This statement is going to change soon, obviously. Because MLSN1 teams will be birth year - the ECNL teams in will be considerably younger / older - assuming the teams were to play each other. The real question is whether ECNL will become the best option for Q4 kids. Can't wait to see how this story plays out! |
Your life must be terribly dull if you think this is interesting at all. |
I'm from the future. It wont matter boys ECNL will still be 2nd tier. |
Here's how it plays out The slackers will remain slackers and go nowhere. BY or SY The talented hardworking kids will get rewards of their labor |
You are publicly opening up your stupidity. |
| ECNL boys will be absorbed by mlsn and ECNL will be fully invested to the girls side even offering college level programs for non recruited high school players say a D2 level player who wants to try and go D1 would play for that schools ECNL club team which would also be where freshman would get lots of playing time as well. P2P is coming to a college near you! |
| ECNL going small sided U13/14 9v9 |
Do you have a source you can link? |
That is probably the best assumption you can read between the lines…. |
Im guessing this person is stating this based on the most recent ECNL podcast. It is a really informative one but does not say anything about ECNL making changes. Rather, it talks about how other countries are doing more to stay smaller sided for longer. Anyone with a club that rushes/ goes earlier to 11v11 should listen to this podcast. |
If they want to stay small sided longer, there will need to be appropriately sized fields. I agree that the 11 v. 11 fields for U13 are too big, but the 9v9 fields are way too small even at U12. |
There is a link in instagram suggesting this |
Nope, just what I was told ECNL has been discussing lots of things that would fall under big changes for youth soccer. Such as: A new ECNL conference More cups less showcases for 9th grade and below. Smaller sided games for U11-12 and U13/14 |
Also from the future. You're stupid you just haven't figured it out yet. |
If the United States ends up with two "separate but equal" registration systems, it's interesting. If it wasn't interesting, we wouldn't be nearing 2000 pages worth of replies on these threads. Proof = pudding. |