The USYS Midwest Conference wrapped up an exciting fall season that saw teams clinch spots in the USYS Midwest Regional Championships, as well as secure promotion within the conference for the Spring 2024 and Fall 2024 seasons.
The Midwest Conference utilizes a promotion and relegation system between Premier I and Premier II divisions based on the team’s performance on the field during the previous season.
Click here to see the standings and results from the fall season.
Many age groups saw heavily contended division champion title runs, with first, second, and third place determined by the difference in one game and one goal between them. One such group was the 14U Boys Premier II Blue division, where three teams — Millennium Soccer Academy 10B Black (IN), EBU Elite 2010B Elite 64 (WI), and HDS Eagles 2010 (IL) — were separated by one point for first place, and the second-place tiebreaker came down to a 1-0 win in a head-to-head matchup.
Two 19U Girls Premier I Divisions also included notable title races. The top two teams from each division, Wheaton United 2006G Academy (IL) from the 19U Premier I Black Division and JB Marine Thunder 2005G (MO) from 19U Premier I Red Division, battled their way through their individual divisions to face off in a playoff matchup. JB Marine clinched the match to move on as the National League representative to compete at the 2024 Midwest Regional Championships in June.
Throughout the fall, the Midwest Conference held several conference-hosted event weekends that allowed numerous teams to come together to play league matches, including a new event weekend hosted in collaboration with Iowa Soccer Association in Bettendorf, Iowa, at a new premier venue, TBK Bank Sports Complex.
Click here to view additional Midwest Conference event photos.
The Midwest Conference is one of 13 conferences that fall under the scope of the National League and operate at a multistate level, providing high-level competition consistently across Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Visit the National League website for more information on the Midwest Conference and the National League Conferences.