ECNL moving to school year not calendar

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone remember if US soccer (USSF) just decided to go BY without governing bodies USYS, US Club soccer on board? Was it unanimous decision?

USSF decided without input from other groups, to their surprise. It seems to have been a source of some hard feelings. In the ECNL podcast, they alluded to this and said something to the effect of "maybe this time the people who have to actually live with the decision will be consulted."

How many governing bodies are there?

In England the FA is the governing body.
All other associations fall under.

Isn't US Soccer the governing body?

My understanding is that US Soccer is meant to sit at the top, with way too many sitting below. But they have no actual authority over all those below them if there's a real disagreement. For instance, when they switched to BY as a new "mandate," US Club and USYS later issued press releases that they would adopt the new standards. It wasn't automatic. The way I saw it explained was that US Soccer's real power over a group like ECNL was to stop considering their players for national teams, which US Soccer is solely in charge of. Otherwise, the bodies "underneath" US Soccer generally adopt standards simply to avoid headaches with inter-league play. Many AYSO regions didn't adopt the BY mandate. They don't play inter-league or tournaments, or send players to national teams, so US Soccer really can't force anything on them, just recommend it.

I see a significant problem here displayed in this thread.

Way too much credence being given to ECNL as an exceptional and elite league.
(on the boys side)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If only the majority were focused on the quality of youth coaching and the work their kids were actually putting in both for training and games instead of all these administrative distractions.

People worried about their kid being so-called trapped when the kid hardly trains 3 days a week and has the first touch of a brick wall.

Irony at its finest. Complaining about others complaining while making other complaints.

[Anonymous]

Rumors gone cold

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Anonymous wrote:Rumors gone cold

Define cold?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rumors gone cold

Define cold?

My thoughts exactly.

[Anonymous]

What is the difference between US Club and USYS? Obviously different governing bodies but just curious.

[Anonymous]

ECNL will go to SY. Whether the rest of the world goes to SY will depend on the USYS meeting. An announcement will be made in November. MLS will lose some players to ECNL after the change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ECNL will go to SY. Whether the rest of the world goes to SY will depend on the USYS meeting. An announcement will be made in November. MLS will lose some players to ECNL after the change.

Rest of the country? And by that do you mean US Club and USYS? I’m pretty sure ECNL is sanctioned by US club?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ECNL will go to SY. Whether the rest of the world goes to SY will depend on the USYS meeting. An announcement will be made in November. MLS will lose some players to ECNL after the change.

Rest of the country? And by that do you mean US Club and USYS? I’m pretty sure ECNL is sanctioned by US club?

ECNL is US Club, and many have said on here that US Club does want the change.

There are competing U-little state leagues in both US Club and USYS. It would be interesting to watch it play out if they weren't the same. Would clubs flock to one over the other? I suspect the grade year alignment leagues would be in much higher demand from clubs. Even on the boys side I would think clubs would only put a single "pre-MLS-Next" team into the birth year league.

[Anonymous]

For all of you falling for this troll thread, I hope your children grow up to be smarter than you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For all of you falling for this troll thread, I hope your children grow up to be smarter than you.

lol +100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For all of you falling for this troll thread, I hope your children grow up to be smarter than you.

200 IQ burn! Roasted! Now do all the other threads.

[Anonymous]

I heard the cutoff is 7/1 to 6/30. This will solve most trapped players' problems. You can always play up to stay in the same grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For all of you falling for this troll thread, I hope your children grow up to be smarter than you.

If they change to GY I hope you don’t die of a heart attack. A few things people have said have been fact checked to be true.

Don’t be surprised if US Club and ECNL go GY after the November vote. Not saying it’s happening just saying don’t be surprised.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard the cutoff is 7/1 to 6/30. This will solve most trapped players' problems. You can always play up to stay in the same grade.

Heard from your brothers friend or from someone involved in governing soccer leagues.