St. Louis, MO - The St. Louis Scott Gallagher Girls ECNL Program is excited to be participating in the ECNL Super Cup National Selection Program, beginning in January of 2022. The ECNL Super Cup National Selection Program is a ground-breaking and exciting new program within the ECNL's Player Identification and Selection Platform, focused on further serving and developing the very best players in the United States.

The ECNL Super Cup will be an additional program for U15-U18/19 players to supplement the training and competition provided in ECNL Club Competition, as well as  create a “First Team” culture and pathway within youth soccer clubs. The Super Cup program will allow each participating club to manage a single pool of top players from across the U15-U18/19 ages for additional training and competition in addition to existing ECNL Club Competition. Super Cup players will continue to roster with their age appropriate teams and competitions, with this added opportunity to train and compete in best-vs-best environments. 

The SLSG ECNL Super Cup team will be comprised of players from the SLSG Girls ECNL Navy and Green teams. Super Cup rosters will have a minimum number of required players in each age group in training and competition to ensure development opportunities are provided to all ages. Super Cup rosters will also be fluid and may change day-by-day based on performance and development, at the club’s discretion, with matches scheduled to avoid overlap with ECNL National Events and with most age-specific programming and competition.

“The Super Cup will foster an environment of ‘best vs. best’ where the physical, mental, and emotional development of players will be tested in new ways to allow ECNL clubs...to continue to serve as the clearest pathway to college, national teams, and professional soccer,” said ECNL President Christian Lavers.

SLSG ECNL Director Ralph Richards is thrilled about this new opportunity. "I am so excited for these ladies to be able to participate in a new competitive platform. As members of the Midwest Conference, it is even better that we are able to offer this opportunity outside of the regular conference season. These ladies are now able to play against truly the best of the best players across the Midwest, in addition to having even more fantastic exposure opportunities."