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Let's rephrase the statement: ODSL has some ass-kicking teams, many predominantly Hispanic and some parent-coached, who aren't in NCSL for whatever reason (sometimes field issues, sometimes by choice). Dynamite, VISTA and a few others have some teams that routinely go into tournaments and clobber high-level NCSL teams. IFC actually has entered the occasional team in EDP.

It's a pity we don't have a single competition that would bring together the good teams from CCL (maybe half of them), VPL (maybe a third of them), ECNL (all 1 of them on the boys side), EDP (most of D1 and some of D2), NCSL (most of D1, some of D2) and ODSL (a couple of teams from D1). That would be a great, competitive league or tournament. Alas, none of these folks want to play nicely with each other. [/quote]

There is, and it is modeled after the Champions League in Europe.  It's called the State Cup, pretty much any team can register.  It would be perfect for the top teams in all of the leagues to be invited for smaller price than is currently being charged, and have guaranteed 2 games.[/quote]

Except that ECNL and DA teams do not play in any State Cup, and the advent of the NPL State Cup this year means that VPL teams will play in the NPL state cup, CCL and NCSL and (maybe) ODSL teams will play in the VYSA State Cup, and there is still no way for all the different teams in all the different leagues to play each other.  Also, VYSA State Cup being single elimination makes it less meaningful regardless.  [/quote]

Yeah, I wasn't thinking of DA, and ECNL for boys and girls aren't really that many teams, in VA anyway.

The first teams and winners of VPL, CCL, and NCSL are awesome teams.  Any team that wins their division in EDP is going to be a great team.  The single-elimination would have to either be changed or the price be dropped so that teams that want to join don't see it as time waster if the will only get one-game out of it.  VYSA State Cup WILL have to step up their game if they plan on getting any VPL teams to join; they have the upper-hand now with the recognition and pathway to Region 1 and National, vs VPL going through their recently created National Cup.  Competition is overall good, I do believe.  VYSA generally has a monopoly on state-wide champion so it would be great if they eased up on their fees or decided to put more time in finding out how to schedule games so that it doesn't have to be single-game elimination, maybe leg 1 and leg 2 and OT and PK if there is a draw.  Away goals shouldn't matter in youth soccer.   I see that as feasible.[/quote]

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