The South Bay Force and adidas® are proud to present the fourth annual edition of the adidas® Southland Challenge. The tournament will be held on January 10th & 11th, 2009, for the Under 9 thru Under 14 age groups. With the support of adidas®, Cal State Fullerton and Cal Poly Pomona Universities this tournament has emerged as one of top competitive winter-time tournaments held around Southern California, and a wonderful tune-up for the State Open Cup, National Cup and Cal Cup for the younger age groups!

We are proud to have the support of the Southern California soccer community, in what will be another fantastic weekend event for all the participants and theri families!  The adidas® Southland Challenge and South Bay Force hope to bring out the character, pride, and quality of our region’s youth soccer players to this year’s tournament. We welcome all the teams and look forward to another fantastic event!

Please enjoy your time, best of luck to the players and teams, and we hope to say hello to you during the duration of this much anticipated weekend.

Tournament Director
adidas® Southland Challenge

To all of the teams that participated in the 2008 tournament: 

THANK YOU for making the tournament an amazing success!

We had great weather, wonderful competition, and some amazing soccer over the weekend!

2008 adidas® Southland Challenge Champions:

BU9: FC Stampede - GU9: South Bay SC - BU10: FC Stampede

GU10 Gold: San Diego Surf - GU10 Silver: FC Barcelona (GU9’s)

BU11: West Coast FC - GU11: Arsenal FC

BU12 Gold: Fullerton Rangers - BU12 Silver: DBWV

GU12 Gold: West Coast FC United - GU12 Silver: LAFC Black

BU13: West Coast FC - GU13: LAFC - GU14: South Bay SC "Ragtags"

*2008 Scores*