ECNL announces 2026-27 Regular Season Event Schedule across all platforms

RICHMOND, VA – The ECNL announced the 2026-27 regular season event schedule for the ECNL, ECNL Regional League, and Pre-ECNL, including more than 60 different regular season events during the year to provide incredible experiences for players across multiple ages and levels. New this season, every event at U15 and younger will be a tournament competition, with championships up for grab throughout the season to add even more excitement to the calendar.

Providing collegiate exposure unmatched by any other league in the country, the ECNL will host 13 recruitable events and the ECNL Regional League will host 12 recruitable events next season, helping showcase players in front of hundreds of college and professional scouts every weekend.

This season, top ECNL Girls showcases averaged more than 1,000 scouts each, with the league again operating the top five most attended youth girls showcases in the country. ECNL Boys, after seeing more than 1,600 players from the Class of 2025 move on to college or pro soccer, also hosted several of the most attended college showcases in the country this year, with top events including more than 500 coaches.

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The ECNL Regional League will continue to expand its event schedule for the 2026-27 season, providing college exposure that is matched only by the ECNL. In addition, the league will host the first ever ECNL RL event for the U15 and U16 age groups in Tucson, Arizona in November to give these age groups a regular season tournament championship to aim for.

In the younger ages, the Pre-ECNL will continue to expand exciting competition opportunities for players around the country with the ECNL International IberCup on Labor Day weekend with dozens of international teams participating, and four new Pre-ECNL Cups: the Pre-ECNL Texas Cup (November 7-8), the Pre-ECNL Florida Cup (February 19-21), the Pre-ECNL New England Cup (April 23-25), and the Pre-ECNL Chicago Cup (April 30 – May 2). After an incredible inaugural event in 2026, the Pre-ECNL season will once again conclude with the Pre-ECNL Champions Cup (May 29-31) in Provo, Utah. This event will be populated by winners of the Pre-ECNL Cups throughout the year, as well as Pre-ECNL League winners.

With an unmatched slate of events throughout the year, in all regions, for both boys and girls, the ECNL continues to be the premier platform for competition, development, and exposure. Information about qualification for additional unique events like the ECNL Boys Super Cup, ECNL Regional League Leaders Cup, and other international competitions, such as the ECNL International Tournament and ECNL International IberCup will be announced in the coming weeks.

View the full schedule of ECNL National Events, ECNL Regional League National Events, and Pre-ECNL National Events below: