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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Richmond United, VDA and Bethesda will most likely join ECNL.  They have an inside track because their girls programs are already in ECNL.  Arlington might be in trouble since they lost thier DA patch and burned some bridges with ECNL by placing thier girls program in DA, a league that was designed to kill ECNL.  I would say there is 50-50 chance that they will be accepted to ECNL.   If they are not accepted or decide not to apply to ECNL, their top teams will most likely end up with EDP.  [/quote]

Richmond and VDA already did.  Bethesda need not.  And Arlington should not.  See many other and earlier posts.  On the boys side, you have better competition right here and these clubs may lose top players if they start going to South Carolina to play teams no better and sometimes worse than clubs right here like Pipeline, Achilles, SAC, Total Fiutbol, Alexandria, and SYC.  For whatever reason, there is a lot less tolerance on the boys side for the league and club-based rubbish that we see in girls soccer.  Keep it over there, please.  We've already seen enough on the boys side to know it's unnecessary and counterproductive, assuming you want to see competition on the merits, not on the basis of wallets.[/quote]

I don't disagree with you regarding the travel aspect and the common sense notion that you don't have to travel far to find good competition, but keep in mind that formerly DA players/families are used to long distance travel for league games (New York, New Jersey, PA) so a trip to North or South Carolina won't be much different and probably slightly less expensive.   However, Arlington is likely lose its top players in the older age groups unless they end up in a league that offers a strong college recruiting platform similar to what DA did.  DA platform was a huge recruiting draw for these clubs, so losing it will definitely hurt their ability to attract and retain their top players.  After the USSF used coronavirus as an excuse to grant MLS' longstanding wish to replace the DA with MLS-based youth league, these clubs were placed in a very difficult spot.  They have to mitigate the damage and find a new league for their top teams.  I see two options.  One option (Richmond, VDA) is to join ECNL, which has a good college recruiting platform and strong competition, but currently has travel commitments that are similar to DA.  Another option (probably Arlington) is to join EDP, which has good competition but smaller recruiting platform, and try to market "less travel" and "less expense" angle. [/quote]

Arlington did not even have a full DA.  How many Arlington boys got placed into college soccer last year?  This year?  And if you are suggesting ECNL would change all that, some facts would be useful -- how many more have BRYC, Loudoun and McLean inked for college soccer vs. their placements before ECNL?  
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Arlington has one player signed for college next year, tying them with NVSC, PWSI, VSA, and SYA.  The really good Arlington talent would funnel to DCU, which can still be the case if DCU continues in an MLS league.[/quote]

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