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[quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is there anything new to report or is this just restating what has already been discussed in various threads and posted by various news services back in early January?

Last I heard from my son's DA coach was they were considering implementing a tiered system with the general belief that MLS clubs would be in the highest tier along with a few non-MLS clubs. Other clubs would be in a second tier. This would concentrate top teams in the first tier and also allow for a promotion / relegation system. As for playing clubs from around the world, the thought was to identify certain international tournaments (and domestic tournaments with international competition) before the league schedule has been set and then not to schedule games those weeks to allow any MLS clubs interested in playing to play in those tournaments. For those clubs not playing in the international competitions, they might setup "showcase" events those weekends.[/quote]

Ummm...this is pretty much just any other league then.  EDP has pro/rel and academy level teams at the highest level.  DA sold to travel kids is solely marketing.  It’s no different except parents get to say their kid plays DA, even if it’s 2nd tier.[/quote]

Yes, any other league except the best kids will play there, on average.   The other leagues are third tier and below if non-MLS DA is second tier, even assuming this rumor becomes fact. [/quote]

Once you take the MLS academies out, you have a bunch of A teams like it has been always.  My kids already play first division EDP.  There are DA level teams currently in EDP— Baltimore Celtic, etc.  Prior to DA, CCL was where the top older teams went.  Years before that NCSL was the top league.  See what I’m getting at?  It’s all semantics.  It’s the same thing, different name.  They have to change the marketing/names every few years to keep it fresh and have parents coughing up for the next elite, elitist thing out there.

As my old Dutch coach said about our system: shit in, shit out. Same old, same old.[/quote]

Yeah, you have a bunch of teams make NCSL Division 1, the parents think they deserve an "elite" league, so they all move "up" to EDP -- and play each other. Great.[/quote]

Exactly. EDP is another form of “chasing the patch” mentality.  The irony in the EDP parents arguments is striking.  [/quote]

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