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Slammers, Mich. Hawks survive dramatic semis to battle for ECNL U-18 national championship

As is so often the case in high-stakes knockout matches at this stage of tournaments, the pressure was enormous and goals were scarce in the ECNL Under-18 Flight A national semifinals on Friday morning. What added a more unusual wrinkle to the proceedings was the sequence of daunting thunderheads that zoomed over the Waukegan SportsPark for several hours at midday.

ECNL 2012 National Finals – Coverage Central

An exciting Elite Clubs National League regular season has come to a close and now teams are converging in the Chicago suburbs for the 2012 ECNL National Championship event, taking place June 24-30 at the Waukegan Sports Park.

KCFC: Making a name for itself in Kansas City, Midwest soccer

TSW Q&A: Dallas Sting U-17s coach Kenny Medina at 2012 ECNL National Finals

FASA college camp gives high schoolers new recruiting tool

Last week Fredericksburg Area Soccer Association held its first annual FASA Girls Collegiate Soccer Camp, featuring sessions run by different college coaches each day from eight NCAA programs. The event allowed players an extra chance to get noticed by Division I coaches and gain access to important information about the recruiting process.

TSW Q&A: Georgetown, Bethesda coach Dave Nolan pulls no punches on college recruiting

Georgetown University women’s soccer head coach Dave Nolan runs an ambitious, competitive program, one that reached the Elite Eight stage of the NCAA tournament two seasons ago and perennially competes for top honors in the BIG EAST Conference. But he is no great fan of the current recruiting landscape in women’s college soccer – far from it, in fact.

TSW Q&A: Texas State’s Kat Conner searching regionally, nationally for top recruits

Texas State University women's soccer coach Kat Conner took time out to speak to TSW about recruiting – and its relationship to that famous Lone Star heat – during the ECNL National Showcase Event: Zarephath in New Jersey last week.

Proud PDA rolls out welcome mat for nation’s top teams, college coaches at ECNL Showcase

With its packed slate of big games, high-octane atmosphere, massed ranks of college coaches and attention to the details, the ECNL National Showcase: Zarephath is one of the biggest dates on the elite youth soccer calendar, and it's not hard to see why.