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HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER: Spring girls soccer preseason set to be underway in multiple states
BY DAN STICKRADT
WEB AND CONTENT EDITOR | NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF NEWS
Premier Media Group | National Soccer Network and affiliates
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Like all levels of soccer in the U.S., high school soccer never sleeps.
As several states are winding down the winter season of high school soccer, several states will begin the 2025 spring season for girls soccer.
With players already starting preseason practices in late February or into early or mid-March, there are 17 states expected to play high school girls soccer in the spring – Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
STATE-BY-STATE BREAKDOWN OF FALL, WINTER AND SPRING HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER SEASONS
Below is the breakdown by seasons of high school boys soccer and high school girls soccer in reference to which seasons the main state governing bodies for high school athletics competes in those sports specifically. This may or not include some state home school, Christian schools associations or private school associations in respective states as a majority of those governing bodies hold their boys soccer and girls soccer seasons at the same time. California has both a north and south association for all sports, while Washington D.C. also has small tournaments for several sports as well, including soccer.
An example would be Michigan, where the Michigan High School Athletic Association (four divisions), Michigan Association of Christian Schools (two divisions), Michigan Christian Schools Athletic Association (one division) and Michigan Home Schools Sports Association (one division) compete in boys soccer in the fall months, while the Michigan High School Athletic Association (four divisions), Michigan Association of Christian Schools (one division), Michigan Christian Schools Athletic Association (one division) and Michigan Home Schools Sports Association (one division) compete in girls soccer in the spring months. The only difference is with the Michigan home schools holding a conjoined tournament with Indiana for girls soccer in the late spring months due to minimal teams competing.
Every other state has different layers of divisions and classifications that compete in different seasons for boys soccer and girls soccer. For boys soccer there are 32 states that compete in the fall, 12 states in the winter and eight states in the spring, while with girls soccer there are 28 states that compete in the fall, seven states which compete in the winter and 17 states that compete in the spring months. That again includes the two California associations and one for Washington D.C.
BOYS SOCCER—FALL SEASON
(State championships in late October or November)
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Washington D.C.
BOYS SOCCER—WINTER SEASON
(State Championships in February, March or April)
Alabama
Arizona
California (North Cal)
California (South Cal)
Georgia
Hawaii
Louisiana
Mississippi
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
BOYS SOCCER—SPRING SEASON
(State championships in May or June)
Alaska
Arkansas
Georgia
Nebraska
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Washington
GIRLS SOCCER—FALL SEASON
(State championships in late October or November)
Arizona
California-North Cal
Connecticut
Idaho
Indiana
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Vermont
Washington
Washington D.C.
West Virginia
GIRLS SOCCER—WINTER SEASON
(State Championships in February, March or April)
Arizona
California-SoCal
Florida
Hawaii
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
GIRLS SOCCER—SPRING SEASON
(State championships in May or June)
Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas
Colorado
Delaware
Georgia
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
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