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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One other big difference between ECNL and MLS Next is the affect of Acadamies. This is easier to understand by using boys vs girls as an example because the results are more dramatic.

MLS Acadamies actively recruit top talent from everywhere. Once players are on an Academy team the goal is to get players competing at the highest level asap. The reason for this is if they choose to play professionally they can play as a homegrown player for the club they sign to. (And not have their salary count against the salary cap) Or, they can be sold off to another club via a transfer fee.  See how it works? The more talent you develop the more money you make.

ECNL (and MLSN non Academy teams) group players by age and its in the clubs best interest to not play top talent up. This is because not playing talent up guarantees wins and wins means more paying parents want to join your clubs teams.

I pointed out girls vs boys because with girls the top ECNL/GA clubs have no incentive to play players up. What this equates to is that by collecting all the best talent at a certain age group you win. Imagine what would happen to girls ECNL or GA if there was Acadamies recruiting away all the best talent from all the best teams. Now think about all that talent being pushed to play up. Culturally all XYZ league is best gets thrown out the window because it no longer matters[/quote]

Who is this intelligent person and why don't you post more often[/quote]
I wish I had time to post more.

Unfortunately parents get taken advantage of by clubs because they don't know any better.

Did you see that 13yr old that Scored a goal for Gotham against Columbia last week? It's ridiculous that a 13 year old is able to be competitive with professional players. Just for fun I looked into her background. Apparently she's from San Francisco but her parents are loaded. For whatever reason they've decided to make her a soccer star. The homeschool and do private training with the top trainers 2-3 hours a day. They also bought a house in Socal so she could play for Slammers Koge (one of the top ECNL clubs in the nation). Now they're working the NIL angle while flirting with NWSL. I have nothing against what they've done as long as she loves playing. However I do wonder how many other players are like her but have never been given the opportunity or private lessons, etc. I think there's a lot.[/quote]

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