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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is an "ECNL Composite" team? BRYC has two listed on their website.[/quote]

It is the U16/17/18/19 aged players who (1) play private/catholic high school soccer (fall season) and who therefore are not available to play the fall ECNL season, or (2) are not good enough to make the 18-20 team roster in their age group.

The composite teams play similar compilations of players from other clubs, plus tournaments, plus NCSL.   [/quote]

Basically, girls the Girls ECNL Director has no interest in...[/quote]

You're probably right about that. I wish clubs, both DA and ECNL would stop this process of stringing along players on the cusp by giving them these titles while the A team carries a roster in excess of the game day maximum. In this scenario, the terms development or discovery player are nearly meaningless terms that have no net positive effect for the players. In most cases, they will never see the field since there are already unrostered A team players. The DP terms serve mainly as tools for the club to retain players who might otherwise go shopping for an FT spot at the top tier of another club. This is an instance where the club hopping tendency of families in this area causes clubs to do things like this.

Most players at this level would be best served if the club shortened the A team roster slightly, leaving space for B team players who are excelling to level up.  This is motivation for all B team players, not just those who have the DP title. Additionally, academy style training with girls of all levels training together would allow coaches and players to develop alongside each other. Despite the name, even clubs in the Development Academy do not really run academy style training.

My guess is the 04 ECNL composite team is composed of discovery and B team players, however the team will not actually play in ECNL. It may be in the same useless category of pre-ECNL or pre-DA.

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