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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ECNL should have done the right thing and rolled all the DAs in when they had the chance.  Sorry but it doesn’t look like a talent infusion for your mediocre non-champions league team. [/quote]

I agree that ECNL should have done this, and not just because it was the right thing either.  They should have done it for themselves because it was the smart thing.  If, as soon as it became obvious US Soccer was dropping the DA, ECNL had opened their doors and blanket accepted all DA clubs then ECNL would have won too.  They would have all the clubs, all the money, everybody would have to travel less, and ECNL would be the only game in town.  Good for ECNL, good for ex-DA, good for kids, good for colleges, good all around.

But ECNL got greedy and thought they could cherry pick a handful of clubs they wanted and then pick up the best players from the other DA clubs when the league collapsed.  Good for existing ECNL clubs, not so good for kids, bad for ex-DA clubs.

Very short-sighted of ECNL if you ask me.[/quote]
Metro United struggled mightily across age groups; older Arlington girls the same.  If you are to be serious, by "blanket accepting" DA clubs they would just be cheapening the brand.  Nothing is forever.  Some clubs may not survive ECNL's new framework, some in the future may replace.  Kids changing clubs isn't hard.  A league reformatting their operations would, while cheapening the brand.[/quote]

Arlington DA struggled? C'mon. The oldest age group, yes, but they are done and have nothing to do with next season and beyond. The youngest 4 age groups all did very well. I think it is a bit silly to argue that the ECNL admitting FCV and Arlington would not have made the MA a better conference. In most age groups those two clubs would have been above average teams, and lessened travel requirements. Are the local ECNL teams going to absorb a few FCV and Arlington players? Sure. But there are going to be more than a handful that are perfectly happy at their club, playing against the same clubs they played against last year, now being able to play HS and not under harsh sub rules. Those are a whole bunch of strong players and teams that could have been in the ECNL but won't be. And now you either cheer every time you drive to SC for a league game and root for another program for young female athletes to fail (nice...), or you hope that ECNL absorbs these clubs next year, which they could have just gone ahead and done now when the travel issue is more pertinent than ever.[/quote]

It’s like you skipped the part you wanted to skip.

“Metro United struggled mightily across age groups; older Arlington girls the same.“. ECNL does not exist to help out non-member clubs.[/quote]

Arlington's girls who struggled are aging out. They are in college next season. They don't matter in this conversation.

Yes, Metro struggled a lot. And there aren't any current ECNL clubs like that? You think adding 2 very high quality clubs out of 3 waters you down? Sorry, ECNL isn't that uniformly awesome. It's just not.

And no. ECNL does not exist to help out non-member clubs. It should exist to help the girls. By getting as many quality players into the league and lessening travel requirements.

So, I guess you fit in the, cheer when you get in the car bound for South Carolina, and rooting for young female athletes to lose their program. All class.[/quote]

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