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Youth Track

Still climbing? Find the club that gets you to the next level.

Every club on both pyramids — MLS NEXT and its Academy Division, the National Academy League, ECNL and ECNL Regional, Girls Academy and GA ASPIRE, National League — with the staff to contact, the roster math to judge fit, and a drafted email to the director. Plus the ODP pathway, state by state. Boys' and girls', from where you are to where you want to be.

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You're scored and fit for the Youth Track

Too young to be recruited? This is your whole climb.

You don't need a college list at 14 — you need the next club. Now that we know your player, here's everything we do on the Youth Track, in order. Same data, same depth, years before recruiting starts.

  1. Place your player on the ladder

    both pyramids

    We show where they sit on the club pyramid right now — and the honest next step up, not three levels ahead.

  2. Find clubs a level up

    1,802 clubs

    The directory surfaces next-level clubs near you, strongest leagues first, with the season form to judge whether it's a real step.

  3. Reach the director

    7,281 staff

    A personalized email to the actual director and age-group coach — leading with that club's real standings at your age group.

  4. Get seen — tryouts & ODP

    443 tryout links

    Tryout links when we hold them, plus the ODP pathway state by state — so your player is in front of the right eyes, scouted from the State Team up.

  5. Keep the momentum weekly

    weekly

    A weekly newsletter with your player's news and the single next move — so the climb never stalls between logins.

Club directories

The pyramids we cover — boys and girls

Both pyramids, peak down: MLS NEXT and ECNL up top, the Academy Division, National Academy League, GA ASPIRE and ECNL Regional in the second tier, National League below — up from the NPL and state-premier clubs where most climbs start. And for every club on them, the same three things.

The club ladders · elite to grassroots1,802 clubs mapped

Boys

  1. 01MLS NEXT152 clubs
  2. 02ECNL Boys167 clubs
  3. 03National Academy League53 clubs
  4. 04MLS NEXT Academy Div.176 clubs
  5. 05ECNL Regional430 clubs
  6. 06NPLwhere climbs start
  7. 07State Premierwhere climbs start
  8. 08State Youthwhere climbs start

Girls

  1. 01ECNL Girls131 clubs
  2. 02Girls Academy126 clubs
  3. 03GA ASPIRE108 clubs
  4. 04ECNL Regional396 clubs
  5. 05National League63 clubs
  6. 06NPLwhere climbs start
  7. 07State Premierwhere climbs start
  8. 08State Youthwhere climbs start

Every directory club: profile · staff contacts · roster math · tryout link when we hold it

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Club directory · MLS NEXT · ECNL · GA

  • Nashville SC Academy

    TN
    MLS NEXTDir. M. Alvarez

  • Volunteer FC ECNL

    TN
    ECNLDir. K. Brooks

  • Concorde Fire GA

    GA
    Girls AcademyDir. R. Chen

  • Chattanooga FC

    TN
    ECNL-RLDir. J. Patel

Every ladder, boys' and girls' — a name to contact, not a generic inbox.

  • Club info

    League, age groups, location and the club's own season results — the context to know if it's a real step up.

  • Staff contacts

    The director and the age-group coach to actually reach — a name, not a generic info@ inbox.

  • Roster math

    Each side's makeup by position, so you can judge whether the level and the opening are real before you email.

U15 → U19

The data starts at U15 and runs through U19 — 5,625 staff rows tied to a specific age group and 3,471 age-group season records, so you're judging the exact team you'd join, not the club's banner.

Tryout links, too

We hold the live tryout page for 443 clubs — when a club makes your list, the door to actually try out is one tap away, not a search project.

Director outreach

Personalized emails to club directors, ready to send

We draft the pitch to each club's director in your voice — leading with that club's real season form at your age group, your profile, and a clear ask for a tryout. You review, edit, and send it from your own email. We never email a club for you.

Director outreach · drafted for youExample
To
Coach Rivera — Harbor City FC (ECNL)
Subject
2028 winger — Westlake United — interested in Harbor City FC

Coach Rivera,

I've been following Harbor City FC — your U17 side finishing 2nd in ECNL Southwest this season at 11-2-3. That's exactly the level I'm working to compete at.

I'm Jordan Avila, a 2028 winger currently at Westlake United in NPL. I'm a regular starter and I'm looking to step up to a program like yours.

Film: your-highlights.link (my best few minutes; full matches on request).

Is there a tryout or ID session for your U17 groupwhere your staff could take a look? I'd travel for the right fit.

Every highlight is pulled for you

  • Age-group standings
  • Director & staff directory
  • Your player's profile
  • Tryout links

Review and edit this in your own voice, then send it from your own email — we never email a club for you.

ODP directory

The one pathway with open tryouts

The Olympic Development Program is the only national pathway any player can try out for — no club pedigree required. It runs as a climb: your state, then your region, then the national teams. And scouts are watching from the State Team on up, not just at the top.

Boys and girls, U13–U18 and often younger. Fees and dates churn every year, so we point you to the live registration page for each state.

ODP · the open-tryout journey25 states · 4 regions
Statestart here
  1. 01Club evaluation → state tryout invite

    Open registration in most states · ~$25–$225

  2. 02State Pool

    The wider training group the State Team is cut from

  3. 03State Team

    ~16–18 players repping the state · ~$250–$900/season

    ★ Scouting starts as early as here — academy & MLS NEXT staffs watch State Team events

Regionthe cut
  1. 04Region Camp

    4-day July ID camp — college + US Soccer scouts attend

  2. 05Region Pool

    Held-over players training toward the regional roster

  3. 06Region Team

    The final 16–18 who go to the Inter-Regional

Nationalthe top
  1. 07Inter-Regional Tournament

    Every January in Florida — published college-coach list

  2. 08ODP National Select Team

    6 boys' + 6 girls' teams — the tier people mean by “ODP”

  3. 09International tour

    International tour + the Easter International Cup

= scouts watching.Scouting starts earlier than most families think: academy and MLS NEXT staffs watch State Team events, and college coaches, US Soccer scouts, and pro scouts are on record at Region Camp, the Inter-Regional Tournament, and National Select. ODP matters for recruiting well before the top step.

Every tryout scores the same four things

  • Technique
  • Tactical awareness
  • Fitness / athleticism
  • Psychology

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