New Additions to Leagues Check Up (ECNL & GA)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Idiots saying colleges ONLY look at the top 20 clubs....who believes that? If that were true then no one would go and no one from any other club would be recruited. D has played in the Champions Cup loser bracket when her team was invited. 30 plus coaches at each game. Some not top D1s but still some good schools. Even so, there are over 1000 NCAA womens programs, 360ish just in D1. They can't all recruit from the same 20 teams.

For the 19s, most aren't in 11th, they are in 12th and just graduated. Aside from a last shot at a national title why would anyone spend the money to go to CA again?

ECNL had to promote this year and try to bring in more RL teams. With a war of attrition the league who holds the most mid to upper level clubs will win in the end. ECNL had a monopoly as the only place but has lost 30-40% of their placements over the last 6 years. In the next 5 I'd bet on ECNL merging with GA under NWSLnext. I won't be around though, so have fun with that.

Very interesting, I was thinking a merger would be the end game here between ECNL and GA in a few years as well.

[Anonymous]

if that were true why did the top 4 GA teams move to the ECNL last year???? Any answers???

[Anonymous]

GA attendance - D1
https://x.com/ImYouthSoccer/status/1910355493534531950/photo/1

22/23. 23/24 24/25
GA Winter (Dec) 148 156 136
Champions (march) 138 128 117
GA Spring (April) 118 96 54

YIKES!!!! that Spring decline

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:if that were true why did the top 4 GA teams move to the ECNL last year???? Any answers???

Was this before or after MLSN and GA announced a partnership? (Like boys and girls ECNL)

[Anonymous]

The Champions Cup in the GA is a watered down mess. First off, they make all these players and families fly to southern California and play at a mess of a facility in Norco. Then, all but 3 teams make it to the finals (regardless of record) in Florida and the 3 that didn't make it still go for the Champions Cup Showcase (even more of a joke). This year they were missing Nationals (were in 3 of the 6 age group finals and won 10's and overall club champ last year) and South Shore (won an age group) and Philly who was very competitive. Nice event !! Looks like a money grab to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Idiots saying colleges ONLY look at the top 20 clubs....who believes that? If that were true then no one would go and no one from any other club would be recruited. D has played in the Champions Cup loser bracket when her team was invited. 30 plus coaches at each game. Some not top D1s but still some good schools. Even so, there are over 1000 NCAA womens programs, 360ish just in D1. They can't all recruit from the same 20 teams.

For the 19s, most aren't in 11th, they are in 12th and just graduated. Aside from a last shot at a national title why would anyone spend the money to go to CA again?

ECNL had to promote this year and try to bring in more RL teams. With a war of attrition the league who holds the most mid to upper level clubs will win in the end. ECNL had a monopoly as the only place but has lost 30-40% of their placements over the last 6 years. In the next 5 I'd bet on ECNL merging with GA under NWSLnext. I won't be around though, so have fun with that.

Very interesting, I was thinking a merger would be the end game here between ECNL and GA in a few years as well.

Why merge?

Once NWSL aligns with a youth league (most likely GA) all clubs in every other league will join the league NWSL aligned with.

There's no need to merge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking strong in the short term, but if ECNL was a stock it would not be a smart future’s play.

Buy the new stock from the same company that rugged DA.

Some people never learn.

MLS rigged DA? Please do tell.

Maybe you don't understand that MLS doesn't own or even run GA. Do some research on the DA/GA connection

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Champions Cup in the GA is a watered down mess. First off, they make all these players and families fly to southern California and play at a mess of a facility in Norco. Then, all but 3 teams make it to the finals (regardless of record) in Florida and the 3 that didn't make it still go for the Champions Cup Showcase (even more of a joke). This year they were missing Nationals (were in 3 of the 6 age group finals and won 10's and overall club champ last year) and South Shore (won an age group) and Philly who was very competitive. Nice event !! Looks like a money grab to me.

Swing and a miss...

GA Champions Cup is held at IMG in Florida every year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Idiots saying colleges ONLY look at the top 20 clubs....who believes that? If that were true then no one would go and no one from any other club would be recruited. D has played in the Champions Cup loser bracket when her team was invited. 30 plus coaches at each game. Some not top D1s but still some good schools. Even so, there are over 1000 NCAA womens programs, 360ish just in D1. They can't all recruit from the same 20 teams.

For the 19s, most aren't in 11th, they are in 12th and just graduated. Aside from a last shot at a national title why would anyone spend the money to go to CA again?

ECNL had to promote this year and try to bring in more RL teams. With a war of attrition the league who holds the most mid to upper level clubs will win in the end. ECNL had a monopoly as the only place but has lost 30-40% of their placements over the last 6 years. In the next 5 I'd bet on ECNL merging with GA under NWSLnext. I won't be around though, so have fun with that.

Very interesting, I was thinking a merger would be the end game here between ECNL and GA in a few years as well.

Why merge?

Once NWSL aligns with a youth league (most likely GA) all clubs in every other league will join the league NWSL aligned with.

There's no need to merge.

no they won't most girls don't want to play pro soccer. college is where the girls game is at. just different attitude than the boys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GA attendance - D1
https://x.com/ImYouthSoccer/status/1910355493534531950/photo/1

22/23. 23/24 24/25
GA Winter (Dec) 148 156 136
Champions (march) 138 128 117
GA Spring (April) 118 96 54

YIKES!!!! that Spring decline

wow. this are devastating numbers for the ga hats

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking strong in the short term, but if ECNL was a stock it would not be a smart future’s play.

Buy the new stock from the same company that rugged DA.

Some people never learn.

MLS rigged DA? Please do tell.

Maybe you don't understand that MLS doesn't own or even run GA. Do some research on the DA/GA connection

Please, explain more about how MLS doesn't control US Soccer.

[Anonymous]

oh my god, I love how you're all in with this "partnership." Slap their logo on everything GA, stongarm girls programs to join the ga because their boys are in mlsn. Great example for the girls of the world, we're moving you out of the much more competitive ecnl because we want our boys to be better off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:GA attendance - D1
https://x.com/ImYouthSoccer/status/1910355493534531950/photo/1

22/23. 23/24 24/25
GA Winter (Dec) 148 156 136
Champions (march) 138 128 117
GA Spring (April) 118 96 54

YIKES!!!! that Spring decline

wow. this are devastating numbers for the ga hats

ImYouthSoccer wears 3 ECNL hats at a time. Only "slighly" biased.

[Anonymous]

was not a swing and miss, 1st round is in Norco then finals in FL. know what you're talking about before you mouth off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:oh my god, I love how you're all in with this "partnership." Slap their logo on everything GA, stongarm girls programs to join the ga because their boys are in mlsn. Great example for the girls of the world, we're moving you out of the much more competitive ecnl because we want our boys to be better off.

You just haven't been around soccer that much + likely living in a girls ECNL bubble.

You might not like it but boys soccer is more important to clubs than girls.