For the girls ecnl has been a good way to get college notice. Up until now with the boys not so much, it's relatively new and we haven't heard of any socal commitments of note due to being affiliated with that league.
The two local UCLA recuits for class or 2024,25 played da or regular club/ HS when they committed.
College coaches have lots of avenues where players can be seen, da has been one of those and there was upwords of 80 coaches at the playoffs.
Colleges only play a short season so the coaches & players play usl, upsl, and other places to get in a full season.