In 1999, USL added the final building block of its own structure in the launch of the Super Y-League, an ambitious concept of a national elite youth league that simultaneously supports the identification and development efforts of US Soccer. The season saw 22 teams competing in two age groups.

The Super Y-League conducted its first-ever National Finals in August in Stone Mountain, Georgia. The inaugural two-month season produced an elite group of four finalists in the U14 and U15 Boys age groups. The co-host Atlanta Fire and Central Jersey Riptide won the U14 and U15 titles, respectively, after each team went 3-0 in its round robin tournament.

The Riptide opened the tournament in convincing fashion, knocking off tournament favorite Southern California Youth Soccer Organization (SCYSO), an all-Hispanic team, 5-2 on the strength of two goals each from Elio DeFrancesco and Kyle Frankowski.

Central Jersey, a conglomerate group of top players, wrapped up the title with consecutive 3-0 victories against Brooklyn and co-host Stone Mountain, completing a near perfect season that saw only one draw in 15 matches. In the Final, DeFrancesco added another goal and Chris Leahey chipped in a goal and one assist on his way to being named the Most Valuable Player of the Tournament.

The Atlanta Fire, who qualified as co-host for the tournament, allowed only one goal in their three group victories. The Fire, consisting of 17 Olympic Development Players from Georgia, beat the all-star team from Cosmopolitan Junior Soccer League (CJSL), the Brooklyn Knights , 2-1 in the championship game. Thomas Charowski led Atlanta with three goals in the tournament, one in each game, while Kyle Helton and Johnathan Leathers each added two goals.

Brooklyn Knights forward Edson Elcock, the cousin of Columbus Crew defender Ansil Elcock, was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.