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Amateur champions of the United States, England set for semi-quincentennial spectacle in Philadelphia

​USASA National Amateur Cup champions West Chester United to host FA Inter-League Cup champion Arthurian League in birthplace of American independence

​https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2025/06/amateur-champions-of-united-states-england-semiquincentennial-spectacle-philadelphia

​One week shy of the United States of America’s semiquincentennial, the amateur club soccer champions of the U.S. and England will face off in Philadelphia, Pa., less than five miles away from Independence Hall. 2025 United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA) National Amateur Cup champions West Chester United SC will face the 2023–24 FA Inter-League Cup champion Arthurian League’s representative team at Drexel University on June 26 in an international exhibition dubbed the Transatlantic Cup.

Founded in 1976 in West Chester, Pa., West Chester United SC currently fields teams in the NPSL, USL League Two and the United Soccer League of Pennsylvania, among other leagues. Under head coach and program director Blaise Santangelo, the club has been revitalized in recent years, becoming a consistent national power in the amateur soccer ranks.

The club has also played a key role in the development of tomorrow’s stars, sending dozens of players to the professional ranks of MLS, the USL Championship and USL League One, among other leagues in recent years.

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West Chester has found success at all levels over the past decade, claiming several USASA Region I U-23 titles, winning state cups, topping its conference and division in both the NPSL and USL League Two, and lifting the USASA National Amateur Cup in 2025. The club has participated in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on multiple occasions and is also set to face defending USL League Two champions Vermont Green FC in the 2026 Hank Steinbrecher Cup Final on June 5.

“We often hear that kids fall back in love with the game when they’re here through the summer,” Santangelo said. “Obviously we’re creating a lot of success, and kids feel good about that, but we just feel like we’re able to do things a little differently than other programs, because we’re not doing it to pay the bills.
“It’s really not us. It’s us going to the field every night as adults to give back to the kids. But it’s really the kids and all their youth coaches. It takes a village, right? We’re just one more cog in that village.”