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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is my understanding correct that if a kid (boys) wants to compete in ECNL and/or MLS NEXT, that they must join one of the clubs who are part of those leagues?Unlike EDP which allows any clubs to field teams.  Looking at the clubs that are part of those leagues club, they all seem to cost a lot of money, at least double and sometimes triple what we currently pay for our small club. Most are the more well known names in this area.

So for a kid who has no funds to play at a member club, there only recourse to compete at the highest level is to get into the DC academy at U13?  [is DCU academy free?] I realize that some of those clubs give scholarships but I imagine those are highly competitive and limited and at the end of the day, you’re still potentially playing with not as talented kids who have the resources to pay to play for a big name club.

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If your kid is talented, a club will find a way to get him to play.  As far as ECNL and MLS clubs other than DC United not being as competitive, I think you should take your son to try out for one of those.  I think you will find that ECNL and MLS clubs other than DC United are far above a normal travel club level of play in EDP.  A EDP star player can be just an average or below average player at those clubs.  ECNL and MLS players play against other very competitive teams where every player is strong and every team is strong.  EDP is hit or miss and the kids have a huge talent gap even on one team.[/quote]

Thank you for this info! Do you think the big clubs get an influx from smaller clubs around the ECNL age? We have tried out for the big clubs and got offers but declined them for now to stay at our smaller club. We have played the clubs we tried out at and have not been very impressed by the kids (only a handful stand out). I know they do tryouts every year so I’m assuming they would have to drop long time club kids (or won’t put them on the A team) and take in more talented kids from smaller clubs to stay competitive in ECNL? Is that how it goes? [/quote]

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