MLSNext vs. ECNL

[Anonymous]

From MLSNext. It’s U17 only, but the numbers make a compelling case that ECNL’s best days are over.

MLS NEXT REPRESENTATION AT THE 2025 - UI7 CONCACAF QUALIFIERS:

96 DIFFERENT MLS NEXT PLAYERS WERE CALLED UP TO THE TOURNAMENT’S ROSTERS.


- 82% OF ALL DOMESTIC PLAYERS (U.S. AND CANADA) ARE FROM MLS NEXT CLUBS.

- 43 DIFFERENT MLS NEXT CLUBS HAVE PLAYERS 
COMPETING IN THE QUALIFIERS; 22 MLS ACADEMIES AND 21 ELITE ACADEMIES.


- 100% OF THE U.S. YOUTH NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER HAS PLAYED MLS NEXT.


- 19 OF THE 35 INTERNATIONAL TEAMS HAVE AN MLS NEXT PLAYER ON IT.

[Anonymous]

MLSN has always been > ECNL

This isn't surprising, or new.

[Anonymous]

In other breaking news of the unknown till now

Jaws was a shark

[Anonymous]

SYC 0 VDA 11

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From MLSNext. It’s U17 only, but the numbers make a compelling case that ECNL’s best days are over.

MLS NEXT REPRESENTATION AT THE 2025 - UI7 CONCACAF QUALIFIERS:

96 DIFFERENT MLS NEXT PLAYERS WERE CALLED UP TO THE TOURNAMENT’S ROSTERS.


- 82% OF ALL DOMESTIC PLAYERS (U.S. AND CANADA) ARE FROM MLS NEXT CLUBS.

- 43 DIFFERENT MLS NEXT CLUBS HAVE PLAYERS 
COMPETING IN THE QUALIFIERS; 22 MLS ACADEMIES AND 21 ELITE ACADEMIES.


- 100% OF THE U.S. YOUTH NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER HAS PLAYED MLS NEXT.


- 19 OF THE 35 INTERNATIONAL TEAMS HAVE AN MLS NEXT PLAYER ON IT.

They’re playing for MLS academies. You’re not them.

[Anonymous]

How many non academy players. No one is saying mls next academy teams are equal. They are saying non academy teams and Ecnl teams are similar. You need to move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From MLSNext. It’s U17 only, but the numbers make a compelling case that ECNL’s best days are over.

MLS NEXT REPRESENTATION AT THE 2025 - UI7 CONCACAF QUALIFIERS:

96 DIFFERENT MLS NEXT PLAYERS WERE CALLED UP TO THE TOURNAMENT’S ROSTERS.


- 82% OF ALL DOMESTIC PLAYERS (U.S. AND CANADA) ARE FROM MLS NEXT CLUBS.

- 43 DIFFERENT MLS NEXT CLUBS HAVE PLAYERS 
COMPETING IN THE QUALIFIERS; 22 MLS ACADEMIES AND 21 ELITE ACADEMIES.


- 100% OF THE U.S. YOUTH NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER HAS PLAYED MLS NEXT.


- 19 OF THE 35 INTERNATIONAL TEAMS HAVE AN MLS NEXT PLAYER ON IT.

They’re playing for MLS academies. You’re not them.

It’s clear the pipeline is there. ECNL cannot say the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From MLSNext. It’s U17 only, but the numbers make a compelling case that ECNL’s best days are over.

MLS NEXT REPRESENTATION AT THE 2025 - UI7 CONCACAF QUALIFIERS:

96 DIFFERENT MLS NEXT PLAYERS WERE CALLED UP TO THE TOURNAMENT’S ROSTERS.


- 82% OF ALL DOMESTIC PLAYERS (U.S. AND CANADA) ARE FROM MLS NEXT CLUBS.

- 43 DIFFERENT MLS NEXT CLUBS HAVE PLAYERS 
COMPETING IN THE QUALIFIERS; 22 MLS ACADEMIES AND 21 ELITE ACADEMIES.


- 100% OF THE U.S. YOUTH NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER HAS PLAYED MLS NEXT.


- 19 OF THE 35 INTERNATIONAL TEAMS HAVE AN MLS NEXT PLAYER ON IT.

They’re playing for MLS academies. You’re not them.

It’s clear the pipeline is there. ECNL cannot say the same.

Who is saying they are the same?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From MLSNext. It’s U17 only, but the numbers make a compelling case that ECNL’s best days are over.

MLS NEXT REPRESENTATION AT THE 2025 - UI7 CONCACAF QUALIFIERS:

96 DIFFERENT MLS NEXT PLAYERS WERE CALLED UP TO THE TOURNAMENT’S ROSTERS.


- 82% OF ALL DOMESTIC PLAYERS (U.S. AND CANADA) ARE FROM MLS NEXT CLUBS.

- 43 DIFFERENT MLS NEXT CLUBS HAVE PLAYERS 
COMPETING IN THE QUALIFIERS; 22 MLS ACADEMIES AND 21 ELITE ACADEMIES.


- 100% OF THE U.S. YOUTH NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER HAS PLAYED MLS NEXT.


- 19 OF THE 35 INTERNATIONAL TEAMS HAVE AN MLS NEXT PLAYER ON IT.

They’re playing for MLS academies. You’re not them.

It’s clear the pipeline is there. ECNL cannot say the same.

An Academy is going to take a kid from ECNL just as quickly as a kid from a nonAcademy MLSNext team. The MLS kids get a longer season and the chance to play some better teams, but honestly no better pipeline, dumbest fight ever. U16 MLSNext nonAcademy Dad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SYC 0 VDA 11

I watched the extended highlights on youtube of this game... there were a lot of good goals by VDA.
VDA s ranked #10 in the country for the 2008 age group and SYC MLS Next is ranked #88 in the country.

A lot of the VDA players were bigger in the video and just overmatched the SYC players. And I have to wonder if SYC was trying out some younger players in that match? Not sure.

It would be great if they somehow faced off one more time before that age group graduates and the kids go their separate ways.

[Anonymous]

And still the USMNT will be an average side at best with mostly dual nationals who grew up in Europe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From MLSNext. It’s U17 only, but the numbers make a compelling case that ECNL’s best days are over.

MLS NEXT REPRESENTATION AT THE 2025 - UI7 CONCACAF QUALIFIERS:

96 DIFFERENT MLS NEXT PLAYERS WERE CALLED UP TO THE TOURNAMENT’S ROSTERS.


- 82% OF ALL DOMESTIC PLAYERS (U.S. AND CANADA) ARE FROM MLS NEXT CLUBS.

- 43 DIFFERENT MLS NEXT CLUBS HAVE PLAYERS 
COMPETING IN THE QUALIFIERS; 22 MLS ACADEMIES AND 21 ELITE ACADEMIES.


- 100% OF THE U.S. YOUTH NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER HAS PLAYED MLS NEXT.


- 19 OF THE 35 INTERNATIONAL TEAMS HAVE AN MLS NEXT PLAYER ON IT.

They’re playing for MLS academies. You’re not them.

Don’t move the goalpost. ECNL dad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SYC 0 VDA 11

I watched the extended highlights on youtube of this game... there were a lot of good goals by VDA.
VDA s ranked #10 in the country for the 2008 age group and SYC MLS Next is ranked #88 in the country.

A lot of the VDA players were bigger in the video and just overmatched the SYC players. And I have to wonder if SYC was trying out some younger players in that match? Not sure.

It would be great if they somehow faced off one more time before that age group graduates and the kids go their separate ways.

don't forget 2010 syc still sucks, rolled over by Armour

[Anonymous]

ENCL parent of a boy, happy to have the MLS providing a path for the best kids. It's ok for there to be multiple tiers!

All of these changes are pretty recent, from DA to MLSN, and even the ENCL itself is hardly ancient.

Hopefully ENCL figures out a competitive offering - whatever that might look like - more of a tie up with USL for example; or they'll die as a top tier league on the boys side.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ENCL parent of a boy, happy to have the MLS providing a path for the best kids. It's ok for there to be multiple tiers!

All of these changes are pretty recent, from DA to MLSN, and even the ENCL itself is hardly ancient.

Hopefully ENCL figures out a competitive offering - whatever that might look like - more of a tie up with USL for example; or they'll die as a top tier league on the boys side.

There's only one top tier league
Several top tier teams