ASA and school year?
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Anonymous
| Arlington won't go MSL Next because they are not ready for that level of competition. The parents are sore losers so they will stick with ECNL where they are winning and make everyone happy. |
Anonymous
Have you seen their U14 and U19 teams? Some of the best in the country - no matter the league. |
Anonymous
Ouch. But the competition is better at MLSNext. |
Anonymous
| The problem isn't joining MLS next. The problem is if they did they would lose ECNL girls and they dont want to do that. To me ECNL boys is a better league on the boys side then GA is on the girls side. |
Anonymous
This is the problem exactly. It is not an even up trade. Maybe someday they can do both but not likely now. They would otherwise join and their pipeline is crazy good. But there is nothing to be done. |
Anonymous
The U-14 Arlington team is a pretty good example of how the leagues stack up. They're are a top of the table ECNL team with mostly lopsided wins, but in Copa Rayados against 3 non-academy MLS Next teams, two of which are mid/low table they got a close win and two draws. I think that's about right. From my experience in a different age group, the best ECNL teams slot in around mid-table MLS Next. The mid table teams would be bottom. And the bottom teams would be non competitive. |
Anonymous
Non competitive - you mean like West Virginia and Achilles? Deep league, for sure! |
Anonymous
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I am really hoping Arlington takes the lead and gets a jump start on SY.
A club like Arlington that has their sh*t together doesn’t need 18 months to make a change. no point staying at a club that is holding off and then having a lost year… The smart clubs will do what is necessary to avoid the ridiculousness of a 2024-2025 lame duck year… |
Anonymous
This will not be up to the clubs. It is up to the leauges. And yes everyone needs that long to make this work. There might not even be changes -- we just do not know yet. |
Anonymous
This will not be up to the clubs. It is up to the leauges. And yes everyone needs that long to make this work. There might not even be changes -- we just do not know yet. |
Anonymous
You mean a silly preseason tournament where all the bench players got most of the playing time? I’d give that about the same weight as another preseason game where Arlington tied DCU. Wait, tying DCU is not impressive for you bottom feeder parents at West Virginia, Achilles, Bethesda and Ironbound?  Let’s face it, outside of MLS Academy teams like DCU, Union and NYRB, there ain’t a whole lot of difference among all the similarly mediocre clubs in both ECNL and MLS Next.
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Anonymous
We just don't know yet 🤣🤣🤣🤣 whatever helps you sleep. |