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WHERE DO OUR SELECT TEAMS PLAY?
WHERE DO OUR SELECT TEAMS PLAY?
Bainbridge Island FC continues to explore avenues for the best competitive soccer playing opportunities for our players. We always evaluate league placement to challenge our players and to add variety to the experience. At the same time, we remain cognizant of the time, travel and costs of the program as a whole.
Our younger teams will play in North Puget Sound League (NPSL) while our high-school age teams will play in Washington Premier league (WPL), as described below. We feel strongly that there should be opportunities for our competitive players to play on a team, and for us to be able to provide the appropriate playing experience for our players all the way up to the elite level.
The Playing Pathway
The playing pathway for our teams is not easy, some avenues that should be open are not, and therefore we have to best navigate that to meet the needs of our Bainbridge Island FC competitive select teams.
Foundation Phase - Under 10-11 ages
Discovery Phase - Under 12-13 ages
Competitive Phase - Under 14-15 ages
Elite Phase - Under 16+ ages
North Puget Sound League (NPSL)
At the Foundation and Discovery Phases we believe that playing in the local North Puget Sound League provides excellent levels of competition that ensures our players are challenged and develop as individuals & teams.
Placement in these leagues provides opponents in the Greater Seattle area and ensures we minimize travel whilst ensuring we find appropriate levels of competition.
Regional Club League (RCL)
The RCL is another competitive program in WA State that provides several levels of play. It is a closed system that only allows chosen clubs to participate. The levels of divisions 2, 3, and 4 in RCL are comparable to our league play in NPSL, but travel can be across the whole of Washington.
Washington Premier Leagues (WPL)
Due to the focus and dedication of our players and coaches we find that at the Competitive and Elite Phases, we may need to find a higher level of competition because of the level of play of our teams.
The Washington Premier League (WPL) provides that platform to continue to test our teams. Therefore from 2022 all our teams at the 2008-2004 age groups will be in the Washington Premier Leagues. In the highest tier of WPL divisions, it can be necessary for a greater degree of travel.
Elite Clubs National League (ECNL)
In Washington State there are half a dozen elite clubs that field teams at the ECNL level. This is the highest level of play that a player can excel towards in the State. Some of our BIFC players have and do elevate to these teams. At an appropriate time, if we feel a player(s) from our teams should explore this potential we will discuss this with the family. ECNL provides excellent opportunities but can be very expensive. We send individual players to these teams, we do not have BIFC teams in the ECNL.
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