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[quote=CleansheetDad]I see this as another attempt by the MLSNext Academies to try and "sell" their second teams to unsuspecting parents. It seems that the ECNL Academies have a better structure for both the boys and girls with the National and Regional leagues. Most MLSNext clubs have their second teams in EDP, which is inferior competition when compared to ECNL Regional. In fact, many ECNL Regional teams play both ECNL-R and EDP so the data below may even be greater between EDP and ECNL-R.

USA Sports Statistics analyzed all the results in the Soccer Rankings app to find which leagues should be considered the best. They calculated the rating of the average team in each league for each age group and gender and found the rankings were the same for each of the 2006 - 2010 age groups. They also calculated the difference between the average team in each league and the average team in the best league. For example, the average boys MLSNext team should beat the average boys Elite 64 team by about 2.3 goals. Their takeaway is that there is a lot of overlap in quality between MLSNext and ECNL National boys. However, Elite 64, EA and ECNL Regional boys are quite similar and a lot weaker. For girls, ECNL National is by far the strongest competition.
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Girls Ranking with goal difference[/b]
1. ECNL National
2. GA - 1.5
3. National League PRO - 1.5
4.ELITE 64 - 2.3
5. ECNL Regional - 3.2
6. DPL - 3.8
7. NPL - 4.0
8. EDP - 5.0

[b]Boys Ranking with goal difference[/b]
1. MLSNext 
2. ECNL National - 0.7
3. National League PRO - 0.8
4. ELITE 64 - 2.3
5. Elite Academy - 2.6
6. ECNL Regional - 3.2
7. NPL - 3.7
8. EDP - 4.2

I see ECNL as the better league for the majority of clubs as a whole. They can sell the high level of competition to both girls and boys, allow them to play for their High School, along with the options for developing players to move up or just play in a region without having to travel too far. This allows clubs to market themselves to a wider variety of parent and player. MLSNext though only has a high level of play for boys, limited opportunities for its current players due to their rules (both on game day and for High School teams), and no girl teams. So for an MLSNext club, you can really only market yourself to about 18-20 boys families. That limits the clubs resources and marketing capabilities since many parents want to give their kids a chance to develop and grow.

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