CHARLESTON, S.C. (March 13, 2017) – The Elite National Premier League (ENPL) has announced a qualifying Boys ECNL Conference for the 2017-18 season in the southwest.

Qualifying 14-U to 19-U boys teams from this Boys ECNL Southwest Conference will advance to the ENPL Playoffs in June 2018. These teams will earn qualification to the ENPL Playoffs based on their performances throughout the regular season.

The Boys ECNL Southwest Conference now joins previously announced qualifiers in the Southeast, Northeast, Midwest and California.

By providing qualification paths for both team-based and club-based competitions, the ENPL will feature the best boys players in US Club Soccer. The regular season competition within each NPL and Boys ECNL Conference are unique and independently structured; however, consistent technical and competitive standards will apply, and all teams will be focusing on the same postseason destination: the ENPL Playoffs.

The Boys ECNL Southwest Conference will include twelve clubs from across the region who have distinguished themselves in a variety of different competitions in US Club Soccer and elsewhere over the past years: Blackhawks (AZ), Beach FC (CA), Del Mar Carmel Valley Sharks (CA), Gilbert Arsenal (AZ), Heat FC (NV), LA Premier (CA), Legends (CA), Players Soccer Club (NV), Sereno (AZ), Slammers (CA), Tucson Soccer Academy (AZ), and West Coast FC (CA).

The ENPL is a collaboration between US Club Soccer and the ECNL to raise standards in youth boys soccer across the country.

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US Club Soccer offers youth and adult registration, league- and cup-based competition platforms at the recreational and competitive levels, and a variety of other programming and services. Anchored by Players First, US Club Soccer supports all facets of youth soccer through the five pillars of Players First: Club Development, Coaching Development, Player Development, Parent Engagement & Education and Player Health & Safety. Other programming elements include the id² Program and Player Development Program, and the National Cup.

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