GA & MLS NEXT Form Strategic Alliance
![[Post New]](/jforum/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif){kind=icon}
Anonymous
Tell me you don’t know shit without telling me you don’t know shit. Nationals was putting kids in top tier D1 colleges before the transition to ECNL. Now they will be put into the same colleges and wont win a title. |
Anonymous
Except it doesn’t work that way. The playoff event is also a showcase, so every team can go even if they don’t qualify for the playoff bracket. Nationals will be there with the 400 scouts no matter where they finish. GA works the same way. If you have been through the process you would realize this. Only pre-HS age parents think you need to be on a winning team to get exposure. |
Anonymous
The only person that doesnt know how the playoffs/showcases work might be you. Yes, there are showcases alongside the first rounds of playoofs for the “loser” teams. A-Z tiers. Guess which games the scouts go to? They go to SD Surf vs SLSG playoff game………not FC Wisconsin vs Utah Avalanche Tier W game…………..I have been on both sides of the trade. There aren’t any scouts going to the latter game…………. Oh, and tons of scouts go to the final rounds of playoffs, you know those games that DONT have a showcase attached to them………… |
Anonymous
Haha, so true. It's nice that the ECNL hats are getting called out on their BS. Here's another FYI. SD Surf and SLSG players already have 2-3 offers on the table. After files this summer they'll have even more. Same thing for the top GA players. Everyone else will have to market themselves to get on recruiters radar. If you're a lower level club just excited to be at the main event keep in mind that you're there to pick up the check nothing more. |
Anonymous
Recruiters are there to see specific players who they have been in contact with before the events. They have seen their highlights, had them at their camps. They don’t just watch playoff games and randomly identify players they see. Marketing yourself is how it works. They don’t care which field you are on. |
Anonymous
Some people are beyond help. Let them keep attending hoping their kid gets “discovered” in 12th grade… and then when they don’t get discovered and are playing water boy/girl for a mid-major, they’ll be back on here raging about how they should have changed back to SY earlier for their trapped child. |
Anonymous
You forgot about b-itching about RAE 24/7. If your kid isn't that good just put up the cash to make them better however that works out. If things dont work out stop looking for excuses and just move on. |
Anonymous
. We were in a showcase in the key recruiting time. Not playoffs. We had 125 coaches. We also went to final around of playoffs. Not well attended by scouts. |
Anonymous
Hahaha, you're trying to argue that scouts prefer lower level teams than the best in the nation. Come on, take a step back and think about what you're shoveling. |
Anonymous
I think like 3 of their girls teams are top 3 so far, including the one that won its age group in GA last year (They had another team that was a runner-up). Seems a bit too early to compare this season to how they did in the GA. |
Anonymous
The Nationals actually bring the Hawks a healthy bit of competition in SE Michigan that's good for soccer in the state. The Hawks have leveraged their own history to a big recruiting advantage in Michigan and until recently -- a few other clubs also have been added -- were the only pathway for ECNL (Might be just a rumor but the scuttlebutt was they supposedly fought tooth and nail these expansions to keep this edge). |
Anonymous
This is happening all over the country. Founding ecnl clubs do whatever it takes to prevent certain clubs from joining ECNL. Fc Stars has long fought to keep NEFC away.. |
Anonymous
Notice every time you run into a wall of facts from actual experience, you try to shift the subject with a strawman argument. “you’re trying to argue scouts prefer lower level teams!” No, we said that scouts don’t care about the level of teams. “Are you arguing that nationals players will get less exposure in ECNL than they did in GA?” No, we said they will get all the exposure they need in both. From the way you post I can tell you probably have a U14 or U15 player. You’re a club hopper and are probably driving a longer distance than necessary just to be on an ECNL team that wins more games because you think that matters. You think your daughter is better than she is. The club and coaches let you believe that to keep you paying. You put down other clubs and leagues on an anonymous forum to convince yourself it’s all worth it. In a few years you’ll blame everyone else why your daughter didn’t become a national star. |
Anonymous
Nope not even close. My kid has played at the same local GA club since she was 5. (Always on the top team) Also she starts most games even as a trapped player. We have checked out local ECNL clubs over the years and know that the grass isn't greener. I'm not sure where you got the negative assessment from. You might want to look inward for that. Reguarding league events and which games scouts attend. Sorry to be the one that brings you to reality. However the top teams and big games are the ones that have the most scout attendance. Not the random games and clubs. |
Anonymous
I think, tho, the PP point was that the scout visits aren't random. They are seeking out particular players who have already made connections to those programs (going to ID camps, sharing highlight videos, etc) to see these players in action. You can both be right, you know. |