ECNL National Event schedule released for 2025-26 season

RICHMOND, VA – The ECNL announced the 2025-26 regular season National Event schedule for both the ECNL and ECNL Regional League, including nearly 40 different events over the year across both leagues and genders. Next season’s schedule will include 24 regular season ECNL National Events and 14 regular season ECNL Regional League National Events in all regions of the country.

A highlight and hallmark of the league, the ECNL will host 13 recruitable events and the ECNL Regional League will host 11 recruitable events – each one providing players with unmatched exposure to college and professional scouts.

The ECNL Girls hosted the top five youth girls showcases in the country this year by college attendance, with more than 1,300 scouts at the ECNL Florida Winter and more than 1,100 scouts at ECNL St. Louis, both an increase of more than 30 percent from prior years. In the 2024-2025 season, ECNL Girls showcases averaged more than 1,000 scouts each.

ECNL Boys also hosted several of the best college showcases in the country this year, and college scout attendance continued to increase in these events as well. Multiple ECNL Boys showcases this season exceeded 500 college scouts on site, with all events marking increases year-over-year. With more than 1,670 college or professional commitments in the ECNL Boys Class of 2024, more than 90% of the graduating high school seniors moved on in the game, setting a new league record.

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With the continued rise in scout attendance, the ECNL Boys and ECNL RL Boys will add another major recruitable event to the schedule next year, as ECNL Indy will be held April 10-12, 2026.  Hosted at Grand Park, one of the most impressive facilities in the country and within driving distance of a significant number of colleges, ECNL Indy will be a massive event that provides scouting opportunities for ECNL Boys teams from around the country, a qualification-based event for the highest-performing ECNL Regional League Boys teams at U17 and U18/19, and will host the first-ever ECNL Boys Super Cup National Finals.

With more than 190 new clubs joining the ECNL Regional League next season, the ECNL Regional League will continue to expand the National Event schedule for the 2025-26 season.  ECNL Regional League events on both the boys and girls side averaged hundreds of scouts each this season, providing better exposure than almost every other youth platform.  In addition to the new ECNL RL Boys event in Indiana for top performing U17 and U18/19 teams, the league will add a new recruitable event in ECNL RL Girls North Carolina (May 29-31) for U15-U17 teams, and a new qualification-based competition at the ECNL RL Girls Florida Spring event for top performing ECNL RL Girls clubs.

In the younger ages, the league will also provide more opportunity for teams to attend incredible events that inspire players, challenge them to improve, and prepare them for the recruitable ages.  Importantly, these events provide great competition in close geographic proximity to many clubs to limit travel for families.  Both ECNL New Jersey (Aug. 22-24) and ECNL St. Louis (Sept. 12-14) will expand to include ECNL Regional League boys and girls teams this year. The ECNL will also add a new younger boys event this year in North Carolina (Oct. 17-19) following the success of this season’s ECNL Girls North Carolina U12-U14 event. On the West Coast, the ECNL will also add ECNL California (Mar. 13-15) as a new experiential event for both boys and girls clubs on the West Coast.

New this year, the ECNL will also introduce more Pre-ECNL events. ECNL Ohio (Sept. 27-28) will provide a Pre-ECNL event specifically for U10-U12 boys and girls teams throughout the Midwest and Ohio Valley. In addition to the experiential events, ECNL Girls North Carolina (Oct. 11-13) and ECNL Boys North Carolina (Oct. 17-19) will add Pre-ECNL event opportunities for clubs on the East Coast in Wilmington, NC at a beautiful time of year, and ECNL California (Mar. 13-15) will add Pre-ECNL event opportunities for boys and girls clubs on the West Coast in Davis, CA.

In addition to these new events, ECNL New Jersey will expand to include U11 teams on both the girls and boys side and ECNL Boys Texas (Apr. 24-26) will include U11-U12 teams.

With an unmatched slate of events throughout the year, in all regions, for boys and girls, for college recruitment and player experience, within both the ECNL and ECNL Regional League, there is simply no better platform for competition, development, and exposure.

View the full schedule of ECNL National Events, ECNL Regional League National Events, and Pre-ECNL National Events below: