It’s been three years since Penn FC suited up as a professional team in the United Soccer League, but the badge that came out of the rebrand of the Harrisburg City Islanders will again be on the national stage this week in the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Florida.
Penn FC Youth’s U17 girls team is among the local teams representing Eastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey at the annual competition that is being staged for the first time since 2019.
That they had to beat a fellow Harrisburg-area team to book a spot in the national championships at the Eastern Regionals earlier this month felt all the more appropriate for a team coached by former City Islanders legend and Middletown native Jason Pelletier.