FCV finds its way into ECNL. Loudoun’s days coming to an end

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Anonymous wrote:Ecnl-r > GAL

GA is not as good as ECNL but stop with this silliness of ECNL-R being a top league in any way shape or form. As ECNL and GA both continue to expand it is simply a race to the bottom.

I disagree. The mid Atlantic ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL mid Atlantic.

Well arlington was average to above average in GA but you think their 2nd team would do well in Ga? Does not make sense unless you think there is little difference between their teams?

No. I think ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL. Nothing about 2nd teams

You people are missing the point of ECNL-r. It doesn’t matter which league has better teams. They serve different purposes. ECNL and GAL are national leagues for players interested in getting maximum college exposure, showcases, etc. ECNL-r players are generally done playing after high school. Just because a player is in ECNL-R doesn’t mean they are inferior. Just that they are not likely to play in college.

I’m just saying that the GAL clubs are weak and on the same level as ECNL-R clubs. GAL may be a national league but everyone knows how weak most of the clubs are in GAL. The local ECNL-R clubs are just as good or better than most GAL clubs. Top ECNL-R girls will be recruited at the same level as GAL players. Don’t be naive to thinking this is a pathway to ECNL for FCV, which frankly these days is a glorified CCL club looking for a way to transition to Springfield

This is a pathway. Jealousy is unbecoming.

LOL ECNLr is for the second teams. It is not a pathway to anything. You really think ECNL will spend any time or resources pushing ECNLr to colleges?I got a bridge to sell you. ECNL’s path way in ECNL. GA will be better vs ECNLr any day of the week for anyone interested in college.

One jealous mom.

Seriously, what is there to be jealous of? Making a ECNL clubs B team or some small clubs A team? Are we all supposed to be jealous of ECNL’s B league?

It’s delicious to troll Soccer Mom A who thinks Dear Child is untouchable and that any league other than the one Dear Child plays is total garbage. You are insignificant. I think we’re done here.

BUH-bye!

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Anonymous wrote:Ecnl-r > GAL

GA is not as good as ECNL but stop with this silliness of ECNL-R being a top league in any way shape or form. As ECNL and GA both continue to expand it is simply a race to the bottom.

I disagree. The mid Atlantic ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL mid Atlantic.

Well arlington was average to above average in GA but you think their 2nd team would do well in Ga? Does not make sense unless you think there is little difference between their teams?

No. I think ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL. Nothing about 2nd teams

You people are missing the point of ECNL-r. It doesn’t matter which league has better teams. They serve different purposes. ECNL and GAL are national leagues for players interested in getting maximum college exposure, showcases, etc. ECNL-r players are generally done playing after high school. Just because a player is in ECNL-R doesn’t mean they are inferior. Just that they are not likely to play in college.

I’m just saying that the GAL clubs are weak and on the same level as ECNL-R clubs. GAL may be a national league but everyone knows how weak most of the clubs are in GAL. The local ECNL-R clubs are just as good or better than most GAL clubs. Top ECNL-R girls will be recruited at the same level as GAL players. Don’t be naive to thinking this is a pathway to ECNL for FCV, which frankly these days is a glorified CCL club looking for a way to transition to Springfield

This is a pathway. Jealousy is unbecoming.

LOL ECNLr is for the second teams. It is not a pathway to anything. You really think ECNL will spend any time or resources pushing ECNLr to colleges?I got a bridge to sell you. ECNL’s path way in ECNL. GA will be better vs ECNLr any day of the week for anyone interested in college.

One jealous mom.

Seriously, what is there to be jealous of? Making a ECNL clubs B team or some small clubs A team? Are we all supposed to be jealous of ECNL’s B league?

It’s delicious to troll Soccer Mom A who thinks Dear Child is untouchable and that any league other than the one Dear Child plays is total garbage. You are insignificant. I think we’re done here.

BUH-bye!

As long as you understand that nobody is jealous of ECNL-R. You can beat your chest all you want but coming in here and trying to convince people that ECNL-R is the same as ECNL and somehow superior to other leagues is being ignorant.

It is ECNL’s B team league. That is just fact, it isn’t an insult it is just what ECNL intends it to be. So, it is a mix of ECNL B teams and non-ECNL club A teams.

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Anonymous wrote:Ecnl-r > GAL

GA is not as good as ECNL but stop with this silliness of ECNL-R being a top league in any way shape or form. As ECNL and GA both continue to expand it is simply a race to the bottom.

I disagree. The mid Atlantic ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL mid Atlantic.

Well arlington was average to above average in GA but you think their 2nd team would do well in Ga? Does not make sense unless you think there is little difference between their teams?

No. I think ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL. Nothing about 2nd teams

You people are missing the point of ECNL-r. It doesn’t matter which league has better teams. They serve different purposes. ECNL and GAL are national leagues for players interested in getting maximum college exposure, showcases, etc. ECNL-r players are generally done playing after high school. Just because a player is in ECNL-R doesn’t mean they are inferior. Just that they are not likely to play in college.

I’m just saying that the GAL clubs are weak and on the same level as ECNL-R clubs. GAL may be a national league but everyone knows how weak most of the clubs are in GAL. The local ECNL-R clubs are just as good or better than most GAL clubs. Top ECNL-R girls will be recruited at the same level as GAL players. Don’t be naive to thinking this is a pathway to ECNL for FCV, which frankly these days is a glorified CCL club looking for a way to transition to Springfield

This is a pathway. Jealousy is unbecoming.

LOL ECNLr is for the second teams. It is not a pathway to anything. You really think ECNL will spend any time or resources pushing ECNLr to colleges?I got a bridge to sell you. ECNL’s path way in ECNL. GA will be better vs ECNLr any day of the week for anyone interested in college.

One jealous mom.

Seriously, what is there to be jealous of? Making a ECNL clubs B team or some small clubs A team? Are we all supposed to be jealous of ECNL’s B league?

It’s delicious to troll Soccer Mom A who thinks Dear Child is untouchable and that any league other than the one Dear Child plays is total garbage. You are insignificant. I think we’re done here.

BUH-bye!

As long as you understand that nobody is jealous of ECNL-R. You can beat your chest all you want but coming in here and trying to convince people that ECNL-R is the same as ECNL and somehow superior to other leagues is being ignorant.

It is ECNL’s B team league. That is just fact, it isn’t an insult it is just what ECNL intends it to be. So, it is a mix of ECNL B teams and non-ECNL club A teams.

Outside of a few players on each ECNL team, the talent in ECNL-RL is the same. 80% of the kids in ECNL are there because their parents grovel.

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Anonymous wrote:Ecnl-r > GAL

GA is not as good as ECNL but stop with this silliness of ECNL-R being a top league in any way shape or form. As ECNL and GA both continue to expand it is simply a race to the bottom.

I disagree. The mid Atlantic ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL mid Atlantic.

Well arlington was average to above average in GA but you think their 2nd team would do well in Ga? Does not make sense unless you think there is little difference between their teams?

No. I think ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL. Nothing about 2nd teams

You people are missing the point of ECNL-r. It doesn’t matter which league has better teams. They serve different purposes. ECNL and GAL are national leagues for players interested in getting maximum college exposure, showcases, etc. ECNL-r players are generally done playing after high school. Just because a player is in ECNL-R doesn’t mean they are inferior. Just that they are not likely to play in college.

I’m just saying that the GAL clubs are weak and on the same level as ECNL-R clubs. GAL may be a national league but everyone knows how weak most of the clubs are in GAL. The local ECNL-R clubs are just as good or better than most GAL clubs. Top ECNL-R girls will be recruited at the same level as GAL players. Don’t be naive to thinking this is a pathway to ECNL for FCV, which frankly these days is a glorified CCL club looking for a way to transition to Springfield

This is a pathway. Jealousy is unbecoming.

LOL ECNLr is for the second teams. It is not a pathway to anything. You really think ECNL will spend any time or resources pushing ECNLr to colleges?I got a bridge to sell you. ECNL’s path way in ECNL. GA will be better vs ECNLr any day of the week for anyone interested in college.

One jealous mom.

Seriously, what is there to be jealous of? Making a ECNL clubs B team or some small clubs A team? Are we all supposed to be jealous of ECNL’s B league?

It’s delicious to troll Soccer Mom A who thinks Dear Child is untouchable and that any league other than the one Dear Child plays is total garbage. You are insignificant. I think we’re done here.

BUH-bye!

As long as you understand that nobody is jealous of ECNL-R. You can beat your chest all you want but coming in here and trying to convince people that ECNL-R is the same as ECNL and somehow superior to other leagues is being ignorant.

It is ECNL’s B team league. That is just fact, it isn’t an insult it is just what ECNL intends it to be. So, it is a mix of ECNL B teams and non-ECNL club A teams.

Outside of a few players on each ECNL team, the talent in ECNL-RL is the same. 80% of the kids in ECNL are there because their parents grovel.

Remember when DC United had open tryouts? You'd go onto their web site and sign up DS and pay $25. At the end of the online checkout there was a solicitation for you to make a donation to their scholarship fund. I never did the donation, but it occurred to me, what if your DS was good but not amazing. You signed him up and donated a hefty sum. Would that help his chances? I'm not talking rec league kid making DC United, but I am talking about a "squad player." Just wondering.

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Anonymous wrote:Ecnl-r > GAL

GA is not as good as ECNL but stop with this silliness of ECNL-R being a top league in any way shape or form. As ECNL and GA both continue to expand it is simply a race to the bottom.

I disagree. The mid Atlantic ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL mid Atlantic.

Well arlington was average to above average in GA but you think their 2nd team would do well in Ga? Does not make sense unless you think there is little difference between their teams?

No. I think ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL. Nothing about 2nd teams

You people are missing the point of ECNL-r. It doesn’t matter which league has better teams. They serve different purposes. ECNL and GAL are national leagues for players interested in getting maximum college exposure, showcases, etc. ECNL-r players are generally done playing after high school. Just because a player is in ECNL-R doesn’t mean they are inferior. Just that they are not likely to play in college.

I’m just saying that the GAL clubs are weak and on the same level as ECNL-R clubs. GAL may be a national league but everyone knows how weak most of the clubs are in GAL. The local ECNL-R clubs are just as good or better than most GAL clubs. Top ECNL-R girls will be recruited at the same level as GAL players. Don’t be naive to thinking this is a pathway to ECNL for FCV, which frankly these days is a glorified CCL club looking for a way to transition to Springfield

This is a pathway. Jealousy is unbecoming.

LOL ECNLr is for the second teams. It is not a pathway to anything. You really think ECNL will spend any time or resources pushing ECNLr to colleges?I got a bridge to sell you. ECNL’s path way in ECNL. GA will be better vs ECNLr any day of the week for anyone interested in college.

One jealous mom.

Seriously, what is there to be jealous of? Making a ECNL clubs B team or some small clubs A team? Are we all supposed to be jealous of ECNL’s B league?

It’s delicious to troll Soccer Mom A who thinks Dear Child is untouchable and that any league other than the one Dear Child plays is total garbage. You are insignificant. I think we’re done here.

BUH-bye!

As long as you understand that nobody is jealous of ECNL-R. You can beat your chest all you want but coming in here and trying to convince people that ECNL-R is the same as ECNL and somehow superior to other leagues is being ignorant.

It is ECNL’s B team league. That is just fact, it isn’t an insult it is just what ECNL intends it to be. So, it is a mix of ECNL B teams and non-ECNL club A teams.

Outside of a few players on each ECNL team, the talent in ECNL-RL is the same. 80% of the kids in ECNL are there because their parents grovel.

Ok, so you are a Villarreal parent who's kid didn't make a ECNL squad, presumably because you didn't grovel.

If FCV takes over do you honestly believe that improves your kids chances?

And as far as ECNL-R players being the same as ECNL I guess you don't know what you don't know. The top 3-4 ECNL-R players could be swapped for the bottom 3-4 players on a ECNL or GA roster. There may be a few kids who are very talented that had no interest in leaving their team to play on a ECNL team but by U15 frankly the talent has been picked clean and that is accounting for a very diluted "Elite" soccer landscape in NOVA.

7 "Elite" teams offering 140 spots per age group already. The talent drop off is significant after ECNL and GA in our area. ECNL-R will not be any proving ground or pathway into ECNL in our region.

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Anonymous wrote:This is pathing that wasn't working when FCV and BRYC attempted a back door partnership. Starting in ECNL - R is requisite to show readiness to advance. Similar to the Cleveland Force starting ECNL R and now going ECNL. Give the pathing 2-3 years and they may very well be ECNL

That would require FCVs B teams to dominate ECNL-R.

That’s not going to happen.

Incorrect. A team can play on B - they will have to do this to get their heavy rosters playing time. Some teams have 22+

So the DA-rostered players will be playing games against NPL teams?

DA doesn’t exist. Better to play the top ECNLr teams right down the street than away games in Delaware. The different in competition isn’t nearly enough to justify the drive - although maybe we will get used to when we start driving to Springfield and Annandale for practices all the time.

B teams are not “top teams” lol!!!!

Keep on slurping that rosé!

Your bit is getting stale

That's the worst thing - when you hook up with someone and then discover that their bit has gotten stale.

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Anonymous wrote:Ecnl-r > GAL

GA is not as good as ECNL but stop with this silliness of ECNL-R being a top league in any way shape or form. As ECNL and GA both continue to expand it is simply a race to the bottom.

I disagree. The mid Atlantic ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL mid Atlantic.

Well arlington was average to above average in GA but you think their 2nd team would do well in Ga? Does not make sense unless you think there is little difference between their teams?

No. I think ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL. Nothing about 2nd teams

You people are missing the point of ECNL-r. It doesn’t matter which league has better teams. They serve different purposes. ECNL and GAL are national leagues for players interested in getting maximum college exposure, showcases, etc. ECNL-r players are generally done playing after high school. Just because a player is in ECNL-R doesn’t mean they are inferior. Just that they are not likely to play in college.

I’m just saying that the GAL clubs are weak and on the same level as ECNL-R clubs. GAL may be a national league but everyone knows how weak most of the clubs are in GAL. The local ECNL-R clubs are just as good or better than most GAL clubs. Top ECNL-R girls will be recruited at the same level as GAL players. Don’t be naive to thinking this is a pathway to ECNL for FCV, which frankly these days is a glorified CCL club looking for a way to transition to Springfield

This is a pathway. Jealousy is unbecoming.

LOL ECNLr is for the second teams. It is not a pathway to anything. You really think ECNL will spend any time or resources pushing ECNLr to colleges?I got a bridge to sell you. ECNL’s path way in ECNL. GA will be better vs ECNLr any day of the week for anyone interested in college.

One jealous mom.

Seriously, what is there to be jealous of? Making a ECNL clubs B team or some small clubs A team? Are we all supposed to be jealous of ECNL’s B league?

It’s delicious to troll Soccer Mom A who thinks Dear Child is untouchable and that any league other than the one Dear Child plays is total garbage. You are insignificant. I think we’re done here.

BUH-bye!

As long as you understand that nobody is jealous of ECNL-R. You can beat your chest all you want but coming in here and trying to convince people that ECNL-R is the same as ECNL and somehow superior to other leagues is being ignorant.

It is ECNL’s B team league. That is just fact, it isn’t an insult it is just what ECNL intends it to be. So, it is a mix of ECNL B teams and non-ECNL club A teams.

Outside of a few players on each ECNL team, the talent in ECNL-RL is the same. 80% of the kids in ECNL are there because their parents grovel.

Ok, so you are a Villarreal parent who's kid didn't make a ECNL squad, presumably because you didn't grovel.

If FCV takes over do you honestly believe that improves your kids chances?

And as far as ECNL-R players being the same as ECNL I guess you don't know what you don't know. The top 3-4 ECNL-R players could be swapped for the bottom 3-4 players on a ECNL or GA roster. There may be a few kids who are very talented that had no interest in leaving their team to play on a ECNL team but by U15 frankly the talent has been picked clean and that is accounting for a very diluted "Elite" soccer landscape in NOVA.

7 "Elite" teams offering 140 spots per age group already. The talent drop off is significant after ECNL and GA in our area. ECNL-R will not be any proving ground or pathway into ECNL in our region.

Not Villarreal. You could swap the top 4-5 RL for any in the bottom 15-16 (of 20) and there is no difference. Also, reverse it and put one of the bottom 15-16 in an RL game and they wouldn’t change the game and probably wouldn’t even stand out. You don’t know what you don’t know.

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Anonymous wrote:Ecnl-r > GAL

GA is not as good as ECNL but stop with this silliness of ECNL-R being a top league in any way shape or form. As ECNL and GA both continue to expand it is simply a race to the bottom.

I disagree. The mid Atlantic ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL mid Atlantic.

Well arlington was average to above average in GA but you think their 2nd team would do well in Ga? Does not make sense unless you think there is little difference between their teams?

No. I think ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL. Nothing about 2nd teams

You people are missing the point of ECNL-r. It doesn’t matter which league has better teams. They serve different purposes. ECNL and GAL are national leagues for players interested in getting maximum college exposure, showcases, etc. ECNL-r players are generally done playing after high school. Just because a player is in ECNL-R doesn’t mean they are inferior. Just that they are not likely to play in college.

I’m just saying that the GAL clubs are weak and on the same level as ECNL-R clubs. GAL may be a national league but everyone knows how weak most of the clubs are in GAL. The local ECNL-R clubs are just as good or better than most GAL clubs. Top ECNL-R girls will be recruited at the same level as GAL players. Don’t be naive to thinking this is a pathway to ECNL for FCV, which frankly these days is a glorified CCL club looking for a way to transition to Springfield

This is a pathway. Jealousy is unbecoming.

LOL ECNLr is for the second teams. It is not a pathway to anything. You really think ECNL will spend any time or resources pushing ECNLr to colleges?I got a bridge to sell you. ECNL’s path way in ECNL. GA will be better vs ECNLr any day of the week for anyone interested in college.

One jealous mom.

Seriously, what is there to be jealous of? Making a ECNL clubs B team or some small clubs A team? Are we all supposed to be jealous of ECNL’s B league?

It’s delicious to troll Soccer Mom A who thinks Dear Child is untouchable and that any league other than the one Dear Child plays is total garbage. You are insignificant. I think we’re done here.

BUH-bye!

As long as you understand that nobody is jealous of ECNL-R. You can beat your chest all you want but coming in here and trying to convince people that ECNL-R is the same as ECNL and somehow superior to other leagues is being ignorant.

It is ECNL’s B team league. That is just fact, it isn’t an insult it is just what ECNL intends it to be. So, it is a mix of ECNL B teams and non-ECNL club A teams.

Outside of a few players on each ECNL team, the talent in ECNL-RL is the same. 80% of the kids in ECNL are there because their parents grovel.

Ok, so you are a Villarreal parent who's kid didn't make a ECNL squad, presumably because you didn't grovel.

If FCV takes over do you honestly believe that improves your kids chances?

And as far as ECNL-R players being the same as ECNL I guess you don't know what you don't know. The top 3-4 ECNL-R players could be swapped for the bottom 3-4 players on a ECNL or GA roster. There may be a few kids who are very talented that had no interest in leaving their team to play on a ECNL team but by U15 frankly the talent has been picked clean and that is accounting for a very diluted "Elite" soccer landscape in NOVA.

7 "Elite" teams offering 140 spots per age group already. The talent drop off is significant after ECNL and GA in our area. ECNL-R will not be any proving ground or pathway into ECNL in our region.

Not Villarreal. You could swap the top 4-5 RL for any in the bottom 15-16 (of 20) and there is no difference. Also, reverse it and put one of the bottom 15-16 in an RL game and they wouldn’t change the game and probably wouldn’t even stand out. You don’t know what you don’t know.

Are you saying that above (bolded) within the RL team, or from the RL team to an ECNL team? The former I can believe, but the latter is laughable.

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Anonymous wrote:Ecnl-r > GAL

GA is not as good as ECNL but stop with this silliness of ECNL-R being a top league in any way shape or form. As ECNL and GA both continue to expand it is simply a race to the bottom.

I disagree. The mid Atlantic ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL mid Atlantic.

Well arlington was average to above average in GA but you think their 2nd team would do well in Ga? Does not make sense unless you think there is little difference between their teams?

No. I think ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL. Nothing about 2nd teams

You people are missing the point of ECNL-r. It doesn’t matter which league has better teams. They serve different purposes. ECNL and GAL are national leagues for players interested in getting maximum college exposure, showcases, etc. ECNL-r players are generally done playing after high school. Just because a player is in ECNL-R doesn’t mean they are inferior. Just that they are not likely to play in college.

I’m just saying that the GAL clubs are weak and on the same level as ECNL-R clubs. GAL may be a national league but everyone knows how weak most of the clubs are in GAL. The local ECNL-R clubs are just as good or better than most GAL clubs. Top ECNL-R girls will be recruited at the same level as GAL players. Don’t be naive to thinking this is a pathway to ECNL for FCV, which frankly these days is a glorified CCL club looking for a way to transition to Springfield

This is a pathway. Jealousy is unbecoming.

LOL ECNLr is for the second teams. It is not a pathway to anything. You really think ECNL will spend any time or resources pushing ECNLr to colleges?I got a bridge to sell you. ECNL’s path way in ECNL. GA will be better vs ECNLr any day of the week for anyone interested in college.

One jealous mom.

Seriously, what is there to be jealous of? Making a ECNL clubs B team or some small clubs A team? Are we all supposed to be jealous of ECNL’s B league?

It’s delicious to troll Soccer Mom A who thinks Dear Child is untouchable and that any league other than the one Dear Child plays is total garbage. You are insignificant. I think we’re done here.

BUH-bye!

As long as you understand that nobody is jealous of ECNL-R. You can beat your chest all you want but coming in here and trying to convince people that ECNL-R is the same as ECNL and somehow superior to other leagues is being ignorant.

It is ECNL’s B team league. That is just fact, it isn’t an insult it is just what ECNL intends it to be. So, it is a mix of ECNL B teams and non-ECNL club A teams.

Outside of a few players on each ECNL team, the talent in ECNL-RL is the same. 80% of the kids in ECNL are there because their parents grovel.

Ok, so you are a Villarreal parent who's kid didn't make a ECNL squad, presumably because you didn't grovel.

If FCV takes over do you honestly believe that improves your kids chances?

And as far as ECNL-R players being the same as ECNL I guess you don't know what you don't know. The top 3-4 ECNL-R players could be swapped for the bottom 3-4 players on a ECNL or GA roster. There may be a few kids who are very talented that had no interest in leaving their team to play on a ECNL team but by U15 frankly the talent has been picked clean and that is accounting for a very diluted "Elite" soccer landscape in NOVA.

7 "Elite" teams offering 140 spots per age group already. The talent drop off is significant after ECNL and GA in our area. ECNL-R will not be any proving ground or pathway into ECNL in our region.

Not Villarreal. You could swap the top 4-5 RL for any in the bottom 15-16 (of 20) and there is no difference. Also, reverse it and put one of the bottom 15-16 in an RL game and they wouldn’t change the game and probably wouldn’t even stand out. You don’t know what you don’t know.

The highest ranked ECNL-R 07 team in VA is Beach FC.

This was their results from last falls WAGS
11 Oct 20 MARYLAND UNITED FC ECNL 0 - 3 33.71
10 Oct 20 BALTIMORE ARMOUR ACADEMY GA 1 - 2 33.73
10 Oct 20 BALTIMORE CELTIC SC GA 0 - 1 33.61

They scored one goal against a GA team and lost to two GA and one ECNL teams.

They were close to GA but a 3 goal differential against their lone ECNL opponent doe not lead one to believe that the difference is just 3-4 players. And as a top ECNL-R team, while competitive they still lost to mid table GA teams.

You don't know what you don't know.

And Beach FC is significant because they do not have the player pool dilution and are pretty far away to lose their best players to Richmond ECNL. Beach has a pretty large and isolated player pool, unlike NOVA.

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Anonymous wrote:Ecnl-r > GAL

GA is not as good as ECNL but stop with this silliness of ECNL-R being a top league in any way shape or form. As ECNL and GA both continue to expand it is simply a race to the bottom.

I disagree. The mid Atlantic ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL mid Atlantic.

Well arlington was average to above average in GA but you think their 2nd team would do well in Ga? Does not make sense unless you think there is little difference between their teams?

No. I think ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL. Nothing about 2nd teams

You people are missing the point of ECNL-r. It doesn’t matter which league has better teams. They serve different purposes. ECNL and GAL are national leagues for players interested in getting maximum college exposure, showcases, etc. ECNL-r players are generally done playing after high school. Just because a player is in ECNL-R doesn’t mean they are inferior. Just that they are not likely to play in college.

I’m just saying that the GAL clubs are weak and on the same level as ECNL-R clubs. GAL may be a national league but everyone knows how weak most of the clubs are in GAL. The local ECNL-R clubs are just as good or better than most GAL clubs. Top ECNL-R girls will be recruited at the same level as GAL players. Don’t be naive to thinking this is a pathway to ECNL for FCV, which frankly these days is a glorified CCL club looking for a way to transition to Springfield

This is a pathway. Jealousy is unbecoming.

LOL ECNLr is for the second teams. It is not a pathway to anything. You really think ECNL will spend any time or resources pushing ECNLr to colleges?I got a bridge to sell you. ECNL’s path way in ECNL. GA will be better vs ECNLr any day of the week for anyone interested in college.

One jealous mom.

Seriously, what is there to be jealous of? Making a ECNL clubs B team or some small clubs A team? Are we all supposed to be jealous of ECNL’s B league?

It’s delicious to troll Soccer Mom A who thinks Dear Child is untouchable and that any league other than the one Dear Child plays is total garbage. You are insignificant. I think we’re done here.

BUH-bye!

As long as you understand that nobody is jealous of ECNL-R. You can beat your chest all you want but coming in here and trying to convince people that ECNL-R is the same as ECNL and somehow superior to other leagues is being ignorant.

It is ECNL’s B team league. That is just fact, it isn’t an insult it is just what ECNL intends it to be. So, it is a mix of ECNL B teams and non-ECNL club A teams.

Outside of a few players on each ECNL team, the talent in ECNL-RL is the same. 80% of the kids in ECNL are there because their parents grovel.

Ok, so you are a Villarreal parent who's kid didn't make a ECNL squad, presumably because you didn't grovel.

If FCV takes over do you honestly believe that improves your kids chances?

And as far as ECNL-R players being the same as ECNL I guess you don't know what you don't know. The top 3-4 ECNL-R players could be swapped for the bottom 3-4 players on a ECNL or GA roster. There may be a few kids who are very talented that had no interest in leaving their team to play on a ECNL team but by U15 frankly the talent has been picked clean and that is accounting for a very diluted "Elite" soccer landscape in NOVA.

7 "Elite" teams offering 140 spots per age group already. The talent drop off is significant after ECNL and GA in our area. ECNL-R will not be any proving ground or pathway into ECNL in our region.

Not Villarreal. You could swap the top 4-5 RL for any in the bottom 15-16 (of 20) and there is no difference. Also, reverse it and put one of the bottom 15-16 in an RL game and they wouldn’t change the game and probably wouldn’t even stand out. You don’t know what you don’t know.

Are you saying that above (bolded) within the RL team, or from the RL team to an ECNL team? The former I can believe, but the latter is laughable.

No idea what you are asking.

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GA is not as good as ECNL but stop with this silliness of ECNL-R being a top league in any way shape or form. As ECNL and GA both continue to expand it is simply a race to the bottom.

I disagree. The mid Atlantic ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL mid Atlantic.

Well arlington was average to above average in GA but you think their 2nd team would do well in Ga? Does not make sense unless you think there is little difference between their teams?

No. I think ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL. Nothing about 2nd teams

You people are missing the point of ECNL-r. It doesn’t matter which league has better teams. They serve different purposes. ECNL and GAL are national leagues for players interested in getting maximum college exposure, showcases, etc. ECNL-r players are generally done playing after high school. Just because a player is in ECNL-R doesn’t mean they are inferior. Just that they are not likely to play in college.

I’m just saying that the GAL clubs are weak and on the same level as ECNL-R clubs. GAL may be a national league but everyone knows how weak most of the clubs are in GAL. The local ECNL-R clubs are just as good or better than most GAL clubs. Top ECNL-R girls will be recruited at the same level as GAL players. Don’t be naive to thinking this is a pathway to ECNL for FCV, which frankly these days is a glorified CCL club looking for a way to transition to Springfield

This is a pathway. Jealousy is unbecoming.

LOL ECNLr is for the second teams. It is not a pathway to anything. You really think ECNL will spend any time or resources pushing ECNLr to colleges?I got a bridge to sell you. ECNL’s path way in ECNL. GA will be better vs ECNLr any day of the week for anyone interested in college.

One jealous mom.

Seriously, what is there to be jealous of? Making a ECNL clubs B team or some small clubs A team? Are we all supposed to be jealous of ECNL’s B league?

It’s delicious to troll Soccer Mom A who thinks Dear Child is untouchable and that any league other than the one Dear Child plays is total garbage. You are insignificant. I think we’re done here.

BUH-bye!

As long as you understand that nobody is jealous of ECNL-R. You can beat your chest all you want but coming in here and trying to convince people that ECNL-R is the same as ECNL and somehow superior to other leagues is being ignorant.

It is ECNL’s B team league. That is just fact, it isn’t an insult it is just what ECNL intends it to be. So, it is a mix of ECNL B teams and non-ECNL club A teams.

Outside of a few players on each ECNL team, the talent in ECNL-RL is the same. 80% of the kids in ECNL are there because their parents grovel.

Ok, so you are a Villarreal parent who's kid didn't make a ECNL squad, presumably because you didn't grovel.

If FCV takes over do you honestly believe that improves your kids chances?

And as far as ECNL-R players being the same as ECNL I guess you don't know what you don't know. The top 3-4 ECNL-R players could be swapped for the bottom 3-4 players on a ECNL or GA roster. There may be a few kids who are very talented that had no interest in leaving their team to play on a ECNL team but by U15 frankly the talent has been picked clean and that is accounting for a very diluted "Elite" soccer landscape in NOVA.

7 "Elite" teams offering 140 spots per age group already. The talent drop off is significant after ECNL and GA in our area. ECNL-R will not be any proving ground or pathway into ECNL in our region.

Not Villarreal. You could swap the top 4-5 RL for any in the bottom 15-16 (of 20) and there is no difference. Also, reverse it and put one of the bottom 15-16 in an RL game and they wouldn’t change the game and probably wouldn’t even stand out. You don’t know what you don’t know.

Are you saying that above (bolded) within the RL team, or from the RL team to an ECNL team? The former I can believe, but the latter is laughable.

No idea what you are asking.

What they are saying is perhaps the top 4-5 players could be swapped with the bottom 4-5 players at ECNL without noticing but you could not take 14-15 ECNL-R players, meaning starters plus 3-4 subs, and swap them with ECNL players without noticing.

The difference between a ECNL roster is greater than just the top 3-4 top ECNL players. The difference is 14 ECNL players are all better than the top ECNL-R players. Players 15-18 are absolutely debatable.

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Anonymous wrote:Ecnl-r > GAL

GA is not as good as ECNL but stop with this silliness of ECNL-R being a top league in any way shape or form. As ECNL and GA both continue to expand it is simply a race to the bottom.

I disagree. The mid Atlantic ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL mid Atlantic.

Well arlington was average to above average in GA but you think their 2nd team would do well in Ga? Does not make sense unless you think there is little difference between their teams?

No. I think ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL. Nothing about 2nd teams

You people are missing the point of ECNL-r. It doesn’t matter which league has better teams. They serve different purposes. ECNL and GAL are national leagues for players interested in getting maximum college exposure, showcases, etc. ECNL-r players are generally done playing after high school. Just because a player is in ECNL-R doesn’t mean they are inferior. Just that they are not likely to play in college.

I’m just saying that the GAL clubs are weak and on the same level as ECNL-R clubs. GAL may be a national league but everyone knows how weak most of the clubs are in GAL. The local ECNL-R clubs are just as good or better than most GAL clubs. Top ECNL-R girls will be recruited at the same level as GAL players. Don’t be naive to thinking this is a pathway to ECNL for FCV, which frankly these days is a glorified CCL club looking for a way to transition to Springfield

This is a pathway. Jealousy is unbecoming.

LOL ECNLr is for the second teams. It is not a pathway to anything. You really think ECNL will spend any time or resources pushing ECNLr to colleges?I got a bridge to sell you. ECNL’s path way in ECNL. GA will be better vs ECNLr any day of the week for anyone interested in college.

One jealous mom.

Seriously, what is there to be jealous of? Making a ECNL clubs B team or some small clubs A team? Are we all supposed to be jealous of ECNL’s B league?

It’s delicious to troll Soccer Mom A who thinks Dear Child is untouchable and that any league other than the one Dear Child plays is total garbage. You are insignificant. I think we’re done here.

BUH-bye!

As long as you understand that nobody is jealous of ECNL-R. You can beat your chest all you want but coming in here and trying to convince people that ECNL-R is the same as ECNL and somehow superior to other leagues is being ignorant.

It is ECNL’s B team league. That is just fact, it isn’t an insult it is just what ECNL intends it to be. So, it is a mix of ECNL B teams and non-ECNL club A teams.

Outside of a few players on each ECNL team, the talent in ECNL-RL is the same. 80% of the kids in ECNL are there because their parents grovel.

Ok, so you are a Villarreal parent who's kid didn't make a ECNL squad, presumably because you didn't grovel.

If FCV takes over do you honestly believe that improves your kids chances?

And as far as ECNL-R players being the same as ECNL I guess you don't know what you don't know. The top 3-4 ECNL-R players could be swapped for the bottom 3-4 players on a ECNL or GA roster. There may be a few kids who are very talented that had no interest in leaving their team to play on a ECNL team but by U15 frankly the talent has been picked clean and that is accounting for a very diluted "Elite" soccer landscape in NOVA.

7 "Elite" teams offering 140 spots per age group already. The talent drop off is significant after ECNL and GA in our area. ECNL-R will not be any proving ground or pathway into ECNL in our region.

Not Villarreal. You could swap the top 4-5 RL for any in the bottom 15-16 (of 20) and there is no difference. Also, reverse it and put one of the bottom 15-16 in an RL game and they wouldn’t change the game and probably wouldn’t even stand out. You don’t know what you don’t know.

The highest ranked ECNL-R 07 team in VA is Beach FC.

This was their results from last falls WAGS
11 Oct 20 MARYLAND UNITED FC ECNL 0 - 3 33.71
10 Oct 20 BALTIMORE ARMOUR ACADEMY GA 1 - 2 33.73
10 Oct 20 BALTIMORE CELTIC SC GA 0 - 1 33.61

They scored one goal against a GA team and lost to two GA and one ECNL teams.

They were close to GA but a 3 goal differential against their lone ECNL opponent doe not lead one to believe that the difference is just 3-4 players. And as a top ECNL-R team, while competitive they still lost to mid table GA teams.

You don't know what you don't know.

And Beach FC is significant because they do not have the player pool dilution and are pretty far away to lose their best players to Richmond ECNL. Beach has a pretty large and isolated player pool, unlike NOVA.

Yeah, in this area, the difference is 4-5 players. You’ll see when 4-5 players go to play at good college programs and the other 15 are looking at the Randolph Macons and other D-III schools, same as the non-ECNL players.

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Anonymous wrote:Ecnl-r > GAL

GA is not as good as ECNL but stop with this silliness of ECNL-R being a top league in any way shape or form. As ECNL and GA both continue to expand it is simply a race to the bottom.

I disagree. The mid Atlantic ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL mid Atlantic.

Well arlington was average to above average in GA but you think their 2nd team would do well in Ga? Does not make sense unless you think there is little difference between their teams?

No. I think ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL. Nothing about 2nd teams

You people are missing the point of ECNL-r. It doesn’t matter which league has better teams. They serve different purposes. ECNL and GAL are national leagues for players interested in getting maximum college exposure, showcases, etc. ECNL-r players are generally done playing after high school. Just because a player is in ECNL-R doesn’t mean they are inferior. Just that they are not likely to play in college.

I’m just saying that the GAL clubs are weak and on the same level as ECNL-R clubs. GAL may be a national league but everyone knows how weak most of the clubs are in GAL. The local ECNL-R clubs are just as good or better than most GAL clubs. Top ECNL-R girls will be recruited at the same level as GAL players. Don’t be naive to thinking this is a pathway to ECNL for FCV, which frankly these days is a glorified CCL club looking for a way to transition to Springfield

This is a pathway. Jealousy is unbecoming.

LOL ECNLr is for the second teams. It is not a pathway to anything. You really think ECNL will spend any time or resources pushing ECNLr to colleges?I got a bridge to sell you. ECNL’s path way in ECNL. GA will be better vs ECNLr any day of the week for anyone interested in college.

One jealous mom.

Seriously, what is there to be jealous of? Making a ECNL clubs B team or some small clubs A team? Are we all supposed to be jealous of ECNL’s B league?

It’s delicious to troll Soccer Mom A who thinks Dear Child is untouchable and that any league other than the one Dear Child plays is total garbage. You are insignificant. I think we’re done here.

BUH-bye!

As long as you understand that nobody is jealous of ECNL-R. You can beat your chest all you want but coming in here and trying to convince people that ECNL-R is the same as ECNL and somehow superior to other leagues is being ignorant.

It is ECNL’s B team league. That is just fact, it isn’t an insult it is just what ECNL intends it to be. So, it is a mix of ECNL B teams and non-ECNL club A teams.

Outside of a few players on each ECNL team, the talent in ECNL-RL is the same. 80% of the kids in ECNL are there because their parents grovel.

Ok, so you are a Villarreal parent who's kid didn't make a ECNL squad, presumably because you didn't grovel.

If FCV takes over do you honestly believe that improves your kids chances?

And as far as ECNL-R players being the same as ECNL I guess you don't know what you don't know. The top 3-4 ECNL-R players could be swapped for the bottom 3-4 players on a ECNL or GA roster. There may be a few kids who are very talented that had no interest in leaving their team to play on a ECNL team but by U15 frankly the talent has been picked clean and that is accounting for a very diluted "Elite" soccer landscape in NOVA.

7 "Elite" teams offering 140 spots per age group already. The talent drop off is significant after ECNL and GA in our area. ECNL-R will not be any proving ground or pathway into ECNL in our region.

Not Villarreal. You could swap the top 4-5 RL for any in the bottom 15-16 (of 20) and there is no difference. Also, reverse it and put one of the bottom 15-16 in an RL game and they wouldn’t change the game and probably wouldn’t even stand out. You don’t know what you don’t know.

The highest ranked ECNL-R 07 team in VA is Beach FC.

This was their results from last falls WAGS
11 Oct 20 MARYLAND UNITED FC ECNL 0 - 3 33.71
10 Oct 20 BALTIMORE ARMOUR ACADEMY GA 1 - 2 33.73
10 Oct 20 BALTIMORE CELTIC SC GA 0 - 1 33.61

They scored one goal against a GA team and lost to two GA and one ECNL teams.

They were close to GA but a 3 goal differential against their lone ECNL opponent doe not lead one to believe that the difference is just 3-4 players. And as a top ECNL-R team, while competitive they still lost to mid table GA teams.

You don't know what you don't know.

And Beach FC is significant because they do not have the player pool dilution and are pretty far away to lose their best players to Richmond ECNL. Beach has a pretty large and isolated player pool, unlike NOVA.

Yeah, in this area, the difference is 4-5 players. You’ll see when 4-5 players go to play at good college programs and the other 15 are looking at the Randolph Macons and other D-III schools, same as the non-ECNL players.

After a 0-3 loss to MD United ECNL you still think the difference between the two teams is 3-4 players?

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Anonymous wrote:Ecnl-r > GAL

GA is not as good as ECNL but stop with this silliness of ECNL-R being a top league in any way shape or form. As ECNL and GA both continue to expand it is simply a race to the bottom.

I disagree. The mid Atlantic ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL mid Atlantic.

Well arlington was average to above average in GA but you think their 2nd team would do well in Ga? Does not make sense unless you think there is little difference between their teams?

No. I think ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL. Nothing about 2nd teams

You people are missing the point of ECNL-r. It doesn’t matter which league has better teams. They serve different purposes. ECNL and GAL are national leagues for players interested in getting maximum college exposure, showcases, etc. ECNL-r players are generally done playing after high school. Just because a player is in ECNL-R doesn’t mean they are inferior. Just that they are not likely to play in college.

I’m just saying that the GAL clubs are weak and on the same level as ECNL-R clubs. GAL may be a national league but everyone knows how weak most of the clubs are in GAL. The local ECNL-R clubs are just as good or better than most GAL clubs. Top ECNL-R girls will be recruited at the same level as GAL players. Don’t be naive to thinking this is a pathway to ECNL for FCV, which frankly these days is a glorified CCL club looking for a way to transition to Springfield

This is a pathway. Jealousy is unbecoming.

LOL ECNLr is for the second teams. It is not a pathway to anything. You really think ECNL will spend any time or resources pushing ECNLr to colleges?I got a bridge to sell you. ECNL’s path way in ECNL. GA will be better vs ECNLr any day of the week for anyone interested in college.

One jealous mom.

Seriously, what is there to be jealous of? Making a ECNL clubs B team or some small clubs A team? Are we all supposed to be jealous of ECNL’s B league?

It’s delicious to troll Soccer Mom A who thinks Dear Child is untouchable and that any league other than the one Dear Child plays is total garbage. You are insignificant. I think we’re done here.

BUH-bye!

As long as you understand that nobody is jealous of ECNL-R. You can beat your chest all you want but coming in here and trying to convince people that ECNL-R is the same as ECNL and somehow superior to other leagues is being ignorant.

It is ECNL’s B team league. That is just fact, it isn’t an insult it is just what ECNL intends it to be. So, it is a mix of ECNL B teams and non-ECNL club A teams.

Outside of a few players on each ECNL team, the talent in ECNL-RL is the same. 80% of the kids in ECNL are there because their parents grovel.

Ok, so you are a Villarreal parent who's kid didn't make a ECNL squad, presumably because you didn't grovel.

If FCV takes over do you honestly believe that improves your kids chances?

And as far as ECNL-R players being the same as ECNL I guess you don't know what you don't know. The top 3-4 ECNL-R players could be swapped for the bottom 3-4 players on a ECNL or GA roster. There may be a few kids who are very talented that had no interest in leaving their team to play on a ECNL team but by U15 frankly the talent has been picked clean and that is accounting for a very diluted "Elite" soccer landscape in NOVA.

7 "Elite" teams offering 140 spots per age group already. The talent drop off is significant after ECNL and GA in our area. ECNL-R will not be any proving ground or pathway into ECNL in our region.

Not Villarreal. You could swap the top 4-5 RL for any in the bottom 15-16 (of 20) and there is no difference. Also, reverse it and put one of the bottom 15-16 in an RL game and they wouldn’t change the game and probably wouldn’t even stand out. You don’t know what you don’t know.

The highest ranked ECNL-R 07 team in VA is Beach FC.

This was their results from last falls WAGS
11 Oct 20 MARYLAND UNITED FC ECNL 0 - 3 33.71
10 Oct 20 BALTIMORE ARMOUR ACADEMY GA 1 - 2 33.73
10 Oct 20 BALTIMORE CELTIC SC GA 0 - 1 33.61

They scored one goal against a GA team and lost to two GA and one ECNL teams.

They were close to GA but a 3 goal differential against their lone ECNL opponent doe not lead one to believe that the difference is just 3-4 players. And as a top ECNL-R team, while competitive they still lost to mid table GA teams.

You don't know what you don't know.

And Beach FC is significant because they do not have the player pool dilution and are pretty far away to lose their best players to Richmond ECNL. Beach has a pretty large and isolated player pool, unlike NOVA.

Yeah, in this area, the difference is 4-5 players. You’ll see when 4-5 players go to play at good college programs and the other 15 are looking at the Randolph Macons and other D-III schools, same as the non-ECNL players.

After a 0-3 loss to MD United ECNL you still think the difference between the two teams is 3-4 players?

You want an opinion simply based on a score? Have you watched soccer a long time? 3-0 games can be the equivalent of a 7-0 or a game where sides are even or the losing side was better.

Was it 3-0 in the first half and MD United backed off? Did MD United dominate the ball all game and not do enough with their chances? Or were the chances the same and only a couple late goals when losing team pushed forward flatter the score? I've seen teams win and lose 3-0 in games then were the worst team or dominated.

But as a general rule, I'd say that if you could sub your worst 3-4 players with 3-4 players that are your best players then you'd have a pretty good chances of winning a game or being competitive in games you competitive in and lost.

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Getting this back to topic ...

Can anyone at Villarreal or FCV offer insight in how this merger is going this fall? Does Villarreal plan to roster or guest play up to five girls per week? Are FCV providing players for Villarreal to field teams in ECNL-r at some levels? Or is the impact of the merger minimal.

First games this weekend.