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About The Heritage Project

The ECNL Heritage Project was created to help connect high-level players with foreign heritage to federations around the world for whom they are eligible to play, and to track the performance of ECNL athletes in youth and senior national teams in the US and across the world.  

The ECNL Heritage Project was founded in 2024 and since then has grown to include a database of thousands of players, created relationships with dozens of federations around the world, and helped create opportunities in national team camps and competitions for many players.

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.

If you have a player who has been called into a youth national team camp, please fill out the form below for our database.

Heritage Project Interest Form
International Call Ups
Additional Opportunities

Players Connected as of April 2026

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.

Mexico - 402
Italy
Italy - 156
Philippines - 151
Puerto Rico - 124
england
England - 123
Canada - 111
Ireland - 70
el salvador
El Salvador - 58
Peru - 51
Jamaica - 44
Guatemala - 40
Portugal - 40
Brazil - 37
Honduras - 32
Croatia - 31
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic - 31
India - 31
Australia
Australia - 30
Nicaragua - 25
Haiti - 23
Israel - 23
Scotland - 21
costa ric
Costa Rica - 19
Panama - 14
Chile - 13
Trinidad & Tobago - 13
Ethiopia
Ethiopia - 12
Morocco - 11
Guam - 8
Hong Kong - 7
Slovakia - 7
South Africa - 7
Wales - 7
finland
Finland - 6
Palestine - 5
Western Samoa - 5
Ghana - 4
Marshall Islands - 4
Northern Ireland - 4
US Virgin Islands - 4
Afghanistan - 2
American Samoa - 2
Barbados - 2
Belize
Belize - 2
New Zealand - 2
Slovenia - 2
Tonga - 2
Grenada - 1

ECNL Players Across the World

  • 40 current and former ECNL athletes take part in FIFA U17 Women's World Cup (Click here)
  • 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)