Texas flood

The U.S. Youth Soccer championships are finished. See if you can detect a pattern in the list of champions:

Under-14 Boys: NJSA 04 Gunners (NJ)

Under-14 Girls: San Juan Spirits 94 Blue (CA-N)

Under-15 Boys: Baltimore Casa Mia Bays (MD)

Under-15 Girls: Dallas Texans 93 Red (N-TX)

Under-16 Girls: Dallas Texans Red 92 (N-TX)

Under-16 Boys: Dallas Texans 92 Red (N-TX)

Under-17 Girls: Dallas Texans 91 Red (N-TX)

Under-17 Boys: Andromeda 91 (N-TX)

Under-18 Girls: Colorado Rush (CO)

Under-18 Boys: Andromeda 90 (N-TX)

Under-19 Girls: Force Football Club (MI)

Under-19 Boys: Solar SC (N-TX)

Perhaps the North Texas teams had a slightly easier path with so many national powers drawn away to the Development Academy, but this tournament had plenty of talent as well.