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FC DELCO’s ECNL Teams look forward to the 2010-2011 ECNL Season while preparing for the ECNL Championship Showcase in Seattle, July 15-18. The 2010-2011 promises to be exciting with 12 new ECNL clubs including the Slammers (CAS), Real So. Cal (CAS) Surf (CA), Michigan Hawks (MI) and Scorpions (MA), a U18 division and an ECNL regional league. FC DELCO ECNL Teams train together throughout the year to expose players to different coaches and to prepare younger players for the college recruiting process. The FC DELCO ECNL program matches each team with the coaches for the team’s particular phase of development during these critical college recruiting years. For the 2010-2011 Season, Drew Kopp remains the Head Coach for the U18 team; Peye Garcia will take over as Head Coach for the U17 team assisted by Wes Davis and will take the team through its U18 year. For the most important college recruiting year of U16G, Leighton Walters, Peye Garcia and Mick Smith will assist Head Coach, Kevin Rooney, with the U16 ECNL Team; For the U15 Team, Kevin Rooney will assist Nick Chrisanthon. Danielle Fagan will be an at-large coach assisting in the training sessions for the U15, U16, U17 and U18 teams. For more information on the FC DELCO ECNL Program, please contact any of the ECNL Team coaches.

Congrats to Madison Hileman on the U15G team for being selected to the All-Event Team, especially under the very trying conditions of 30-40 mph winds, which really impacted the results of many of the teams at this Event. Ninety-eight teams took the field for the fourth ECNL regular-season event, held March 12-14 in Las Vegas, Nev., in conjunction with the Las Vegas Showcase. The event marked the fourth regular-season national showcase for the ECNL. Additionally, an All-Event Team was selected based upon ECNL Player Identification Program scouting and through nominations by game coaches. The All-Event Team consists of 11 players in each of the U-15, U-16 and U-17 age groups.

On February 26-March 1, 2010 the ECNL held it's first national invite camp in conjunction with US Club Soccer id2 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Over the first three ECNL events (Eclipse, Final Four and Disney) players were scouted through the ECNL Scouting Program while playing with their teams. Players in the 1994 birth year that were identified were added to the ECNL Scouting Database. A limited number of players from the 1995 birth year were also identified. In January, 30 players were invited to the ECNL id2 National Training Camp to compete against eachother in front of US National Team staff coaches. It is important to note that the players invited to this years camp had their expenses paid by the ECNL. They were only required to cover their travel. This is a policy that will continue as the program moves forward.

Attached is the ECNL id2 National Training Camp Technical Report from the camp.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Dec. 2, 2009) – The 2009-10 Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) regular season will continue Dec. 4-6, 2009, in College Station, Texas, with the ECNL Final Four Showcase. The event also marks the introduction of the ECNL Player Identification Program.

Held in cooperation with The IV ‘09 Girls’ College Cup Showcase, hosted by Challenge SC, the event also coincides with the NCAA Division I Women’s College Cup.

Thirty-two of the 40 ECNL member clubs (96 total teams) will participate in the event. A complete list can be viewed at the ECNL Final Four Showcase Web page. Attending clubs will bring a U-15, U-16 and U-17 team to Texas, with each squad playing one game on each of the event’s three days.

Veteran’s Park will serve as the headquarters facility, while Penberthy Intramural Sports Center and BRAC fields will also be used.

Designed to identify players with national team potential, the ECNL Player Identification Program focuses on the 1994 and 1995 birth years for the 2009-10 season and will expand

ECNL Member Club Standards and Guidelines

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Oct. 9, 2009) – The Elite Clubs National League is pleased to announce the adoption of the ECNL Member Club Standards and Guidelines for the 2009-10 season. The Standards and Guidelines have been established by the Board of Directors of the Elite Clubs National League, Inc., for its member clubs to help share best practices in player development across the country, to improve the overall standard of player development in each club, and to ensure the long-term success and stability of the league as a platform for development of the country's top female youth soccer players.

The ECNL Member Standards and Guidelines document is comprised of three key sections: (i) Participation/Communication Standards,

FC Delco participates in the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) at the U15, U16 and U17 age groups. ECNL is the premier national girls’ league of the top clubs in the country, and builds on the success of the Red Bull National League.

The ECNL provides the highest level league of girl’s youth soccer in the country, following a similar approach to that of the highly successful U.S. Soccer Development Academy on the boy’s side of youth soccer. The invitation-only league is designed to promote the most effective player development environment available for girls.

In 2009-2010, the ECNL season will feature 40 of the top youth girls clubs in the United States in the U15-U17 age groups competing in a 12-game season. Teams in the ECNL will compete for individual age group ECNL National Championships and an overall ECNL Club National Championship.

FC DELCO ECNL teams play in 3-4 of the following events:

Eclipse Select Challenge Cup
August 14-16, 2009
Libertyville, IL

Final Four Showcase
December 4-6, 2009
College Station, TX

Disney Soccer Showcase
December 31, 2009 - January 3, 2010
Orlando, FL

Las Vegas College Showcase
March 12-14, 2010
Las Vegas, NV

PDA Showcase
May 29-31, 2010
Zarepeth, NJ

ECNL National Championship
July 8-11, 2010
Seattle, WA - Crossfire Premier