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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is one big game of chess and ECNL is running out of moves [/quote]
ECNL is fine for now but MLSN is the top league for boys. If MLSN cared about dominating the youth soccer market they easily could.

[b]ECNL girls is also fine for now but parents are starting to figure out that GA is the same thing. The only difference is the clubs involved[/b].

The big unknown right now is if/how NWSL will partner with youth soccer. A working framework has been established by MLS and implemented via MLSN. Logically if NWSL was to follow MLSs footsteps they’d partner with GA and create NWSLN. If this was to happen there would be 20+ ECNL to GA defections year one.[/quote]

That bolded part is so wrong.....[/quote]

792 D1 verbal commitments for the 2025 class & breakdown by platform.    
     
#ECNL -575 (72.6%)         
#GirlsAcademy -166 (21%)        
All Others -27 (3.4%) 
🇨🇦 -24 (3%)

There’s a twitter handle that is tracking all this.[/quote]

How many players are in ECNL and how many are in GA?  The above numbers are meaningless without the denominators.  [/quote]

ECNL is roughly 24% larger.

So not enough to account for the difference. This isn’t really hard to understand. The ECNL’s success is that they make it cheap and easy for college coaches to see enough talent to stock their team. Are there GA kids who are equal to ECNL kids? Of course! But Colleges have limited time and budget. ECNL gives the best bang for the (college  recruiting budget) buck.

For players, eyeballs = opportunity. ECNL has done a good job getting more eyeballs, and GA has had some bad luck at recent tournaments in terms of weather and timing.

The only other thing I personally saw having had a kid in both GA and ECNL is that the gap between top and bottom teams is smaller. My sample size is small, but at league games and Nationals, it felt like the best GA teams were miles ahead, and the ECNL Nationals had more parity. I think this is better for College coaches because they don’t care about which team is winning, they want to see how a player performs under pressure.

If my kids weren’t (thankfully) done with recruiting, I would prioritize ECNL, but if the ECNL team was a bad fit I would have no qualms switching to GA, and then figure on hitting more ID Clinics and sending more film.

If I had a stellar NPL or E64 kid that really really really really wanted to play in College, I would move mountains to get them on a GA or ECNL team. It’s an almost insurmountable barrier to climb otherwise.[/quote]
My kid played in ECNL and GA Here's my feedback.

- ECNL parents are in constant state of FOMO
- GA is more relaxed 
- There's bottom feeders in both leagues
- The top GA teams get as much visibility with recruiters as the better ECNL teams
- There's 10ish ECNL clubs that would win in any league they play in. (Most are in California and Texas)
- From a rules perspective for games, coaches, and clubs GA and ECNL are nearly identical 
- If your kid is a once in a lifetime soccer talent other clubs, other leagues, colleges, and pros will find them no matter where they play
- For 99% of the players it doesn't matter where you play they'll end up in the same place. Meaning if they're going to quit in HS neither GA or ECNL matters. [/quote]

100%. This should be posted on every forum
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