EDP Summer Sizzler: Buzzing with Energy this Weekend at Tuckahoe Turf and Friendship Fields

The most popular event of the Summer, the EDP Summer Sizzler welcomed more than 340 teams from nine states and one Canadian Province. Over 600 games were played at Tuckahoe Turf Farms and Friendship Fields across 53 Divisions. More than 90 clubs participated in the event, representing Ontario, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.

Check out the age group recaps below — Full standings and results can be found here. 

A few of the most exciting brackets from

the Summer Sizzler were:

The 9U Boys Red Division had two of the strongest teams of the weekend, Valencia SA Savage Premier 2016 and Philadelphia Union SWAG Academy 2016. Both 3-0-0 in group play, the final was action packed from the opening to final whistle, with Philadelphia Union SWAG Academy 2016 winning 5-4 for the championship.

The 9U Girls Red Division saw New England Surf Surf Select National 2016 G White face its toughest test of the weekend in the championship match. After going 3-0-0, they battled with Red Bulls Regional Select NJ Girls 2016 all game long, coming out a 4-3 winner to claim first place.

The 11U Boys Red Division final was between NY Red Bulls RDS Showcase B2014 Red and Monmouth United Soccer 2014 Boys Premier I. NY Red Bulls RDS Showcase reached the final after drawing RMSG 2015B Black 2-2 in the final group game putting them on 7 points to RMSG 4 points, in a bracket where every team won at least one match. In that final, NY Red Bulls defeated previously unbeaten Monmouth United 3-1.

The 12U Boys Red Division was very evenly matched, with four out of the six teams finishing group play with one win, and just 2 points separating second and fifth place. The top side in the group all weekend long was Union DFC 2013B from Ontario, and in the final, they won their fourth game out of four by defeating Kenmore Niagara Surf 2013 Boys Blue 2-0.

Kemp Soccer Select U13 won the 13U Girls Red Division, playing the closest matches out of any of the weekend's champions. They opened with a 2-1 win followed by a 1-1 draw and won 1-0 over Real Central NJ to finish top of the group stages on 7 points, ahead of SJEB FC and RSMG both on 6 points, and Deptford Premier on 4 points. In the final, the theme of close games continued, with regulation ending 0-0, and Kemp Soccer winning on penalties 5-4.

The 14U Girls Red Division was won by Western New York Football Club WNYFC 11/12G, who defeated Tri-State Soccer Academy Evolution 2011G out of Maryland 3-0 in the final.