 
Elite Clubs National League
In our ongoing commitment to offer the boys and girls of the Sacramento metro area the highest standard of the youth soccer experience, we are pleased to compete in the Elite Clubs National League. ECNL is a league built with the female in mind. It was founded in 2009 to enhance the experience of elite female youth soccer players in the United States and tailor the player development of the female athlete in such a way that is optimally suited for national team identification. San Juan is honored to be one of only 4 clubs in Northern California to be accepted into the Elite Clubs National League.
The ECNL has a large network of over 150 “Player Identification Program Scouts”. These scouts include coaches from member clubs of the ECNL as well as independent coaches. Scouts within the ECNL Player ID Program include some of the countries best youth club coaches, coaches with former experience with US Soccer National Teams, and coaches from top Division I, II, and III colleges. The ECNL Player ID Program Scouting Staff is one of the largest, most qualified, and most comprehensive scouting networks for female players in the country.
ECNL scouts are assigned to observe and analyze ECNL games at each ECNL National Showcase Event. A standardized evaluation program has been established by the ECNL for these scouts whereby identified players will be evaluated on a variety of technical, tactical, physical, and psychological characteristics based upon their performances. The performance of identified players will be tracked over time through a secure, online ECNL database. This database allows for longitudinal tracking of the players, comparison of different ratings of the same players by different scouts, and is searchable so that the top players in any category, birth year, or position can be identified.
In addition to information collected through assigned scouts, the ECNL also selects an All-Event Team for each age group from participating teams at each ECNL National Showcase Event. This team is selected based upon nominations from coaches in every game in the Event, and top performers from these games are also added to the database.
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