City SC is a proud member of the Elite Academy League 2 (EA2)
The Elite Academy League has been born out of the West playing inside USYS and Cal South, starting with the Southwest Division forming the “MLS Elite” extended player pool/reserve league. The league will continue to build off the standards of the former DA and now the “MLS Elite”. This league will keep the standards, the prestige, and maintain each club’s high level program. This program being launched will build off of every valued principle, tested and proven within the DA; and is committed to being the top player development league in the United States. This program will replicate the DA program in all the best aspects of the former program, but with the added benefit of new improvements and innovations as determined by the collective experience and knowledge of the elite club members.
League Purpose
The Elite Academy League is composed of member clubs primarily from the new “MLS NEXT” Academy as well as other top competitive clubs, recommended by the conferences, and admitted by the Elite Academy League Technical Group.
The Elite Academy League is an Elite platform developed to address the needs of its membership primarily assisting with developing top players inside the elite club’s player pool. It allows the member clubs of the “MLS NEXT,” to work together to promote the highest standards in competitive soccer, and integrate both leagues with this common goal and direction.
By unifying clubs from within the conferences, we have found a way to maintain the defining standards of the former DA, with the new enhanced standards of “MLS NEXT.” This integration further presents long needed flexibility in two key areas; (1) permission for all players to participate in High School Soccer and, (2) revising the substitution rules to encourage clubs to better utilize their player pools, especially when showcasing their players to college coaches.
TRYOUT for CITY SC BOYS ACADEMY PROGRAM
Players will be evaluated for our Boys academy program during tryouts (click here for latest tryout info), however, the recruitment process is ongoing. Typically players will be invited for a trial period of training with the current Academy team before being offered a spot with that team. Even though our tryouts may have been completed, we encourage any players who wish to come out and practice with these teams to please contact: kevin@cityscsouthbay.com
2025/26 TEAM INFORMATION
| U11 Boys | 2015 Elite Academy 2 | Head Coach: Brennan Smith |
| U12 Boys | 2014 Elite Academy 2 | Head Coach: Dylan Perez |
| U13 Boys | 2013 Elite Academy 2 | Head Coach: Jamie Rose |
| U14 Boys | 2012 Elite Academy 2 | Head Coach: Jamie Rose |
| U15 Boys | 2011 Elite Academy 2 | Head Coach: Rene Ortez |
| U16 Boys | 2010 Elite Academy 2 | Head Coach: Javi Reyes |
| U17 Boys | 2009 Elite Academy 2 | Head Coach: Javi Reyes |
| U19 Boys | 2007/08 Elite Academy 2 | Head Coach: Dylan Perez |
