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MORE THAN A LEAGUE …

Marin FC, along with the other top handful of elite clubs of Northern California, compete regionally and nationally in the Elite Clubs National League. Beyond league play, the ECNL offers Marin FC national events and showcases highlighting our talent to college, professional and US Soccer National Team coaches. Unlike general showcases, Marin FC is guaranteed (indeed required) to attend the ECNL National Events. This ensures first class competition attracting the best coaches. There simply is no deeper nor better platform for teams and players to first and foremost develop their talents and skills regardless of short-term win-loss results, and secondly to showcase their development.

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Commitment at the ECNL Level 

All teams, coaches and players at Marin FC are held to high commitment standards.  Accepting any position with the club is a privilege which, if squandered, deprives others who  would have gladly accepted the spot and given their all to their team and teammates.

The ECNL level at Marin FC, U13 through U19 Blue teams, in particular demands the highest level of commitment. Players and coaches are expected to:

  • Attend a minimum of 90% of trainings
  • Miss the 10% of trainings only for unavoidable conflicts
  • Arrive early to trainings, be fully prepared at the start, and engage fully for the entire session
  • Exercise self-discipline in out-of-training tasks and improvement
  • Attend a minimum of 90% of matches (when rostered for play)
  • Miss the 10% of matches only for unavoidable conflicts
  • Excluding unavoidable conflicts, players will attend all events for which they are rostered, and all home matches whether rostered to play or not, irregardless of anticipated or actual playing time
  • In the event fewer than the entire team is rostered for a travel event, game/event rosters will be announced a minimum of 72 hours in advance
  • Encourage and reinforce their team and teammates to mutually maintain and elevate the level of commitment.

At all times; in training, at matches, and while traveling, players and coaches will represent themselves and the club with the decorum and pride of an Elite Clubs National League Player at Marin FC.

Priorities at the ECNL Level

Mutually, the Club, Teams, Players and Coaches at Marin FC abide by the following set of priorities in order to achieve the necessary level of benefit and success at the ECNL level:

  • The club prioritizes removing economic barriers to either players or teams committed to an ECNL squad/calendar. On a case-by-case basis, and in accordance with overall budget constraints, unusual or unforeseen costs will be examined and alleviated to the extent possible.
  • #1 priority is ECNL Post-Season Play.  Should a team qualify, they must attend. Roster management may allow for fewer than a full squad.
  • #2 priority is ECNL League games. Roster management may allow for fewer than a full squad at away games.
  • #3 priority is ECNL Showcases. The league requires attendance and exclusively reserves space for its member clubs. Roster management may allow for fewer than a full squad.
  • #4 priority is non-ECNL showcases or events.  When an appropriate combination of factors exists (eg. cost effective, clear schedule period, roster availability/commitment, and event quality) teams may add to their calendar non-ECNL events. Roster management may allow for fewer than a full squad.
  • #5 priority is non-team related efforts per player such as ID camps, ODP/PDP teams, guest play with other squads, and the like. Attendance at such events is by coach/DoC permission only and must be approved at least two weeks in advance. Such events do not constitute an unavoidable conflict.

Annual Calendar for the ECNL Level

JUNE – Summer Break … up to three weeks are held clear for families to plan time away. – Possible Post-Season Play … teams from the prior season who qualify will complete that season with attendance to the post season event(s).

JULY 4TH – Return to Activity … teams will resume a full schedule of activity following the Independence Day holiday weekend and no later than July 10th.

JULY – Team Camps … during the month, teams will conduct team building and extended training exercises. Optional preparatory events likely, eg. scrimmages, non-ECNL tournaments.

AUGUST – Pre-Season Events … in the lead up to the league season, teams may schedule preparatory fixtures from scrimmages to tournaments while trainings continue in full.

SEPTEMBER – Fall Season Start … league competition begins and continues through October and November.

OCTOBER – Fall Season Showcase(s) … depending upon age level, teams will attend one or more ECNL showcase event(s) amidst league play.

NOVEMBER – Fall Season Showcase(s) … depending upon age level, teams will attend one or more ECNL showcase event(s) amidst league play.

THANKSGIVING – Start of Winter Break … break begins with the holiday for the high school soccer period through early March.

DECEMBER – Winter Break … break in team activity for high school play. Non high school aged players (U13/U14) or those not participating in high school soccer will either continue team trainings and events, or be guided to training options during the break period.

MARCH – Spring Season Start … league competition begins and continues through April and May.

MARCH – Spring Showcase(s) … depending upon age level, teams will attend one or more ECNL showcase events amidst league play.

APRIL – Spring Showcase(s) … depending upon age level, teams will attend one or more ECNL showcase events amidst league play.

Preliminary Schedule of Events

Marin FC teams will individually plan their calendars to  include some of the following events based upon age, league requirements, and coach/team preference.

NATIONAL EVENTS

POST-SEASON

Marin FC Player Matriculation

Below you will find the complete list of all the boys from Marin FC that have gone on to play in college since 2015, which includes players that have played for Youth National Teams, professional teams, the WPSL, NCAA D1, NCAA D2, and NCAA D3 level, with many earning All-Conference honors and a handful winning National Championships!

Class of 2023

  • Adam Leikin – Pitzer College
  • Ethan Carr – Occidental College
  • Chris Maldonado – University of San Francisco
  • Trevor Islam – Stanford University
  • Kleber Maldonado – Sacramento State
  • Norman Tellez – Dominican University
  • Elvin Maldonado = University Pacific

Class of 2022

  • Tyler Huck – Bowdoin College
  • Aiden Aley – Occidental College
  • Owen Benson – St. Mary’s College
  • Zachary Lillington – UC Davis
  • Keaton Fargo – UC Santa Barbara
  • Ronin Axelson San Jose Staten University

Class of 2021

  • Sebastian Ghosh – Hamilton College
  • Nico Herrera Land – Cal Poly Humboldt
  • Sage Urbaez – Cal Poly Humboldt
  • Acer Cristea – UC Santa Cruz
  • Jason Hsu – UC Davis
  • Nylmar Gonzalez – Dominican University
  • Owen Flanagan – Carlton College

Class of 2020

  • Justin Carr – Claremont McKenna College
  • Matteo Grau-Rodriguez – Whittier College
  • Ishaan Das – UC Santa Cruz
  • Darshan Kamenetzky – Oberlin College
  • Ruthwik Challagonda – San Jose State University
  • Adrian DeLeon – Manchester University

Class of 2019

  • Justin Neustaetter – Wisconsin University
  • Eric Sacheleban – Dartmouth College
  • Cian Gallagher – Chatham University
  • Andoni Etchevery – Santa Clara University
  • Chris Barrios – Dominican University
  • Brian Diaz – Dominican

THROUGH THE ECNL, MARIN FC PLAYERS GO FAR …

  • The University of California, Berkeley
  • Stanford University
  • The University of California, San Diego
  • Yale University
  • New York University
  • The University of California, Los Angeles
  • San Francisco State University
  • Santa Clara University
  • The University of California, Irvine
  • University of San Francisco
  • The University of Portland
  • The United States Naval Academy
  • The University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Pomona Pitzer College
  • California State University, Stanislaus
  • Washington and Jefferson College
  • Brown University
  • California Polytechnic State University
  • The University of Massachusetts, Boston
  • California State University, Sacramento
  • San Jose State University
  • Bowdoin College
  • University of Rochester
  • Oberlin College
  • Wesleyan University
  • Middlebury College
  • Whitworth University
  • Tufts University
  • Dartmouth College
  • Claremont McKenna College
  • California Lutheran University
  • The University of California, Davis
  • Loyola Marymount University
  • Oregon State University
  • California State U., Dominguez Hills
  • California State University, Bakersfield
  • University of Redlands
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute
  • Georgetown University
  • Harvard College
  • Trinity College
  • Washington and Lee University
  • Connecticut College
  • Wake Forest University
  • The University of California, Riverside
  • Holy Names University
  • Occidental College
  • Princeton University
  • Dominican College
  • Chapman University
  • Saint Mary’s College of California
  • Skidmore College
  • The University of Washington
  • Bucknell University
  • Vassar College
  • Notre Dame De Namur University
  • Willamette University
  • Duke University
  • California State University, Monterey Bay
  • Dominican University of California
  • Boston University
  • Humboldt State University
  • Kenyon College
  • Williams College
  • Bates College
  • Cleveland State University
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • California State University, Los Angeles
  • Menlo College
  • Tulane University
  • Northwestern University
  • The University of Miami
  • The University of Pennsylvania
  • Boise State University
  • Amherst College
  • Wellesley College
  • American University
  • Arizona State University
  • Brandeis University
  • Northeastern University
  • University of Hawaii at Manoa
  • Lehigh University
  • Bard College
  • Columbia University
  • Sonoma State University
  • University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Swarthmore College
  • Denison University
  • Westmont College
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • Suffolk University
  • George Washington University
  • Whitman College
  • California State University, Fresno
  • University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
  • Macalester College
  • Lewis and Clark College
  • Boston College
  • The University of North Carolina
  • Cornell University
  • Carleton College
  • University of Nevada, Reno
  • California State University, Chico
  • Alabama State University
  • The University of Dayton
  • Lesley University
  • Marquette University
  • The University of Southern California
  • Lafayette College
  • University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • University of San Diego
  • Babson College
  • Seattle University
  • Manhattanville College
  • Ithaca College
  • San Diego State University
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Washington University
  • Coast Guard Academy

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