Dual Roster for two leagues
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soccermum79
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| Is anyone's child dual rostered for two different soccer leagues (ir ECNL and NCLS, or EDP and SFL)? We know players who play on two different teams, but personally have never done it before. However with DS wanting to play in college his main soccer team isn't necessarily college focused (10th grade) and a lot of the players on his team don't want to continue beyond high school, so showcases aren't a big priority. But he has an opportunity to guest play with another local team that is in a completely different league that IS college focused, and there's no conflict. Does anyone else do this? If so, what happens to the player card? Any other pros/cons of playing for two teams in separate leagues? TIA. |
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SFL is a rec league and does not allow travel players, so that option doesn't exist. For the other leagues....you are only allowed one player card per soccer organization. The two soccer organizations are US Club soccer (ECNL, ECNL-R) and US Soccer (EDP, NCSL, CCL). You are allowed to be carded on one team in each organization. For example, you can be carded with VDA's ECNL and Manassas United EDP team. However, at least last year, ECNL had a rule that only two players can be carded on another team REGARDLESS of the organization of that additional team. So for example, You can be carded with VDA and Manassas as long as you are one of the two kids on VDA doing this (kids on an ECNL team and carded on another are considered "discovery players" and you can only have two discovery players). Also, some teams play in two leagues and that's allowed no issues. For example, if your team plays NCSL and EDP (both US Soccer), that's not an issue. You are technically only rostered on one team. MLS Next has rules that I don't know.
Pros: You get more games. Possibly more competitive games. Cons: You have more games to go to and the player has more on his plate. Also, you won't be able to make all the practices for both and, if the kid plays in games for both, that can cause so frustration with the full time players and their parents on each team. But it seems like every situation is different and people find loopholes or just plain cheat. Especially EDP. EDP is like the wild, wild west when it comes to rosters and, personally, I'm ok with it because, at certain levels and ages and especially for players who want to play after High School, you shouldn't care who the hell you are playing against. As a 10th grader, you shouldn't care who your opponent is. Hope this helps a little and at least gets a conversation started for you. Good luck. |
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Thank you for your reply! (I should have said NCSL instead of SFL, but just wanted to provide examples). 
We checked the practice schedule and luckily only one day on both teams overlap. So technically we could rotate each week (her primary team has players who don't show up due to high school sports so less worries about that). So is ECNL's two cards per organization for the ENTIRE club? Or per team? Do you know if it also applies to ECNL RL? I don't know much about EDP but our current club doesn't have teams that play for them. That's one reason why we are exploring options for both recruiting and playing opportunities. No HS soccer for us and current club takes Spring off after early tourneys so we need to find someone who actually plays regularly during the Spring months. |