2019-2020 ECNL / DA Regions

[Anonymous]

Any insight into the changes for ECNL or DA regions for the DMV area next year.

ECNL is losing team in Southwest (including Tophat).

DA is gaining 5 teams in the East, but don't know if they are headed to Northeast or Atlantic division.

Any other changes in the landscape coming?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any insight into the changes for ECNL or DA regions for the DMV area next year.

ECNL is losing team in Southwest (including Tophat).

DA is gaining 5 teams in the East, but don't know if they are headed to Northeast or Atlantic division.

Any other changes in the landscape coming?

I thought a Long Island team or two were getting the boot from DA and going to ECNL. Some of the new NE DA teams will likely replace the departed. Tophat is all in with DA at this point.

Some Texas teams left ECNL after returning for a year just to go back to DA. Real Colorado left ECNL to stay in DA. The pendulum swung back a bit towards DA's side. The giant SoCal departures from DA never materialized and likely wont with the expansion of DPL in that region, Texas and the South East.

ECNL seems to be watering its brand down a bit by converting their NPLs to "regional ECNL" without a clearer picture of potential promotion relegation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any insight into the changes for ECNL or DA regions for the DMV area next year.

ECNL is losing team in Southwest (including Tophat).

DA is gaining 5 teams in the East, but don't know if they are headed to Northeast or Atlantic division.

Any other changes in the landscape coming?

I thought a Long Island team or two were getting the boot from DA and going to ECNL. Some of the new NE DA teams will likely replace the departed. Tophat is all in with DA at this point.

Some Texas teams left ECNL after returning for a year just to go back to DA. Real Colorado left ECNL to stay in DA. The pendulum swung back a bit towards DA's side. The giant SoCal departures from DA never materialized and likely wont with the expansion of DPL in that region, Texas and the South East.

ECNL seems to be watering its brand down a bit by converting their NPLs to "regional ECNL" without a clearer picture of potential promotion relegation.

Horrible analysis. NE DA is a joke. ECNL rules. Not opinion. Just facts. NycFC..the strongest NY TEAM, leaving DA for ECNL. Alby kicked out of DA but not going ECNL. Tophat is SE not SW. They had DA and ECNL and were ordered to choose. They went DA but cant get good competetion because SE DA is horrible. Surf and Colorodo also fielded DA and ECNL and were ordered to choose. They went DA. A couple NW DA clubs left and went ECNL.

Just like encl2, there is now a DA2.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any insight into the changes for ECNL or DA regions for the DMV area next year.

ECNL is losing team in Southwest (including Tophat).

DA is gaining 5 teams in the East, but don't know if they are headed to Northeast or Atlantic division.

Any other changes in the landscape coming?

I thought a Long Island team or two were getting the boot from DA and going to ECNL. Some of the new NE DA teams will likely replace the departed. Tophat is all in with DA at this point.

Some Texas teams left ECNL after returning for a year just to go back to DA. Real Colorado left ECNL to stay in DA. The pendulum swung back a bit towards DA's side. The giant SoCal departures from DA never materialized and likely wont with the expansion of DPL in that region, Texas and the South East.

ECNL seems to be watering its brand down a bit by converting their NPLs to "regional ECNL" without a clearer picture of potential promotion relegation.

The teams that are being dropped from DA (Alby and Empire) are not moving in to ECNL. SSS in MA is joining DA.

The ECNL regional league is just a re-naming of the existing NPL leagues that the ECNL clubs play in anyway (for example, Northeast Girls NPL becomes Northeast ECNL Regional). The only difference is that teams that win their division will gain entry into the lowest division of the ECNL national showcase.

In the northeast, ECNL definitely remains the stronger league--NYCFC won't have GDA, so their players will mostly move back to ECNL at World Class. FC Stars and PDA dropped GDA after one year. Replacing them with Seacoast United and STA is not making GDA stronger.

I can tell by your post that you are a GDA cheerleader, but it really just depends what part of the country you are in as to which league is stronger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any insight into the changes for ECNL or DA regions for the DMV area next year.

ECNL is losing team in Southwest (including Tophat).

DA is gaining 5 teams in the East, but don't know if they are headed to Northeast or Atlantic division.

Any other changes in the landscape coming?

I thought a Long Island team or two were getting the boot from DA and going to ECNL. Some of the new NE DA teams will likely replace the departed. Tophat is all in with DA at this point.

Some Texas teams left ECNL after returning for a year just to go back to DA. Real Colorado left ECNL to stay in DA. The pendulum swung back a bit towards DA's side. The giant SoCal departures from DA never materialized and likely wont with the expansion of DPL in that region, Texas and the South East.

ECNL seems to be watering its brand down a bit by converting their NPLs to "regional ECNL" without a clearer picture of potential promotion relegation.

Horrible analysis. NE DA is a joke. ECNL rules. Not opinion. Just facts. NycFC..the strongest NY TEAM, leaving DA for ECNL. Alby kicked out of DA but not going ECNL. Tophat is SE not SW. They had DA and ECNL and were ordered to choose. They went DA but cant get good competetion because SE DA is horrible. Surf and Colorodo also fielded DA and ECNL and were ordered to choose. They went DA. A couple NW DA clubs left and went ECNL.

Just like encl2, there is now a DA2.

Where was there any effing analysis regarding the NE conference?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any insight into the changes for ECNL or DA regions for the DMV area next year.

ECNL is losing team in Southwest (including Tophat).

DA is gaining 5 teams in the East, but don't know if they are headed to Northeast or Atlantic division.

Any other changes in the landscape coming?

I thought a Long Island team or two were getting the boot from DA and going to ECNL. Some of the new NE DA teams will likely replace the departed. Tophat is all in with DA at this point.

Some Texas teams left ECNL after returning for a year just to go back to DA. Real Colorado left ECNL to stay in DA. The pendulum swung back a bit towards DA's side. The giant SoCal departures from DA never materialized and likely wont with the expansion of DPL in that region, Texas and the South East.

ECNL seems to be watering its brand down a bit by converting their NPLs to "regional ECNL" without a clearer picture of potential promotion relegation.

The teams that are being dropped from DA (Alby and Empire) are not moving in to ECNL. SSS in MA is joining DA.

The ECNL regional league is just a re-naming of the existing NPL leagues that the ECNL clubs play in anyway (for example, Northeast Girls NPL becomes Northeast ECNL Regional). The only difference is that teams that win their division will gain entry into the lowest division of the ECNL national showcase.

In the northeast, ECNL definitely remains the stronger league--NYCFC won't have GDA, so their players will mostly move back to ECNL at World Class. FC Stars and PDA dropped GDA after one year. Replacing them with Seacoast United and STA is not making GDA stronger.

I can tell by your post that you are a GDA cheerleader, but it really just depends what part of the country you are in as to which league is stronger.

Yes and TopHat, Colorado and the Texas clubs are the clubs that added strength. Kicking out a couple of poor performing Long Island DA clubs was not a part of the broader picture regarding the other quality clubs. Long Island is more addition through subtraction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any insight into the changes for ECNL or DA regions for the DMV area next year.

ECNL is losing team in Southwest (including Tophat).

DA is gaining 5 teams in the East, but don't know if they are headed to Northeast or Atlantic division.

Any other changes in the landscape coming?

I thought a Long Island team or two were getting the boot from DA and going to ECNL. Some of the new NE DA teams will likely replace the departed. Tophat is all in with DA at this point.

Some Texas teams left ECNL after returning for a year just to go back to DA. Real Colorado left ECNL to stay in DA. The pendulum swung back a bit towards DA's side. The giant SoCal departures from DA never materialized and likely wont with the expansion of DPL in that region, Texas and the South East.

ECNL seems to be watering its brand down a bit by converting their NPLs to "regional ECNL" without a clearer picture of potential promotion relegation.

Lol at this. Kicked out of da and going to ecnl? Top hat in the Southwest? Watering the brand? Bartender...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any insight into the changes for ECNL or DA regions for the DMV area next year.

ECNL is losing team in Southwest (including Tophat).

DA is gaining 5 teams in the East, but don't know if they are headed to Northeast or Atlantic division.

Any other changes in the landscape coming?

I thought a Long Island team or two were getting the boot from DA and going to ECNL. Some of the new NE DA teams will likely replace the departed. Tophat is all in with DA at this point.

Some Texas teams left ECNL after returning for a year just to go back to DA. Real Colorado left ECNL to stay in DA. The pendulum swung back a bit towards DA's side. The giant SoCal departures from DA never materialized and likely wont with the expansion of DPL in that region, Texas and the South East.

ECNL seems to be watering its brand down a bit by converting their NPLs to "regional ECNL" without a clearer picture of potential promotion relegation.

Lol at this. Kicked out of da and going to ecnl? Top hat in the Southwest? Watering the brand? Bartender...

God you're dumb.

I said TopHat, Colorado and some Texas clubs.

All are separate.

[Anonymous]

STA is joining the Atlantic division, SSS is joining the NE division (so DA teams in the Atlantic division can expect to play them in the out of conference games), and some clubs have been added for the younger ages.

[Anonymous]

Oh and of course Arlington is getting the full DA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh and of course Arlington is getting the full DA.

This was sarcasm, I hope.