CSA ECNL COMPLETE 2011 CALENDAR YEAR AT THE ECNL WINTER SHOWCASE IN SANFORD, FLORIDA
Charlotte Soccer Academy U 15-U 18 teams completed their final competition on the 2011 calendar year when they participated in the ECNL Winter Showcase held over December 28th-30th in Sanford, Florida.
“This was another great event for each of our U 15-U 18 teams,” stated ECNL Director Adam Denton. “This was the final event of 2011 and our players were looking forward to ending the year well. The number of college coaches at this event was fantastic. It is a wonderful opportunity for our players to be observed by all levels of college coaches while they are competing against some of the best competition in the country. The exposure our players received at this event was second to none.”
Over the weekend competition the CSA ECNL teams performed very well against some very strong competition.
The U 15 CSA ECNL team defeated Challenge SC 2-1 on Wednesday morning, lost 3-0 to Eclipse Select on Thursday and were defeated 3-2 by the Dallas Texans on Friday morning. The U 16 CSA ECNL team conceded at late equalizer to tie 1-1 with FC Bucks, lost 1-0 on Thursday to late goal against Alberstson and lost 1-0 to the Sting (National Finalists) on Friday afternoon. The U 17 CSA ECNL team were defeated 2-0 by Carmel on Wednesday, defeated Soccerplus 3-0 on Thursday and tied 0-0 against Conneticut FC on Friday Morning. The U 18 CSA ECNL tied 2-2 vs Eclipse Select on Wednesday, tied 0-0 with Carmel on Thursday and were defeated on Friday 2-1 vs Alberston FC.
Each of the U 15- U 18 CSA ECNL will complete their conferences games in the last two weeks of January. Then the U 16 and U 17 CSA ECNL teams will head to San Antonio, Texas for their final ECNL showcase before the ECNL Nationals in June.
For an idea of the college coach attendance, below is the list of coaches that were in attendnace at the U 17 CSA ECNL games on Thursday vs Soccerplus and Friday vs Connecticut FC.
Thursday:
Bowdoin College, Brown University, Bucknell University, Carleton College, Carson-Newman College, Covenant College, Clemson University, Coastal Carolina University, Delaware University, Fairfield University, Gardner-Webb University, Lander University, Long Island University, Manhattan College, Mars Hill College, Middle Tennessee State University, NJIT New Jersey Institute of Technology, Queens University of Charlotte, Stony Brook University, University of Evansville, University of Miami ( Coral Gables), University of South Carolina Upstate, Vanderbilt University, Virginia Wesleyan College, Western Kentucky University, Williams College, Winthrop University
Friday:
Adelphi University, Auburn University Montgomery, Belmont University, Brandeis University, Campbell University, Central Michigan University, Charleston Southern University, Clemson University, College of the Holy Cross, College of Saint Rose, Delaware University, DePaul University, Duke University, Fairfield University, Georgia State University, Hofstra University, Iona College, LaGrange College, Lander University, Lehigh University, Long Island University, Marshall University, Miami University Ohio, Middle Tennessee State University, NJIT New Jersey Institute of Technology, Rider University, SCAD Savannah College of Art & Design, Stony Brook University, St. John's University, Temple University, University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, University of Evansville, University of Maine, University of Michigan, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, University of Rochester, University of Tennessee, University of Western Kentucky, Wheaton College (Mass), Winthrop University
