Twenty-two youth teams qualified for the U-17 Cup

All 22 youth teams have qualified for the 2024 Toyota National Championships U-17 Cup after the last boys’ team won their provincial title on Sunday. CS Saint-Laurent, who have won national youth titles in 2022 (Boys’ U-17 Cup) and 2024 (Boys’ PDP U-17 Cup), qualified on Sunday 22 September, less than three weeks before the start of this year’s Toyota National Championships in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

The 55-match schedule for the U-17 Cup has been published at canadasoccer.com/competitions.

On the boys’ side, the 10 qualified teams are Surrey BC Tigers FC, CS Saint-Laurent, Thornhill Bolts, Conception Bay South and Winnipeg AK SA from Group A as well as Edmonton BTB SC, Halifax County United SC, Saskatoon Alliance, PEI FC and Fredericton DSA from Group B.

On the girls’ side, the 12 qualified teams are: Fusion FC (Richmond), Suburban FC (Bedford) and London Alliance FC from Group A; Edmonton BTB SC, Winnipeg 1v1 Futbol Dreams and Saskatoon Alliance from Group B; CS Lanaudière-Nord, CS Dieppe and Yellowknife Bay SC from Group C; and St. John’s SC, PEI FC and Halifax County United SC from Group D.

Just last year, Edmonton BTB SC won the Boys’ U-15 Cup in Waterloo while CS Longueuil won the Girls’ U-15 Cup in the same city. Burnaby FC won the U-17 Cup double in both divisions at Moncton.

Canada Soccer’s Toyota National Championships are hosted each October across six divisions in three venues: the adult competition for the men’s Challenge Trophy and women’s Jubilee Trophy (Surrey, British Columbia in 2024); the U-17 Cup competition for boys and girls (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in 2024); the U-15 Cup competition for boys and girls (Quinte West in 2024).

​As Canada Soccer’s largest national event featuring clubs from coast to coast, the Toyota National Championships have served as the nation’s primary amateur soccer competition for more than 100 years, with the men’s competition inaugurated in 1913, the youth competition inaugurated in 1966, and the women’s competition inaugurated in 1982. At all age levels, the Toyota National Championships provide a meaningful week-long soccer experience for host cities and participating teams, as well as the players, coaches, support staff, officials and volunteers.