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[quote=Anonymous]ECNL would not let Loudoun keep the DA relationship with FCV if the granted them a license - because they want to compete against the DA out there - not co-exist.  ECNL is not content with being labeled as the #2 league.  There is a war being waged.  The terms of the original Spirit deal were terrible BTW.  There was a large sum of money requested up front from each club, and they also had to give up their top players to Spirit - with no coaching or training control.  That would greatly hurt small clubs like BYRC who only keep one elite team per age, maybe two, and it would gut the top squads for the other clubs even though they are bigger.  Losing their top players would only have given them them ability to brag their player was sent to Spirit DA, but not help club in any other way.  For example, the Arlington boys deal with DC United works that way - they leave the club and go play with DC United Academy.  They would not continue to play on Loudoun Red or Arlington Red.  They would be gone.  They were in essence asked to be feeder clubs to Spirit - and what club that is of any decent size or ability would agree to that?  The deal Spirit eventually cut with Reston (after the first deal wit the other teams fell apart) did not have the big money ask (which was a main cause for the previous deal to die) and Reston was desperate to stay relevant - so they were OK with feeding players in.   They also brought tons of field space to the table for Spirit to leverage in VA (a premium asset).  Also, the DA on the girls side in Virginia and in other states is not some powerhouse (yet).  Only 1 Spirit team between MD and VA is in playoff standings.  VDA girls team are mid to lower of each bracket. Only FCV has good teams across all ages.This landscape is going to have several more drastic changes before it settles down.   CCL, WAGS, NCSL will slowly die and merge to be regional leagues for non top teams.  NPL will survive as a tier 3 league because its national.  Many smaller clubs will have to merge to stay relevant.  There are too many clubs in NOVA. [/quote]

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