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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Before the existence of two national leagues, exactly how many National Champion teams did both clubs produce?”

The answer is that McLean produced several. FCV none, but had some really strong teams too. McLean regularly beat FCV and was the superior ECNL club back when there were only these two elite teams and ECNL was the only game in town. Currently, at the DA/ECNL level for girls ages 05 and older, FCV has the best local teams and players overall and a few of their older age group da teams have a solid chance of winning at da nationals later this month. The rest of FCV teams (non DA) and their boys side is nothing special compared to all the other local clubs. Currently McLean has a few “near the top” ECNL teams that will also compete at nationals later this month. They will not win any. McLean’s non-ECNL teams are also nothing special. So two conclusions:

A) the dilution argument is correct in that McLean’s top teams have been dilluted by Arlington DA, MU DA, and BRYC ECNL and to a lesser degree due to geography, Loudoun ECNL and VDA ECNL. FCV’s DA program at the older kids level is as strong as it ever was due to two reasons: 1) the allure of the DA platform; 2) the fact they merged with Loudoun in 2017 in the shared DA approach, then split off, taking their best players in the process ... hence getting the best FCV and Loudoun players in the process. However, the dilution affect is already impacting FCV dominance at the elite level at the 06 and younger levels and will continue to do so.

B) Most kid’s don’t play DA or ECNL. For those kids, playing at FCV or McLean offers no advantages over other clubs (unless their practice fields are close to home) and in the case of FCV, due to their staff’s obsessive focus on the top girls teams only, their shoddy administration, and their bait and switch tactics on coaches for the non-da teams, is a place to avoid if possible.

Finally, college coaches and recruiting. Yes, the teams with the better records will be watched more and those in DA with better records will be watched the most. However a high performing ECNL team will get watched more than a poor performing DA team on average. Either way with more da and ECNL teams there are more local girls than ever getting some exposure, but each exposure is more dilluted due to the overall increase in teams since a coach / scout can only be in one place at a time. [/quote]

Go check the coach attendance. It’s great for both. You’re fools if you think one league gets more college exposure than the other. It comes down to teams.[/quote]

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I'd love to throw a rock through it. Some parents are just know it all rookies. The worst kind of know it all. [/quote]

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