Real Colorado of Denver, in red, edged Sting of Dallas, Texas, in black and pink, 2-1, in the U17 ECNL Girls National Finals on Monday, July 21.
 

Rising stars clashed at the ECNL Boys and Girls National Finals last week, showcasing some of the top youth soccer talent in the country.

Founded in 2009, the Elite Clubs National League has become a premier development platform for youth soccer players across the United States. The ECNL postseason brought top-performing clubs from each region to Redmond, Washington, from June 25 to July 1. The remaining eight clubs in each age group then traveled to Richmond for the finals knockout round this past weekend.

“It’s a celebration of the performance throughout the course of the entire season for all these teams,” said Jason Kutney, ECNL boys commissioner. “For all the clubs and the coaches and the parents as well, to be able to rally behind their teams and stay together and fly into a beautiful location like Richmond where the fields are just fantastic, and it’s sunny every single day we were here, I can’t complain about that.”

 Saint Louis Scott Gallagher (blue) took on Crossfire Academy (white) of Seattle, falling 4-0.
 

 Real Colorado of Denver drenched their coach in celebration.