New Additions to Leagues Check Up (ECNL & GA)

[Anonymous]

A love how every discussion evolves into a ECNL is better than GA flamewar vs providing actual information.

Anyway, last year GA announced new conferences the 1st week of May. Maybe, we will find out in a week or two their new conferences.

Also, will ECNL RL ever drop a club? I look at the bottom clubs here, who just keep getting pounded every week in ECNL RL and I wonder how they are still allowed in?

[Anonymous]

I love coming to this board. when I am down, the ga parents lift me up they give me hope. no matter how bad the play is in ga, no matter how many terrible teams they let into the ga, no matter the declining college program attendance, and no matter the drop in college commitments, the ga parents put on a brave face and keep fighting!!! So put on that ga hat and proudly stand behind the perception! lets go!!!!!

[Anonymous]

What happened to the VDA 2012 girls? From what I can gather, they have not won a league game this spring.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For ECNL hats questioning whether GA is gaining ground on ECNL, look at the U15 USYNT numbers:

23 Girls Academy call-ups in 2025-26 — 33.8% of the U15 pool, up from 9.5% last year. That’s not a small bump… that’s a major jump.

14 players from 11 GA clubs earned spots. That kind of club diversity also says something important: talent identification in GA is broadening, not concentrated.

The gap between GA and ECNL is continuing to narrow and arguably shifting at younger age groups.

the quality gap is not narrowing. it is actually getting bigger in terms of quality. GA may be adding more teams, but they are terrible clubs.

Cope however you need to bro.

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At younger age groups the balance is shifting. There are GA teams that can beat ECNL teams any day of the week at younger age groups.

The question isn’t whether there are good teams in GA. No one denies there are 10-15 great clubs that made the jump, maybe more, 3 in the DMV. The question is depth. By the time you get to the mid table in the DMV, at least, the GA teams are comparable to RL teams. The balance might have “shifted” from 5% to 20% but it’s still an 80-20 split.

Here is a way to put it in perspective of how quickly the GA talent drops off even in the DMV. Carolina Core was in the Aspire league with the DMV teams. they won almost every age group and are being promoted to the GA league. Looked at there 2010 team as an example. They lost 4-0 to a GA team and 4-1 to an RL at Raleigh showcase; they lost 3-0 and 9-0 to GA teams at WAGS. They can't compete at the GA level and will be bottom of table, but GA is just as much a money grab and wants more mouths at the table. Don't care if they are watering down their already mediocre product.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What happened to the VDA 2012 girls? From what I can gather, they have not won a league game this spring.

Team morale goes south quick when half the team is cut for the following year. This is the VDA way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What happened to the VDA 2012 girls? From what I can gather, they have not won a league game this spring.

Team morale goes south quick when half the team is cut for the following year. This is the VDA way.

Ha! But that U15 team will be stacked next year with those late bday 11s. This is the way…

[Anonymous]

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Here is a way to put it in perspective of how quickly the GA talent drops off even in the DMV. Carolina Core was in the Aspire league with the DMV teams. they won almost every age group and are being promoted to the GA league. Looked at there 2010 team as an example. They lost 4-0 to a GA team and 4-1 to an RL at Raleigh showcase; they lost 3-0 and 9-0 to GA teams at WAGS. They can't compete at the GA level and will be bottom of table, but GA is just as much a money grab and wants more mouths at the table. Don't care if they are watering down their already mediocre product.

A club that's dominating in the 2nd league should be promoted. Unfortunately, the competition in Aspire isn't sufficient to adequately validate a club's readiness.

I would expect that the Aspire team will get better as they learn from facing stronger competition. Realistically though, they're still near the bottom of the table.

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Anonymous wrote:What happened to the VDA 2012 girls? From what I can gather, they have not won a league game this spring.

Team morale goes south quick when half the team is cut for the following year. This is the VDA way.

Ha! But that U15 team will be stacked next year with those late bday 11s. This is the way…

Are they good enough?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A love how every discussion evolves into a ECNL is better than GA flamewar vs providing actual information.

Anyway, last year GA announced new conferences the 1st week of May. Maybe, we will find out in a week or two their new conferences.

Also, will ECNL RL ever drop a club? I look at the bottom clubs here, who just keep getting pounded every week in ECNL RL and I wonder how they are still allowed in?

There's no info which is the problem. So bored posters resort to flaming each other.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What happened to the VDA 2012 girls? From what I can gather, they have not won a league game this spring.

Team morale goes south quick when half the team is cut for the following year. This is the VDA way.

Ha! But that U15 team will be stacked next year with those late bday 11s. This is the way…

Are they good enough?

They may actually make a strong run next year

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What happened to the VDA 2012 girls? From what I can gather, they have not won a league game this spring.

Team morale goes south quick when half the team is cut for the following year. This is the VDA way.

Ha! But that U15 team will be stacked next year with those late bday 11s. This is the way…

Are they good enough?

They may actually make a strong run next year

indeed. Mid tier team with the future 16s and should dominate the 15s. I see a strong deep playoff run.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What happened to the VDA 2012 girls? From what I can gather, they have not won a league game this spring.

Team morale goes south quick when half the team is cut for the following year. This is the VDA way.

Ha! But that U15 team will be stacked next year with those late bday 11s. This is the way…

Will be interesting to see next fall 10th graders playing with the 9th graders. Maybe next year will be different, but scouts don’t attend 9th grade year games. Hoping it works out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What happened to the VDA 2012 girls? From what I can gather, they have not won a league game this spring.

Team morale goes south quick when half the team is cut for the following year. This is the VDA way.

Ha! But that U15 team will be stacked next year with those late bday 11s. This is the way…

Will be interesting to see next fall 10th graders playing with the 9th graders. Maybe next year will be different, but scouts don’t attend 9th grade year games. Hoping it works out.

As long as they make BP look good and save the 2012 team. Their own recruiting chances and exposure don’t matter. More marketing, less development. No problem.

[Anonymous]

Heres something I didnt expect with the new age change coming this fall. My kid plays at a club with 2 top teams White/Blue. For the olders teams the club isnt allowing BY trapped players to play down this fall. They're distributing players across both White and Blue BY teams so both teams can win. What a crazy outcome. Who would have thought a club wouldnt let BY trapped players play with kids their grade when they can this fall. Calls are already being made by parents to other clubs.

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Anonymous wrote:What happened to the VDA 2012 girls? From what I can gather, they have not won a league game this spring.

Team morale goes south quick when half the team is cut for the following year. This is the VDA way.

Ha! But that U15 team will be stacked next year with those late bday 11s. This is the way…

Will be interesting to see next fall 10th graders playing with the 9th graders. Maybe next year will be different, but scouts don’t attend 9th grade year games. Hoping it works out.

As long as they make BP look good and save the 2012 team. Their own recruiting chances and exposure don’t matter. More marketing, less development. No problem.

This is the way…