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Christina Gibbons, a Class of 2013 defender and midfielder from Raleigh, N.C., has verbally committed to Duke, her family has confirmed to ESPNHS.

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More than half of ECNL clubs take to the pitch this weekend in matches across the country. We’ll see a handful of first-place vs. second-place matches, and even a few with national standings on the line. ESPNHS breaks down the Games to Watch this week in the ECNL.

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RELATED LINKS: ESPNHS Recruiting Central | Class of 2013 Division I Commitments

Alexis Shaffer, a Class of 2013 midfielder from Cary, N.C., has verbally committed to Virginia, her family has confirmed to ESPNHS.

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The ECNL schedule features more than 120 games this weekend, including teams from six of the eight conferences. As the weather turns colder, many of these teams have reached the halfway point of their ECNL regular season schedule. ESPNHS breaks down some of the marquee matchups this weekend.

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It doesn’t take much to realize the importance of this weekend’s ECNL matches between Michigan Hawks and Eclipse Select.

At the U18 level, it’s a battle between the first-place Hawks and the second-place Eclipse. For the U17s, it’s last year’s US Youth Soccer Region II Champion against last year’s best ECNL record. At U16, it’s a chance for two squads to prove themselves against a rival club. And at U15, Eclipse sits in second place with the Hawks right behind them.

From top to bottom, at every age level, this weekend’s matches will have significant implications on the Midwest Conference standings.

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The ECNL’s first national event takes place this weekend in Phoenix as 36 clubs join for weekend matches. This is the first of five national events sponsored by the ECNL during the 2011-2012 season, all leading up to the ECNL National Championship next July in Chicago.

Since teams from across the country gather in Phoenix almost every match this weekend will be cross-conference. Although clubs will play teams from across the country, though these games will carry equal weight in the conference standings. Here are a few games of interest to keep an eye on this weekend.

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In its first three games in the ECNL, McLean’s U18 squad is 3-0, scoring 13 goals and allowing only one. Pretty good way to start, huh?

“We wanted to be competitive right from the get go, and we’ve accomplished that,” said head coach Clyde Watson. “We’re happy not just because of the results, but on the quality of play and how the kids are reacting.”

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It’s clear where the power brokers are in the Mountain West Conference.

In all five ECNL age groups, either Real Colorado or Colorado Rush sits in first place. In four of the five, the other club sits in second. And this weekend, all of those age groups are in flux as the two clubs meet Sunday at Addenbrooke Park in Lakewood, Colo., for a handful of matches that will determine first place in literally every age group.

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