Club Champions League, Inc., is the first club-to-club youth soccer league in the United States.

Our mission is to help clubs develop from within by providing competitive league play, top tournaments/showcases, international travel, college combines, coaching education, and gold-standard strategic partnerships. We also help players, families, coaches, and clubs save money.  

The CCL is based on the philosophy that the player is a member of the club as well as a member of the team and that successful clubs develop players and teams from within.

The 501-c-3 organization was founded on a simple concept that includes four main pillars of focus:

Model for Player Development
Superior Competition
Help Clubs Save Money
Governing Board of Professional Soccer & Business Professionals

The Club Champions League, Inc. offers a holistic club- and team-based development model. The primary focus is on developing top youth and amateur soccer players and providing a level of play for players ages eight to over twenty-three. As the first youth soccer league to implement the club-versus-club model in 1997, Club Champions is a leader in the youth soccer landscape, with ECNL, US Soccer Development Academy, MLS Next, Girls Academy, and others following to create similar models.  

The club-to-club matchday offers a unified league schedule where all teams from one club host or travel to another club, boys and girls, and play all matches at one location.  The matchday schedules are strategically managed to offer Technical Directors/Directors of Coaching (TDs and DOCs) and Full-Time Club Coaching Staff the opportunity to oversee, evaluate, assess, collaborate, and participate with many, if not all, of their club’s teams, players and family members on a matchday.  Most importantly, TDs/DOCs can de-conflict double coaches (coaches who coach more than one team) so that every player is intimately connected to their Head Coach for each match.  The club versus club matchday presents a club-and-community-based feel and offers great flexibility for families with multiple players and the opportunity to carpool.  Club Champions have over 25 years of experience presenting club versus club matchdays.

GOVERNING BOARD:  The Club Champions League, Inc. Board of Directors, as defined by its Bylaws, comprises industry professionals.  The Board holds two meetings annually to manage and measure its strategic imperatives and discuss competition structures and strategic partnerships while receiving essential reports from the full-time staff.  The Board advises and supports every decision made by the full-time staff and has the best interests of players, coaches, teams, and club development in mind.  

FULL-TIME STAFF:  The league has a full-time Executive Director and various support staff to oversee and manage the organization's day-to-day operations and strategic imperatives. 

MORE HISTORY:  Founded in 1997, the league operated under the Virginia Club Champions League name until 2012.  To best reflect the future growth and evolution of the league, the Board agreed to re-brand in 2013 to the Club Champions League while expanding to Northern Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia.  A vertically integrated club development structure was instituted with youth and amateur programs for those aged seven (7) to over 23.  The league now provides professional soccer management for leagues, tournaments, International travel, college programs, and more.

NATIONAL CLUBS ALLIANCE (NCA) (click here):  Club Champions League, Inc. is a member of the NCA and, with its membership, receives strategic partnerships through gold-standard corporations such as Adidas, Soccer.com, Kwik Goal, United Soccer Coaches, Travel & Play, 288 Travel, Fundraise4U.net, and more.  With these strategic partnerships comes the ability to provide exceptional opportunities to players, coaches, teams, and clubs participating in our programs.

The CCL is also affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation, United States Youth Soccer Association,  US Club Soccer, Virginia Youth Soccer Association, Maryland State Youth Soccer Association, EDP, and Metro DC-Virginia Soccer Association.