Elite Club National League

About The Heritage Project

The ECNL Heritage Project is a program designed to help connect high-level players with foreign heritage to federations around the world for whom they are eligible to play. Since its inception in 2024, the Heritage Project has grown to include over 1,900 players in its database, with connections to 38 different international federations.

Athletes connected through the Heritage Project have had the opportunity to compete and train in tournaments and camps around the world, including youth World Cup qualifiers.

The Heritage Project aims to continue to grow these opportunities for players in the ECNL. Through this project and partnering with other federations around the world, The ECNL Heritage Project will continue to be an important part of the future of scouting ECNL athletes.

If you believe you have a player that fits the criteria of the Heritage Project please fill out The Heritage Project Interest form listed above.

Players Connected as of July 2025

The ECNL Heritage Project has been able to connect hundreds of players with foreign Federations for potential scouting and opportunities. The list of countries where players have been connected is below.

Additional Opportunities

Unearthing Wales / Cymru’s Future Stars

The ambitions of the FAW’s ‘Our Wales’ and High-Performance Strategies are for our Wales / Cymru National Teams to qualify for major tournaments throughout the pathway in the men’s and women’s game. Identification of future talent is a critical component of an effective player pathway in the international game, and the FAW is always on the lookout for talent at every level. Find out more about the FAW’s Future Talent Programme, and express your interest at the bottom of the page if you think you match what we are looking for.

Link - https://faw.cymru/future-talent

ECNL Players Across the World

• 31 current ECNL athletes traveled to Mexico to compete in the 2025 SuperCopa FMF (Click here)

• Featuring six current ECNL athletes in the team, the US Virgin Islands U20 Women's Team headed to the Dominican Republic to compete in the U20 Women's World Cup Qualifiers. (Click here)

• DKSC's Mya Perez was called into Mexico Youth National Team camp in January. (Click here)

• Eleven current ECNL players headline Puerto Rico’s U17 Youth National Team roster, which will host Group A of the first round of the 2025 CONCACAF U17 Women’s World Cup qualifiers, highlighting the growing impact of ECNL players on the international stage. (Read More)

• At the ECNL Boys Playoffs in San Diego, scouts from the Marshall Islands, Puerto Rico and Samoa were in attendance to scout players, while at the ECNL Girls Playoffs in Seattle, scouts from Australia, Colombia, Marshall Islands, Samoa, and Scotland were in attendance. (Read more)

• This year, 53 ECNL alums represented 11 different countries in the inaugural Women’s Gold Cup - including 13 who helped raise the championship trophy for the United States. (Read more)

• At last summer’s Women’s World Cup, current and former ECNL athletes took the field for a number of countries besides the United States, including Colombia, Jamaica, Nigeria, and South Korea. (Read more)