ECNL Participating Clubs

2009-10 ECNL MEMBER CLUBS:
Albertson Fury (N.Y.)
Arsenal FC (Calif.)
Atlanta Fire (Ga.)
Bethesda SC (Md.)
Birmingham United (Ala.)
CASL (N.C.)
CESA Premier (S.C.)
Challenge SC (Texas)
Charlotte Soccer Academy (N.C.)
Colorado Rush (Colo.)
Concorde Fire (Ga.)
Connecticut FC (Conn.)
Crossfire Premier (Wash.)
Dallas Sting (Texas)
D’Feeters (Texas)
Eclipse Select (Ill.)
FC Dallas (Texas)
FC DELCO (Pa.)
FC Milwaukee (Wis.)
FC Stars of Mass (Mass.)
FC Virginia (Va.)
Freestate Soccer Alliance (Md.)
FSA SoccerPlus (Conn.)
Irvine Strikers (Calif.)
Lonestar SC (Texas)
Minnesota Thunder (Minn.)
Mustang SC (Calif.)
Neusport FC (Nev.)
Ohio Elite Soccer Academy (Ohio)
Ohio Premier (Ohio)
PDA (N.J.)
Pleasanton Rage (Calif.)
Real Colorado (Colo.)
San Juan SC (Calif.)
SC Del Sol (Ariz.)
Sereno SC (Ariz.)
Solar (Texas)
St. Louis Scott Gallagher (Mo.)
Virginia Rush (Va.)
West Coast FC (Calif.)

Where is the schedule for this league posted?

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Interesting situation with Solar since Solar Red falls under the club umbrella. It will be a race to the end in the 96 division since only one team can be in ECNL per club per age group. I wonder how it is decided who gets the nod.
Looks like Solar Red has their 94's in the league but the 93's and 95's are Solar Dallas teams.
U-15 Head Coach:
Chris Gangi
U-16 Head Coach:
Adrian Solca
U-17 Head Coach:
Terry Woodberry & Michelle Lenard


I dont think the older age groups had two teams so close in comparison. Somebody cant go.

Tough situation.

I know this forum is focused on Texas Teams...especially NTX teams...but would anyone care to make predictions for the finish of TX based teams in the ECNL? I will start with U15's.

Challenge A Top Four:
Mustang
Sting
CASL
OH Premier or Eclipse Select

D'Feeters and Challange make good efforts but fall just short of top four.

Challenge B Top Four:
Albertson Fury
SC Del Sol
FC Milwaukee
Birminham United (BUSA)

Solar and Lonestars Red get close (next four).

Thoughts on this or other age groups?

I guess the Solar girls were none too happy with me putting them outside the top four and including Albertson Fury. Solar laid a whooping on Albertson Fury yesterday 4-0! Well done!

ChelseaFan wrote:I know this forum is focused on Texas Teams...especially NTX teams...but would anyone care to make predictions for the finish of TX based teams in the ECNL? I will start with U15's.

Challenge A Top Four:
Mustang
Sting
CASL
OH Premier or Eclipse Select

D'Feeters and Challange make good efforts but fall just short of top four.

Challenge B Top Four:
Albertson Fury
SC Del Sol
FC Milwaukee
Birminham United (BUSA)

Solar and Lonestars Red get close (next four).

Thoughts on this or other age groups?

With two events to go...current rankings for U15 Challenge A & B are:

Group A	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dallas Sting	6	6	0	0	21	3	18	18
CASL Spartan Elite Black	6	6	0	0	10	1	9	18
Eclipse Select	9	6	3	0	12	8	4	18
Colorado Rush	6	4	1	1	10	4	6	13

Mustang has only played 3 games so I think they will still be there.

Group B	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lonestar SC	6	5	0	1	18	3	15	16
Solar 95	6	5	0	1	17	3	14	16
San Juan SC	6	5	1	0	11	5	6	15
Birmingham United	9	4	4	1	14	14	0	13

Good to see two Texas teams heading up Challenge B. Both will finish their season at the Las Vegas event in March. Top four will play for promotion to Challenge A for next year.
Thoughts?

do the top four and bottom four play for promotion and relegation?
I thought three teams exchange after the playoff series (which are groups of four) are concluded in Seattle.
At least thats how it was explained initially. Maybe the process has been changed to match what you described.

Whitehart wrote:do the top four and bottom four play for promotion and relegation?
I thought three teams exchange after the playoff series (which are groups of four) are concluded in Seattle.
At least thats how it was explained initially. Maybe the process has been changed to match what you described.

Your understanding is correct. Perhaps I was not clear in my communication. The Top Four in Challenge A will play for the ECNL National Championship in Seattle; the bottom 4 in Challenge A will play to avoid relegation to Challenge B; and the Top Four in Challenge B will play for promotion to Challenge A next year.
Now here is the real question: There is talk of expanding ECNL to sixty clubs from 40 next year. If they do that, wouldn't some of the more successful teams in Challenge B automatically move to Challenge A...depending on the level of the clubs being brought in?

ChelseaFan wrote:I know this forum is focused on Texas Teams...especially NTX teams...but would anyone care to make predictions for the finish of TX based teams in the ECNL? I will start with U15's.

Challenge A Top Four:
Mustang
Sting
CASL
OH Premier or Eclipse Select

D'Feeters and Challange make good efforts but fall just short of top four.

Challenge B Top Four:
Albertson Fury
SC Del Sol
FC Milwaukee
Birminham United (BUSA)

Solar and Lonestars Red get close (next four).

Thoughts on this or other age groups?

It looks like my prognostications made last year had some hits and some misses. The good news is that the a couple of the misses were a direct result of TX teams doing better than I had anticipated.

I got three of the four in Challenge A with Sting, CASL, & Eclipse making the final four but Mustang was replaced by by Arsenal with Ohio Premier and Mustang filling the next two spots.

In Challenge B, both Lonestars and Solar did advance into the Challenge A...which was better than anticipated...but which also meant that my prognostications were way off. None of my top four picks made it into the finals for advancement with the other two replacement teams being San Juan FC and FSA Soccer Plus. All but the latter advanced.

Would any one care to hazard a guess as to the final standings in 2010-2011? Don't be shy.