New Additions to Leagues Check Up (ECNL & GA)

[Anonymous]

With MLSN now in the mix there’s a good chance some ECNL might switch to GA if it gets them MLSN.

SD Surfs boys just announced a partnership with SDFC (the new MLS club). How much longer will the boys stay ECNL? Will MLSN play the ECNL game and force SD Surf to join GA?

[Anonymous]

Will be an interesting next few months. I think this year, depending on the teams that move, will make it break GA.

If the last of the top clubs leave GA, then it will certify itself as a 2nd tier league.

If they can somehow even the playing field, then I can see them increasing market share.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will be an interesting next few months. I think this year, depending on the teams that move, will make it break GA.

If the last of the top clubs leave GA, then it will certify itself as a 2nd tier league.

If they can somehow even the playing field, then I can see them increasing market share.

This is a ridiculous comment.

GA will be fine no matter how things play out.

ECNL and US Soccer aren't on the same page and boys ECNL is flailing. In the long term if MLSN and GA maintain a united front forcing clubs to go all in on MLSN and GA ECNL will be in trouble.

Although 90% of the commenters her are girl parents. In the real world girls soccer just isn't that important. Boys and men's soccer is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Will be an interesting next few months. I think this year, depending on the teams that move, will make it break GA.

If the last of the top clubs leave GA, then it will certify itself as a 2nd tier league.

If they can somehow even the playing field, then I can see them increasing market share.

This is a ridiculous comment.

GA will be fine no matter how things play out.

ECNL and US Soccer aren't on the same page and boys ECNL is flailing. In the long term if MLSN and GA maintain a united front forcing clubs to go all in on MLSN and GA ECNL will be in trouble.

Although 90% of the commenters her are girl parents. In the real world girls soccer just isn't that important. Boys and men's soccer is.

Except it’s not when it comes to college placement and scholarships which is what the majority care about.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Will be an interesting next few months. I think this year, depending on the teams that move, will make it break GA.

If the last of the top clubs leave GA, then it will certify itself as a 2nd tier league.

If they can somehow even the playing field, then I can see them increasing market share.

This is a ridiculous comment.

GA will be fine no matter how things play out.

ECNL and US Soccer aren't on the same page and boys ECNL is flailing. In the long term if MLSN and GA maintain a united front forcing clubs to go all in on MLSN and GA ECNL will be in trouble.

Although 90% of the commenters her are girl parents. In the real world girls soccer just isn't that important. Boys and men's soccer is.

Except it’s not when it comes to college placement and scholarships which is what the majority care about.

For youth clubs college placement is advertising that's it. They don't make any more or less money if players play in college.

What this means is to maximize the amount of money a youth club can make you need to have a large number of BOTH boys and girls teams. MLSN + GA would likely make more money than ECNL + ECNL depending on the area.(personal opinion)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Will be an interesting next few months. I think this year, depending on the teams that move, will make it break GA.

If the last of the top clubs leave GA, then it will certify itself as a 2nd tier league.

If they can somehow even the playing field, then I can see them increasing market share.

This is a ridiculous comment.

GA will be fine no matter how things play out.

ECNL and US Soccer aren't on the same page and boys ECNL is flailing. In the long term if MLSN and GA maintain a united front forcing clubs to go all in on MLSN and GA ECNL will be in trouble.

Although 90% of the commenters her are girl parents. In the real world girls soccer just isn't that important. Boys and men's soccer is.

Except it’s not when it comes to college placement and scholarships which is what the majority care about.

For youth clubs college placement is advertising that's it. They don't make any more or less money if players play in college.

What this means is to maximize the amount of money a youth club can make you need to have a large number of BOTH boys and girls teams. MLSN + GA would likely make more money than ECNL + ECNL depending on the area.(personal opinion)

You people are way overthinking this stuff. Clubs will have no problem filling their rosters. It doesn’t matter if the teams play in ECNL or MLSN or GA or any other new league that comes along. As long as the rosters are filled clubs make the same money. Unless league changes cause a whole lot of players to stop playing soccer, it will all be fine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Will be an interesting next few months. I think this year, depending on the teams that move, will make it break GA.

If the last of the top clubs leave GA, then it will certify itself as a 2nd tier league.

If they can somehow even the playing field, then I can see them increasing market share.

This is a ridiculous comment.

GA will be fine no matter how things play out.

ECNL and US Soccer aren't on the same page and boys ECNL is flailing. In the long term if MLSN and GA maintain a united front forcing clubs to go all in on MLSN and GA ECNL will be in trouble.

Although 90% of the commenters her are girl parents. In the real world girls soccer just isn't that important. Boys and men's soccer is.

Except it’s not when it comes to college placement and scholarships which is what the majority care about.

For youth clubs college placement is advertising that's it. They don't make any more or less money if players play in college.

What this means is to maximize the amount of money a youth club can make you need to have a large number of BOTH boys and girls teams. MLSN + GA would likely make more money than ECNL + ECNL depending on the area.(personal opinion)

You people are way overthinking this stuff. Clubs will have no problem filling their rosters. It doesn’t matter if the teams play in ECNL or MLSN or GA or any other new league that comes along. As long as the rosters are filled clubs make the same money. Unless league changes cause a whole lot of players to stop playing soccer, it will all be fine.

Ehh, results matter.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Will be an interesting next few months. I think this year, depending on the teams that move, will make it break GA.

If the last of the top clubs leave GA, then it will certify itself as a 2nd tier league.

If they can somehow even the playing field, then I can see them increasing market share.

This is a ridiculous comment.

GA will be fine no matter how things play out.

ECNL and US Soccer aren't on the same page and boys ECNL is flailing. In the long term if MLSN and GA maintain a united front forcing clubs to go all in on MLSN and GA ECNL will be in trouble.

Although 90% of the commenters her are girl parents. In the real world girls soccer just isn't that important. Boys and men's soccer is.

Except it’s not when it comes to college placement and scholarships which is what the majority care about.

For youth clubs college placement is advertising that's it. They don't make any more or less money if players play in college.

What this means is to maximize the amount of money a youth club can make you need to have a large number of BOTH boys and girls teams. MLSN + GA would likely make more money than ECNL + ECNL depending on the area.(personal opinion)

You people are way overthinking this stuff. Clubs will have no problem filling their rosters. It doesn’t matter if the teams play in ECNL or MLSN or GA or any other new league that comes along. As long as the rosters are filled clubs make the same money. Unless league changes cause a whole lot of players to stop playing soccer, it will all be fine.

Ehh, results matter.

What are results? Clubs make the same money if a team is in one league or another, or whether their teams win or lose. From the club perspective filling rosters is the only result that matters.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Will be an interesting next few months. I think this year, depending on the teams that move, will make it break GA.

If the last of the top clubs leave GA, then it will certify itself as a 2nd tier league.

If they can somehow even the playing field, then I can see them increasing market share.

This is a ridiculous comment.

GA will be fine no matter how things play out.

ECNL and US Soccer aren't on the same page and boys ECNL is flailing. In the long term if MLSN and GA maintain a united front forcing clubs to go all in on MLSN and GA ECNL will be in trouble.

Although 90% of the commenters her are girl parents. In the real world girls soccer just isn't that important. Boys and men's soccer is.

Except it’s not when it comes to college placement and scholarships which is what the majority care about.

For youth clubs college placement is advertising that's it. They don't make any more or less money if players play in college.

What this means is to maximize the amount of money a youth club can make you need to have a large number of BOTH boys and girls teams. MLSN + GA would likely make more money than ECNL + ECNL depending on the area.(personal opinion)

You people are way overthinking this stuff. Clubs will have no problem filling their rosters. It doesn’t matter if the teams play in ECNL or MLSN or GA or any other new league that comes along. As long as the rosters are filled clubs make the same money. Unless league changes cause a whole lot of players to stop playing soccer, it will all be fine.

Ehh, results matter.

What are results? Clubs make the same money if a team is in one league or another, or whether their teams win or lose. From the club perspective filling rosters is the only result that matters.

You are looking at today...today yes they can fill rosters. But if the club isn't getting results will they continue to fill rosters? Yes, with bad players. And they will continue to lose. And then they will get removed from the league. You know that can happen right? They need to win. Plus no one likes to play for a serial loser...just think already. It's not rocket science.

[Anonymous]

Any news? Anyone have any info?
Nothing in the works?

Southeast Realignment?
Florida getting their own conference?

MLSN/GA snag a couple of ECNL clubs?

ECNL bringing over what’s left of GA?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Will be an interesting next few months. I think this year, depending on the teams that move, will make it break GA.

If the last of the top clubs leave GA, then it will certify itself as a 2nd tier league.

If they can somehow even the playing field, then I can see them increasing market share.

This is a ridiculous comment.

GA will be fine no matter how things play out.

ECNL and US Soccer aren't on the same page and boys ECNL is flailing. In the long term if MLSN and GA maintain a united front forcing clubs to go all in on MLSN and GA ECNL will be in trouble.

Although 90% of the commenters her are girl parents. In the real world girls soccer just isn't that important. Boys and men's soccer is.

Except it’s not when it comes to college placement and scholarships which is what the majority care about.

For youth clubs college placement is advertising that's it. They don't make any more or less money if players play in college.

What this means is to maximize the amount of money a youth club can make you need to have a large number of BOTH boys and girls teams. MLSN + GA would likely make more money than ECNL + ECNL depending on the area.(personal opinion)

You people are way overthinking this stuff. Clubs will have no problem filling their rosters. It doesn’t matter if the teams play in ECNL or MLSN or GA or any other new league that comes along. As long as the rosters are filled clubs make the same money. Unless league changes cause a whole lot of players to stop playing soccer, it will all be fine.

Ehh, results matter.

What are results? Clubs make the same money if a team is in one league or another, or whether their teams win or lose. From the club perspective filling rosters is the only result that matters.

You are looking at today...today yes they can fill rosters. But if the club isn't getting results will they continue to fill rosters? Yes, with bad players. And they will continue to lose. And then they will get removed from the league. You know that can happen right? They need to win. Plus no one likes to play for a serial loser...just think already. It's not rocket science.

There are clubs in the area that have been around 20, 30, even 50 years. As long as the number of kids wanting to play soccer remains, there will be kids filling rosters at these clubs. The names of leagues and even clubs could change but in the end it's the same number of soccer players and teams.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Will be an interesting next few months. I think this year, depending on the teams that move, will make it break GA.

If the last of the top clubs leave GA, then it will certify itself as a 2nd tier league.

If they can somehow even the playing field, then I can see them increasing market share.

This is a ridiculous comment.

GA will be fine no matter how things play out.

ECNL and US Soccer aren't on the same page and boys ECNL is flailing. In the long term if MLSN and GA maintain a united front forcing clubs to go all in on MLSN and GA ECNL will be in trouble.

Although 90% of the commenters her are girl parents. In the real world girls soccer just isn't that important. Boys and men's soccer is.

Except it’s not when it comes to college placement and scholarships which is what the majority care about.

For youth clubs college placement is advertising that's it. They don't make any more or less money if players play in college.

What this means is to maximize the amount of money a youth club can make you need to have a large number of BOTH boys and girls teams. MLSN + GA would likely make more money than ECNL + ECNL depending on the area.(personal opinion)

You people are way overthinking this stuff. Clubs will have no problem filling their rosters. It doesn’t matter if the teams play in ECNL or MLSN or GA or any other new league that comes along. As long as the rosters are filled clubs make the same money. Unless league changes cause a whole lot of players to stop playing soccer, it will all be fine.

Ehh, results matter.

What are results? Clubs make the same money if a team is in one league or another, or whether their teams win or lose. From the club perspective filling rosters is the only result that matters.

You are looking at today...today yes they can fill rosters. But if the club isn't getting results will they continue to fill rosters? Yes, with bad players. And they will continue to lose. And then they will get removed from the league. You know that can happen right? They need to win. Plus no one likes to play for a serial loser...just think already. It's not rocket science.

There are clubs in the area that have been around 20, 30, even 50 years. As long as the number of kids wanting to play soccer remains, there will be kids filling rosters at these clubs. The names of leagues and even clubs could change but in the end it's the same number of soccer players and teams.

Those clubs are successful. You are arguing such a dumb point...that a business can be bad at what they do and exist. No, they can't. Many clubs have also dissolved over the last 50 years (I bet they weren't competitive and bad at what they do). Results 100% matter in this business like every other business. Welcome to the real world.

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Anonymous wrote:Will be an interesting next few months. I think this year, depending on the teams that move, will make it break GA.

If the last of the top clubs leave GA, then it will certify itself as a 2nd tier league.

If they can somehow even the playing field, then I can see them increasing market share.

This is a ridiculous comment.

GA will be fine no matter how things play out.

ECNL and US Soccer aren't on the same page and boys ECNL is flailing. In the long term if MLSN and GA maintain a united front forcing clubs to go all in on MLSN and GA ECNL will be in trouble.

Although 90% of the commenters her are girl parents. In the real world girls soccer just isn't that important. Boys and men's soccer is.

Except it’s not when it comes to college placement and scholarships which is what the majority care about.

For youth clubs college placement is advertising that's it. They don't make any more or less money if players play in college.

What this means is to maximize the amount of money a youth club can make you need to have a large number of BOTH boys and girls teams. MLSN + GA would likely make more money than ECNL + ECNL depending on the area.(personal opinion)

You people are way overthinking this stuff. Clubs will have no problem filling their rosters. It doesn’t matter if the teams play in ECNL or MLSN or GA or any other new league that comes along. As long as the rosters are filled clubs make the same money. Unless league changes cause a whole lot of players to stop playing soccer, it will all be fine.

Ehh, results matter.

What are results? Clubs make the same money if a team is in one league or another, or whether their teams win or lose. From the club perspective filling rosters is the only result that matters.

You are looking at today...today yes they can fill rosters. But if the club isn't getting results will they continue to fill rosters? Yes, with bad players. And they will continue to lose. And then they will get removed from the league. You know that can happen right? They need to win. Plus no one likes to play for a serial loser...just think already. It's not rocket science.

There are clubs in the area that have been around 20, 30, even 50 years. As long as the number of kids wanting to play soccer remains, there will be kids filling rosters at these clubs. The names of leagues and even clubs could change but in the end it's the same number of soccer players and teams.

And they all seem to charge a pretty similar amount, win or lose, good league or not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Will be an interesting next few months. I think this year, depending on the teams that move, will make it break GA.

If the last of the top clubs leave GA, then it will certify itself as a 2nd tier league.

If they can somehow even the playing field, then I can see them increasing market share.

This is a ridiculous comment.

GA will be fine no matter how things play out.

ECNL and US Soccer aren't on the same page and boys ECNL is flailing. In the long term if MLSN and GA maintain a united front forcing clubs to go all in on MLSN and GA ECNL will be in trouble.

Although 90% of the commenters her are girl parents. In the real world girls soccer just isn't that important. Boys and men's soccer is.

Except it’s not when it comes to college placement and scholarships which is what the majority care about.

For youth clubs college placement is advertising that's it. They don't make any more or less money if players play in college.

What this means is to maximize the amount of money a youth club can make you need to have a large number of BOTH boys and girls teams. MLSN + GA would likely make more money than ECNL + ECNL depending on the area.(personal opinion)

You people are way overthinking this stuff. Clubs will have no problem filling their rosters. It doesn’t matter if the teams play in ECNL or MLSN or GA or any other new league that comes along. As long as the rosters are filled clubs make the same money. Unless league changes cause a whole lot of players to stop playing soccer, it will all be fine.

Ehh, results matter.

What are results? Clubs make the same money if a team is in one league or another, or whether their teams win or lose. From the club perspective filling rosters is the only result that matters.

You are looking at today...today yes they can fill rosters. But if the club isn't getting results will they continue to fill rosters? Yes, with bad players. And they will continue to lose. And then they will get removed from the league. You know that can happen right? They need to win. Plus no one likes to play for a serial loser...just think already. It's not rocket science.

There are clubs in the area that have been around 20, 30, even 50 years. As long as the number of kids wanting to play soccer remains, there will be kids filling rosters at these clubs. The names of leagues and even clubs could change but in the end it's the same number of soccer players and teams.

And they all seem to charge a pretty similar amount, win or lose, good league or not.

I had a coworker that used to own a 3k+ soccer club in Chicago. He said finding players was never an issue. However finding reliable and committed coaches was incredibly difficult. I'm sure parent pressures, need to win, and low pay all factored in. But, I thought it was it was an interesting statement.

[Anonymous]

Don’t really see much about this factor but whether or not a club is For Profit or Non Profit can have impact.