GA dismantling ECNL in Mid-Atlantic

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone share which teams will be in the ECNL mid Atlantic for the 25/26 season? I'm lost with all these changes.

Still to be decided....alot of moves in progress

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Depends on how many more clubs switch…

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Got to wait and see what Alexandria does

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Anonymous wrote:Parents also need to know that just because you’re in ECNL doesn’t automatically mean you’re being seen. Nobody is coming to see a 3-7-1 ECNL team over a top GA team.

record/club/team/league has zero to do with if a college coach will come see a player. Coaches aren't walking around tournaments looking at random teams. The only thing that matters is that they're at an event that your team is going to, the player has reached out in advance and if they're interested they'll watch, if they're not they won't.

So all of the college coaches watch all of the club teams equally?

No that's not what was just said. This is why critical thinking is important. College coaches watch the PLAYERS who have sparked their interest in advance by sending them emails and video before an event. Some teams have more players who can spark interest ahead of events. Those players tend to collect together onto teams which is what makes those teams win more games. But coaches are not interested in them BECAUSE they play on winning teams. It's because they are good players who do the things needed to attract interest.

Thought experiment: If you took one of those good players from a winning team and moved them to a losing team, they would still have good highlights to send coaches and attract interest before the event, so they would still come watch them in person. Similarly, if you took a non exceptional player from a losing team and put them on the winning team, the coaches would still not be interested in watching them because their highlight reels would still not interest them. Team/club/record does not matter.

All one would have to do is move the top 3 players from a “winning” team to a “losing” team. The losing team would suddenly win and everyone on the former losing team would look better. Think if you lost the top three players on your team to injury or they were sick for tournament. How would your kids team do? After the top 2-3 players everyone else is just the rest of the team easily replaced.

There is a reason they say it takes 8 piano movers and three piano players for a good team. Only the piano players matter.

Maybe in the younger ages this is true, but not as the teams age up into HS years. Teams need depth well beyond 3 players.

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Anonymous wrote:Got to wait and see what Alexandria does

What league is Alexandria in?

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone share which teams will be in the ECNL mid Atlantic for the 25/26 season? I'm lost with all these changes.

Still to be decided....alot of moves in progress

When will it be announced which teams compose the ECNL mid Atlantic?

Which teams we know left the conference? Like NVA. Which teams are being added?

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NVA and CISC left mid Atlantic. 10 teams left

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Anonymous wrote:NVA and CISC left mid Atlantic. 10 teams left

Maybe CSA gets a 2nd team

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Anonymous wrote:NVA and CISC left mid Atlantic. 10 teams left

Maybe CSA gets a 2nd team

And RU

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Anonymous wrote:Got to wait and see what Alexandria does

What league is Alexandria in?

They will do GA Aspire next year.

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Anonymous wrote:NVA and CISC left mid Atlantic. 10 teams left

Maybe CSA gets a 2nd team

Union gets a second team called Valor

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Anonymous wrote:Got to wait and see what Alexandria does

What league is Alexandria in?

They will do GA Aspire next year.

if they get anything it will be both

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Anonymous wrote:Got to wait and see what Alexandria does

What league is Alexandria in?

They will do GA Aspire next year.

if they get anything it will be both

No chance.

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Anonymous wrote:GA just took Charlotte Independence. The mid-Atlantic is now -2 team in the conference. Not top teams however they are making it interesting. Is this going on in any other regions?

This is a funny interpretation. ECNL told CI they could not have 2 ‘elite’ national teams (as rightly should have happened years ago). They didn’t like that decision. Low hanging fruit if you ask me. EcNL chose not to bend on this- so be it. They were willing to lose the revenue to hold the bar. Talk to me when VDA, Richmond, NCFC or Arlington leave…

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And then FC Richmond walked into the room