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THE ECNL WAS FOUNDED TO ELEVATE THE STANDARDS AND EXPERIENCE IN YOUTH SOCCER BY IMPROVING PLAYER DEVELOPMENT, COACHING, PLAYER IDENTIFICATION, CLUB ORGANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT, AND OTHER AREAS IMPACTING THE SPORT. THE LEAGUE CONSISTS OF TOP CLUBS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES COMPETING IN LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL COMPETITION. THE LEAGUE AND ITS PROGRAMS INCREASE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TOP PLAYERS TO COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER, ENCOURAGES BETTER AND MORE FREQUENT TRAINING, AND INCREASE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLAYERS TO BE IDENTIFIED FOR COLLEGIATE SOCCER AND US SOCCER YOUTH NATIONAL TEAMS.

THE ECNL BOYS CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 130 MEMBER CLUBS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THE ECNL BOYS INCLUDES BOTH REGULAR SEASON CONFERENCE GAMES AND POST-SEASON PLAY-OFF GAMES. THE PURPOSE OF ECNL BOYS COMPETITION IS TO PROVIDE HIGH-LEVEL COMPETITION BETWEEN ELITE MALE YOUTH SOCCER PLAYERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ON A REGULAR BASIS WITHIN A MEANINGFUL STRUCTURE. THE PHILOSOPHY OF ECNL BOYS IS THAT THE SPEED OF THE INDIVIDUAL PLAYER DEVELOPMENT INCREASES WHEN ELITE PLAYERS COMPETE REGULARLY AGAINST OTHER ELITE PLAYERS WITHIN A MEANINGFUL COMPETITIVE STRUCTURE. AS SUCH, THE ECNL BOYS PROVIDES MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR FOR ELITE YOUTH MALE PLAYERS FROM THE MEMBER CLUBS TO COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER IN BOTH REGIONAL AND GEOGRAPHIC CONFERENCES AND IN NATIONAL SHOWCASE EVENTS. EACH COMPETITION ALLOWS THE PARTICIPATING PLAYERS TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THEIR ABILITY THROUGH VERY DIFFICULT AND DEMANDING COMPETITION AGAINST OTHER PLAYER WITH SIMILAR ABILITIES. THE INDIVIDUAL IMPROVEMENT EXPERIENCE BY EVERY PLAYER IN THE ECNL BOYS WILL RAISE THE STANDARD AND QUALITY OF MALE YOUTH SOCCER IN THE UNITED STATES, WILL PROVIDE THOSE PLAYERS WITH MORE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN COLLEGIATE ATHLETICS UPON THEIR GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL, AND WILL ALLOW SOME OF THESE PLAYERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A US SOCCER YOUTH NATIONAL TEAM OR BEYOND. IN ADDITION, THE INCREASED QUALITY OF RISING YOUTH PLAYERS WILL IMPROVE THE STANDARD OF MALE COLLEGIATE SOCCER, THE STANDARD OF THE US SOCCER MALE YOUTH NATIONAL TEAMS AND, EVENTUALLY THE STANDARD OF THE FULL US SOCCER MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM. COVID PROTOCOLS WERE IN PLACE ALL YEAR, TWO EVENTS WERE CANCELLED DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS, BUT ALL POST-SEASON GAMES WERE PLAYED AND CHAMPIONS WERE CROWNED IN ALL SIX AGE GROUPS.