Challenge Soccer Club Youth Programs

Challenge Soccer Club Youth Programs offers recreational soccer, a youth academy, a select program, Pre-ECNL, and ECNL. The recreational program focuses on age-appropriate curriculum, teamwork, making friends, basic techniques, fun, self-confidence, and comfort level with the game. The youth academy is for more advanced players and focuses on advancing competitive gameplay and progress, and every player gets play time in at least 50% of each game.

Programs

• Recreational Program / U5-U10 Recreational Soccer — ages 4-7 and 7-10 · 1x per week practice; weekly games; 10-week season · Focused on age-appropriate curriculum, teamwork, making friends, basic techniques, fun, self-confidence, teamwork, and comfort level with the game.
• U8-U10 Youth Academy Program — 7 to 10 age group · 2x per week practice; Sunday games; 8-10 game season · For more advanced players; challenging environment; focused on advancing competitive gameplay and progress; every player will get play time in at least 50% of each game.
• U11-U19 Select Program — middle and high school students · For students who want to pursue a collegiate career; requires tryouts; prepares players for future collegiate and professional opportunities.
• Pre-ECNL Program — U9-U12 · Developmental platform that leads into the ECNL and ECNL-RL pathways at Challenge.
• ECNL — U13-U19 · Listed among Programs on the search result page.

At a glance

• Ages: 4–18 years old

Last updated October 19, 2026.