ECNL post-season locked in already?

[Anonymous]

I've noticed ECNL has put "AQ:" in front of where teams have qualified on the standings for the Champions League and Cups. Meaning, Automatically Qualified and has seemingly locked in the teams for all post-season national events. Also, parents I know from Richmond United were told because of the difficulty in finishing any season, and some teams not competing in a lot of ENCL games, the ECNL just locked teams in for the sake of having a post-season. So, if you check the standings (https://www.ecnlgirls.com/standings/) you'll see each cup (depending on age) and champions league teams with positions from across the nation. California has relaxed restrictions on outdoor sports, so the games could still be happening in June/July at the San Diego complex.

All signs point to teams are locked in and the cups/CL are set with playoff drawings happening in June. Any other ECNL clubs heard from their coach/club leaders this is the case? Even a hint this might happen?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've noticed ECNL has put "AQ:" in front of where teams have qualified on the standings for the Champions League and Cups. Meaning, Automatically Qualified and has seemingly locked in the teams for all post-season national events. Also, parents I know from Richmond United were told because of the difficulty in finishing any season, and some teams not competing in a lot of ENCL games, the ECNL just locked teams in for the sake of having a post-season. So, if you check the standings (https://www.ecnlgirls.com/standings/) you'll see each cup (depending on age) and champions league teams with positions from across the nation. California has relaxed restrictions on outdoor sports, so the games could still be happening in June/July at the San Diego complex.

All signs point to teams are locked in and the cups/CL are set with playoff drawings happening in June. Any other ECNL clubs heard from their coach/club leaders this is the case? Even a hint this might happen?

Can yuo explain what the number means? i.e. if a team is listed as "Champions league 11", what does that mean as compared to a team listed as "Champions league 23"?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I've noticed ECNL has put "AQ:" in front of where teams have qualified on the standings for the Champions League and Cups. Meaning, Automatically Qualified and has seemingly locked in the teams for all post-season national events. Also, parents I know from Richmond United were told because of the difficulty in finishing any season, and some teams not competing in a lot of ENCL games, the ECNL just locked teams in for the sake of having a post-season. So, if you check the standings (https://www.ecnlgirls.com/standings/) you'll see each cup (depending on age) and champions league teams with positions from across the nation. California has relaxed restrictions on outdoor sports, so the games could still be happening in June/July at the San Diego complex.

All signs point to teams are locked in and the cups/CL are set with playoff drawings happening in June. Any other ECNL clubs heard from their coach/club leaders this is the case? Even a hint this might happen?

Can yuo explain what the number means? i.e. if a team is listed as "Champions league 11", what does that mean as compared to a team listed as "Champions league 23"?

Sorry - aside from the obvious that the lower number represents a better finish. Are these numbers used as seedings, somehwo.? Or do teams play in different groups/competitions? Or...?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've noticed ECNL has put "AQ:" in front of where teams have qualified on the standings for the Champions League and Cups. Meaning, Automatically Qualified and has seemingly locked in the teams for all post-season national events. Also, parents I know from Richmond United were told because of the difficulty in finishing any season, and some teams not competing in a lot of ENCL games, the ECNL just locked teams in for the sake of having a post-season. So, if you check the standings (https://www.ecnlgirls.com/standings/) you'll see each cup (depending on age) and champions league teams with positions from across the nation. California has relaxed restrictions on outdoor sports, so the games could still be happening in June/July at the San Diego complex.

All signs point to teams are locked in and the cups/CL are set with playoff drawings happening in June. Any other ECNL clubs heard from their coach/club leaders this is the case? Even a hint this might happen?

We heard that U15 and above were locked in and standing all based on Fall season only. Not sure on the younger ages.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I've noticed ECNL has put "AQ:" in front of where teams have qualified on the standings for the Champions League and Cups. Meaning, Automatically Qualified and has seemingly locked in the teams for all post-season national events. Also, parents I know from Richmond United were told because of the difficulty in finishing any season, and some teams not competing in a lot of ENCL games, the ECNL just locked teams in for the sake of having a post-season. So, if you check the standings (https://www.ecnlgirls.com/standings/) you'll see each cup (depending on age) and champions league teams with positions from across the nation. California has relaxed restrictions on outdoor sports, so the games could still be happening in June/July at the San Diego complex.

All signs point to teams are locked in and the cups/CL are set with playoff drawings happening in June. Any other ECNL clubs heard from their coach/club leaders this is the case? Even a hint this might happen?

Can yuo explain what the number means? i.e. if a team is listed as "Champions league 11", what does that mean as compared to a team listed as "Champions league 23"?

Sorry - aside from the obvious that the lower number represents a better finish. Are these numbers used as seedings, somehwo.? Or do teams play in different groups/competitions? Or...?

OP here: it's essentially your ranking among all the Champions League or Cup finishers. It's based on the average of points won per game. You'll see the top teams have like 2 games played for an average of 3.00 points (both wins obviously) and they are top. Others with more games have like 2.76 average. When they do the live drawing (usually streamed), that'll be the seeds. Like 1-8 in a pot, 9-16, etc. then they pull from the four pots to and go A-H groups to make the playoff brackets. So, if you see Champions League 11, then you are the 11th best team in the nation per those CL rankings. **COVID year** I'm not suggesting that's the end-all-be-all of rankings, that's what it means.

Other PPs have said this might be true, so I'm going to plan accordingly.

[Anonymous]

There are still games remaining from the Fall season so once those games are done the ranking will start to finalize.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I've noticed ECNL has put "AQ:" in front of where teams have qualified on the standings for the Champions League and Cups. Meaning, Automatically Qualified and has seemingly locked in the teams for all post-season national events. Also, parents I know from Richmond United were told because of the difficulty in finishing any season, and some teams not competing in a lot of ENCL games, the ECNL just locked teams in for the sake of having a post-season. So, if you check the standings (https://www.ecnlgirls.com/standings/) you'll see each cup (depending on age) and champions league teams with positions from across the nation. California has relaxed restrictions on outdoor sports, so the games could still be happening in June/July at the San Diego complex.

All signs point to teams are locked in and the cups/CL are set with playoff drawings happening in June. Any other ECNL clubs heard from their coach/club leaders this is the case? Even a hint this might happen?

Can yuo explain what the number means? i.e. if a team is listed as "Champions league 11", what does that mean as compared to a team listed as "Champions league 23"?

Sorry - aside from the obvious that the lower number represents a better finish. Are these numbers used as seedings, somehwo.? Or do teams play in different groups/competitions? Or...?

OP here: it's essentially your ranking among all the Champions League or Cup finishers. It's based on the average of points won per game. You'll see the top teams have like 2 games played for an average of 3.00 points (both wins obviously) and they are top. Others with more games have like 2.76 average. When they do the live drawing (usually streamed), that'll be the seeds. Like 1-8 in a pot, 9-16, etc. then they pull from the four pots to and go A-H groups to make the playoff brackets. So, if you see Champions League 11, then you are the 11th best team in the nation per those CL rankings. **COVID year** I'm not suggesting that's the end-all-be-all of rankings, that's what it means.

Other PPs have said this might be true, so I'm going to plan accordingly.

Interesting. It looks like there are a minimum number of qualifiers per league as well. For example https://public.totalglobalsports.com/public/event/2046/conference-standings/12 PaceSetter SC ECNL BU16 are third in their league and appear to have qualified with a record of 0-0-1.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I've noticed ECNL has put "AQ:" in front of where teams have qualified on the standings for the Champions League and Cups. Meaning, Automatically Qualified and has seemingly locked in the teams for all post-season national events. Also, parents I know from Richmond United were told because of the difficulty in finishing any season, and some teams not competing in a lot of ENCL games, the ECNL just locked teams in for the sake of having a post-season. So, if you check the standings (https://www.ecnlgirls.com/standings/) you'll see each cup (depending on age) and champions league teams with positions from across the nation. California has relaxed restrictions on outdoor sports, so the games could still be happening in June/July at the San Diego complex.

All signs point to teams are locked in and the cups/CL are set with playoff drawings happening in June. Any other ECNL clubs heard from their coach/club leaders this is the case? Even a hint this might happen?

Can yuo explain what the number means? i.e. if a team is listed as "Champions league 11", what does that mean as compared to a team listed as "Champions league 23"?

Sorry - aside from the obvious that the lower number represents a better finish. Are these numbers used as seedings, somehwo.? Or do teams play in different groups/competitions? Or...?

OP here: it's essentially your ranking among all the Champions League or Cup finishers. It's based on the average of points won per game. You'll see the top teams have like 2 games played for an average of 3.00 points (both wins obviously) and they are top. Others with more games have like 2.76 average. When they do the live drawing (usually streamed), that'll be the seeds. Like 1-8 in a pot, 9-16, etc. then they pull from the four pots to and go A-H groups to make the playoff brackets. So, if you see Champions League 11, then you are the 11th best team in the nation per those CL rankings. **COVID year** I'm not suggesting that's the end-all-be-all of rankings, that's what it means.

Other PPs have said this might be true, so I'm going to plan accordingly.

Interesting. It looks like there are a minimum number of qualifiers per league as well. For example https://public.totalglobalsports.com/public/event/2046/conference-standings/12 PaceSetter SC ECNL BU16 are third in their league and appear to have qualified with a record of 0-0-1.

Yep. Covid strikes again. As I stated, they are having a post-season for the sake of having a post season. I suppose they thought at least that team is playing versus a team with no games played going to the post-season. It's something rather than nothing at this point. Here's hoping to a smooth, normalized sports year for the 2021-22 season.

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure this is anything new. I mean putting the AQ on there is new, but the process is not. ECNL has advancement rules to determine who gets in the champions league. The top finishers in each conference automatically qualify (AQ) for a spot. I'm not sure how they come up with the number of slots for these. They might be taking some specific number per conference which varies depending on the number of teams in that conference.. After that, there are wildcard spots (WC) for teams with the next highest PPG's. Nothing is cast in stone yet, since there are more games to be played (including showcases which count towards qualifying but not for conference standings). AQ teams can still lose their spots as can WC teams.

[Anonymous]

How can a team with no wins qualify?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can a team with no wins qualify?

They just happen to be listed among the top teams in a conference that has zero games played. It will change when they start playing. Nothing has been locked in.

[Anonymous]

If this were anywhere else in the world BRYC would be relegated across the board based off of performance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If this were anywhere else in the world BRYC would be relegated across the board based off of performance.

Relegated for who? I’m not defending BRYC but their teams are getting results against top GA teams. ECNL is much tougher than the GA.

[Anonymous]

We haven’t even had a season in NOVA

[Anonymous]

There's been a partial season? The 5 NOVA teams have all at least played each other twice