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[quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Very helpful. The only point I would make is that some of the teams playing in EDP's National League compete in the top brackets of the most competitive tournaments where they often beat ECNL teams. Those teams and state cup champions should be considered Tier I. 
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No, you can't make it a tier 1 simply because a couple of high achieving teams can beat tier 1 teams. It is to random to determine what team will be the years Unicorn out of the group.

A tier 1 league/environment is more indicative of the common opportunities provided to most if not all participants in regards to things like showcasing opportunities and so forth. If a kid is playing in DA or ECNL there is a significantly higher level of showcasing opportunities that is not the same across a EDP Division. Those showcasing opportunities are attached more to the particular team in EDP and its success rather than to the league or division as a whole.[/quote]

With EDP now in charge of what used to be the Region 1 league, and with that league now playing a full schedule as opposed to a bunch of supplemental games, we might need to think about this.

In other words, the entire division might be unicorns.[/quote]

Right, and while being in the Division is indicative of possibly being a Unicorn for it is hard to predict year in and year out which Unicorns will be in the division. There is very little in predictability for a player to really target a team to try and make knowing that Tier 1 opportunities will be available. This is why closed leagues like ECNL and DA will generally do a better job of drawing talent because the predictable nature of the showcases are more guaranteed than with a better EDP team.

In DA or ECNL an elite player can still use the platform regardless of the surrounding talent. On EDP, the elite player NEEDS to be surrounded by similar players to open up the showcasing opportunities and bracket based showcases like Jeff Cup and Disney etc where only the top bracket really get coaches showing up to watch.[/quote]

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