ECNL moving to school year not calendar

[Anonymous]

There is no way college coaches and ECNL are “fine” with the current system. When my daughter was a trapped junior, her ECNL team full of committed seniors went to one ECNL showcase. When her senior teammates were juniors, they went to 3 showcases, but my kid was a sophomore and couldn’t speak to d1 coaches yet. Travel to these showcases is expensive…I get why the seniors didn’t want to go. It’s a dysfunctional system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no way college coaches and ECNL are “fine” with the current system. When my daughter was a trapped junior, her ECNL team full of committed seniors went to one ECNL showcase. When her senior teammates were juniors, they went to 3 showcases, but my kid was a sophomore and couldn’t speak to d1 coaches yet. Travel to these showcases is expensive…I get why the seniors didn’t want to go. It’s a dysfunctional system.

Just a thought...if your sophomore player stood out at the 3 showcases, they could have taken down her name and talked to her when she was a junior. Or when she was a junior at the one showcase. What am I missing?

I agree that it isn't an ideal system, but can you honestly say that if she wasn't trapped then D1 coaches would have come calling? Your kid went to 4 college showcases and no one reached out? What we all know is that the kids who stand out are getting contacted one way or another. College coaches aren't so crunched for time that they couldn't keep an eye on a promising sophomore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no way college coaches and ECNL are “fine” with the current system. When my daughter was a trapped junior, her ECNL team full of committed seniors went to one ECNL showcase. When her senior teammates were juniors, they went to 3 showcases, but my kid was a sophomore and couldn’t speak to d1 coaches yet. Travel to these showcases is expensive…I get why the seniors didn’t want to go. It’s a dysfunctional system.

Just a thought...if your sophomore player stood out at the 3 showcases, they could have taken down her name and talked to her when she was a junior. Or when she was a junior at the one showcase. What am I missing?

I agree that it isn't an ideal system, but can you honestly say that if she wasn't trapped then D1 coaches would have come calling? Your kid went to 4 college showcases and no one reached out? What we all know is that the kids who stand out are getting contacted one way or another. College coaches aren't so crunched for time that they couldn't keep an eye on a promising sophomore.

Moot point going forward with SY replacing BY in 2026.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no way college coaches and ECNL are “fine” with the current system. When my daughter was a trapped junior, her ECNL team full of committed seniors went to one ECNL showcase. When her senior teammates were juniors, they went to 3 showcases, but my kid was a sophomore and couldn’t speak to d1 coaches yet. Travel to these showcases is expensive…I get why the seniors didn’t want to go. It’s a dysfunctional system.

Just a thought...if your sophomore player stood out at the 3 showcases, they could have taken down her name and talked to her when she was a junior. Or when she was a junior at the one showcase. What am I missing?

I agree that it isn't an ideal system, but can you honestly say that if she wasn't trapped then D1 coaches would have come calling? Your kid went to 4 college showcases and no one reached out? What we all know is that the kids who stand out are getting contacted one way or another. College coaches aren't so crunched for time that they couldn't keep an eye on a promising sophomore.

Moot point going forward with SY replacing BY in 2026.

Oh, I don't care...it's not my kid. I think the person is missing the problem that is staring them in the face...their kid didn't get picked out of the crowd when they had the chance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no way college coaches and ECNL are “fine” with the current system. When my daughter was a trapped junior, her ECNL team full of committed seniors went to one ECNL showcase. When her senior teammates were juniors, they went to 3 showcases, but my kid was a sophomore and couldn’t speak to d1 coaches yet. Travel to these showcases is expensive…I get why the seniors didn’t want to go. It’s a dysfunctional system.

Just a thought...if your sophomore player stood out at the 3 showcases, they could have taken down her name and talked to her when she was a junior. Or when she was a junior at the one showcase. What am I missing?

I agree that it isn't an ideal system, but can you honestly say that if she wasn't trapped then D1 coaches would have come calling? Your kid went to 4 college showcases and no one reached out? What we all know is that the kids who stand out are getting contacted one way or another. College coaches aren't so crunched for time that they couldn't keep an eye on a promising sophomore.

Moot point going forward with SY replacing BY in 2026.

Oh, I don't care...it's not my kid. I think the person is missing the problem that is staring them in the face...their kid didn't get picked out of the crowd when they had the chance.

They definitely would have been better off to go to showcases with their grade rather than up a grade. Easy to see why leagues are fixing this problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no way college coaches and ECNL are “fine” with the current system. When my daughter was a trapped junior, her ECNL team full of committed seniors went to one ECNL showcase. When her senior teammates were juniors, they went to 3 showcases, but my kid was a sophomore and couldn’t speak to d1 coaches yet. Travel to these showcases is expensive…I get why the seniors didn’t want to go. It’s a dysfunctional system.

Just a thought...if your sophomore player stood out at the 3 showcases, they could have taken down her name and talked to her when she was a junior. Or when she was a junior at the one showcase. What am I missing?

I agree that it isn't an ideal system, but can you honestly say that if she wasn't trapped then D1 coaches would have come calling? Your kid went to 4 college showcases and no one reached out? What we all know is that the kids who stand out are getting contacted one way or another. College coaches aren't so crunched for time that they couldn't keep an eye on a promising sophomore.

Moot point going forward with SY replacing BY in 2026.

If the coaches don't see you as a standout player in BY, they won't see you as a standout player in SY

Because you're obviously not a standout player.

[Anonymous]

POD tomorrow?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no way college coaches and ECNL are “fine” with the current system. When my daughter was a trapped junior, her ECNL team full of committed seniors went to one ECNL showcase. When her senior teammates were juniors, they went to 3 showcases, but my kid was a sophomore and couldn’t speak to d1 coaches yet. Travel to these showcases is expensive…I get why the seniors didn’t want to go. It’s a dysfunctional system.

Just a thought...if your sophomore player stood out at the 3 showcases, they could have taken down her name and talked to her when she was a junior. Or when she was a junior at the one showcase. What am I missing?

I agree that it isn't an ideal system, but can you honestly say that if she wasn't trapped then D1 coaches would have come calling? Your kid went to 4 college showcases and no one reached out? What we all know is that the kids who stand out are getting contacted one way or another. College coaches aren't so crunched for time that they couldn't keep an eye on a promising sophomore.

Moot point going forward with SY replacing BY in 2026.

Oh, I don't care...it's not my kid. I think the person is missing the problem that is staring them in the face...their kid didn't get picked out of the crowd when they had the chance.

They definitely would have been better off to go to showcases with their grade rather than up a grade. Easy to see why leagues are fixing this problem.

Colleges don't pick everyone. They have roster limitations and want to win.

If you're a November kid playing with and against kids one grade higher than you in school, that doesn't hurt your college recruitment chances, because the same coach/scout watching your teammates for quality will see your quality.
They also know your graduation year.

If coaches and scouts don't know your graduation year, isn't that purely your fault?

[Anonymous]

I can't even belive poeple are advocating to contiue to disavatage 5/12 of players.

It's stupid and selfish.

All players should be on equal footing to compete for scholorships. Full stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't even belive poeple are advocating to contiue to disavatage 5/12 of players.

It's stupid and selfish.

All players should be on equal footing to compete for scholorships. Full stop.

Stop redshirting your kids -- that will help.

[Anonymous]

No one said the trapped player didn’t get picked. She got picked and currently is a sophomore d1 player. The statement was made that the system is dysfunctional. They should fix the system for as many trapped players as possible in 2025 before it’s permanently fixed in 2026.

Redshirting doesn’t apply to ECNL…there are birthdate cutoffs involved. Leave the red shirting to lacrosse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't even belive poeple are advocating to contiue to disavatage 5/12 of players.

It's stupid and selfish.

All players should be on equal footing to compete for scholorships. Full stop.

What disadvantage?
What's equal footing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one said the trapped player didn’t get picked. She got picked and currently is a sophomore d1 player. The statement was made that the system is dysfunctional. They should fix the system for as many trapped players as possible in 2025 before it’s permanently fixed in 2026.

Redshirting doesn’t apply to ECNL…there are birthdate cutoffs involved. Leave the red shirting to lacrosse.

How did she get picked if trapped players are doomed?

[Anonymous]

No one said trapped players are doomed. The statement was made that BY is systematically dysfunctional for q4 and some q3 players during certain periods of their soccer career.

[Anonymous]

My guess is you realize that but bring emotional statements into the conversation then toss it off as someone saying their player is doomed because they only had one ecnl showcase as a junior while their senior teammates had 3 showcases as juniors. That is a disadvantage for the trapped player that the q1 and q2 players didn’t have.