GA dismantling ECNL in Mid-Atlantic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GA just took Charlotte Independence. The mid-Atlantic is now -2 team in the conference. Not top teams however they are making it interesting. Is this going on in any other regions?

Top teams all in the back pocket of ECNL (Richmond, VDA & CSA) with coaches/directors who are board members.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is time to get Maryland teams into Mid Atlantic league.
Works well for ECNL DMV teams.

The problem is HS soccer. MD and VA have different HS soccer seasons. MD matches up with PA and NJ.

with private HS soccer happening, I do not see any difference. Teams are dealing with it already.

The MD boys teams were in the Mid-Atlantic two years ago and were removed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:GA just took Charlotte Independence. The mid-Atlantic is now -2 team in the conference. Not top teams however they are making it interesting. Is this going on in any other regions?

Top teams all in the back pocket of ECNL (Richmond, VDA & CSA) with coaches/directors who are board members.

lol. That’s the issue. At some point only the clubs with board members will have ECNL lol

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you cheering on General Admission taking low level teams?

What has ECNL added……………

Check back in the North Atlantic soon

They won’t be Adding STA.

Wasn't talking about STA, but yes there has been chatter there too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:GA just took Charlotte Independence. The mid-Atlantic is now -2 team in the conference. Not top teams however they are making it interesting. Is this going on in any other regions?

Top teams all in the back pocket of ECNL (Richmond, VDA & CSA) with coaches/directors who are board members.

lol. That’s the issue. At some point only the clubs with board members will have ECNL lol

Bingo! Maybe some of these clubs want to have a seat at the table for the league they’re playing in.

[Anonymous]

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Oh CISC PROGRAM DUES* $4692

https://irp.cdn-website.com/09fbdaa3/files/uploaded/cltind25_dues_oldergirls-69be8fbe.pdf

Wow!!

Well it's EVERYTHING minus uniform. Even coach expenses. What I found strange was that it ECNL and ECNL RL for 25-26. This must have been a very RECENT change in path.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GA's strongest region is the northeast (MA, NJ, PA). Now they are aggressively grabbing market share in the mid atlantic. Could we see ECNL/GA strength splitting geographically? ECNL strongest in the south & west, with GA stronger in the east? Kind of makes sense since majority of colleges recruit regionally, other than the top 25 programs from the P4 conferences.

GA stronger in the east? How?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:GA's strongest region is the northeast (MA, NJ, PA). Now they are aggressively grabbing market share in the mid atlantic. Could we see ECNL/GA strength splitting geographically? ECNL strongest in the south & west, with GA stronger in the east? Kind of makes sense since majority of colleges recruit regionally, other than the top 25 programs from the P4 conferences.

GA stronger in the east? How?

What makes you think ECNL is stronger in the east?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:GA's strongest region is the northeast (MA, NJ, PA). Now they are aggressively grabbing market share in the mid atlantic. Could we see ECNL/GA strength splitting geographically? ECNL strongest in the south & west, with GA stronger in the east? Kind of makes sense since majority of colleges recruit regionally, other than the top 25 programs from the P4 conferences.

GA stronger in the east? How?

What makes you think ECNL is stronger in the east?

Better clubs?

[Anonymous]

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Oh CISC PROGRAM DUES* $4692

https://irp.cdn-website.com/09fbdaa3/files/uploaded/cltind25_dues_oldergirls-69be8fbe.pdf

Cheaper then VDA!

[Anonymous]

VDA team costs for the same ages (U15+) will be maybe slightly higher, I'm thinking team fees for VDA for those ages will be $1500 on top of their base of what? $3500? Not too much more.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:GA's strongest region is the northeast (MA, NJ, PA). Now they are aggressively grabbing market share in the mid atlantic. Could we see ECNL/GA strength splitting geographically? ECNL strongest in the south & west, with GA stronger in the east? Kind of makes sense since majority of colleges recruit regionally, other than the top 25 programs from the P4 conferences.

GA stronger in the east? How?

Not stronger than ECNL. Just pointing out that GA east is currently stronger than GA west. In MA/CT/NY/NJ the difference between ECNL and GA clubs is not huge, closer than the rest of the country. Mid atlantic would extend that beyond northeast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:VDA team costs for the same ages (U15+) will be maybe slightly higher, I'm thinking team fees for VDA for those ages will be $1500 on top of their base of what? $3500? Not too much more.

Dude, seriously? That price is insane! Have you seen what's going on with the government? Straight up robbery from VDA to parents.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:GA's strongest region is the northeast (MA, NJ, PA). Now they are aggressively grabbing market share in the mid atlantic. Could we see ECNL/GA strength splitting geographically? ECNL strongest in the south & west, with GA stronger in the east? Kind of makes sense since majority of colleges recruit regionally, other than the top 25 programs from the P4 conferences.

GA stronger in the east? How?

Not stronger than ECNL. Just pointing out that GA east is currently stronger than GA west. In MA/CT/NY/NJ the difference between ECNL and GA clubs is not huge, closer than the rest of the country. Mid atlantic would extend that beyond northeast.

Most of the talent & high level recruits in those areas is still ECNL, but there are enough high level athletes to make some great GA teams. The tier still holds ECNL > GA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:GA's strongest region is the northeast (MA, NJ, PA). Now they are aggressively grabbing market share in the mid atlantic. Could we see ECNL/GA strength splitting geographically? ECNL strongest in the south & west, with GA stronger in the east? Kind of makes sense since majority of colleges recruit regionally, other than the top 25 programs from the P4 conferences.

GA stronger in the east? How?

Not stronger than ECNL. Just pointing out that GA east is currently stronger than GA west. In MA/CT/NY/NJ the difference between ECNL and GA clubs is not huge, closer than the rest of the country. Mid atlantic would extend that beyond northeast.

Most of the talent & high level recruits in those areas is still ECNL, but there are enough high level athletes to make some great GA teams. The tier still holds ECNL > GA.

Calm down ECNL dad. Nobody is saying ECNL is not higher tier than GA today. You can put your hat back on. This was just a discussion of how GA is spreading from their strongest region (northeast) to mid atlantic. This _could_ result in an eventual regionalization of college recruiting platforms. Colleges in the east would gravitate toward GA in the east for recruiting and ECNL in the south and west. The idea is since college recruiting is largely regional (outside of a small subset of colleges), maybe we don't need multiple big national leagues.

Most colleges in the east don't need to go across the country to national events to recruit players from their own region. That's what they do today. It may not stay that way.