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Since every post here does not specify gender means for girls.

This is for BOYS.

https://www.gotsport.com/asp/directors/tournament/vieweventteamscleanb.asp?EventID=73243&Group=Boys_10

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I noticed a lot of ECNL teams in the top brackets.  That is interesting and shows in its third year, how far the ECNL has come.  [/quote]

I will say this again.  Focus on the results, not the brackets.  The brackets are simply somebody else's opinion.  The results are not.[/quote]

Say it again.  But while it's not perfect, no one in the top bracket belongs in the bottom and vice versa.  It does have some meaning. [/quote]

Meaning for what?[/quote]

Meaning that the presence of the ECNL teams in the top brackets shows the ECNL has gained traction as a national league for boys. [/quote]

Oh please.  Grow up.  Traction with the Richmond Strikers Tournament Director?  Cue the applause.  You think anybody cares?  I am sure DCU is shaking in their boots as the migration begins to ECNL.  Not.[/quote]

You are talking about leagues, not teams or even clubs.  Your son's development has almost nothing to do with whether a league gets some teams in some age groups in some brackets.  That is the angle.  i don't have an agenda other than trying to persuade people not to be dumb when thinking about their son's development.[/quote]

Everyone talks about leagues.  This forum is filled with it.  You are making so much out of this.  The truth is some leagues tend to attract better competition than others.  That has been around since time immemorial.   Leagues used to be more consolidated, but there has always been a difference.

So seeing what clubs are in the ECNL and how well overall that league is performing, it is interesting to see.  This has nothing to do with any of my kids.

But for you to take it so personal, makes one wonder about where your son's team was placed.  [/quote]

Not at all. He plays top division in these tournaments.  That is about his team, not him, not his club, and not his league. It could change any time. But many years ago, when he played up, he played lower divisions and we heard all the U10 parents crow about placements and leagues and similar garbage and knew most of their kids would be lapped in pretty short order. And they were. So yes, I agree the forum is filled with chitchat and rumormongering about leagues, along with a lot of other dreck. You think a good placement for BRYC or Loudoun or McLean in a certain year results from ECNL participation?  Please. You must be new to travel soccer in this area.  They have been around a long time. Not a guarantee of success. Goodness knows they have a number of really weak teams among them. But each of them also has a number of recent national champions that antedated the existence of the ECNL. Why do I care?  Because teams and clubs respond to parental demands and keep switching leagues and diluting already relatively weak talent pools, all because parents are dumb enough to think their league makes their kid talented or the parents a little more prestigious.   I would like my son to have the option to play really high quality travel soccer outside the DAs without spending scarce time needlessly flying up and down the east coast when they could play a full league schedule of highly talented teams in the DMV. So yes, the league obsession is dumb and adversely affects the rest of us who know something about the sport and who want their kids to both play high-quality soccer and do other things while they are in middle and high school. But feel free to waste your time checking team and club placements across tournaments. [/quote]

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