About Girls ECNL

The Girls Elite Clubs National League (Girls ECNL) is an independent, non-profit, member-based 501(c)(3) organization, with an independent governance and leadership structure. The ECNL Board of Directors and staff solely governs all programs and platforms. The ECNL is sanctioned by US Club Soccer.

IMPLEMENTATION: The ECNL four primary platforms to accomplish its mission of "Raising The Game" for female youth soccer:

• The Competition Platform
• The Player Identification Platform
• The Club and Coach Development Platform
• The H.E.R. Platform (a female-specific “Health & Education Resources” Platform)

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About Boys ECNL

The Boys Elite Clubs National League (Boys ECNL) was founded to improve the daily environment for boys youth soccer players through a collaborative club-based development program featuring competition, player identification, and coaching and club development platforms. The Boys ECNL includes both regular season conference games and cross-conference events, and qualifying teams from the Boys ECNL will advance to the ECNL Playoffs.

The Boys ECNL is based on the values of grass-roots collaboration and innovation, and supports the independence and freedom of coaches and clubs to fully manage the development path for their players, including the system and style of play, the competitive calendar, and all aspects of the development path. The Boys ECNL will raise standards in training, competition, club organization, and coaching in a holistic development program.

About ECNL Regional Girls

In 2019 the ECNL added the ECNL Regional Leagues for additional exposure through additional teams within ECNL clubs to reap the  benefits of the league platform. ECNL Girls Regional Leagues are operated and managed by the ECNL Girls to insure a consistent environment and level of professionalism across all leagues. Each league allows improved coordination and collaboration between teams of different levels within ECNL clubs, or opportunity for teams and players in other clubs to develop through regular high level competition.

Our ECNL Regional League Blue & White Teams compete in the ECNL Girls New England Regional League. Our ECNL Regional League Sky Blue teams in the newly formed ECNL Girls Northeast Regional League. 

About ECNL Regional Boys

The ECNL Boys Regional season features ten Regional Leagues; FC Stars plays in the Northeast league. Each ECNL Boys Regional League is structured slightly differently, reflecting the unique needs and desires of the participating clubs, geography, and more.

ECNL Boys Regional Leagues are operated and managed so as to ensure a consistent environment and level of professionalism across all leagues, facilitating more club connectivity between levels of play and providing a path for more players within each Member Club to reach their fullest potential.  Each league allows for coordination and collaboration between the teams of different levels within ECNL clubs, or opportunity for teams and players in other clubs to develop through regular high-level competition.

About NPL

The National Premier League (NPL) is a National competition platform created to elevate and change the competitive youth soccer landscape. This is achieved by extending developmental principles curated by U.S. Soccer into more players of all ages and linking competition with player development and identification platforms.

NPL's are leagues unified under one national competition platform and based on a common technical framework, with higher training-to-game ratios and eliminated calendar congestion.

About NECSL

The New England Club Soccer League (NECSL) is a club-based league for more than 50 clubs in the New England area. With the mission of develop, challenge and compete, the NECSL works with its member clubs to foster a competitive and safe environment for players of all ages.