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Eclipse Select Soccer Club is honored to be invited into the Elite Clubs National League for its inaugural 2009-2010 season.
Background:
The Elite Clubs National League (the "ECNL") was founded in 2009 to revolutionize the developmental experience of female youth soccer players in the United States through: (i) improving the competitive environment for youth female soccer players; (ii) improving the process for identifying elite female soccer players for the US Soccer youth national teams; and (iii) improving the daily training environment at female youth soccer clubs through standardizing best practices and training and organizational guidelines. The ECNL is the elite competitive league for youth female soccer players in the United States, and in its inaugural 2009-2010 season, will consist of 40 of the top female youth soccer clubs throughout the United States.
2009-2010 Competition Format:
In 2009-2010, the ECNL will consist of 40 of the top female youth soccer clubs throughout the United States competing in two twenty-team divisions, "Challenge A" and "Challenge B." Each team will participate in nine regular-season games within their division. Each ECNL club will play their regular-season games at three ECNL events, selected from five potential ECNL events: (i) the Eclipse ECNL Showcase in August in Chicago, IL; (ii) the ECNL Divisions at the Final Four Showcase in December in College Station, TX; (iii) the ECNL Divisions at Disney's Soccer Showcase presented by Chelsea in January in Orlando, FL; (iv) the ECNL Divisions at the Las Vegas College Showcase in March in Las Vegas, NV; and (v) the ECNL Divisions at the PDA College Showcase in May in Zarepath, NJ. FC Milwaukee's ECNL teams will participate in the Illinois, Texas, and Nevada ECNL events.
Following the conclusion of the regular-season, the ECNL National Championships will be held July 15-18, 2010 in Seattle, WA. At the ECNL National Championships, every ECNL team will compete in two post-season play-off games to determine final standings in each division at each age group. At the conclusion of the ECNL National Championships, individual age group ECNL National Champions will be crowned, an overall ECNL Club National Champion will be crowned, three teams from Challenge B will be promoted to Challenge A at each age group, and three teams from Challenge A will be relegated to Challenge B at each age group.
ECNL Player IDentification Program:
The ECNL player identification program in 2009-2010 will be organized in conjunction with the US Club Soccer id2 Program. ECNL coaches and staff will work closely with the id2 staff to identify elite female players in the 1995 and 1996 birth years for participation in one of two id2 National Camps. In addition, players in the 1994 birth year will be scouted in ECNL competition for invitations to a special ECNL / id2 National Camp in March 2010. The ECNL will cover all costs of participation (except travel) for ECNL players identified in the 1994 age group for this spring 2010 camp.
Contact Rory Dames or Mike Nesci for further information about ECNL or Eclipse Select Girls Program.
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