Girls' Academy has also been approved to become a U.S. Soccer member!

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain to me why a league adding more clubs is a bad thing?

If the clubs being added are high level there will be competition and maybe different clubs would go to the finals.

If the clubs being added are lower level there won't be added competition and the same dominate clubs will go to the finals.

From a high level recruitment perspective adding more clubs to a league doesn't change anything. The same top clubs get recruited regardless of league.

Adding low level clubs dilutes the talent pool. Ideally, you would encourage the best players to leave low level teams and come together on higher level teams. This encourages them to remain with their current clubs. Just in NOVA, you now have three GA teams. Are there really enough girls choosing GA over ECNL to fill out all of those rosters with even regionally let alone nationally competitive teams?

Yes, but why is diluting the talent pool bad? Bad for who? Isn’t it good for the clubs and the players that get to participate? The top players are still the top players and they will get seen just as much, they’ll just have fewer other top players on their team. What is your concern about having more teams in a league?

Because it is supposed to be "elite". These are showcase leagues and if the process is complicated due to dilution it becomes harder to find top talent even in showcases claiming to have top talent.:

https://www.soccerwire.com/soccer-blog/veteran-scout-college-coaches-growing-frustrated-with-ongoing-duel-between-ecnl-and-girls-academy/

"While the GA remains a clear cut No. 2 on the national landscape with plenty of future NCAA Division 1 players and undoubtedly some future professional players in its ranks, there’s no denying the pattern that is taking place, with top GA clubs continuing to join (or re-join) the ECNL.

This has resulted in the GA adding clubs to its own ranks while the ECNL also expands in other ways. According to the hundreds of college coaches I speak to weekly, this process has added thousands of new recruits to an already overcrowded recruiting landscape. For some, it has made the process of scouting and evaluating potential recruits entirely unmanageable."

I see. So it’s bad for college recruiters who will need to be better at finding players instead of just going to one place? I’m ok having bigger leagues that are better for players and clubs with the trade off that it’s worse for college recruiters that only affects a small number

Ideally, most kids in an elite league would plan on playing in college. If college scouts can't be bothered to see teams play, it's a good indication that the teams and their showcases aren't as elite as the marketing material implies

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain to me why a league adding more clubs is a bad thing?

If the clubs being added are high level there will be competition and maybe different clubs would go to the finals.

If the clubs being added are lower level there won't be added competition and the same dominate clubs will go to the finals.

From a high level recruitment perspective adding more clubs to a league doesn't change anything. The same top clubs get recruited regardless of league.

Adding low level clubs dilutes the talent pool. Ideally, you would encourage the best players to leave low level teams and come together on higher level teams. This encourages them to remain with their current clubs. Just in NOVA, you now have three GA teams. Are there really enough girls choosing GA over ECNL to fill out all of those rosters with even regionally let alone nationally competitive teams?

Yes, but why is diluting the talent pool bad? Bad for who? Isn’t it good for the clubs and the players that get to participate? The top players are still the top players and they will get seen just as much, they’ll just have fewer other top players on their team. What is your concern about having more teams in a league?

Will they?

Won’t matter for the elite ballers cause they should be pros by 17 if the current trends continue. It’s getting down to single digits of USWNT u17 players who are choosing college over pro contracts at this point. GA or ECNL? Who cares? Does your kid features and play for a team that will be at a showcase, next! It’s on them now not the league they played in as MS early HS teenager

It's on the league to have showcases that are worth it for scouts to attend.

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What I'm reading is that a league adding more clubs doesn't really matter. Also the concept of "dilution" only affects mega clubs ability to collect talent.

The only person potentially affected is a guy that runs a recruiterment business and writes opeds about how inconvenienced thay are by going to more than one showcase.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I'm reading is that a league adding more clubs doesn't really matter. Also the concept of "dilution" only affects mega clubs ability to collect talent.

The only person potentially affected is a guy that runs a recruiterment business and writes opeds about how inconvenienced thay are by going to more than one showcase.

GA and ECNL clubs are supposed to be mega clubs with the ability to collect talent. That's the whole point of having regional and national leagues

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What I'm reading is that a league adding more clubs doesn't really matter. Also the concept of "dilution" only affects mega clubs ability to collect talent.

The only person potentially affected is a guy that runs a recruiterment business and writes opeds about how inconvenienced thay are by going to more than one showcase.

GA and ECNL clubs are supposed to be mega clubs with the ability to collect talent. That's the whole point of having regional and national leagues

Ahh so all the DPL, ECRL, etc players won't go to the newly minted GA teams?

Is this you're arguement?

[Anonymous]

And ECNL players. Everyone is moving around right now for good reason. Not too concerned as long as your kid is getting better

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Anonymous wrote:What I'm reading is that a league adding more clubs doesn't really matter. Also the concept of "dilution" only affects mega clubs ability to collect talent.

The only person potentially affected is a guy that runs a recruiterment business and writes opeds about how inconvenienced thay are by going to more than one showcase.

GA and ECNL clubs are supposed to be mega clubs with the ability to collect talent. That's the whole point of having regional and national leagues

Ahh so all the DPL, ECRL, etc players won't go to the newly minted GA teams?

Is this you're arguement?

Are enough of them good enough to fill out all of the new GA and ECNL roster spaces?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What I'm reading is that a league adding more clubs doesn't really matter. Also the concept of "dilution" only affects mega clubs ability to collect talent.

The only person potentially affected is a guy that runs a recruiterment business and writes opeds about how inconvenienced thay are by going to more than one showcase.

GA and ECNL clubs are supposed to be mega clubs with the ability to collect talent. That's the whole point of having regional and national leagues

Ahh so all the DPL, ECRL, etc players won't go to the newly minted GA teams?

Is this you're arguement?

Are enough of them good enough to fill out all of the new GA and ECNL roster spaces?

I don't know.

If only there was something clubs could to to make them better. Maybe we could call it development.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What I'm reading is that a league adding more clubs doesn't really matter. Also the concept of "dilution" only affects mega clubs ability to collect talent.

The only person potentially affected is a guy that runs a recruiterment business and writes opeds about how inconvenienced thay are by going to more than one showcase.

GA and ECNL clubs are supposed to be mega clubs with the ability to collect talent. That's the whole point of having regional and national leagues

Ahh so all the DPL, ECRL, etc players won't go to the newly minted GA teams?

Is this you're arguement?

Are enough of them good enough to fill out all of the new GA and ECNL roster spaces?

What is DPL?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What I'm reading is that a league adding more clubs doesn't really matter. Also the concept of "dilution" only affects mega clubs ability to collect talent.

The only person potentially affected is a guy that runs a recruiterment business and writes opeds about how inconvenienced thay are by going to more than one showcase.

GA and ECNL clubs are supposed to be mega clubs with the ability to collect talent. That's the whole point of having regional and national leagues

Ahh so all the DPL, ECRL, etc players won't go to the newly minted GA teams?

Is this you're arguement?

Are enough of them good enough to fill out all of the new GA and ECNL roster spaces?

I don't know.

If only there was something clubs could to to make them better. Maybe we could call it development.

How was Spain a small country in Europe able to beat the USWNT in the last women's world cup?

The truth is that there's sooo much more potential talent in America than is currently being tapped into.

Instead if trying to block others out you should be encouraging growth in the sport.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What I'm reading is that a league adding more clubs doesn't really matter. Also the concept of "dilution" only affects mega clubs ability to collect talent.

The only person potentially affected is a guy that runs a recruiterment business and writes opeds about how inconvenienced thay are by going to more than one showcase.

GA and ECNL clubs are supposed to be mega clubs with the ability to collect talent. That's the whole point of having regional and national leagues

Ahh so all the DPL, ECRL, etc players won't go to the newly minted GA teams?

Is this you're arguement?

Are enough of them good enough to fill out all of the new GA and ECNL roster spaces?

I don't know.

If only there was something clubs could to to make them better. Maybe we could call it development.

How was Spain a small country in Europe able to beat the USWNT in the last women's world cup?

The truth is that there's sooo much more potential talent in America than is currently being tapped into.

Instead if trying to block others out you should be encouraging growth in the sport.

Limiting the numbers of teams in national leagues leaves out a whole lot of potential talent that develops later into their teen years. As much as we like to think the best players will make the best teams at any age, in reality, rosters for these teams are mostly set by U14 and getting through after that is very difficult. Club politics, coach familiarity, commuting distances, all make it difficult. I don't see why having more teams, giving more opportunities for more players, could be bad for players. The players - isn't that what we are all in this for?

[Anonymous]

How many average or worse teams in the GA gonna take? I swear every week they are adding another team that will try to legitimize their club with the worthless GA initials. This is doing nothing but harming the few quality GA clubs left. Just silly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How many average or worse teams in the GA gonna take? I swear every week they are adding another team that will try to legitimize their club with the worthless GA initials. This is doing nothing but harming the few quality GA clubs left. Just silly.

How does it harm the quality GA clubs? This will only make them look better compared to the others

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Tracker...

1. GA was Promoted by US Soccer
2. GA added Liverpool FC International Academy (CA)
3. GA added SYC
4. GA added Revolution
5. GA added Seattle Celtic
6. GA added Westside Metros FC
7. GA added Oregon Premier
8. GA added South Valley Surf
9. GA added KC Scott Gallagher
10. GA added Coppermine SC
11. GA added Cap City SC
12. GA added Columbus United SC
13. GA added Bayside FC
14. GA added Rhode Island Surf SC
15. GA gave City SC a 2nd GA team

1. DPL added FC Sarasota
2. DPL added Georgia Impact
3. DPL added Inter Connecticut FC
4. DPL added San Antonio FC
5. DPL added Idaho Inferno
6. DPL added Augusta Arsenal
7. DPL added Wasatch SC
8. DPL added Dallas Hornets SC
9. DPL added 956 United
10. DPL added North Coast FC
11. DPL OPEN added Lanier Soccer Academy (Not sure what DPL Open is)
12. DPL added NEFC South
13. DPL added Western Washington Surf
14. DPL added San Antonio Athenian SC

1. ECNL added Colorado Rush
2. ECNL added Nationals
3. ECNL added Ukies
4. ECNL added South Shore Select

1. ECRL added Lonestar

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What I'm reading is that a league adding more clubs doesn't really matter. Also the concept of "dilution" only affects mega clubs ability to collect talent.

The only person potentially affected is a guy that runs a recruiterment business and writes opeds about how inconvenienced thay are by going to more than one showcase.

GA and ECNL clubs are supposed to be mega clubs with the ability to collect talent. That's the whole point of having regional and national leagues

Ahh so all the DPL, ECRL, etc players won't go to the newly minted GA teams?

Is this you're arguement?

They'll go but they will still be every bit the DPL and ECNL R player they were before. That is how dilution works. The only way they make a ECNL or GA team is through league expansion, not by being already a strong enough player.