This year was filled with close chances, new ventures for clubs and record streaks for IE teams in the national spotlight. Some significant performances is when adult teams defeat opponents by a goal margin 5+ in GD. Here is a chronological list of events that happened in IE soccer in the year 2024.
January
- IEFC to field a team in the UPSL Premier (Jan 8)
- Aidan Apodaca confirms retirement from the professional game (Jan 9)
- Arlington High School boys ranked 1st in California and 3/4th in the nation with a 16 overall winning streak (Jan 20)
- City SC and California Natives participate in the open state cup. A joint UPSL and SoCal south joint tournament. Not many details about what the cup is. (Jan 24)
- Citrus Hills HS boys wins 5th mountain league title (Jan 26)
- Santiago HS girls wins 5th league title in a row (Jan 27)
- Valley View HS boys wins 4th consecutive Ivy league title (Jan 27)
- San Gorgonio HS boys win back to back San Andreas league titles (Jan 30)
- Canyon Springs HS girls win Sunbelt league championship (Jan 31)
February
- Grand Terrance HS boys win skyline league and tournament title (Feb 1)
- Kaiser HS girls win skyline league and tournament title (Feb 1)
- Grand Terrance HS girls win Sunkist tournament title (Feb 1)
- San Gorgonio HS boys win league tournament in penalties (Feb 1)
- Colton HS girls win San Andreas league and tournament title (Feb 1)
- Rialto HS girls win 2nd Sunkist league title (Feb 2)
- TVHS girls win 7th Southwestern league title (Feb 2)
- Riverside Poly HS girls win Ivy League title (Feb 3)
- Fontana Legacy stated in a YouTube video that they plan to go professional by 2026-27 (Feb 3)
- ISHS boys win Mountain Valley league title (Feb 5)
- Leonardo Sepulveda (from Corona) made his debut for Chivas. He gets a red card 7 minutes into the game after a high boot, resulting in an FC Juarez player bleeding in the face.
- Temecula FC concludes UK preseason tour with 1-2-1 record (Feb 11)
- Redlands FC announces schedule (Feb 15)
- NISA Nation SW announces 2024 spring teams, including Temecula FC (Feb 20)
- UPSL SoCal South announces 2024 spring teams, including IEFC, Temecula SC, and MSA (Feb 20)
- Santiago HS girls win open division CIF title (Feb 23)
- Apple Valley HS girls win D3 CIF title 2-1 against Oak Park (Feb 24)
- Etiwanda HS boys win the D2 CIF title 2-0 against Lakewood (Feb 24)
- Upland HS boys win the D5 CIF title 1-0 against Esperanza (Feb 24)
- ERHS girls win the D1 CIF title 3-2 against Palos Verdes (Feb 24)
- Ifeoma Onumonu signs with Utah Royals (Feb 27)
- Redlands FC are drawn with LA Force in the US Open Cup (Feb 29)
March
- Adyan Bowers signs with LA Force (Mar 7)
- Joey Ciochetto signs with Zeta Fc (NISA) (Mar 8)
- IEFC established a connection with Osagie Christopher Ekhator, a sports analyst (Mar 15)
- RFC fall to LA Force in the 1st round of the US Open Cup (Mar 20)
- SoCal Union announce schedule release (Mar 21)
- Empire strykers finish season with only 3 wins (Mar 31)
April
- Future FC join newly formed SWPL womens division (Apr 4)
May
- New team called Inland United based in Beaumont (UPSL D1) seem to start in fall (May 4)
- TFC enter the USASA region IV amatuer cup (May 12)
June
- TFC fall to FCAZ 2-1 in the USASA region IV semi-finals in Las Vegas (Jun 2)
- New women’s team pops up in Jurupa Valley called Prestige FC who play in the SoCal Premier W (Jun 7)
- Former LSU coach Jesse Olivas honored in the school’s hall of fame (Jun 9)
- IEFC defeat rebels SC 7-1 to reach UPSL SoCal south semifinals (Jun 16)
- TFC parts ways with manager Ignacio Gachuzo. He has lead the team to 1 Riverside County Cup title (Jun 17)
- SBVC M and SBVC W announce schedule (Jun 17)
- VVC M announce schedule (Jun 18)
- IEFC defeat MSA 4-3 in UPSL SoCal South semifinals (Jun 23)
- RFC announce Connor Artugue as assistant coach (Jun 24)
- VVC W announce schedule (Jun 24)
- IEFC clinch national playoffs after defeating SD International 4-2 (Jun 30)
July
- RFC destroyed Coachella 8-2 during the regular season (Jul 1)
- IEFC move on in UPSL national finals, defeating Estudiantes 3-0 (Jul 7)
- CSUSB M & W announce schedule (Jul 8)
- TFC hire new team manager John Oliver (Jul 9)
- IEFC get comeback against El Paso ACM3 3-2 to reach UPSL quarterfinals (Jul 13)
- CBU W announce schedule (Jul 15)
- Nat Gonzalez (UCR W’s head coach) has accepted a position in Arizona, and coach Gerardo Hildado will serve as interim. Nat has been the coach since 2012. (Jul 15)
- Empire sign Genaro Castillo from Monterey (Jul 17)
- CBU M announce schedule (Jul 17)
- Ricky Ruiz (RGV Toros) transfers to El Paso Locomotive (Jul 18)
- IEFC defeat Valley FC 2-0 to clinch the UPSL national semifinals, first time ever as a club (Jul 28)
- FFC crowned SWPL W champions, 1st time ever after another undefeated season (Jul 29)
- Sultana HS boys head coach Paul Mog steps down after 20 years (Jul 29)
- UCR M & UCR W announce schedule (Jul 29)
- Apple Valley Storm announced as new expansion side in the UPSL D1 (Jul 31)
August
- U of Redlands W announce schedule (Aug 2)
- Union Amaya back in the SoCal Premier after announcing friendlies (Aug 3)
- In a State of the City for San Bernardino, councilmen Sanchez stated that the city should look into getting a minor league soccer team. (Aug 4)
- LSU W announce schedule (Aug 5)
- U of Redlands M announce schedule (Aug 6)
- LSU M announce schedule (Aug 8)
- SoCal Premier announces season kickoff on September 7th-8th (Aug 8)
- NISA Nation announces season kickoff on September 7th-8th (Aug 14)
- Ariel Lassiter transfers from CF Montreal to Chicago Fire (Aug 14)
- Misael Gonzalez of IEFC ties the UPSL postseason top goal scorer award with Aron Martinez of Dodge City Toros with 11 goals
- Coach Manny Hernandez of GTHS steps down after serving program since 2015. (Aug 16)
- Landon Donovan announced as head coach of San Diego Wave (Aug 16)
- IER joins SoCal Elite FC to be the youth club adult amatuer representative. [Will no longer cover them] (Aug 18)
- Robert Palmer back with the Empire Stykers (Aug 19)
- Michael Zamora (former Storm United coach) now head coach of Sultana HS boys (Aug 19)
- New IE team from Eastvale called Independent FC joins the UPSL D1 (Aug 20)
- Strykers Owner’s study to make SB County an independent state concludes that it is not recommended (Aug 20)
- Teams announced in the UPSL and SoCal Premier (Aug 21)
- UPSL
- SoCal North
- IEFC
- SoCal South
- City SC
- SW Elite
- SoCal North
- SoCal Premier
- D1
- Cali Natives
- Union Amaya
- D2
- Fontana Legacy
- D1
- UPSL
- MTSJ announce schedule (Aug 21)
- Norco M and W announce schedules (Aug 22)
- LSU will move to the Golden State Athletic Conference (GASC) next year (Aug 22)
September
- MASL announced a merger with PASL and women’s division (Sep 3)
- Inland United no longer fielding a adult team (Sep 4)
- SBVC M & W games postponed due to line fire (Sep 9)
- YHS G head coach announces departure (Sep 11)
- CBU W win this year’s riverside showdown 1-0 (Sep 12)
- No IE teams in the qualifying stages of the US Open Cup (Sep 13)
- CBU and UCR M end riverside showdown 0-0 (Sep 25)
- Redlands W suffer big loss 1-8 vs Claremont (Sep 26)
October
- IEFC fell 6-0 vs AMSG in league play (Oct 5)
- Empire Strykers announce season schedule (Oct 8)
- Empire Strykers sign Rolando Uribe as assistant coach (Oct 11)
- Empire Strykers sign Marcelo Sarvas (Oct 15)
November
- Norco M win the IEAC regular season title (Nov 1)
- Paul Wright steps down as Empire Strykers head coach, replaced by Onua Obasi (Nov 8)
- CBU W win the WAC Tourenment title (Nov 9)
Chaffey W win the IEAC regular season (Nov 19)- College of the Desert won the IEAC tiebreaker with a better overall record
- SBVC M lost to Miro Costa in penalties 3-2 in the first round of the CCCAA playoffs. A brawl breaks out after the match (Nov 20)
- MTSJ fall 3-1 to Santiago Canyon College in the first round of the CCCAA playoffs. (Nov 21)
- MSA, Southwest and City SC youth clubs merge together to form City SC Southwest in the temecula valley (Nov 22)
- Norco M fall to Cerritios 2-0 and get eliminated from the CCCAA playoffs (Nov 27)
- Chaffey W fall 3-1 at Cypress College in the 4th round of the CCCAA playoffs (Nov 30)
December
- Jorge Hernandez (San Antonio) re-signs with the USL C club (Dec 5)
- Empire fall hard in the season opener on the road vs Savage 10-3 (Dec 6)
- Empire fall at home opener to Utica City 9-6 (Dec 13)
- Apple Valley Storm wins SoCal Promotional playoffs with an undefeated season (Dec 14) [not confirmed]
- Empire Strykers sign Jack Downer (Dec 18)
- Ariel Lassiter transfers from Chicago to Portland (Dec 23)
Which moment was your favorite of 2024?