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Girls

2024-2025

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Why the ECNL and the ECNL Regional League?

  • A path to college soccer
  • A path to professional soccer
  • A path to national team soccer
  • The best players, teams and clubs in the country
  • The best competition and showcasing platform in the country
  • The most exciting atmosphere in youth soccer
  • The future of American soccer
  • The most opportunity for YOU!

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The Reach

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2024-2025 Girls ECNL Conference Map

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2024-2025 Girls ECNL RL Conference Map

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ECNL Pyramid

~20,000

players

~ 40,000 players

~250,000 players

~2,000,000 players

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Leading and Inspiring American Soccer

117+

million impressions

60+

million

reach

45,000+

New followers

In the digital world, ECNL content was viewed over 117 million times, reaching over 60 million different users during the 2022-23 season

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The Pathway

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The ECNL Pathway to College

  • 73% of all Division I verbal commitments in the class of 2025 are ECNL Alum
  • 75% of the Class of 2024 Power 4 signees are ECNL Alum
  • 73% of all 2023 Power 5 Awards are ECNL Alum
  • 63 players in the 2023 College Cup (including 14 NCAA Champions) are ECNL Alum
  • All 31 D1 Conferences have signed ECNL athletes in the Class of 2024

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The ECNL Pathway to the Pros

Kennedy Fuller

Solar SC - Angel City FC

Riley Jackson

Concorde Fire - NC Courage

Alex Pfeiffer

SLSG - KC Current

7 of the 8 players to sign U18 NWSL Pro contracts were ECNL players

Claire Hutton

World Class FC - KC Current

Casey Phair

PDA - Angel City FC

Melanie Barcenas

San Diego Surf - San Diego Wave

Emeri Adames

Solar SC - Seattle Reign

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The ECNL x NWSL Draft

NWSL Draft Over the Years

2022 - 62% ECNL Alumni

2023 - 70% ECNL Alumni

2024 - 70% ECNL Alumni

2024 NWSL Draft

  • 80% of players taken in the 1st round were ECNL Alumni
  • 70% of all players drafted were ECNL Alumni

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The ECNL Pathway to the National Teams

  • ~75% of players in all US YNT camps are ECNL
  • ~80% of the USA 2023 Pan Am roster are ECNL
  • The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup included 30 current or former ECNL athletes across 8 countries

*Casey Phair, PDA 16 years & 26 days (youngest ever to play in the WWC)

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ECNL Scout Attendance

Average of

College scouts at each U15-U18/19 ECNL event

Scouting at ECNL events is up 23% from last year

Scouting at ECNL RL events is up 50% from last year

900

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ECNL Competition Pathway

10 Conferences

12 Showcases

360 Teams

40 Teams

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ECNL RL Competition Pathway

21 Conferences

6 Showcases

352 Teams

40 Teams

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2024-2025 ECNL and ECNL RL Girls Events

ECNL New Jersey

August 23-25, 2024

Somerset, NJ

ECNL St. Louis

September 13-15, 2024

St. Louis, MO

ECNL San Diego

October 12-14, 2024

San Diego, CA

ECNL North Carolina

October 12-14, 2024

Wilmington, NC

ECNL Phoenix (Fall)

November 8-10, 2024

Phoenix, AZ

ECNL RL Virginia

November 15-17, 2024

Richmond, VA

ECNL RL Kansas City

December 6-8, 2024

Kansas City, MO

ECNL St Louis

December 12-14, 2024

St. Louis, MO

ECNL RL Florida

January 10-12, 2025

Sanford, FL

ECNL Florida (Winter)

January 11-13, 2025

Lakewood Ranch, FL

ECNL RL Fort Worth

February 14-16, 2025

Fort Worth, TX

*4 ECNL RL Playoffs TBD

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events

ECNL Dallas

February 15-17, 2025

Dallas, TX

ECNL and RL Florida (Spring)

February 28- March 2, 2025

Lakewood Ranch, FL

ECNL RL California

March 7-9, 2025

Davis, CA

ECNL Phoenix (Spring)

April 4-6, 2025

Phoenix, AZ

ECNL South Carolina

May 9-11, 2025

Greer, SC

ECNL North Carolina

May 30-June 1, 2025

Greensboro, NC

ECNL Playoffs

TBD

San Diego, CA

ECNL & ECNL RL Finals

July 9-17, 2025

Richmond, VA

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Player ID

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ECNL National Selection Programs

Conference Cup

  • 120 top players in the rising U14 - U16 ages
  • 3.5 days of training, education, and competition against the best of the best
  • Located at the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center
  • All on-site expenses covered by the ECNL

National and Regional League Selection Games

  • 12 “All-Star” matches featuring 36 top players at each regular season ECNL National Event

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The ECNL Heritage Project

Mission: To identify foreign youth national team opportunities for American-based youth players with dual nationality or passports

  • Connected 700+ dual nationality players to foreign federations in past 3 months

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Education

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The ECNL Digital Ecosystem, Powered by Athlete One

  • An All Digital Game-Day Experience
  • The ECNL App, Powered by Athlete One

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The Exciting and All-New ECNL Game Cast

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The ECNL App, Powered by Athlete One

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The ECNL Coach Education Center

  • The first league-focused digital professional coach education platform in America
  • World-wide best in class content with the top clubs, coaches, and professionals in the world
  • Required annual digital coach education to coach in the ECNL

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ECNL Coaching Symposium

This industry-leading educational event features experts from around the world with presentations covering technical and tactical concepts, leadership and personal development, club and organizational development, and more.

Club coaches and leaders collaborate, share ideas and best practices, and return to their clubs with ideas to innovate and push the game forward.

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Why the ECNL and the ECNL Regional League?

  • A path to college soccer
  • A path to professional soccer
  • A path to national team soccer
  • The best players, teams and clubs in the country
  • The best competition and showcasing platform in the country
  • The most exciting atmosphere in youth soccer
  • The future of American soccer
  • The most opportunity for YOU!