Golden State Games
MLK WEEKEND | JANUARY 16-18, 2026
ORANGE COUNTY GREAT PARK - IRVINE, CA
This MLK Weekend, the stage is set. The Golden State Games takes over OC Great Park with a multi-day flag football event, featuring 5v5 and 7v7 action across boys, girls, and women’s college divisions. With multiple competition tiers, the event is designed to deliver high-level matchups at every stage of development, ensuring games are meaningful, balanced, and fiercely competitive.
In addition to gameplay, the weekend will feature media coverage, and a showcase-style talent ID event to spotlight standout performers — with more details to come.

EVENT OVERVIEW
The Golden State Games is California’s flagship event, a multi-day football festival that brings together the full spectrum of the sport, and sets the tone for the new year.
Held at OC Great Park over MLK Weekend, the event features 5v5 and 7v7 competition across youth, high school, and college women’s divisions. Built for both development and exposure, the Golden State Games offers a platform where top teams compete, rising talent is seen, and new stories begin.
With multiple levels of play in each division, matchups are structured for competitive balance, so every athlete can be challenged, tested, and elevated.
Divisions
- 8U Boys
- 10U Boys
- 12U Boys
- 14U Boys
- 9U Girls
- 10U Girls (Top Gun and Silver Divisions)
- 12U Girls (Top Gun and Silver Divisions)
- 14U Girls (Top Gun and Silver Divisions)
- High School Girls (Top Gun and Silver Divisions)
- 14U Girls
- High School Girls
Women’s College Teams (Schools Only)