Yes. Winning the Division in the GDA. Familiar? Nope, didn’t think so. How does bottom of ecnl division treating you? |
| So FCV gets beaten up in CA and nobody from their division advances. Are they still #1 in every age group in the area or will their parents concede that maybe they just aren’t? |
Serious question: Are you on crack? Fcv Arlington Vda Bethesda Bryc McLean Maryland United Metro |
They are. Period. Again, like arguing that the USMNT may be better than Brazil since Brazil didn’t win World Cup. USMNT was undefeated at last World Cup while watching it on tv. And repeat after me, right now the GDA is far stronger than the ECNL and the GAO between them is growing. |
Gap. |
How is it better? |
FCV is strong on its own and I don't know if FCV is better than McLean. Both clubs sent teams at multiple age groups to national league playoffs. Also, I don't believe that there is any proof today that DA is better than ECNL. I have spoken to several DI coaches and they all say that ECNL is better, today. |
And yet ...its not. Repeat after me. Close your eyes and imagine this. Take away Penn Fusion, Tophat and FCV and the strength of the DA on the entire east coast of America is horrible. Dont forget, its the most densely populated part of America as well. Tophat cant even get good competetion in their own division. The travel is killing them. I can go about this but I wont. (And you know and I know they threaten to leave) The strength of the DA is Socal. But you keep repeating to yourself that your daughter plays in some ultra competetive elite league because of a patch. Dont forget, USSF gave Arlington, Metro,U PA Classics, LISC, Fury, NYSC the same patches. All FCV has to do is beat Penn Fusion to be the divsion champions In other words, the strength of the DA is not the East Coast. |
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The east coast is weak compared to the mid west and south west overall. Tophat and PDA are really all the east coast has. The Mid Atlantic DA AND ECNL are weak. |
And what mega club does anyone in the Mid Atlantic ECNL need to beat to make Nationals? |
Doesnt matter. You made this about DA. Your argument fell flat. As always |
So many clubs. It’s has to be age group specific in this region. |
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ECNL is fairly deep with FC Stars and PDA as dominate national forces. Match Fit, World Class, CFC, FSA, Bethesda and MD United are not jokes. These are competitive clubs. I think SoCal is strong in general so I think you are right to compare the NE to SoCal but let's be fair that no other region of the country competes with SoCal. The weather, population and proximity (even when considering traffic), can't be beat.
To say that the DA is better than ECNL, today, just seems silly. |
Your analysis is so off base its laughable. Having one or two top clubs in the midwest doesnt make the midwest strong. Real Colorado, just like Tophat, has no one to play. All this talk about "meaningful" competetion is just that. TALK. Again, Socal is the DA. Period. So much so that if the Socal pulled out of the DA the DA would collapse. On the east coast, Stars, PDA, World Class (absorbing NYCFC), Matchfit, Richmond United, (Nova clubs), Concorde, Gwinnett, etc. As far as quality clubs on the east coast, ECNL has the advantage. Go on the NY and Mass boards. Its not a secret. East coast DA is blah. |