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[quote=Anonymous]The immediate impact of this isn't likely to be apparent any time soon but you have to think there is some reason behind why GA pursued this and why ECNL has not.  One of the biggest issues I have with the ECNL is that there are no enforced standards.  It was one of the things the DA had that the ECNL did not (enforced coaching license standards, training environment standards with 4 trainings a week to 1 game session and no parents allowed to view training sessions).  Enforcing them did come at a cost as they had to hire a company to audit clubs which probably attributed to USSF deciding to abandon it.  I'm sure people that are actually in the know will be able to dissect what this means for the future of the landscape of youth soccer but post fall out of the DA, MLS Next is not on the losing side when it comes to the boys.  Big questions on if this is just a piece of the puzzle GA was looking for on their vision moving into what they wanted post DA and what will that look like.

As far as not allowing girls to play HS soccer?  Highly unlikely from any of the current member clubs but if this ever turns into something similar to MLS Club Academies in any way then it will happen, particularly for those players in those programs.  Those players in MLS Club more often than not are having their costs to participate taken care of fully or partially, the clubs cannot risk exposing those players to the potential of injury in a questionable HS environment.[/quote]

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