Santa Margarita Girls Soccer Returns To D1 Girls Soccer Playoffs

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA — The CIF Southern Section Division 1 Girls Soccer brackets are out, leaving high schools across the southland scrambling to see where they fall in the coming playoffs.

In Rancho Santa Margarita, the Santa Margarita girls soccer is headed back for the 2022 playoff season.

Santa Margarita finished at #2 in the Trinity League with a record of 10-4-2. They will play at San Juan Hill, who finished #2 in the South Coast League with a record of 13-2-4, in round 1 of the CIF-SS playoffs.

Games and times may vary and be updated in the first round of Division 1 CIF-SS playoffs.

(Team listed first will be hosting the first game in the contest for the Southern Section title).

In Bracket 1:

Santiago vs. Huntington Beach

La Mirada vs. Brea Olinda

San Juan Hills vs. Santa Margarita

Etiwanda vs. Poly/LB

Capistrano Valley vs. JSerra

Newport Harbor vs. Chaminade

Claremont vs. Edison

Villa Park vs. ML King

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In Bracket 2:

(Team listed first will be hosting the first game in the contest for the Southern Section title).

Harvard Westlake vs. Aliso Niguel

Moorpark vs. Pacifica GG

Milikan vs. El Dorado

Los Alamitos vs. Saugus

San Clemente vs. University

Mater Dei vs. Alta Loma

Mira Costa vs. Marina

Temecula Valley vs. Sunny Hills

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The final CIF-SS Division 1 poll, released Tuesday, placed Santiago in the tops spot, Temecula Valley at #2 for the region with Harvard Westlake, last year's top winner, at #3.

The CIF-SS Poll ranked teams as the following:

1. Santiago (Corona)
2. Temecula Valley
3. Harvard Westlake
4. Villa Park
5. Capistrano Valley
6. Los Alamitos
7. San Clemente
8. Etiwanda
9. San Juan Hills
10. Mater Dei

View the official brackets on the CIF-Southern Section Website, as well as Division 2-7 brackets and wildcards.

This report will be updated.