Lyon affiliated themselves with the Seattle Reign NWSL team. I doubt OL asked about what American youth league the Reign's travel teams were in before closing the deal. |
Don't you think a club like Olympique Lyonnais might have done their due diligence on the US youth system, and the potential pipeline of players who might be develop through that system for their team? |
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Sporting Blue Valley, the 4th highest ranked remaining ex-GDA club, just announced that they are All-In for the ECNL Regional League. Not sure how GA can be the A league when top clubs eligible for GA are choosing ECNL 2nd division over it. GA might be the C league if this continues.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAD2wZGqTw0/ |
How does this make your team better? |
Please tell me what NoVA ECNL team my kid should join because of Sporting Blue Valley. |
Man, you guys are sensitive. LOL. If you post that your league is the A team, and someone give evidence that it is not, then you try to change the subject. Stay on topic. Is it the A league or not? All signs are pointing that it is NOT. |
I don’t choose where my kid plays based on the league but based on the team and coach. Please tell me how a team in Kansas is relevant to my decision in the DMV. So why when you are asked about your team you defer to the patch and a club a thousand miles away? |
Again, what's the title of this thread? Stay on topic. |
ECNL is better, now tell what LOCAL ECNL team you are on that my kid should join. |
Mclean but don't bother trying out |
LOL I won't their team is awful in both my DD's age groups. |
It doesn't make any team better, but it does ensure that the events that ECNL teams will be attending will have more college scouts watching. Recruiting budgets will be more limited because of the economy, so colleges will have to strategically target which events they will attend. With the top clubs nation-wide joining ECNL and ECRL, those events will be college scouts' top choice. |
Scouts are still smart enough to know that mid atlantic talent is greater in the GA than ECNL. They will adjust accordingly. |
What NoVA ECNL is your kid on that my kid should join? There is no such thing as a ECNL tryout. So what local team will play in the Champions League showcase that my kid should tryout for? With college programs losing funding how many coaches will wonder beyond the Champion's League fields. What local team will guarantee my kid Power 5 school exposure? |
Haha. OK... if you say so. |