Girls Lead Academy and ECNL Regional League are comparable for youth soccer, but ECNL offers a clearer path to Division I college soccer. Playing below these leagues makes D1 unrealistic. Consider the coach relationship, playing time, and whether ECNL RL feeds into the first team.
What is better, Girls Lead Academy or ECNL RL? Most of you think that it doesn't really matter, they're pretty similar, or some of you might think that Girls Lead Academy is better. What I would say is if the ECNL team can help you go to the ECNL first team, so if the ECNL RL can help you go to the ECNL team, there's an argument that that's a better place to go. But the good news is they're really equal. What you need to find out is do you like your coach? How much playing time you're gonna get? What grade are you in? Because if you're in 10th and 11th and you're playing 0 minutes, then you might have to switch. If you're playing below GA or ECNL, then really Division I, Division II is not realistic. Maybe Division II, but it's pretty difficult. If you then can play ECNL and you think, say you're a freshman, you're better off staying in the ECNL world because if you go from ECNL to ECNL by sophomore year, then all of a sudden you could be playing at a higher level. Where if you play GA, there is no higher level. And still most of the girls play Division I from ECNL. If you want more help playing college soccer, give me a call. Links in the bio. Talk to you soon. Goodbye.
