MLS Next vs ECNL vs GA

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What's the likelihood of playing D1 soccer if you do not participate on ECNL or MLS Next team?

For boys? It’s slim to none if you are playing ECNL, MLS Next (non MLS academy) or elsewhere. Some MLS Next Academy players will, but realize that with intl players and the loosened transfer rules, there is extremely low demand for unproven (at the college level) 18 year olds.

So not true. Bethesda has kids from their 2nd team who go on to play D1 soccer. And at least half of their first team not only plays D1 but high D1.

Can you post a link showing who from Bethesda is going D1 from their current U19s?

[Anonymous]

SoccerRef wrote:

clt-dad wrote:

Now a club might not want to chase getting into MLS-Next that because its not profitable to have one highly selective boys team in a handful of age groups vs. boys and girls, national and regional, and all of the years experience ENCL brings to table.

MLS Next now has two tiers.
They just started the National Academy league, so most of the big clubs will now have two highly selective teams.

What does NAL have to do with MLS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

SoccerRef wrote:

clt-dad wrote:

Now a club might not want to chase getting into MLS-Next that because its not profitable to have one highly selective boys team in a handful of age groups vs. boys and girls, national and regional, and all of the years experience ENCL brings to table.

MLS Next now has two tiers.
They just started the National Academy league, so most of the big clubs will now have two highly selective teams.

What does NAL have to do with MLS?

Clubs that have MLS Next sometimes have 2nd teams that compete in NAL.

I guess it's their equivalent of ECNL-RL?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

SoccerRef wrote:

clt-dad wrote:

Now a club might not want to chase getting into MLS-Next that because its not profitable to have one highly selective boys team in a handful of age groups vs. boys and girls, national and regional, and all of the years experience ENCL brings to table.

MLS Next now has two tiers.
They just started the National Academy league, so most of the big clubs will now have two highly selective teams.

What does NAL have to do with MLS?

Clubs that have MLS Next sometimes have 2nd teams that compete in NAL.

I guess it's their equivalent of ECNL-RL?

I see some teams "market" them as MLS Next II

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the likelihood of playing D1 soccer if you do not participate on ECNL or MLS Next team?

For boys? It’s slim to none if you are playing ECNL, MLS Next (non MLS academy) or elsewhere. Some MLS Next Academy players will, but realize that with intl players and the loosened transfer rules, there is extremely low demand for unproven (at the college level) 18 year olds.

So not true. Bethesda has kids from their 2nd team who go on to play D1 soccer. And at least half of their first team not only plays D1 but high D1.

Between the International Players and MLS Club Academy players currently dominating college rosters, it would be rather an impressive accomplishment for half a BSC 2nd team to make D1 college.

Where is this list of players? They should be applauded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

SoccerRef wrote:

clt-dad wrote:

Now a club might not want to chase getting into MLS-Next that because its not profitable to have one highly selective boys team in a handful of age groups vs. boys and girls, national and regional, and all of the years experience ENCL brings to table.

MLS Next now has two tiers.
They just started the National Academy league, so most of the big clubs will now have two highly selective teams.

What does NAL have to do with MLS?

Clubs that have MLS Next sometimes have 2nd teams that compete in NAL.

I guess it's their equivalent of ECNL-RL?

I see some teams "market" them as MLS Next II

Sounds like a court case in the making with MLS issuing a cease and desist order.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

SoccerRef wrote:

clt-dad wrote:

Now a club might not want to chase getting into MLS-Next that because its not profitable to have one highly selective boys team in a handful of age groups vs. boys and girls, national and regional, and all of the years experience ENCL brings to table.

MLS Next now has two tiers.
They just started the National Academy league, so most of the big clubs will now have two highly selective teams.

What does NAL have to do with MLS?

Clubs that have MLS Next sometimes have 2nd teams that compete in NAL.

I guess it's their equivalent of ECNL-RL?

This alphabet scrabble rebranding with same bad quality, same bad coaches, same level players is silly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the likelihood of playing D1 soccer if you do not participate on ECNL or MLS Next team?

For boys? It’s slim to none if you are playing ECNL, MLS Next (non MLS academy) or elsewhere. Some MLS Next Academy players will, but realize that with intl players and the loosened transfer rules, there is extremely low demand for unproven (at the college level) 18 year olds.

That is wrong. The majority of players on my son's ECNL team who wanted to play D1 in college got spots on D1 teams. Same for friends whose kids play MLS Next.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the likelihood of playing D1 soccer if you do not participate on ECNL or MLS Next team?

For boys? It’s slim to none if you are playing ECNL, MLS Next (non MLS academy) or elsewhere. Some MLS Next Academy players will, but realize that with intl players and the loosened transfer rules, there is extremely low demand for unproven (at the college level) 18 year olds.

That is wrong. The majority of players on my son's ECNL team who wanted to play D1 in college got spots on D1 teams. Same for friends whose kids play MLS Next.

These are impressive 'stats'

Goes against the popular narrative about international players and mls academy players taking up majority of roster spots in top D1 programs.
(granted, when you look at the rosters of the top 25 D1 rosters, there is indeed a heavy representation of international and mls club)

[Anonymous]

College scouting and recruiting priorities:

1 International Transfers
2 MLS Club Academy
3 MLS Next

4 The Rest

Facts

[Anonymous]

* for Boys of course

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the likelihood of playing D1 soccer if you do not participate on ECNL or MLS Next team?

For boys? It’s slim to none if you are playing ECNL, MLS Next (non MLS academy) or elsewhere. Some MLS Next Academy players will, but realize that with intl players and the loosened transfer rules, there is extremely low demand for unproven (at the college level) 18 year olds.

That is wrong. The majority of players on my son's ECNL team who wanted to play D1 in college got spots on D1 teams. Same for friends whose kids play MLS Next.

Everyone keeps claiming this, but show me a list of 2024s that are committed to D1 schools. Based on what has been posted by the clubs in the DMV and other sites, I see:

VDA - 1 Ivy, 1 East Tenn
Arlington - 1 Ivy, 1 Binghamton
BRAVE, NVA, Union - No D1

Alexandria - 1 Ivy, 1 ODU
SYC - 1 AU, 1 BC
Bethesda - 3 Ivy, 1 Mich, 1 UNCW

That’s 4 ECNL players from 5 clubs, and 13 total across 8 MLS Next clubs. Only 2 are “High D1” in a soccer sense (Mich, BC). Half are Ivy - which is great for those kids that can pull that off - but most kids don’t have the academic profile to go to an Ivy League school.

If there is better info out there, please post it…but it seems like, even from a year or two ago, the numbers are dwindling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the likelihood of playing D1 soccer if you do not participate on ECNL or MLS Next team?

For boys? It’s slim to none if you are playing ECNL, MLS Next (non MLS academy) or elsewhere. Some MLS Next Academy players will, but realize that with intl players and the loosened transfer rules, there is extremely low demand for unproven (at the college level) 18 year olds.

That is wrong. The majority of players on my son's ECNL team who wanted to play D1 in college got spots on D1 teams. Same for friends whose kids play MLS Next.

Everyone keeps claiming this, but show me a list of 2024s that are committed to D1 schools. Based on what has been posted by the clubs in the DMV and other sites, I see:

VDA - 1 Ivy, 1 East Tenn
Arlington - 1 Ivy, 1 Binghamton
BRAVE, NVA, Union - No D1

Alexandria - 1 Ivy, 1 ODU
SYC - 1 AU, 1 BC
Bethesda - 3 Ivy, 1 Mich, 1 UNCW

That’s 4 ECNL players from 5 clubs, and 13 total across 8 MLS Next clubs. Only 2 are “High D1” in a soccer sense (Mich, BC). Half are Ivy - which is great for those kids that can pull that off - but most kids don’t have the academic profile to go to an Ivy League school.

If there is better info out there, please post it…but it seems like, even from a year or two ago, the numbers are dwindling.

Seems many folks are trying to desperately outrun the reality of the avalanche by clinging to a comfortable narrative.

[Anonymous]

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