DeAnza Force is one of 74 elite clubs selected to participate in the Elite Clubs National League.  This affiliation offers our players:

• Outstanding training and player development
• Unrivaled competition
• Player exposure to collegiate, national team, and professional scouting

Force fields teams in each of the ECNL age brackets:

Elite Clubs National League

The ECNL is a national youth soccer league founded in 2009 for U-15 through U-18 girls’ teams for the purpose of providing the highest level of competition and the best developmental environment for American female youth soccer players, as well as an identification and development program, which will seek to include players in US Soccer’s National Teams.

The Elite Clubs National League, Inc. (“ECNL”) is a  founded in 2009 to enhance the developmental experience of the female youth soccer players in the United States through:

• improving the competitive environment through creation of a true nationally-based competitive league with multiple flights;
• improving the process for identifying elite female soccer players for the U.S. Soccer youth national teams through a systematic scouting and identification program based on national competition; and
• improving the daily training environment at female youth soccer clubs through developing best practices and training and organizational guidelines for its member clubs.