Inaugural Pre-ECNL Champions Cup to be held in Provo, Utah in May 2026

RICHMOND, VA – Provo, Utah has been announced as the host city for the inaugural Pre-ECNL Champions Cup, the final event in the 2025-26 Pre-ECNL event schedule.

The Pre-ECNL Champions Cup will take place from May 15-17, 2026 at Epic Sports Park, and will be a season-ending celebration of soccer featuring top teams from across America.

“We are thrilled to cap off an incredible 2025-26 Pre-ECNL season with the Pre-ECNL Champions Cup in May,” said Pre-ECNL Commissioner Bobby Reiss. “The league has long wanted to host an event in Utah, and we’re ecstatic to be able to do that with this marquee Pre-ECNL event at Epic Sports Park. The quality of the venue, the level of the teams participating, and the incredible location will make this a fantastic season-ending celebration!”

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The Pre-ECNL Champions Cup will invite winners from the Pre-ECNL Cups held throughout the season, (Pre-ECNL Midwest Cup, Pre-ECNL Carolina Cup, Pre-ECNL East Coast Cup and Pre-ECNL Northern Cal Cup), along with selected other top teams in the U10-U12 age groups. The event will include both group stage and knock-out matches.

The Pre-ECNL Cups are new events in the 2025-26 competition calendar, created to inspire U10-U12 young players in challenging regional tournament play, to compliment the growing number of Pre-ECNL leagues around America, and to improve the local competition environment for players, coaches, families and referees.

After rapid growth in the past two seasons, the 2025-26 season includes more than 300 clubs and 800 teams in various Pre-ECNL Boys and Pre-ECNL Girls leagues around the country. These teams each compete in developmentally appropriate league play that matches players and teams of similar development stage against each other and provides a preview of ECNL and ECNL Regional League play of the future.

In addition to the invitations given to winners of the Pre-ECNL Cups throughout the season, the league is accepting applications for limited additional spots in the 2026 Pre-ECNL Champions Cup in May. Clubs interested in submitting an application may do so here.