ECNL moving to school year not calendar

[Anonymous]

So you think MLSN will switch to SY too? (Just clarifying that that is separate from Academies.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So you think MLSN will switch to SY too? (Just clarifying that that is separate from Academies.)

The academies will embrace it too, especially if they can make money off of transfer fees to the premier league.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our club is switching from ECNL to GA and they had a town hall a few weeks ago. The commissioner of GA was there and said as of right now they do not plan to switch to SY.

No S….thats why they haven’t had an announcement… there is nothing to announce.

ECNL has not announced anything either but they are switching to 9/1

ECNL is a league that plays for a national member org (USCS) that has already announced the change. All ECNL can announce is its transition plan for 26/27. SY/BY was never in its direct control.

GA is a league AND a national member org. At this point BY/SY is entirely in its control. And GA sanctions DPL now (used to both be USSSA), so the sub-leagues are equivalent to ECNL. No announcement is the announcement for GA.

Hopefully the "transition plan" is not an ECNL-only announcement - and it's a joint USYS/USCS announcement in the next few weeks. If everyone has the same "guidance" from those two national orgs, things would be a lot smoother next year.

[Anonymous]

If you stay BY and play high school ball you will have 5/12 of your players being trapped. Thats a death blow for a league

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you stay BY and play high school ball you will have 5/12 of your players being trapped. Thats a death blow for a league

I think people are taking for granted how much kids like to play for their high schools and in front of their communities, it is a big part of the American experience and sport culture we have built here.

[Anonymous]

Way more joy than a showcase game in Phoenix. Both are necessary for full human development, soccer should have little to do with it

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:ECNL deal with USSF is they will not make any changes until their new league policy changes are released in July. But ECNL is working on rules in place for Q3/4 to play down next season. No wasted year if that’s how you look at it. Players will not be required to play down.

ECNL has to wait until everyone’s tryout window time is over.

Be ready it’s coming.

BY advocates will be going into meltdown mode then. They thought they had one more year.

You’re an idiot. Why do you keep the “us vs them” thing going? The kids are all on the same teams and you’re not on it…your kid is. Are you so vicariously resentful of other kids success that you blame your kid for the birth month 9 months after you conceived? Get a grip.

the salt is real

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pro BY here, but the u6-u12 leagues going SY makes it difficult for clubs to manage both. At U13 it will be a nightmare to manage player movement and teams under two systems. The writing seems to be on the wall for all but MLS Academies to be SY in 2026

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[Anonymous]

Kids can still play for their high school for GA with BY? Yes the team dynamic would mean they wouldn’t all be in high school at the same time for one year. Idc what GA does but all I’ve heard is they are working with MLSN and both are wanting to stay BY and will come up with alternative paths for player development.

So not just strict BY teams.

[Anonymous]

How about this. No one knows what MLSN and GA are doing about SY vs BY. So let’s stop speculating. Unless our goal is to to get 1000 before GA announces in May

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ECNL deal with USSF is they will not make any changes until their new league policy changes are released in July. But ECNL is working on rules in place for Q3/4 to play down next season. No wasted year if that’s how you look at it. Players will not be required to play down.

ECNL has to wait until everyone’s tryout window time is over.

Be ready it’s coming.

I hope this is a real thing! Let’s go! Get it implemented now in what ever way, no need to drag it out

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about this. No one knows what MLSN and GA are doing about SY vs BY. So let’s stop speculating. Unless our goal is to to get 1000 before GA announces in May

That's really the only goal here - 1000. Also, you're speculating that GA will announce anything in May.

One more closer to 1000!

[Anonymous]

Do we know what NAL is doing? (BY or SY)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do we know what NAL is doing? (BY or SY)

SY

[Anonymous]

MLSN2 and GA will bring in a late developer waiver. Sounds like it will start next year. They are still ironing out the details but it sounds like it will be similar to biobanding but will favor later month born players. Also how many each team can use.