Five of the six clubs joining ECNL Girls for the 2021-22 season are leaving the recently launched Girls Academy, which announced the first 10 of its new members for its second season. The new ECNL national league clubs include four that had fielded teams in ECNL’s regional league. The Girls Academy launched in the wake of U.S. Soccer’s abrupt ending of the Development Academy in April 2020.
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