Alex Eschmann (Real Colorado Academy), Thomas Chang (XF Academy), Alex Medel Hernandez (Utah Avalanche) and Chase Stewart (LV Heat Surf) were named Players of the Year.
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YOUTH SOCCER: 2025-26 ECNL Girls All-Americans and National Players of the Year
Brazil Crockett (So Cal Blues), Julia Dern (Real Colorado National), Jordyn Heathcock (FC Dallas) and Reese Canada (Michigan Hawks) were named Players of the Years.
XF Academy captures record ECNL boys haul
Seattle’s XF Academy (Crossfire) set a record for the number of boys championships won in a single season when it captured three of the five age divisions at the National Finals in Richmond, Virginia. It also won the U-19 division decided at the National Playoffs. Boys Finals:U-19: XF Academy 3-2 Eclipse SelectU-17: XF Academy 4-0 St. Louis Scott […]
College recruits: Ivy League men
All eight Ivy League schools have announced their 2025 men’s soccer recruiting classes.
ECNL National Selection Game rosters
The Continental Tire ECNL National Selection Game for boys will be held Saturday at River City Sportsplex in Midlothian, Virginia.
U.S. U-17 women’s national team: Camp opens Tuesday in West Palm Beach
The U.S. U-17 women’s national team opens a training camp on Tuesday in West Palm Beach, Florida, with 24 players. Concacaf qualifying for the Under-17 World Cup will held in early spring a site to be determined. The World Cup will become an annual event this year and be held in Morocco for the next […]
Boys National Championships: ECNL
For the second year in a row, Jake Basinet scored a hat trick in the ECNL Boys national championships.
Girls national championship finals
San Diego Surf won three ECNL national championships in postseason play that took place in Redmond, Washington, and Henrico, Virginia.
Latest shifts in post-DA girls soccer: ECNL and Girls Academy announce new members
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 […]
Comparing youth leagues in the wake of the DA's demise
When the Development Academy folded its tent earlier this year, MLS immediately launched its own academy to keep control of its clubs’ youth efforts. Some clubs still jumped over to the ECNL, and a few put teams in both national leagues. On the girls side, where the ECNL had already kept a lot of its […]
