Membership Application

The 2026 – 2027 Florida Club Leagues membership application will be available starting Dec. 1, 2025. Each club applying for membership should carefully review the Basic Requirements for Membership (see application) to ensure that the club is willing and able to adhere to all of requirements for membership.

Any soccer club applying for new membership to Florida Club Leagues (FCL) or any of the leagues managed by FCL must complete and properly submit the entire membership application. If a club has previously applied, it must submit an updated application along with any additional materials to best describe the current state of the club.

Please Note: potential acceptance into FCL requires clubs to have a MINIMUM of 6 teams planning to participate in one or more of our league platforms.

PROCESS

Upon receipt of a Club Membership Application, Florida Club Leagues’ Executive Director will evaluate club applications using objective and subjective measures. The Executive Director will solicit feedback on the club’s application from current FCL member clubs. Based on the evaluation, the Executive Director will make a recommendation to the FCL Board of Directors (the Board) and the Board may accept or deny Club Membership at their sole discretion.

Steps in the Application Process:

• New applying club MUST be a current US Club Soccer sanctioned club (you do not need to register players or teams at this time, but your club must be accepted by US Club as a member club prior to applying)
• Current FCL clubs will use the same application when applying for NPL. Those clubs who are eligible* to apply for ECNL RL, the application can be found on the ECNL site (or using the links below).
• Submit online application & required attachments – see “Application” button below
• Initial club call with FCL Executive Director
• In-person club visit from Executive Director OR current FCL member club.
• Solicitation of feedback from current FCL member clubs on applying club
• Review of application by Executive Director to FCL Board of Directors
• Membership decisions made by FCL Board of Directors
• Accepted club to sign FCL membership agreement

*Potential ECNL RL Promotion is open to clubs who CURRENTLY have 6 teams (U13-19/one gender) participating in the Florida NPL. Formal application to ECNL (link below) must be submitted for consideration

TIMELINE

Clubs applying for membership can submit applications between December 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026. Notification of acceptance or denial will be received mid March.

The FCL Executive Director and the FCL Board of Directors reserves the right to evaluate applications from clubs in strategic growth areas outside of the stated application window.

INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED