State cup game this weekend

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Boys ECNL is growing

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Anonymous wrote:Boys ECNL is growing

So is the Coronavirus outbreak.

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Not sure why folks here are down on Boys ECNL. We've been playing Boys ECNL for the past several years and I think it's the best league there is if you intend to play high school soccer as well.

Can't speak to every team but having played EDP, CCL, NCSL and USDA levels, we have found Boys ECNL to be very good competition. Better than CCL, NCSL and VA NPL in our experience anyway. There is a lot of travel - but things are so diluted these days it's hard to escape that.

Have played several USDAs and it's always been a one goal game either way. YMMV of course but our experience @ Boys ECNL has been good college exposure - my boys got very good college offers from there. I would say in particular that the Boys ECNL regional events draw very large numbers of college coaches - especially the Florida event.

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure why folks here are down on Boys ECNL. We've been playing Boys ECNL for the past several years and I think it's the best league there is if you intend to play high school soccer as well.

Can't speak to every team but having played EDP, CCL, NCSL and USDA levels, we have found Boys ECNL to be very good competition. Better than CCL, NCSL and VA NPL in our experience anyway. There is a lot of travel - but things are so diluted these days it's hard to escape that.

Have played several USDAs and it's always been a one goal game either way. YMMV of course but our experience @ Boys ECNL has been good college exposure - my boys got very good college offers from there. I would say in particular that the Boys ECNL regional events draw very large numbers of college coaches - especially the Florida event.

You are correct. I can only assume they feel threatened because the attacks are consistent, snide, and not even accurate. And, if there is any significance at all to that top 100 list, a few boys' ECNL clubs made the top 50, when some DAs didn't even make the list.

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure why folks here are down on Boys ECNL. We've been playing Boys ECNL for the past several years and I think it's the best league there is if you intend to play high school soccer as well.

Can't speak to every team but having played EDP, CCL, NCSL and USDA levels, we have found Boys ECNL to be very good competition. Better than CCL, NCSL and VA NPL in our experience anyway. There is a lot of travel - but things are so diluted these days it's hard to escape that.

Have played several USDAs and it's always been a one goal game either way. YMMV of course but our experience @ Boys ECNL has been good college exposure - my boys got very good college offers from there. I would say in particular that the Boys ECNL regional events draw very large numbers of college coaches - especially the Florida event.

You are correct. I can only assume they feel threatened because the attacks are consistent, snide, and not even accurate. And, if there is any significance at all to that top 100 list, a few boys' ECNL clubs made the top 50, when some DAs didn't even make the list.

I will chime in and try not to be snide. I have no axe to grind other than not having my child on the road multiple times throughout the year for league games against opponents equal or inferior to local clubs, all of which might be even stronger without league proliferation and talent dilution. The most attractive aspect of this good players who will never go pro is they can play elite soccer and high school sports simultaneously. But it is hard to see where the time comes from. I care far more about the time than the money, but the money required for that kind of travel necessarily creates barriers to including the most elite talent available. At least intuitively. And I really don’t want my son to think about soccer as his guide to college selection, even if he is good enough. Plenty of other routes there that pay longer term dividends and probably lead to his enrollment at schools that are a better fit for more academically inclined kids. And yes, I know Bethesda and McLean send a fair number of kids to elite colleges. But my sons gifted class alone (22 kids) will probably send more than those clubs combined.

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure why folks here are down on Boys ECNL. We've been playing Boys ECNL for the past several years and I think it's the best league there is if you intend to play high school soccer as well.

Can't speak to every team but having played EDP, CCL, NCSL and USDA levels, we have found Boys ECNL to be very good competition. Better than CCL, NCSL and VA NPL in our experience anyway. There is a lot of travel - but things are so diluted these days it's hard to escape that.

Have played several USDAs and it's always been a one goal game either way. YMMV of course but our experience @ Boys ECNL has been good college exposure - my boys got very good college offers from there. I would say in particular that the Boys ECNL regional events draw very large numbers of college coaches - especially the Florida event.

You are correct. I can only assume they feel threatened because the attacks are consistent, snide, and not even accurate. And, if there is any significance at all to that top 100 list, a few boys' ECNL clubs made the top 50, when some DAs didn't even make the list.

I will chime in and try not to be snide. I have no axe to grind other than not having my child on the road multiple times throughout the year for league games against opponents equal or inferior to local clubs, all of which might be even stronger without league proliferation and talent dilution. The most attractive aspect of this good players who will never go pro is they can play elite soccer and high school sports simultaneously. But it is hard to see where the time comes from. I care far more about the time than the money, but the money required for that kind of travel necessarily creates barriers to including the most elite talent available. At least intuitively. And I really don’t want my son to think about soccer as his guide to college selection, even if he is good enough. Plenty of other routes there that pay longer term dividends and probably lead to his enrollment at schools that are a better fit for more academically inclined kids. And yes, I know Bethesda and McLean send a fair number of kids to elite colleges. But my sons gifted class alone (22 kids) will probably send more than those clubs combined.

Then I guess that's how you feel about girls' ECNL too. As long as people are consistent, I can respect that. Nothing wrong with playing EDP is a choice about time and effort. Nothing wrong with not even choosing to play in college at all, at any level.

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure why folks here are down on Boys ECNL. We've been playing Boys ECNL for the past several years and I think it's the best league there is if you intend to play high school soccer as well.

Can't speak to every team but having played EDP, CCL, NCSL and USDA levels, we have found Boys ECNL to be very good competition. Better than CCL, NCSL and VA NPL in our experience anyway. There is a lot of travel - but things are so diluted these days it's hard to escape that.

Have played several USDAs and it's always been a one goal game either way. YMMV of course but our experience @ Boys ECNL has been good college exposure - my boys got very good college offers from there. I would say in particular that the Boys ECNL regional events draw very large numbers of college coaches - especially the Florida event.

You are correct. I can only assume they feel threatened because the attacks are consistent, snide, and not even accurate. And, if there is any significance at all to that top 100 list, a few boys' ECNL clubs made the top 50, when some DAs didn't even make the list.

I will chime in and try not to be snide. I have no axe to grind other than not having my child on the road multiple times throughout the year for league games against opponents equal or inferior to local clubs, all of which might be even stronger without league proliferation and talent dilution. The most attractive aspect of this good players who will never go pro is they can play elite soccer and high school sports simultaneously. But it is hard to see where the time comes from. I care far more about the time than the money, but the money required for that kind of travel necessarily creates barriers to including the most elite talent available. At least intuitively. And I really don’t want my son to think about soccer as his guide to college selection, even if he is good enough. Plenty of other routes there that pay longer term dividends and probably lead to his enrollment at schools that are a better fit for more academically inclined kids. And yes, I know Bethesda and McLean send a fair number of kids to elite colleges. But my sons gifted class alone (22 kids) will probably send more than those clubs combined.

Then I guess that's how you feel about girls' ECNL too. As long as people are consistent, I can respect that. Nothing wrong with playing EDP is a choice about time and effort. Nothing wrong with not even choosing to play in college at all, at any level.

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