Atlanta teams competing in U.S. Youth nationals

It’s raining today in New England, where the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships are being played, and there are three metro Atlanta youth contingents in action.

On Thursday the North Atlanta Soccer Association Elite Under 19 boys downed the Colorado Rush Nike 1-0 on a goal in the third minute by Christopher Klute. The Gwinnett Soccer Association Phoenix Red Under 16 boys played to a 2-2 draw with Campton United Navy of Illinois as Walker Zimmerman and Ado Junuzovic scored. (Here are all of Thursday’s boys scores.)

On the girls side Thursday, the GSA Phoenix Red Under 17 also played to a 2-2 draw with Eclipse Select of Illinois as Kimberly Spence and Alexa Newfield notched goals.

GSA is “Tweeting” updates from its team’s games here during the tournament.

Here’s the official tournament Web site, with scores, schedules, standings and other information.

Real-time developments from all games also are on the USYSNC’s Twitter feed, which also has updates on the weather.