ECNL PDP Schedules & Rosters Announced for Upcoming Events
RICHMOND, VA (March 8, 2016) –The rosters and schedules for the five Elite Clubs National League Player Development Program (PDP) events to be held on March 11-13, 2016 in Dallas, TX, Portland, OR, Santa Rosa, CA, Irvine, CA and Las Vegas, NV have been announced.
The PDP Texas event will be held at Southern Methodist University (SMU), with some of the best players from the following ECNL clubs in the Texas Conference: Albion Hurricanes, Challenge SC, Dallas Sting, Dallas Texans, D’Feeters SC, FC Dallas, Lonestar SC, Solar Chelsea Soccer Club, Texas Rush and TSC Hurricane. For a full roster of the participating players, including team assignments and schedule for this event, click here.
The PDP Northwest (Pacific) event will be held at the University of Portland, with some of the best players from the following ECNL clubs in the Northwest Pacific area: Crossfire Premier, Crossfire United, FC Nova, FC Portland and Washington Premier. For a full roster of the participating players, including team assignments and schedule for this event, click here.
The PDP Northwest (Bay Area) event will be held the Trione Fields in Santa Rosa, CA, with some of the best players from the following ECNL clubs in the Northwest: De Anza Fore, Mustang SC, MVLA, Pleasanton Rage, San Juan Soccer Club and Santa Rosa United. For a full roster of the participating players, including team assignments and schedule for these events, click here.
The PDP So Cal event will be held at the Orange County Great Park in Irvine, CA, with some of the best players from the following ECNL clubs in the Southern California area: Arsenal FC, Eagles SC, Irvine Strikers, Real So Cal, San Diego Surf, Slammers FC, SO Cal Blues and West Coast FC. For a full roster of the participating players, including team assisgments and schedule for this event, click here.
The PDP Mountain event will be held at UNLV in Las Vegas, NV, with some of the best players from the following ECNL clubs in the Mountain area: Colorado Rush, Colorado Storm, Heat FC, Real Colorado, Sereno Soccer Club, SC Del Sol and Utah Avalanche. For a rull roster of the participating players, including team assignments and schedule for this event, click here.
Player Development Programs (PDPs) are identification and development programs within US Club Soccer’s id2 Program with three primary goals: (i) provide top players with an opportunity to be identified and evaluated for higher levels of play; (ii) provide a high quality developmental experience; and (iii) recognize and reward individual performance and achievement. PDPs are operated in conjunction with elite leagues sanctioned by US Club Soccer.
The ECNL PDPs listed above will include a training session and two 11 vs. 11 games over two days. Top players from each ECNL PDP, along with other players scouted in ECNL competition throughout the year, will be considered for invitations to the ECNL / id2 National Training Camp in late July.
Players are selected for the Player Development Programs based on their scouted performance in ECNL competitions, and by objective recommendations from ECNL Directors across the country. The ECNL will be hosting eleven PDP events across the country over the next three months, providing an opportunity for top players in every ECNL club. There are no costs for participation in Player Development Programs. The ECNL covers all staffing, facility rental and equipment costs for the ECNL PDPs. The only responsibility for participating players will be the cost of travel and accommodation (where necessary).
The full schedule of 2016 ECNL PDP events is available, click here.
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About Elite Clubs National League: The Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) was founded in 2009 to enhance the developmental experience of female youth soccer players in the United States through: (i) improving the competitive environment through creation of a true national competitive league; (ii) improving the process for identifying elite female soccer players for college and youth national teams through a systematic scouting and identification program based on national competitions; and (iii) improving the daily training environment at top female youth soccer clubs through developing best practices and training and organizational guidelines for its member clubs. The ECNL is sanctioned by US Club Soccer and is sponsored by Nike Soccer.
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About US Club Soccer: A National Association member of the U.S. Soccer Federation, US Club Soccer is an organization committed to the development and support of soccer clubs in the United States. US Club Soccer offers youth and adult registration, league- and cup-based competition platforms at the recreational and competitive levels, as well as a variety of other programming, including the Olympic Development Program-sanctioned id2 Program and Player Development Programs. Through US Club Soccer, all of a club’s programs – recreational, competitive and adult – are able to be united under one organizational umbrella, creating a “members for life” culture within each club. US Club Soccer is sponsored by Nike.
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