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Latest shifts in post-DA girls soccer: ECNL and Girls Academy announce new members
Soccer America Daily, Mike Woitalla - Friday, February 12, 2021
The 2021-22 season will mark the ECNL Girls' 13th season and Gir ...
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Comparing youth leagues in the wake of the DA's demise
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Monday, December 14, 2020
Let's say this at the outset: All youth soccer rankings should ...
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Lorne Donaldson on MLS Next uncertainty, ECNL Girls supremacy, and high school conflicts
Soccer America Confidential, Mike Woitalla - Friday, October 2, 2020
Real Colorado has been a founding members of both Boys and Gir ...
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Pateadores' Teddy Chronopoulos on choosing ECNL Boys, continuing a relationship with MLS clubs, and the benefits of high school soccer
Soccer America Confidential, Mike Woitalla - Monday, May 18, 2020
Pateadores, a founding member of the recently defunct U.S. Soccer's Boys D ...
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Girls soccer landscape, shaken up by COVID-19 and DA's demise in 2020, may look different again in 2021
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Sunday, May 17, 2020
In girls soccer, we once again have two leagues chasing the t ...
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ECNL Girls: FC Dallas, California Thorns and La Roca FC on board
Soccer America Daily, Mike Woitalla - Friday, May 1, 2020
Clubs with Girls DA teams in Texas, California and Utah have join ...
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ECNL Girls migration update: Penn Fusion, Pipeline SC and PDA South commit
Soccer America Daily, Mike Woitalla - Thursday, April 23, 2020
Pipeline SC's girls follow the club's boys teams into the ECNL. Pe ...
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ECNL Boys: Additions to Texas, Southeast and Northeast Conferences
Soccer America Daily, Mike Woitalla - Friday, April 24, 2020
The rapidly expanding Boys ECNL is welcoming Oklahoma Energy, Tennessee's Chattanooga R ...
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ECNL Girls additions: Beach FC, Legends FC, Pateadores and West Coast FC
Soccer America Daily, Mike Woitalla - Thursday, April 23, 2020
Southern California clubs Beach Futbol Club, Legends FC, Pateadores and West Coa ...
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Christian Lavers on the prospects of ECNL-MLS synergy and working with new U.S. Soccer leadership
Soccer America Confidential, Mike Woitalla - Friday, April 17, 2020
Can clubs that committed to the Boys ECNL also field teams ...
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Boys ECNL expands Mid-Atlantic Conference with addition of DA clubs
Soccer America Daily, Mike Woitalla - Wednesday, April 15, 2020
The ECNL Boys' Mid-Atlantic Conference will expand to 15 clubs for t ...
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Girls ECNL welcomes San Diego Surf and Real So Cal
Soccer America Daily, Mike Woitalla - Wednesday, April 15, 2020
The announcement came about two hours before U.S. Soccer confirmed the terminati ...
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Boys DA clubs to ECNL: Six each from Southern California and Mid-Atlantic, and Washington's Crossfire
Soccer America Daily, Mike Woitalla - Thursday, April 16, 2020
Before U.S. Soccer finally made official its termination of the Development Academ ...
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What They're Saying: Christian Lavers
Soccer America Daily, - Thursday, April 16, 2020
"When the DA was created in 2007, there were systemic issues ...
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Six Southern California Boys DA clubs commit to the ECNL
Soccer America Daily, Mike Woitalla - Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Arsenal, FC Golden State, Pateadores, Real So Cal, San Diego Surf a ...
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ECNL vs. Girls DA hits tipping point: North Carolina Courage and Georgia's UFA leave U.S. Soccer's league
Soccer America Daily, Mike Woitalla - Monday, March 23, 2020
U.S. Soccer launched its Girls DA for the 2017-18 season, sparking ...
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ECNL president Christian Lavers on clubs leaving the Girls DA, how U.S. Soccer should serve the youth game, and movement on the boys side
Soccer America Confidential, Mike Woitalla - Sunday, March 15, 2020
Real Colorado and the Dallas Texans are the latest girls clubs ...
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Real Colorado and the Dallas Texans leave Girls Development Academy for ECNL
Soccer America Daily, Mike Woitalla - Wednesday, March 11, 2020
The founding Girls DA members are the latest clubs to defect t ...
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ECNL president Christian Lavers: 'Games between DA and ECNL clubs would be fantastic'
Soccer America Confidential, Mike Woitalla - Thursday, September 5, 2019
The Girls Elite Clubs National League (ECNL), founded in 2009, kicked o ...
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Illinois' Eclipse Select SC is latest club to leave Girls Development Academy
Soccer America Daily, Mike Woitalla - Tuesday, May 8, 2018
A fourth club within the last month has announced its departure fr ...
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U.S. Soccer blundered badly on high school soccer
Youth Soccer Insider, Mike Woitalla - Friday, April 20, 2018
American soccer, so plagued by the pay-to-play problem. If only there w ...
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Leaving the Development Academy: FC Stars director Jason Dewhurst explains why
Soccer America Confidential, Mike Woitalla - Wednesday, April 18, 2018
We asked Jason Dewhurst, the FC Stars' Director of Coaching, why h ...
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Girls Development Academy defections: Three major clubs to leave U.S. Soccer's new program after one season
Soccer America Daily, Mike Woitalla - Wednesday, April 18, 2018
New Jersey-based Sky Blue-PDA, the Michigan Hawks and FC Stars of Massachuset ...
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Texans SC Houston are only non-MLS club at this weekend's Development Academy championships
Youth Soccer Insider, Mike Woitalla - Thursday, July 13, 2017
Texans SC Houston, which beat Real So Cal, 2-0, in the U. ...
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Soccer America Daily, Paul Kennedy - Monday, May 29, 2017
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dam ...
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Anson Dorrance on Girls DA vs. ECNL -- and why the focus should be on the youngest ages
Youth Soccer Insider, Mike Woitalla - Wednesday, February 15, 2017
We asked Anson Dorrance for his views on the strife between U. ...
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Slammers FC take top ECNL prize
Youth Soccer Reporter, Mike Woitalla - Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Slammers FC, based in Newport Beach, California, was named ECNL "Overall Cl ...
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ECNL adds five clubs
Youth Soccer Reporter, Mike Woitalla - Friday, April 15, 2016
The Elite Clubs National League (ECNL), the girls league currently comprised ...
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Tony DiCicco on the high school ban, coaching education and the future of girls soccer
Youth Soccer Insider, Mike Woitalla - Friday, March 25, 2016
Tony DiCicco, who coached the U.S. women to the 1996 Olympic go ...
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USSF to launch a girls Development Academy in 2017; ECNL plans to forge ahead
Youth Soccer Insider, Mike Woitalla - Tuesday, February 16, 2016
The U.S. Soccer Federation is set to launch a Development Academy (D ...