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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both leagues offer essentially the same package $10K+ per year for the privilege to play with miles and miles of travel.  [/quote]

Ugg.  One needs to go an dit makes no difference which one it is .  They are basically the same.[/quote]

Why does one need to go? So that you can have localized powerhouse teams? That does not benefit the country or the players. [/quote]

The prohibitive cost and long distance travel do not benefit the players either.  Even if you leave aside the ridiculous cost, l would submit that the long hours spent driving to New Jersey or flying to South Carolina could be spent better mastering your skills on your local field.  And there are plenty of strong teams in the area that could play each other at a competitive level: FCV, McLean, MD Spirit, VA Spirit, Loudoun, Arlington, Bethesda, etc. [/quote]

We had one league for a decade called ECNL and it did not reduce costs or travel.[/quote]

Right, but ECNL is not subsidized by US Soccer or professional clubs.  Not saying the girls' DA program is close to that at the moment, but you can play for free at most boys' MLS DA clubs, and at significantly reduced costs compared to regular high level travel at non-MLS DA clubs.  ECNL is also not set up to minimize costs.  They have far too many showcases on top of a lot of league travel.  The USYSA regional/national set-up is cheaper and makes a lot more sense.[/quote]

Only the MLS DA's are subsidized. US Soccer does not directly subsidize DAs. There are only 10 NWSL teams currently and not all of them have a GDA and very few of them are even remotely profitable.

The USMNT and USWNT do not even remotelymake enough money to subsidized some 200+ Club league with teams from U19 down to U12. The women had to sue just to get a raise and you think they have deep enough pockets to pay for youth travel soccer?[/quote]

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