The Washington Area Girls Soccer League (WAGS) is a youth soccer organization with 650 teams and about 10,000 total players throughout Washington D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. WAGS began play in 1974 with a single division of girls teams in the Under 19 age group. As of 2014, WAGS has spring and fall playing schedules for teams running from Under 9 age groups to Under 19, with three to 10 divisions in each, depending on the number of registered teams.
The league was founded by Rael Vodicka and Mavis Derflinger, along with the accompanying WAGS Tournament which has been played annually since 1975. The WAGS Tournament is the No. 9 ranked girls event in the United States on the youth soccer site GotSoccer.com. The 2013 event hosted 404 teams. Notable alumni of the Washington Area Girls Soccer League include Mia Hamm (former U.S. Women's National Team), Andi Sullivan (Stanford University, current U.S. Under 20 Women's National Team), Ali Krieger (Washington Spirit, current U.S. Women's National Team), Caroline Kelly (Virginia Tech University), Noelle Keselica (UVA, Women's Professional League) and Margaret “Midge” Purce (Harvard University, former U.S. Under 20 Women's National Team).