Texas Club Soccer League
Travel / Select (L5) · Boys & Girls
A US Club Soccer league for North Texas, launched in 2023 with nine clubs.
Overview
Texas Club Soccer launched in 2023 with nine North Texas clubs, joining the National Premier Leagues as a new member league for the 2023-24 season at U13 through U19, boys and girls.
The same operator also runs the North Texas flights of Pre-ECNL, the ECNL Regional League and National 1, so one organisation covers several rungs of the ladder in the same market and a club can sit in more than one of its competitions at different age groups. Ask which competition a specific team enters rather than reading anything from the operator’s name.
- One operator runs the North Texas Pre-ECNL, ECNL Regional League and National 1 flights as well
- The whole league sits in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, so the driving stays local
- Sanctioned by US Club Soccer, so it is separate from North Texas Soccer’s own cups
- New in 2023, and it began as a nine-club league
Who plays here
153 clubs we catalogue play in TCSL. Open one to see every league its teams actually enter, not just this one.
903FCTravel / SelectCaddo Mills, TX
Ahlam Soccer AcademyTravel / SelectSachse, TX
Ambassadors DallasTravel / SelectTXAmerican TornadoesTravel / SelectGarland, TXAmericas Football ClubTravel / SelectTX
Athens Futbol ClubTravel / SelectAthens, TXAtlético Dallas YouthPre-ProfessionalTX
Aztecas Futbol ClubTravel / SelectFort Worth, TXBVB International Academy - North TexasPre-ProfessionalCarrolton, TX
BVB International Academy DFWCompetitive RegionalThe Colony, TXCanteraz Soccer AcademyTravel / SelectMckinney, TX
Centennial Soccer ClubTravel / SelectCircle Pines, MNCollege commitments
288 college commitments from 9 New York and New Jersey member clubs, taken from public commitment lists. Those two states are the only ones these counts cover.
These counts cover this league’s New York and New Jersey member clubs only. “Unverified” means the school matched but the program level did not. No league publishes college placement by youth league, so read this as one slice of two states rather than a scoreboard. We never print a current youth player’s name.
Rules
What this league asks before your kid can register: the ages it runs, whether they can still play the high school season, and who sanctions it. The college-exposure and cost lines are our read of the league, not a figure the league publishes.
Age groups
U13-U19
Geographic footprint
Regional
College exposure (our read)
Moderate
Cost level (our read)
Moderate
Governing body
US Club Soccer
Founded
2023
The other leagues at this level
Leagues on the same rung of the ladder, so you can hold a club’s pitch against what the alternatives actually ask of a family.
| Factor | TCSL This league | BWNYJSL | Thruway |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Boys & Girls | Boys & Girls | Boys & Girls |
| Ages | U13-U19 | — | — |
| Clubs in directory | 153 clubs | 10 clubs | 9 clubs |
| HS soccer ok? | — | — | — |
| Footprint | Regional | Regional | Regional |
| What it is | A US Club Soccer league for North Texas, launched in 2023 with nine clubs. | Buffalo/WNY Junior Soccer League (BWNYJSL), a NY travel/club league. | Thruway League (Thruway), a NY travel/club league. |
Pathway from here
Most club players in the country are on this rung, and staying here is a normal plan. If your kid wants more, the next move is a state or regional league and it happens at a tryout. What decides how much they develop here is how many minutes they get and who is coaching them.
- US ClubUS Club Soccer
US Club Soccer, a national sanctioning body.
- NTXNorth Texas SoccerL5
USYS state association for North Texas.
- NPLNational Premier LeaguesL3
The US Club Soccer team-based tier that ran until 2026 and is now part of National 1.
- ECNL RLECNL Regional LeagueL2–L3
The tier directly beneath ECNL, with a promotion pathway up.
Which TCSL clubs are inside your drive time?
Put in your ZIP and the finder shows the Texas Club Soccer League clubs near you alongside everything else at that level. Or tell us about your kid and we’ll rank them with the reasoning spelled out.