aspire Playoffs
- National Playoffs are in July 2026 for those teams that qualify
Our U15-19 ECNL RL teams will do a regular summer tournament schedule. They will then join their respective high schools in mid-August. They will resume club practices in mid-November.
- We will play the 5 other clubs in our conference home and away for 8 games. Each game day is called a fixture and will have all 6 age groups of our club compete against the 6 age groups of another club.
- In addition, we will play cross-over games against our WA division.
- We will play one weekend in Seattle against two Seattle opponents
- We will play one weekend in Eugene against two Seattle opponents
- We will play one weekend in PDX against two Seattle opponents
- This will add 6 more games to our schedule.
Preliminary Tournament Schedule
The summer tournaments will be set by coaches and club. All 6 GA Aspire teams will attend one Regional Showcase. https://girlsacademyleague.com/events-3/
- 2013G Wolfsburg Comp and 2012G Man City Comp will attend one Showcase event
- GA Aspire West Regional Showcase in Provo, Utah from October 9-12, 2025. DETAILS.
- U15-19 teams will attend GA Aspire West Showcase
- GA Aspire West Showcase from November 20-23, 2025 in Norco, California. DETAILS.
Other Sports
Soccer is the primary sport; coaches and families should communicate to develop a plan that allows multi-sport athletes to participate while considering the needs of the team.
U15/8th Grade Players
Who: 2011 girls who will be in 8th grade for the 2025-2026 season. U15 age girls who will be freshman in high school but choose not to play high school soccer may also participate.
Fall Fee: U15/8th grade programming is not included in the respective annual club fees listed above. Fall programming is $300. Please contact Jurgen at doc@emfc.org
Girls High School Soccer Season: August-November
How it works:
- U15/8th grade players will try out with the other 2011 U15 players for placement on ability based rosters for the 2025-26 season.
- U15/8th grade players will train and compete on their respective teams throughout the year except during high school season.
- During high school season, we will pool the U15/8th grade players who seek to continue training and games together, regardless of ability. The U15/8th grade teams will train 2x per week and if we have enough players to form an 8th grade team we will register them in an OYSA league
