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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Holy Christ.  I'm so happy that my DD is a rising junior and won't have to deal with all of this BS moving forward.

I realize that many get their rocks off with the speculation of what club is leaving next, in the grad scheme of things, does it really matter?

Maybe if you have girls or boys that are in their younger tween years, yeah, it could matter.  But, I really think that if you have quality as a player, you will get seen and end up where you belong.

Good luck.  [/quote]

I think the ECNL continues to target a wealthier, college focused demographic and MLSN focuses on the pro pathway. Incentives drive the outcomes. ECNL will push to send kids to college programs and MLS will attempt to develop players that can be sold.

That said, ECNL teams play MLSN teams several times a year in tourneys and friendlies and both academy scouts and college scouts are at both league events. If the kid is good, they will be seen. Find the club that fits your child best and do not worry so much about acronyms.

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MLSN isnt just for playing pro.

Players work their butt off to play professionally but sometimes it doesn't work out. In this situation playing in college is the fallback. Just like how D1 coaches love foreign Academy washouts. They also love MLSN Academy players.

So dont think that MLSN is only for playing professionally. Its both pro and college. ECNL on the other hand is college only. See why MLSN is appealing? If you can make it to the top levels multiple doors are open for you. As a college coach who would you choose? A player that played and practiced with MLS pro players. Or one that played at a club level only? [/quote]"As a college coach who would you choose?" The smarter one that can get into college and didn't waste too much time missing school for cross country events.[/quote]

You chose the smarter one that was able to keep up grades while traveling cross country to do MLSN events.  You act like College soccer doesnt do travel during the season.  Did you think College stops because of an away game. [/quote]Do you own stock in MLSN? It's just a random league that replaced another league and will be replaced by another league in the future.[/quote]

Sorry your kid did not make team.  [/quote]Arlington just seems like a better program than Achilles and as someone else showed awhile ago, college placements on the boys side from ECNL and MLSN pay to play were similar.

Crazy to be stumping for a team, crazier to be stumping for a club, craziest to be stumping for a league.[/quote]

Not sure how Achilles got lumped in but I’ll bite.  Achilles is a boutique club that’s a fraction of the size and budget of Arlington. They have a player on USMNT U16 and a U16 starting on a Bundesliga academy team.   Can Arlington, with far greater numbers and massive budget, say the same?  [/quote]Case stuffs are useless for proper analysis. Do you have a numbers?[/quote]

Please Arlington sends tons of kids to Academies every year and has a far better college track record. Great for the 1 or 2 players at Achilles who has done well with national team but 1
Player does not make a club and isn’t a statistically significant argument. Show me the track record for dozens and I will bite. Arlingtons top teams (as opposed to its huge rec and lower travel programs where most of the budget goes ) do quite well with Academies and D1 soccer. [/quote]

That’s one at the national team and one in a Bundesliga academy.  That’s two.  Two more than Arlington.  Add another 13 to MLS academies.  I’m not trying to make this Arlington vs. Achilles.  Some poster dropped Achilles into the conversation randomly.

Arlington does have a great track record. Don’t dispute that whatsoever.  [/quote]

No one think Achilles accomplishes much bc they never post on social media when their players leave for MLS academies. I don’t think Bethesda does either for that matter.

They do share when a player posts something about college and when players gets into a Bundesliga academy and U16 national team. [/quote]No social media excuse. Got it. FYI, kids are almost 15-30x more likely to suffer sport ending injury than go pro. College is the smarter play.[/quote]
Most colleges don’t want your 18 y/o US player, so…[/quote]
100% true which is why their favorite players come from MLS Acadamies. It compensates for being 18 years old. [/quote]"Most colleges don’t want your 18 y/o US player, so…"[/quote]
100% true which is why their favorite players come from MLS Acadamies. It compensates for being 18 years old.[/quote]"Most colleges don’t want your 18 y/o US player, so…"
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