Breaking the Line: The ECNL Podcast

About Breaking the Line: The ECNL Podcast

The Elite Clubs National League was founded in 2009 and continues to lead by daring to do things differently, embedded with grit, collaboration and tenacity – all things learned from the beautiful game. The ECNL protects and propels the integrity of the game and everyone it impacts by facilitating the perfect symmetry of excellence and humility, exclusivity and accessibility, freedom and community. We believe that challenging everyone to rise to their best creates game-changers that live well, long after cleats are unlaced. Born out of the belief in a better way. Continued in the ever-evolving pursuit of excellence.

Publisher

Elite Clubs National League

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Sept 2020

Latest episode

28 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

150 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Oct 2026

   Is Talent ID and Coach Education Too Bureaucratic? | Ep. 149

   Let us know the topics of interest to you! Breaking the Line is back with ECNL President Christian Lavers and ECNL Vice President Doug Bracken, and the pair welcomes a special guest to the podcast this week: Ross Paule, US Club Soccer's Senior Director of Player Development and Talent ID. In Episode 149, Lavers, Bracken and Paule want to tackle the question of is education and development programs for coaching and talent identification becoming too administrative, bureaucratic, and co...

2. 

   15 Oct 2026

   The Costs and Benefits of Player Restrictions | Ep. 148

   Let us know the topics of interest to you! Breaking the Line returns with ECNL President Christian Lavers and ECNL Vice President Doug Bracken to discuss a topic that has been on the minds of ECNL leadership lately: player restrictions, rules and regulations. For Episode 148, Lavers and Bracken share a candid conversation about what are the ECNL's current player rules, the intentions of creating those rules, and the competition platform those rules were designed to create. And as the ...

3. 

   30 Sept 2026

   A Look Back: Coaching Best Practices | Ep. 147

   Let us know the topics of interest to you! Welcome to a special edition of Breaking The Line - The ECNL Podcast. For this week’s episode, the Breaking the Line team takes a look back at episodes through the years and pulls some of their favorite clips. These clips share a similar theme, and for this week, it’s all about coaching. ECNL President Christian Lavers and ECNL Vice President Doug Bracken have spent numerous episodes speaking about coaching, and this collection of clip...

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

3,221,382

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

3.9 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 48 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

47

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

31

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Guest appearances

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