ECNL Aquires Another Top GA Club

[Anonymous]

South Shore Select moving to ECNL

https://ecnl.info/south-shore-select-ecnl-girls-announcement

As of now:
Colorado Rush
Ukrainian Nationals
Detroit Nationals Blue
Detroit Nationals Gray
Lonestar Black
Lonestar Red
Southshore

All leaving the GA. FCV spiraling, so that means 6 of the Champions Cup clubs are essentially gone

[Anonymous]

arent Detroit Nationals Gray and Lonestar Red going ECRL?

[Anonymous]

I really do not understand threads like this. Travel soccer, ECNl, GA, whatever is about the individual player not the club or league. The team, club and league your kid is on will be the same in terms of wins/loses with or without your kid.

ECNL picking up strong clubs makes it harder for clubs from this DMV because clubs from the DMV are usually bottom feeders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really do not understand threads like this. Travel soccer, ECNl, GA, whatever is about the individual player not the club or league. The team, club and league your kid is on will be the same in terms of wins/loses with or without your kid.

ECNL picking up strong clubs makes it harder for clubs from this DMV because clubs from the DMV are usually bottom feeders.

This. It's just salty ecnl parents jonesing for others to fail, which is pathetic, especially when you're right and ecnl teams around here are already getting stomped left and right .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really do not understand threads like this. Travel soccer, ECNl, GA, whatever is about the individual player not the club or league. The team, club and league your kid is on will be the same in terms of wins/loses with or without your kid.

ECNL picking up strong clubs makes it harder for clubs from this DMV because clubs from the DMV are usually bottom feeders.

That is just not true. Loudon, VDA, McLean, and at younger ages Arlington has had top teams -- not bottom feeders. But even if they were bottom feeders -- they almost all get recruited in ECNL, even the bottom feeders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really do not understand threads like this. Travel soccer, ECNl, GA, whatever is about the individual player not the club or league. The team, club and league your kid is on will be the same in terms of wins/loses with or without your kid.

ECNL picking up strong clubs makes it harder for clubs from this DMV because clubs from the DMV are usually bottom feeders.

yup, you might be the only won who gets this reality.

[Anonymous]

Threads like this are likely made due to all the other posters who have a hard-on for the GA.

Both these leagues are trying to compete to be "the best" league (at least for girls). Obviously, some folks are more invested in how that is playing out than others.

Otherwise just treat it as soccer news as you would anything else and do with it what you will.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I really do not understand threads like this. Travel soccer, ECNl, GA, whatever is about the individual player not the club or league. The team, club and league your kid is on will be the same in terms of wins/loses with or without your kid.

ECNL picking up strong clubs makes it harder for clubs from this DMV because clubs from the DMV are usually bottom feeders.

That is just not true. Loudon, VDA, McLean, and at younger ages Arlington has had top teams -- not bottom feeders. But even if they were bottom feeders -- they almost all get recruited in ECNL, even the bottom feeders.

Everybody needs college soccer players. There are not enough ECNL players to fill every college roster. Does ECNL/GA get you into the power 4 a higher rate, yes. But college soccer is college soccer ultimately, a complete waste of time unless you get that degree.

[Anonymous]

I'll be more surprised when a GA club with MLS next for their boys side makes the ECNL jump. What I've noticed is that all the movement to ECNL this year have been clubs that already have ECNL NL Boys or they don't have any major platform for boys yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'll be more surprised when a GA club with MLS next for their boys side makes the ECNL jump. What I've noticed is that all the movement to ECNL this year have been clubs that already have ECNL NL Boys or they don't have any major platform for boys yet.

Top boys will go MLSNext and top girls will go ECNL. What does that matter?

MLS and GA are not affiliated or are partners so it just doesn't matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Threads like this are likely made due to all the other posters who have a hard-on for the GA.

Both these leagues are trying to compete to be "the best" league (at least for girls). Obviously, some folks are more invested in how that is playing out than others.

Otherwise just treat it as soccer news as you would anything else and do with it what you will.

There is no debate as to the best league. The GA waters down quality soccer. It would be best served as a regional league.

[Anonymous]

Says RL's top talent evaluator.

-RL Dad 4 life

[Anonymous]

GA is good. Question though. If all the great things that people are saying will happen to GA were actually in the planning stage, why is GA losing its top clubs?

Seems they would stay if there was a plan on the drawing board.

[Anonymous]

Its all attached to the boys. More boys play soccer, and many of these clubs decisions are about ensuring there boys have a competitive league to play in. None of these clubs jumping ship ever had a chance for their boys program to become MLSN, so they are trying the one size fits all model (which never works btw) and committing to ECNL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its all attached to the boys. More boys play soccer, and many of these clubs decisions are about ensuring there boys have a competitive league to play in. None of these clubs jumping ship ever had a chance for their boys program to become MLSN, so they are trying the one size fits all model (which never works btw) and committing to ECNL.

But the money is all on the girls side at least in most of the country -- you can charge more -- less financial aid. Most clubs prioritize the girls side.