2017 ECNL Playoffs: Teams of the tourney

Next week, TopDrawerSoccer.com will roll out our full spate of ECNL Playoffs Best XIs, running the gamut all the way from the U14 to the U18 ages. In the interim, it’s time to pull back the lens and take a more team-centric look at the best of the best from Rockford.

It’s time to reward the teams of the tournament.

ECNL Playoffs coverage: U14, U18 stars from opening day | U15-U17 standouts from Friday | Saturday's best | Day 4 dazzlers | Hawks, Solar Chelsea win titles

At each age group, one team separated itself from the pack to earn TDS Team of the Tournament honors. Whether because of titles, team play, wild results, outstanding individual performances or some combination of the four, there were a ton of larger-than-life teams to choose from out of the most prestigious grouping of girls club teams anywhere.

Here were the nation's five best.