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Santa Cruz United FC offers competitive soccer, grassroots development, and training for boys and girls. The program includes NorCal Premier Soccer league play, NorCal Regional play, and National Premier League (NPL) competition. Teams also compete in NPL, ECNL-RL, and State Premier leagues.
Santa Cruz United FC states that its mission is to develop, promote, and encourage opportunity in the game of soccer for players and coaches at both developmental and highest competitive levels of play, without regard to race, creed, gender, or economic advantage. The club is an official NorCal Premier Soccer and National Premier League (NPL) member. It is described as a premier competitive soccer club in Santa Cruz County with a structured player pathway that includes Foundation, Development, and Performance phases, and players can move between levels as they progress. The program offers a complete pathway from grassroots development to elite NorCal, NPL, and higher-level competition, with access to top-tier competition beginning at the U13 level while training locally in Santa Cruz County. The coaching staff includes professional and volunteer coaches who are all licensed through the U.S. Soccer Federation and trained in the unified United Coaching Philosophy, following a shared curriculum and consistent methodology across all age groups. The club focuses on developing the whole player in Cognition, Competence, and Character and describes its community as built on connection, collaboration, and opportunity. Santa Cruz United FC notes that NorCal Premier Soccer provides a competitive league structure with regional divisions across Northern California, and that NPL is NorCal’s highest level of play featuring top boys’ and girls’ teams from U13 and above. Through its NPL membership, players have access to regional and national events within the US Club Soccer pathway. The club states that it takes pride in representing the diverse families of Santa Cruz County and in providing local access to top-tier soccer experiences.
Last updated March 11, 2026.
Santa Cruz United FC states that its mission is to develop, promote, and encourage opportunity in the game of soccer for players and coaches at both developmental and highest competitive levels of play, without regard to race, creed, gender, or economic advantage. The club is an official NorCal Premier Soccer and National Premier League (NPL) member. It is described as a premier competitive soccer club in Santa Cruz County with a structured player pathway that includes Foundation, Development, and Performance phases, and players can move between levels as they progress. The program offers a complete pathway from grassroots development to elite NorCal, NPL, and higher-level competition, with access to top-tier competition beginning at the U13 level while training locally in Santa Cruz County. The coaching staff includes professional and volunteer coaches who are all licensed through the U.S. Soccer Federation and trained in the unified United Coaching Philosophy, following a shared curriculum and consistent methodology across all age groups. The club focuses on developing the whole player in Cognition, Competence, and Character and describes its community as built on connection, collaboration, and opportunity. Santa Cruz United FC notes that NorCal Premier Soccer provides a competitive league structure with regional divisions across Northern California, and that NPL is NorCal’s highest level of play featuring top boys’ and girls’ teams from U13 and above. Through its NPL membership, players have access to regional and national events within the US Club Soccer pathway. The club states that it takes pride in representing the diverse families of Santa Cruz County and in providing local access to top-tier soccer experiences.
Last updated March 11, 2026.
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