The ECNL Regional League (ECNL RL) was founded to improve the daily environment for both boys' and girls' youth soccer players through a collaborative club-based development program featuring competition, player identification, and coaching and club development platforms. The ECNL Regional League will include regular-season conference games and cross-conference events, and qualifying teams will advance to the ECNL Regional League Post-Season event, held in conjunction with the ECNL Boys' and Girls' Post-Season.

The ECNL Regional League is based on grass-roots collaboration and innovation values. It supports the independence and freedom of coaches and clubs to fully manage the development path for their players, including the system and style of play, the competitive calendar, and all aspects of the development path. The ECNL Regional League will raise training, competition, club organization, and coaching standards in a holistic development program.