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If you believe that fine. |
Been right every time in this and the previous thread. MLSN will come out with info in a bit. Unlike the other leagues they will also be making some changes/exceptions for the spring. Don’t worry, it changes nothing as far as their path to pro goes. |
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I don't know why everyone is shitting on this guy. I felt it was something everyone knew that MLS Academies were not profitable at all and actually just expense lines for MLS clubs. They have them because they are required to, because they are good for community engagement which is good for the club and the brand and people buying tickets etc. Not that academies aren't selective, they defintiely are, but they are not profitable and no one is an MLS academy thinks that any of the local kids they picked up at 11 are ever going to play on their first team. I'm sure there are < 10 kids nationally for whom thats not true, but MLS teams themselves mostly pick up their players internationally, or from super draft out of college or off of their second teams, USL teams, etc. |
Its a bunch of girl dads who think they know everything because their daughter played in ECNL. |
You are so full of it. |
Im glad others feel this way as well. The guy is such a loser. |
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Somebody complained the other day of this forum taken up by MLSNext related comments.
However it's obvious that ECNL will be impacted in some way by MLSNext's decisions. ECNL and MLSNext are competitors for talent and money. Also other leagues, for instance in my state this year so many teams have moved from USCS NPL to MLSNext Academy division and ECNL-R. Now, for next years there is a project of ECNL being expanded dramatically. What MLSNext decides will impact the rest of the leagues. It will be interesting to see how the youth soccer landscape will be in two or three years. |
For boys its pretty clear that they choose MLS Next over other leagues. Now that MLS is moving more into the p2p world with MLSN2.ECNL hats are starting to sweat because they can see the writing on the wall. |
| Be ready NWSL in talks with GA on a potential merger. Don’t know all the details but I’m told this could pull some top ECNL girls clubs over to the GA over next few years. |
Aug-Dec birthdays will have ECNL and the rest of the market share that MLSN won’t be able to service. Pushing for SY knowing MLSN would stay BY was a great chess move on their part |
What will happen is MLS will keep getting bigger and once they have p2p they will ignore ECNL. If ECNL wants to play MLSN2 teams they'll need to play up. |
You are dreaming, and I am an MLSN dad. There will always be space in the marketplace for multiple competitive leagues, especially with 2 different age groups. The bigger MLSN gets the more watered down and it will lose its essence (mainly scamming the parents) |
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CURRENT ECNL TEAM
14 Q1/Q2 (9 starters) 4 Q3/Q4 (2 starters) NEXT YEAR ECNL TEAM 4 Drop down from team above 2 Top RL youngers from team above 8 Current team olders 1 Current team younger stays up (USYNT ID Regional) 3 girls from different team transferring in So I am anticipating ~50% turnover on a team where a normal year would be closer to 10-20% If you are a Q1/Q2 non starter then better start looking at a different club where you might fit a need or get comfortable with RL |
20% turnover per year? Seems more like a youngers team or an olders team thats not winning. |