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Thanks for the January update above from the IMG event. Any additional observations about this first year of NAL? |
as for the U13 EDP starting at EDP-3, on the girls side (I am a recent transplant from NJ, so going by that), the EDP-1& EDP-2 play in the "national league". I guess they needed to separte things a little since EDP is such a wide range (so I had when they group EDP a 1 things). It would be nice to see the GD numbers if they broke EDP into 6 or 7 levels (combining them is like combining ECNL and ECRL). I would expect an EDP-3 team to beat an EDP-7 team by atleast 5 goals |
So in terms of leagues and teams ECNL regional has comparable quality to NAL?
I am really tired of driving when there are so many great teams in the DMV area. I wish the clubs would stop playing this game, and just let the kids play soccer with comparable opponents. |
All about $$$$$$$$$$$$ |
There’s always someone on every topic that brings up this incredible obvious fact. We all know this. Move on. |
yeah, get outta here with your facts |
Also, it seems like the person who has seen these teams would place NAL above ECNL-R in terms of the quality of play/players/coaches? |
Oops sorry I see that someone has posited they are roughly equal |
Below the couple top performing teams in the dmv, there are many teams at the same levels minus the fancy labels. No team under U16 from the second tier down needs to drive more than an hour on weekends to find quality competition |
I'm sure thats regional - in our area there are two teams at the top of the ENCL-RL table that are head and shoulders above the rest of the league. Those two teams are competitive with ENCL National whereas the bottom 5 teams are probably equal to NPL and below NAL. |
based on what measurements are they equal or not equal? |
at what age group? |
2010 boys (u14) in ENCL-RL Carolinas |