New Additions to Leagues Check Up (ECNL & GA)

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Anonymous wrote:As A GA parent I will say this, I noticed Ukies 08 had a post for ECNL TX thanking the coaches that attended games, 120 in total. I know that team sucks - bad - and Ds GA team has beaten better teams in that conference. BUT, I don't think they have had 120 coaches in total attend in 4 showcases they've been in. I doubt that 99% of those schools will ultimately recruit one of those Ukies players but it is frustration that low level ECNL teams can draw (maybe they were in attendance for the other team, I don't know) as many as it did over a playoff caliber GA team. Maybe there is a shift over the next few years, maybe not.

This is the frustration and why people get pissy about ECNL parents ... no way 120 coaches watched that team...i would question if those 120 coaches were even there...just because they sign up doesn't mean they went...and if the Ukies 08 is not a great team - likely they are on field 40 and nowhere near where all the coaches are.

Nothing wrong with saying 8-10 coaches saw you ... when they post stuff like 120 ... come on.

Totally agree. The Sunday after any ECNL showcase social media is inundated with 1,000s of “Thank you coaches” posts from random ECNL players, posting graphics saying that basically every coach that registered for the showcase watched her team play. Total garbage. It’s almost like the kids are taught to brag on social media and then it’s all echoed on IAmYouthSoccer, the megaphone for the ECNL. I can promise you that coaches are not interested in their thank you notes.

Regarding Coaches at ECNL showcases, my DD's plays for a U16 club. She is posting after the showcases thanking the coaches that attended and it's legit posting the coaches that showed up to watch them play. Parents on the team are passing out brochures and asking the coaches for their card or info and logging it. This gets tabulated and shared with the girls. That's how the list gets made and I can tell you that it was over a 100 different schools over the course of the 3 days playing. Maybe some are posting every school that signed-up. Heck, even for Jeff Cup, there are over 80 schools.

Good Luck.

FYI, careful with the Social Media. Depending on the Coach, the majority are not fans of posting letters or coaches that were at the game, naming Universities. They will look at your daughter (or you if you are posting and trust me they are obvious when it the parent/s) as self-absorbed or arrogant. It has gotten out of hand. Coaches are going to want the opposite actually. Quiet, composed, concetrated on school work, soccer and a killer on the field.

Keep it simple. They don't care about your "Thanks Coach", they care about footage. To help everyone wrap their heads around how it works:

1. If two players are tied skill wise, they do not care about the badge even if ECNL is the better league. Go to next.
1. If two players are tied skill wise at same position -> higher GPA will get the offer above the other. Go to next.
2. If two players are tied skill and GPA wise -> quiet and composed player with less social media influence will get the offer.
3. Players with questionable Social Media looked past regardless of the above.

Number 3 is good advice. Neither number 1’s are true. Neither is 2.

College coaches want to be on the lists so players know they attended.

So you think College coaches will pick a player because of the badge on a kit when two players are equal?? You must be a special kind of stupid. Not only that, you think GPA doesn’t make a difference to coaches????? LMAO. Only if the player is a USYNT member will they look past OR you have a lot of money and don’t need scholarship funds. Those are the only exceptions.

Newsflash for you delusional ECNL/GA parents: College coaches have been coaching and recruiting for many more years than your kid has been playing club soccer. They know what they are looking at. Also having scholar athletes on the squad is a good look for both the school and coach.

Coaches go through hundreds of emails a day from recruits. P4 coaches especially. And you think they really care about some “Thanks Coach” post on X or even see it for that matter. Unless your child is USYNT, they are a dime a dozen. Sorry, that’s just how it is. It’s what separates your kid from the others is what matters and it’s not the “thanks Coach” post or “Hey, look are this school that sent me a letter” post.

No question ECNL is a better league by a fairly large margin but remember, Colleges recruit the player, not the team and not the badge. ECNL kills it in D1 numbers but that doesn’t mean the best GA players aren’t looking at the same schools either.

If you don’t want to believe me, that’s fine. I know these things to be 100% true from experience and relationships. Just trying to help some of you out that are new to this.

/ranr

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Anonymous wrote:As A GA parent I will say this, I noticed Ukies 08 had a post for ECNL TX thanking the coaches that attended games, 120 in total. I know that team sucks - bad - and Ds GA team has beaten better teams in that conference. BUT, I don't think they have had 120 coaches in total attend in 4 showcases they've been in. I doubt that 99% of those schools will ultimately recruit one of those Ukies players but it is frustration that low level ECNL teams can draw (maybe they were in attendance for the other team, I don't know) as many as it did over a playoff caliber GA team. Maybe there is a shift over the next few years, maybe not.

This is the frustration and why people get pissy about ECNL parents ... no way 120 coaches watched that team...i would question if those 120 coaches were even there...just because they sign up doesn't mean they went...and if the Ukies 08 is not a great team - likely they are on field 40 and nowhere near where all the coaches are.

Nothing wrong with saying 8-10 coaches saw you ... when they post stuff like 120 ... come on.

Totally agree. The Sunday after any ECNL showcase social media is inundated with 1,000s of “Thank you coaches” posts from random ECNL players, posting graphics saying that basically every coach that registered for the showcase watched her team play. Total garbage. It’s almost like the kids are taught to brag on social media and then it’s all echoed on IAmYouthSoccer, the megaphone for the ECNL. I can promise you that coaches are not interested in their thank you notes.

Regarding Coaches at ECNL showcases, my DD's plays for a U16 club. She is posting after the showcases thanking the coaches that attended and it's legit posting the coaches that showed up to watch them play. Parents on the team are passing out brochures and asking the coaches for their card or info and logging it. This gets tabulated and shared with the girls. That's how the list gets made and I can tell you that it was over a 100 different schools over the course of the 3 days playing. Maybe some are posting every school that signed-up. Heck, even for Jeff Cup, there are over 80 schools.

Good Luck.

FYI, careful with the Social Media. Depending on the Coach, the majority are not fans of posting letters or coaches that were at the game, naming Universities. They will look at your daughter (or you if you are posting and trust me they are obvious when it the parent/s) as self-absorbed or arrogant. It has gotten out of hand. Coaches are going to want the opposite actually. Quiet, composed, concetrated on school work, soccer and a killer on the field.

Keep it simple. They don't care about your "Thanks Coach", they care about footage. To help everyone wrap their heads around how it works:

1. If two players are tied skill wise, they do not care about the badge even if ECNL is the better league. Go to next.
1. If two players are tied skill wise at same position -> higher GPA will get the offer above the other. Go to next.
2. If two players are tied skill and GPA wise -> quiet and composed player with less social media influence will get the offer.
3. Players with questionable Social Media looked past regardless of the above.

Number 3 is good advice. Neither number 1’s are true. Neither is 2.

College coaches want to be on the lists so players know they attended.

So you think College coaches will pick a player because of the badge on a kit when two players are equal?? You must be a special kind of stupid. Not only that, you think GPA doesn’t make a difference to coaches????? LMAO. Only if the player is a USYNT member will they look past OR you have a lot of money and don’t need scholarship funds. Those are the only exceptions.

Newsflash for you delusional ECNL/GA parents: College coaches have been coaching and recruiting for many more years than your kid has been playing club soccer. They know what they are looking at. Also having scholar athletes on the squad is a good look for both the school and coach.

Coaches go through hundreds of emails a day from recruits. P4 coaches especially. And you think they really care about some “Thanks Coach” post on X or even see it for that matter. Unless your child is USYNT, they are a dime a dozen. Sorry, that’s just how it is. It’s what separates your kid from the others is what matters and it’s not the “thanks Coach” post or “Hey, look are this school that sent me a letter” post.

No question ECNL is a better league by a fairly large margin but remember, Colleges recruit the player, not the team and not the badge. ECNL kills it in D1 numbers but that doesn’t mean the best GA players aren’t looking at the same schools either.

If you don’t want to believe me, that’s fine. I know these things to be 100% true from experience and relationships. Just trying to help some of you out that are new to this.

/ranr

TLDR you seem like a dork.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As A GA parent I will say this, I noticed Ukies 08 had a post for ECNL TX thanking the coaches that attended games, 120 in total. I know that team sucks - bad - and Ds GA team has beaten better teams in that conference. BUT, I don't think they have had 120 coaches in total attend in 4 showcases they've been in. I doubt that 99% of those schools will ultimately recruit one of those Ukies players but it is frustration that low level ECNL teams can draw (maybe they were in attendance for the other team, I don't know) as many as it did over a playoff caliber GA team. Maybe there is a shift over the next few years, maybe not.

This is the frustration and why people get pissy about ECNL parents ... no way 120 coaches watched that team...i would question if those 120 coaches were even there...just because they sign up doesn't mean they went...and if the Ukies 08 is not a great team - likely they are on field 40 and nowhere near where all the coaches are.

Nothing wrong with saying 8-10 coaches saw you ... when they post stuff like 120 ... come on.

Totally agree. The Sunday after any ECNL showcase social media is inundated with 1,000s of “Thank you coaches” posts from random ECNL players, posting graphics saying that basically every coach that registered for the showcase watched her team play. Total garbage. It’s almost like the kids are taught to brag on social media and then it’s all echoed on IAmYouthSoccer, the megaphone for the ECNL. I can promise you that coaches are not interested in their thank you notes.

Regarding Coaches at ECNL showcases, my DD's plays for a U16 club. She is posting after the showcases thanking the coaches that attended and it's legit posting the coaches that showed up to watch them play. Parents on the team are passing out brochures and asking the coaches for their card or info and logging it. This gets tabulated and shared with the girls. That's how the list gets made and I can tell you that it was over a 100 different schools over the course of the 3 days playing. Maybe some are posting every school that signed-up. Heck, even for Jeff Cup, there are over 80 schools.

Good Luck.

FYI, careful with the Social Media. Depending on the Coach, the majority are not fans of posting letters or coaches that were at the game, naming Universities. They will look at your daughter (or you if you are posting and trust me they are obvious when it the parent/s) as self-absorbed or arrogant. It has gotten out of hand. Coaches are going to want the opposite actually. Quiet, composed, concetrated on school work, soccer and a killer on the field.

Keep it simple. They don't care about your "Thanks Coach", they care about footage. To help everyone wrap their heads around how it works:

1. If two players are tied skill wise, they do not care about the badge even if ECNL is the better league. Go to next.
1. If two players are tied skill wise at same position -> higher GPA will get the offer above the other. Go to next.
2. If two players are tied skill and GPA wise -> quiet and composed player with less social media influence will get the offer.
3. Players with questionable Social Media looked past regardless of the above.

Number 3 is good advice. Neither number 1’s are true. Neither is 2.

College coaches want to be on the lists so players know they attended.

So you think College coaches will pick a player because of the badge on a kit when two players are equal?? You must be a special kind of stupid. Not only that, you think GPA doesn’t make a difference to coaches????? LMAO. Only if the player is a USYNT member will they look past OR you have a lot of money and don’t need scholarship funds. Those are the only exceptions.

Newsflash for you delusional ECNL/GA parents: College coaches have been coaching and recruiting for many more years than your kid has been playing club soccer. They know what they are looking at. Also having scholar athletes on the squad is a good look for both the school and coach.

Coaches go through hundreds of emails a day from recruits. P4 coaches especially. And you think they really care about some “Thanks Coach” post on X or even see it for that matter. Unless your child is USYNT, they are a dime a dozen. Sorry, that’s just how it is. It’s what separates your kid from the others is what matters and it’s not the “thanks Coach” post or “Hey, look are this school that sent me a letter” post.

No question ECNL is a better league by a fairly large margin but remember, Colleges recruit the player, not the team and not the badge. ECNL kills it in D1 numbers but that doesn’t mean the best GA players aren’t looking at the same schools either.

If you don’t want to believe me, that’s fine. I know these things to be 100% true from experience and relationships. Just trying to help some of you out that are new to this.

/ranr

TLDR you seem like a dork.

You seem like a parent who thinks kid is going P4 but should be going D3 (and there isn’t anything wrong with going D3)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As A GA parent I will say this, I noticed Ukies 08 had a post for ECNL TX thanking the coaches that attended games, 120 in total. I know that team sucks - bad - and Ds GA team has beaten better teams in that conference. BUT, I don't think they have had 120 coaches in total attend in 4 showcases they've been in. I doubt that 99% of those schools will ultimately recruit one of those Ukies players but it is frustration that low level ECNL teams can draw (maybe they were in attendance for the other team, I don't know) as many as it did over a playoff caliber GA team. Maybe there is a shift over the next few years, maybe not.

This is the frustration and why people get pissy about ECNL parents ... no way 120 coaches watched that team...i would question if those 120 coaches were even there...just because they sign up doesn't mean they went...and if the Ukies 08 is not a great team - likely they are on field 40 and nowhere near where all the coaches are.

Nothing wrong with saying 8-10 coaches saw you ... when they post stuff like 120 ... come on.

Totally agree. The Sunday after any ECNL showcase social media is inundated with 1,000s of “Thank you coaches” posts from random ECNL players, posting graphics saying that basically every coach that registered for the showcase watched her team play. Total garbage. It’s almost like the kids are taught to brag on social media and then it’s all echoed on IAmYouthSoccer, the megaphone for the ECNL. I can promise you that coaches are not interested in their thank you notes.

Regarding Coaches at ECNL showcases, my DD's plays for a U16 club. She is posting after the showcases thanking the coaches that attended and it's legit posting the coaches that showed up to watch them play. Parents on the team are passing out brochures and asking the coaches for their card or info and logging it. This gets tabulated and shared with the girls. That's how the list gets made and I can tell you that it was over a 100 different schools over the course of the 3 days playing. Maybe some are posting every school that signed-up. Heck, even for Jeff Cup, there are over 80 schools.

Good Luck.

FYI, careful with the Social Media. Depending on the Coach, the majority are not fans of posting letters or coaches that were at the game, naming Universities. They will look at your daughter (or you if you are posting and trust me they are obvious when it the parent/s) as self-absorbed or arrogant. It has gotten out of hand. Coaches are going to want the opposite actually. Quiet, composed, concetrated on school work, soccer and a killer on the field.

Keep it simple. They don't care about your "Thanks Coach", they care about footage. To help everyone wrap their heads around how it works:

1. If two players are tied skill wise, they do not care about the badge even if ECNL is the better league. Go to next.
1. If two players are tied skill wise at same position -> higher GPA will get the offer above the other. Go to next.
2. If two players are tied skill and GPA wise -> quiet and composed player with less social media influence will get the offer.
3. Players with questionable Social Media looked past regardless of the above.

Number 3 is good advice. Neither number 1’s are true. Neither is 2.

College coaches want to be on the lists so players know they attended.

So you think College coaches will pick a player because of the badge on a kit when two players are equal?? You must be a special kind of stupid. Not only that, you think GPA doesn’t make a difference to coaches????? LMAO. Only if the player is a USYNT member will they look past OR you have a lot of money and don’t need scholarship funds. Those are the only exceptions.

Newsflash for you delusional ECNL/GA parents: College coaches have been coaching and recruiting for many more years than your kid has been playing club soccer. They know what they are looking at. Also having scholar athletes on the squad is a good look for both the school and coach.

Coaches go through hundreds of emails a day from recruits. P4 coaches especially. And you think they really care about some “Thanks Coach” post on X or even see it for that matter. Unless your child is USYNT, they are a dime a dozen. Sorry, that’s just how it is. It’s what separates your kid from the others is what matters and it’s not the “thanks Coach” post or “Hey, look are this school that sent me a letter” post.

No question ECNL is a better league by a fairly large margin but remember, Colleges recruit the player, not the team and not the badge. ECNL kills it in D1 numbers but that doesn’t mean the best GA players aren’t looking at the same schools either.

If you don’t want to believe me, that’s fine. I know these things to be 100% true from experience and relationships. Just trying to help some of you out that are new to this.

/ranr

TLDR you seem like a dork.

You seem like a parent who thinks kid is going P4 but should be going D3 (and there isn’t anything wrong with going D3)

Jokes on you. I don't care what school my kid goes to as long as they're happy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:ECNL just dropped the dates of all their showcases. Great exposure.

.......waiting for GA

That's smart they get first choice on dates.

GA can choose to do alternative or the same dates for their events.

well. ECNL takes the first shot. moves their St Louis 2nd week of Dec 12-15 tournament from last year 2024 (was in Tenn in 2023) to the first week of Dec 6-8 same dates as CASL/Visit Raleigh tournament and GA Winter Showcase in California of last year. Let's see if either of those 2 tournaments move their dates.

Where you think all the coaches will go?

College coaches will go to the GA showcases. It is a league based on development and the wave of the future.

cool story

ECNL St Louis Dec 2024 - 219 D1
GA Calif Dec 2024 - 136 D1

Don't forget to share about the December weather in St. Louis. I think there's even a thread about it here somewhere ...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:ECNL just dropped the dates of all their showcases. Great exposure.

.......waiting for GA

That's smart they get first choice on dates.

GA can choose to do alternative or the same dates for their events.

well. ECNL takes the first shot. moves their St Louis 2nd week of Dec 12-15 tournament from last year 2024 (was in Tenn in 2023) to the first week of Dec 6-8 same dates as CASL/Visit Raleigh tournament and GA Winter Showcase in California of last year. Let's see if either of those 2 tournaments move their dates.

Where you think all the coaches will go?

College coaches will go to the GA showcases. It is a league based on development and the wave of the future.

cool story

ECNL St Louis Dec 2024 - 219 D1
GA Calif Dec 2024 - 136 D1

Don't forget to share about the December weather in St. Louis. I think there's even a thread about it here somewhere ...

doesn't appear to bother the amount of coaches who attend.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:ECNL just dropped the dates of all their showcases. Great exposure.

.......waiting for GA

That's smart they get first choice on dates.

GA can choose to do alternative or the same dates for their events.

well. ECNL takes the first shot. moves their St Louis 2nd week of Dec 12-15 tournament from last year 2024 (was in Tenn in 2023) to the first week of Dec 6-8 same dates as CASL/Visit Raleigh tournament and GA Winter Showcase in California of last year. Let's see if either of those 2 tournaments move their dates.

Where you think all the coaches will go?

College coaches will go to the GA showcases. It is a league based on development and the wave of the future.

cool story

ECNL St Louis Dec 2024 - 219 D1
GA Calif Dec 2024 - 136 D1

Don't forget to share about the December weather in St. Louis. I think there's even a thread about it here somewhere ...

doesn't appear to bother the amount of coaches who attend.

Go read the thread. Talk to people who were there. Just a number doesn't reflect what actually happened because of the weather.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:ECNL just dropped the dates of all their showcases. Great exposure.

.......waiting for GA

That's smart they get first choice on dates.

GA can choose to do alternative or the same dates for their events.

well. ECNL takes the first shot. moves their St Louis 2nd week of Dec 12-15 tournament from last year 2024 (was in Tenn in 2023) to the first week of Dec 6-8 same dates as CASL/Visit Raleigh tournament and GA Winter Showcase in California of last year. Let's see if either of those 2 tournaments move their dates.

Where you think all the coaches will go?

College coaches will go to the GA showcases. It is a league based on development and the wave of the future.

cool story

ECNL St Louis Dec 2024 - 219 D1
GA Calif Dec 2024 - 136 D1

Don't forget to share about the December weather in St. Louis. I think there's even a thread about it here somewhere ...

doesn't appear to bother the amount of coaches who attend.

Attend an event and show up for games is 2 very different things. I know some schools show up even if they have the next 2 recruiting classes locked up just to keep tabs on players, ie they aren't scouting new ones, at least in the oldest 2 ages and that's after watching recruited players games.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ECNL just dropped the dates of all their showcases. Great exposure.

.......waiting for GA

That's smart they get first choice on dates.

GA can choose to do alternative or the same dates for their events.

well. ECNL takes the first shot. moves their St Louis 2nd week of Dec 12-15 tournament from last year 2024 (was in Tenn in 2023) to the first week of Dec 6-8 same dates as CASL/Visit Raleigh tournament and GA Winter Showcase in California of last year. Let's see if either of those 2 tournaments move their dates.

Where you think all the coaches will go?

College coaches will go to the GA showcases. It is a league based on development and the wave of the future.

cool story

ECNL St Louis Dec 2024 - 219 D1
GA Calif Dec 2024 - 136 D1

Don't forget to share about the December weather in St. Louis. I think there's even a thread about it here somewhere ...

doesn't appear to bother the amount of coaches who attend.

Go read the thread. Talk to people who were there. Just a number doesn't reflect what actually happened because of the weather.

our team had a great time there. don't see your issue or why this is now a topic on this board.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ECNL just dropped the dates of all their showcases. Great exposure.

.......waiting for GA

That's smart they get first choice on dates.

GA can choose to do alternative or the same dates for their events.

well. ECNL takes the first shot. moves their St Louis 2nd week of Dec 12-15 tournament from last year 2024 (was in Tenn in 2023) to the first week of Dec 6-8 same dates as CASL/Visit Raleigh tournament and GA Winter Showcase in California of last year. Let's see if either of those 2 tournaments move their dates.

Where you think all the coaches will go?

College coaches will go to the GA showcases. It is a league based on development and the wave of the future.

cool story

ECNL St Louis Dec 2024 - 219 D1
GA Calif Dec 2024 - 136 D1

Don't forget to share about the December weather in St. Louis. I think there's even a thread about it here somewhere ...

doesn't appear to bother the amount of coaches who attend.

Go read the thread. Talk to people who were there. Just a number doesn't reflect what actually happened because of the weather.

our team had a great time there. don't see your issue or why this is now a topic on this board.

It isn’t a mystery. Some teams have one of those three games canceled. Big deal? Still tons of college coaches and great competition for DD and her team.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ECNL just dropped the dates of all their showcases. Great exposure.

.......waiting for GA

That's smart they get first choice on dates.

GA can choose to do alternative or the same dates for their events.

well. ECNL takes the first shot. moves their St Louis 2nd week of Dec 12-15 tournament from last year 2024 (was in Tenn in 2023) to the first week of Dec 6-8 same dates as CASL/Visit Raleigh tournament and GA Winter Showcase in California of last year. Let's see if either of those 2 tournaments move their dates.

Where you think all the coaches will go?

College coaches will go to the GA showcases. It is a league based on development and the wave of the future.

cool story

ECNL St Louis Dec 2024 - 219 D1
GA Calif Dec 2024 - 136 D1

Don't forget to share about the December weather in St. Louis. I think there's even a thread about it here somewhere ...

doesn't appear to bother the amount of coaches who attend.

Go read the thread. Talk to people who were there. Just a number doesn't reflect what actually happened because of the weather.

our team had a great time there. don't see your issue or why this is now a topic on this board.

It isn’t a mystery. Some teams have one of those three games canceled. Big deal? Still tons of college coaches and great competition for DD and her team.

"Anyone else have the terrible experience in STL? Freezing, buckets of rain, canceled third game, hotels terrible. Why is ECNL continuing to force parents to pay and kids to attend these showcases in the midwest in December. Did anyone get recruited out of there? I hope so, I hope another family had a better weekend than we did. ECNL sucks"

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1245608.page

[Anonymous]

So it's no big deal that ECNL scheduled an event in St Louis in the winter? The ECNL cult working overtime to dismiss. If any other league did this there would be 10 treads on how the sky was falling and how fast.

Girls ECNL cult parents actions are turning people off and enabling competitors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So it's no big deal that ECNL scheduled an event in St Louis in the winter? The ECNL cult working overtime to dismiss. If any other league did this there would be 10 treads on how the sky was falling and how fast.

Girls ECNL cult parents actions are turning people off and enabling competitors.

Not all "ECNL Parents" are in the cult. Unfortunately when there's high levels of competition some parents get crazy from the pressure and jump online to offload. I'm sure if they could they'd cleat up themselves but they can't so online comments are the next best thing.

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Anonymous wrote:ECNL just dropped the dates of all their showcases. Great exposure.

.......waiting for GA

That's smart they get first choice on dates.

GA can choose to do alternative or the same dates for their events.

well. ECNL takes the first shot. moves their St Louis 2nd week of Dec 12-15 tournament from last year 2024 (was in Tenn in 2023) to the first week of Dec 6-8 same dates as CASL/Visit Raleigh tournament and GA Winter Showcase in California of last year. Let's see if either of those 2 tournaments move their dates.

Where you think all the coaches will go?

College coaches will go to the GA showcases. It is a league based on development and the wave of the future.

cool story

ECNL St Louis Dec 2024 - 219 D1
GA Calif Dec 2024 - 136 D1

Don't forget to share about the December weather in St. Louis. I think there's even a thread about it here somewhere ...

doesn't appear to bother the amount of coaches who attend.

Go read the thread. Talk to people who were there. Just a number doesn't reflect what actually happened because of the weather.

our team had a great time there. don't see your issue or why this is now a topic on this board.

It isn’t a mystery. Some teams have one of those three games canceled. Big deal? Still tons of college coaches and great competition for DD and her team.

"Anyone else have the terrible experience in STL? Freezing, buckets of rain, canceled third game, hotels terrible. Why is ECNL continuing to force parents to pay and kids to attend these showcases in the midwest in December. Did anyone get recruited out of there? I hope so, I hope another family had a better weekend than we did. ECNL sucks"

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1245608.page

playing in that tournament was great for my daughter.it made her dig deeper into schools that play in that kind of weather. that she was looking at it was another piece of the pie in helping her find the right "fit" for her.there are 4 schools she likes that are in the north. it was a great part of her journey cause that was the the first time she played in that type of weather and realized it was too cold for her.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:ECNL just dropped the dates of all their showcases. Great exposure.

.......waiting for GA

That's smart they get first choice on dates.

GA can choose to do alternative or the same dates for their events.

well. ECNL takes the first shot. moves their St Louis 2nd week of Dec 12-15 tournament from last year 2024 (was in Tenn in 2023) to the first week of Dec 6-8 same dates as CASL/Visit Raleigh tournament and GA Winter Showcase in California of last year. Let's see if either of those 2 tournaments move their dates.

Where you think all the coaches will go?

College coaches will go to the GA showcases. It is a league based on development and the wave of the future.

cool story

ECNL St Louis Dec 2024 - 219 D1
GA Calif Dec 2024 - 136 D1

Don't forget to share about the December weather in St. Louis. I think there's even a thread about it here somewhere ...

doesn't appear to bother the amount of coaches who attend.

Go read the thread. Talk to people who were there. Just a number doesn't reflect what actually happened because of the weather.

our team had a great time there. don't see your issue or why this is now a topic on this board.

It isn’t a mystery. Some teams have one of those three games canceled. Big deal? Still tons of college coaches and great competition for DD and her team.

"Anyone else have the terrible experience in STL? Freezing, buckets of rain, canceled third game, hotels terrible. Why is ECNL continuing to force parents to pay and kids to attend these showcases in the midwest in December. Did anyone get recruited out of there? I hope so, I hope another family had a better weekend than we did. ECNL sucks"

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1245608.page

playing in that tournament was great for my daughter.it made her dig deeper into schools that play in that kind of weather. that she was looking at it was another piece of the pie in helping her find the right "fit" for her.there are 4 schools she likes that are in the north. it was a great part of her journey cause that was the the first time she played in that type of weather and realized it was too cold for her.

It would have been much cheaper + more fon for the rest of the family if you took a soccer ball with you next time you went skiing and made your kid practice for an hour in the snow.