ECRL Leaders Cup

Looks like no one mentioned this but ECNL announced a new tournament series called the Leaders Cup for ECRL. https://theecnl.com/news/2025/5/29/...-announces-new-ecnl-rl-leaders-cup-event.aspx.

TLDR:
Top 32 teams are invited in each age bracket from across the US
5 guaranteed games
Games are 50 min long
This year Feb 27-Mar 1st in Florida
Supposed to overlap but not interfere with concurrent ECNL/RL showcases.

ECNL RL Leaders Cup details including team lists are up on the website. Timing conflicts with CIF Southern Section Finals. I wish more thought had been put in those dates by the ECNL.

smom said:

ECNL RL Leaders Cup details including team lists are up on the website. Timing conflicts with CIF Southern Section Finals. I wish more thought had been put in those dates by the ECNL.

ECNL REGIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS CUP

ECNL REGIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS CUP

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Thanks for posting! It appears they've chosen the "Top 32" teams based off of absolutely nothing this season since they were chosen before the season even started. What a joke.

I agree to a degree. For the 2010s I feel Surf, LAFC and LA Breakers should have made the list of top 32 in addition to the teams there. Who knows if they were approached and declined or didn’t accept an invite in time in that bracket or if other teams were in the same scenario.

Also, who knows what they’re looking at to determine the rankings. This is the first year, so I’m sure we’ll know more as this event progresses over the years.