GA teams that moved to ECNL

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Anonymous wrote:Once again, no one questions that your child’s magical GA team is better than lots of ECNL teams. No one cares. Teams are meaningless because ECNL (and GA) are development/exposure leagues. Congratulations on the offers your kid has, that’s great! But realistically the odds are simply better for ECNL players. And the vast vast majority of ECNL and GA players are simply looking to play in college. That’s the end of their formal journey.

I was a GA dad, and then I was an ECNL dad. It was blantanly obvious that ECNL had done a better marketing hob to college coaches, and that my DD got seen by more of the schools that were interested in her, more often, then in GA.

Both teams helped make her a successful college player; but parents who are in the midst of the whole fight need to be laser focused on the fact that coaches really don’t care about your team’s record. They care about your kid.
Sure, there’s maybe a half-dozen clubs in America that give you a boost. None are around here.

I disagree that the odds are better for ECNL players. It's correlation not causation. The fact is the ECNL players are better, which means if those same players were on a GA team, they would still get the same interest from colleges. If you are a good player getting exposure will not be a problem in GA. If you are middle of the pack player, ECNL might be more difficult to get noticed because the players around you are better. Small fish, big pond. Regardless of if you are ECNL or GA, you need to market yourself to coaches and then perform on the field when they are there.

GA teams that are ranked higher than ECNL teams dont have better players?

Im sorry that your bubble has burst but people (including coaches and recruiters) see though the nonsense.

Don’t be a moron. Of course there are SOME GA teams that are better than SOME ECNL teams. That doesn’t change the fact that there are more good players in ECNL, as evidenced by more going to play D1 by almost 4 to 1.

But that does NOT mean your daughter has a 4x better chance of playing D1 by playing ECNL. If your daughter is good enough to play D1 she will play D1 whether she plays ECNL or GA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once again, no one questions that your child’s magical GA team is better than lots of ECNL teams. No one cares. Teams are meaningless because ECNL (and GA) are development/exposure leagues. Congratulations on the offers your kid has, that’s great! But realistically the odds are simply better for ECNL players. And the vast vast majority of ECNL and GA players are simply looking to play in college. That’s the end of their formal journey.

I was a GA dad, and then I was an ECNL dad. It was blantanly obvious that ECNL had done a better marketing hob to college coaches, and that my DD got seen by more of the schools that were interested in her, more often, then in GA.

Both teams helped make her a successful college player; but parents who are in the midst of the whole fight need to be laser focused on the fact that coaches really don’t care about your team’s record. They care about your kid.
Sure, there’s maybe a half-dozen clubs in America that give you a boost. None are around here.

I disagree that the odds are better for ECNL players. It's correlation not causation. The fact is the ECNL players are better, which means if those same players were on a GA team, they would still get the same interest from colleges. If you are a good player getting exposure will not be a problem in GA. If you are middle of the pack player, ECNL might be more difficult to get noticed because the players around you are better. Small fish, big pond. Regardless of if you are ECNL or GA, you need to market yourself to coaches and then perform on the field when they are there.

GA teams that are ranked higher than ECNL teams dont have better players?

Im sorry that your bubble has burst but people (including coaches and recruiters) see though the nonsense.

Don’t be a moron. Of course there are SOME GA teams that are better than SOME ECNL teams. That doesn’t change the fact that there are more good players in ECNL, as evidenced by more going to play D1 by almost 4 to 1.

But that does NOT mean your daughter has a 4x better chance of playing D1 by playing ECNL. If your daughter is good enough to play D1 she will play D1 whether she plays ECNL or GA.

Don't use the word "moron" on this site or people will complain and mods will delete your posts.

Other than that I agree with you. The old way of thinking that playing in girls ECNL is some kind of magic ticket to college soccer isnt true any more. Players need to be at the top of whatever league they play in to have visability to college coaches. Also yes D1 players will find their way to D1 teams no matter where they play. Isn't have of Florida States womens team foreign nationals?