BA only local club to be accepted to MLSYA

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.soccerwire.com/news/major-league-soccer-reveals-95-initial-member-clubs-for-new-youth-academy-league/

All this talk from ALL you parents and the only one accepted is a team from Baltimore HA! teams from NOVA right now must really be feeling hurt.

Umm DC United academy is a northern VA club that will play out of Loudon county.

And your point is that they are in Northern VA but didn’t include any NOVA Clubs?

your an Idiot. DC is in the process of moving operations from DC to NOVA the United 1st team will only play their games in DC

When you call someone an idiot, please make sure you spell correctly, otherwise you are the one that looks like the true idiot. It’s “you’re” which is short for “you are”. “Your” means possession, or belonging to.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The invitation to join the league was extended to all former DA Clubs. As a former DA Club, Arlington was invited to join the MLS league. They declined, for now. They said that, currently, ECNL is the only ESTABLISHED national league. MLS may get there, but there is too much uncertainty in this current environment to join up with a league that is brand new. They said that the door is open for Clubs that declined the initial invitation to join at a later date. All good, no drama.

ECNL for boys is worse than CCL.

Really? I'm an Arlington parent and I would have gone to MLS instead of ECNL, but of course no one asked me...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The invitation to join the league was extended to all former DA Clubs. As a former DA Club, Arlington was invited to join the MLS league. They declined, for now. They said that, currently, ECNL is the only ESTABLISHED national league. MLS may get there, but there is too much uncertainty in this current environment to join up with a league that is brand new. They said that the door is open for Clubs that declined the initial invitation to join at a later date. All good, no drama.

ECNL for boys is worse than CCL.

Really? I'm an Arlington parent and I would have gone to MLS instead of ECNL, but of course no one asked me...

I’m the OP, above. Also an Arlington Boys DA parent. I didn’t say that I necessarily agreed with the decision, but if you were on the call with the Academy director, you would know how they came to their decision to join the ECNL this Fall. It was a well thought out decision even if you don’t agree with the choice to join ECNL over MLS.

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Anonymous wrote:The invitation to join the league was extended to all former DA Clubs. As a former DA Club, Arlington was invited to join the MLS league. They declined, for now. They said that, currently, ECNL is the only ESTABLISHED national league. MLS may get there, but there is too much uncertainty in this current environment to join up with a league that is brand new. They said that the door is open for Clubs that declined the initial invitation to join at a later date. All good, no drama.

ECNL for boys is worse than CCL.

+1
Terrible move for the boys...

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Anyone know what age groups will be in the MLS league? That could be part of Arlington's decision.

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Anonymous wrote:The invitation to join the league was extended to all former DA Clubs. As a former DA Club, Arlington was invited to join the MLS league. They declined, for now. They said that, currently, ECNL is the only ESTABLISHED national league. MLS may get there, but there is too much uncertainty in this current environment to join up with a league that is brand new. They said that the door is open for Clubs that declined the initial invitation to join at a later date. All good, no drama.

ECNL for boys is worse than CCL.

Really? I'm an Arlington parent and I would have gone to MLS instead of ECNL, but of course no one asked me...

I’m the OP, above. Also an Arlington Boys DA parent. I didn’t say that I necessarily agreed with the decision, but if you were on the call with the Academy director, you would know how they came to their decision to join the ECNL this Fall. It was a well thought out decision even if you don’t agree with the choice to join ECNL over MLS.

Interesting. There are ECNL clubs that are also in the MLS league, so they did not need to choose one or the other unless I am missing something. Top team presumably would play MLS, second team ECNL.

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Anonymous wrote:The invitation to join the league was extended to all former DA Clubs. As a former DA Club, Arlington was invited to join the MLS league. They declined, for now. They said that, currently, ECNL is the only ESTABLISHED national league. MLS may get there, but there is too much uncertainty in this current environment to join up with a league that is brand new. They said that the door is open for Clubs that declined the initial invitation to join at a later date. All good, no drama.

ECNL for boys is worse than CCL.

Really? I'm an Arlington parent and I would have gone to MLS instead of ECNL, but of course no one asked me...

I’m the OP, above. Also an Arlington Boys DA parent. I didn’t say that I necessarily agreed with the decision, but if you were on the call with the Academy director, you would know how they came to their decision to join the ECNL this Fall. It was a well thought out decision even if you don’t agree with the choice to join ECNL over MLS.

Interesting. There are ECNL clubs that are also in the MLS league, so they did not need to choose one or the other unless I am missing something. Top team presumably would play MLS, second team ECNL.

Which teams? I do not know of a single club that is now part of the Boys ECNL that was also on the list of clubs participating in the MLS league. Please be specific.

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Anonymous wrote:The invitation to join the league was extended to all former DA Clubs. As a former DA Club, Arlington was invited to join the MLS league. They declined, for now. They said that, currently, ECNL is the only ESTABLISHED national league. MLS may get there, but there is too much uncertainty in this current environment to join up with a league that is brand new. They said that the door is open for Clubs that declined the initial invitation to join at a later date. All good, no drama.

ECNL for boys is worse than CCL.

Really? I'm an Arlington parent and I would have gone to MLS instead of ECNL, but of course no one asked me...

I’m the OP, above. Also an Arlington Boys DA parent. I didn’t say that I necessarily agreed with the decision, but if you were on the call with the Academy director, you would know how they came to their decision to join the ECNL this Fall. It was a well thought out decision even if you don’t agree with the choice to join ECNL over MLS.

Interesting. There are ECNL clubs that are also in the MLS league, so they did not need to choose one or the other unless I am missing something. Top team presumably would play MLS, second team ECNL.

Which teams? I do not know of a single club that is now part of the Boys ECNL that was also on the list of clubs participating in the MLS league. Please be specific.

Orlando City is in both

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Anonymous wrote:The invitation to join the league was extended to all former DA Clubs. As a former DA Club, Arlington was invited to join the MLS league. They declined, for now. They said that, currently, ECNL is the only ESTABLISHED national league. MLS may get there, but there is too much uncertainty in this current environment to join up with a league that is brand new. They said that the door is open for Clubs that declined the initial invitation to join at a later date. All good, no drama.

ECNL for boys is worse than CCL.

Really? I'm an Arlington parent and I would have gone to MLS instead of ECNL, but of course no one asked me...

I’m the OP, above. Also an Arlington Boys DA parent. I didn’t say that I necessarily agreed with the decision, but if you were on the call with the Academy director, you would know how they came to their decision to join the ECNL this Fall. It was a well thought out decision even if you don’t agree with the choice to join ECNL over MLS.

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Interesting. There are ECNL clubs that are also in the MLS league, so they did not need to choose one or the other unless I am missing something. Top team presumably would play MLS, second team ECNL.

Which teams? I do not know of a single club that is now part of the Boys ECNL that was also on the list of clubs participating in the MLS league. Please be specific.

Orlando City is in both

Interesting. Not sure how or why?

[Anonymous]

Arlington would have been at the bottom of the league standings for all the age divisions it wouldn't have made them look very good

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Plus they already have established partnerships with DC United

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Anonymous wrote:The invitation to join the league was extended to all former DA Clubs. As a former DA Club, Arlington was invited to join the MLS league. They declined, for now. They said that, currently, ECNL is the only ESTABLISHED national league. MLS may get there, but there is too much uncertainty in this current environment to join up with a league that is brand new. They said that the door is open for Clubs that declined the initial invitation to join at a later date. All good, no drama.

ECNL for boys is worse than CCL.

Really? I'm an Arlington parent and I would have gone to MLS instead of ECNL, but of course no one asked me...

I’m the OP, above. Also an Arlington Boys DA parent. I didn’t say that I necessarily agreed with the decision, but if you were on the call with the Academy director, you would know how they came to their decision to join the ECNL this Fall. It was a well thought out decision even if you don’t agree with the choice to join ECNL over MLS.

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Interesting. There are ECNL clubs that are also in the MLS league, so they did not need to choose one or the other unless I am missing something. Top team presumably would play MLS, second team ECNL.

Which teams? I do not know of a single club that is now part of the Boys ECNL that was also on the list of clubs participating in the MLS league. Please be specific.

Orlando City is in both

Interesting. Not sure how or why?

Is ECNL going to see its first defection?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The invitation to join the league was extended to all former DA Clubs. As a former DA Club, Arlington was invited to join the MLS league. They declined, for now. They said that, currently, ECNL is the only ESTABLISHED national league. MLS may get there, but there is too much uncertainty in this current environment to join up with a league that is brand new. They said that the door is open for Clubs that declined the initial invitation to join at a later date. All good, no drama.

ECNL for boys is worse than CCL.

Really? I'm an Arlington parent and I would have gone to MLS instead of ECNL, but of course no one asked me...

I’m the OP, above. Also an Arlington Boys DA parent. I didn’t say that I necessarily agreed with the decision, but if you were on the call with the Academy director, you would know how they came to their decision to join the ECNL this Fall. It was a well thought out decision even if you don’t agree with the choice to join ECNL over MLS.

Interesting. There are ECNL clubs that are also in the MLS league, so they did not need to choose one or the other unless I am missing something. Top team presumably would play MLS, second team ECNL.

Which teams? I do not know of a single club that is now part of the Boys ECNL that was also on the list of clubs participating in the MLS league. Please be specific.

FC Dallas

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The invitation to join the league was extended to all former DA Clubs. As a former DA Club, Arlington was invited to join the MLS league. They declined, for now. They said that, currently, ECNL is the only ESTABLISHED national league. MLS may get there, but there is too much uncertainty in this current environment to join up with a league that is brand new. They said that the door is open for Clubs that declined the initial invitation to join at a later date. All good, no drama.

ECNL for boys is worse than CCL.

Really? I'm an Arlington parent and I would have gone to MLS instead of ECNL, but of course no one asked me...

I’m the OP, above. Also an Arlington Boys DA parent. I didn’t say that I necessarily agreed with the decision, but if you were on the call with the Academy director, you would know how they came to their decision to join the ECNL this Fall. It was a well thought out decision even if you don’t agree with the choice to join ECNL over MLS.

Interesting. There are ECNL clubs that are also in the MLS league, so they did not need to choose one or the other unless I am missing something. Top team presumably would play MLS, second team ECNL.

Which teams? I do not know of a single club that is now part of the Boys ECNL that was also on the list of clubs participating in the MLS league. Please be specific.

FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, FC Delco, PDA, NEFC, Colorado Rapids...

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Anonymous wrote:The invitation to join the league was extended to all former DA Clubs. As a former DA Club, Arlington was invited to join the MLS league. They declined, for now. They said that, currently, ECNL is the only ESTABLISHED national league. MLS may get there, but there is too much uncertainty in this current environment to join up with a league that is brand new. They said that the door is open for Clubs that declined the initial invitation to join at a later date. All good, no drama.

ECNL for boys is worse than CCL.

Really? I'm an Arlington parent and I would have gone to MLS instead of ECNL, but of course no one asked me...

Same here. While, at the recent townhall, Arlington explained what broad factors they took into account, they did not explain in detail what were the advantages of going ECNL.
Even if the MLS league comes with some risk, why not take that risk, knowing that the ECNL will always be ready for you...