The Elite Clubs National League Girls is excited to announce the addition of five new clubs to the ECNL Girls Regional League – North Texas for the upcoming 2021-2022 season: Kernow Storm City FC, Renegades Soccer Club, WSA Soccer, Fever United Soccer Club and NTX Celtic Soccer Club
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“The addition of these clubs to the ECNL Girls Regional League – North Texas membership represent the extraordinary depth of talent in our region. All of these teams now have the opportunity to continue their journey and to work for the potential to compete for a place in the ECNL pathway,” said ECNL Regional League – North Texas league director Aaron Gordon.
Kernow Storm City FC was founded in 2004 with a mission to improve the coaching and player opportunities in the southern area of the Dallas Ft Worth Metroplex. Based out of Waxahachie, Texas, Storm City FC has expanded to multiple training locations, continuously striving to compete and provide a pathway for our players and families. Storm City FC is constantly evolving and improving to provide the best player pathways available and provide the best development and competition platforms to the communities we support.
“Storm City FC is super excited and honored to become a new member of the ECNL Regional League NTX. Having a platform such as the ECNL Regional league North Texas for our elite teams and players to compete in demonstrates our commitment to player development and ECNL’s support in helping us raise the standard in our communities through the Regional League platform.” – Antony Pena, Director of Coaching”
Renegades Soccer Club Founded by parents and coaches, Renegades Soccer Club is the fastest growing club in Texas. Starting with one 2008 team on July 1st, 2018 we are proud to say today that 70 Teams, over 1000 Families, and 40 coaches choose to call Renegades Soccer Club their home. Renegades Soccer measures true success not just by wins and losses but through the growth and development of the people throughout the organization.
“Renegades Soccer Club is both honored and excited to be invited to join ECNL-Regional League North Texas. From sitting at a table just 2 1/2 years ago and deciding to start Renegades Soccer Club, to being invited to join this incredible platform ECNL has built is beyond what we imagined for our club at this time. It is a testimony to the commitment to our culture and CORE values which we believe are in line with the ECNL platform’s goal of raising the standards of quality and experience for all involved.” Rick Parker, Director of Coaching
WSA Soccer Founded in 1992, is home to over 2,000 youth soccer players, across 125+ teams, spanning multiple communities in the state of Oklahoma. The club’s “Side Before Self” mantra represents and brings forth core values and a mission “to serve” that has run deep in the club’s DNA since 1992. WSA Soccer’s operational model is anchored to a “player-centric” approach, which requires all leadership to engage in and be responsive to player feedback. The club has produced both historical and recent on field successes which includes over 30 state championships historically and recently includes a national champion, regional champion, multiple final-8 teams nationally, over 40 national qualifiers the past 3 years (across multiple competition platforms) and won Red River NPL Overall Club Champion in 2018, 2019 and 2020.
WSA is very excited to accept membership into the ECNL North Texas Regional League. Our acceptance in this league, along with our acceptance in the Texas Conference ECNL-RL, gives us the platforms we need to further our commitment to our future in the ECNL. The North Texas RL provides an opportunity to offer great stability and strong competition to a broader base of our players. This will help us continue to enhance their long-term growth and development. We could not be more excited for the 2021-22 year! Kerr Shubert, Director of Coaching
Fever United Soccer Club Fever United Soccer Club was founded in 2007 and is dedicated to developing the entire player both on and off the field. The club was founded by our Club Director, Constance Smith, on the premise of teaching life lessons through the game of soccer. Since our inception, the club has expanded from (4) teams into 50+ teams currently serving the soccer community in NTX & WTX.
“Our goal as a club is to ensure that our players are provided with challenging platforms whereby, they can receive exposure on a national stage. We feel competing in the ECNL Regional League-NTX will provide the player development pathway that will serve our players well in the future. We are excited about the upcoming opportunity!” Kenneth Penn, Executive Director, Fever United F.C.
NTX Celtic Soccer Club Founded 2005, North Texas Celtic is a soccer club established by a highly respected North Texas based coaching staff. As a Celtic Soccer Academy International Partner with over 600 boys and girls playing on over 60+ teams from U-5 to U-19, Celtic is committed to the development of the youth soccer player.
“With teams located in Sherman, Corinth, Flower Mound, Mansfield and Arlington Our players and coaches have worked hard over the years to enhance our culture and strengthen our teams so when opportunities arise, we can meet the challenge. Competing in the ECNL Regional League – North Texas provides this opportunity.” Carrie Langford, C.O.O. and NTX Celtic Founder.