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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looks like Braddock Road is going ncsl this Spring for the younger age groups[/quote]

What age groups? Boys or Girls or both? what happened to the 'pre-ECNL' teams? [/quote]

I would think it's those "pre-ECNL" teams.  Probably the feedback from the players and families wasn't the greatest not having games on a week to week.[/quote]

Correct on age group. See link for full list of New NCSL teams for Spring 2018. http://www.ncsl-soccer.com/welcome-teams[/quote]

Surprised by the number of PWSI Pride, RWFC, and VISTA teams, which are essentially parent volunteer led teams.  Glad to see more parents going the independent route.[/quote]

The competition at ODSL is just not that great which is why many of those are leaving.  RWFC was just accepted as a new club, VISTA and PWSI have been in NCSL and could put any teams from their programs as they wish.  Just like BRYC does for some of their parent led teams.  As for RWFC I'm a bit surprised that they got accepted although they do have a ton of parent led teams.  I'm surprised because NCSL requires "quality" fields and the fields RWFC was using as of 1 year ago were half dirt and not properly lined.  Team was competitive though.[/quote]

Yeah, the RWFC teams were too competitive for the run of the mill ODSL teams.  My son was on a team there last Fall and their fields have improved considerably.  It was mainly dirt with lines and patches of grass, I think they always were going to join NCSL because their internal league that is structured more as a rec program is pretty much eliminated after U13.  So a lot of their teams that wanted to keep playing joined ODSL, and after playing mainly against themselves in the same division, will now get some serious competition in NCSL.

VISTA has always been in NCSL, but their teams are all organized independently, so without a coach willing to put together a team, they wouldn't be registering new teams.  I interpreted this to mean more coaches are willing to put together teams and join the travel soccer scene as oppose to have their children and their children's teammates join the club travel soccer programs.

For PWSI, their select teams have joined NCSL in the past, but their "Pride" teams are coached by a volunteer and essentially play under the PWSI umbrella, other than wearing their uniform and practicing on Woodbridge fields, they are entirely trained, organized, and coordinated by the volunteer coach and any other volunteer parents.

While many parents are going the club route, I think it's good to see parent's willing to put in a little more effort and skip the handholding club model.
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