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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure why it would be better to have fewer local ECNL teams that were national contenders. It wouldn't be better for the players who could no longer make a ECNL team. It wouldn't be better for the players who would need to travel further to practice fields. It wouldn't be better for clubs who rely on having ECNL to recruit young players to their teams.

Other than having bragging rights to say DC area has a top national team, where is the benefit?[/quote]

Those are odd points. The idea is that the strongest players practice together and get better. Right now, if you are one of the strongest on the team you are likely not maximizing you’re training time. Lots a kids on ECNL teams probably shouldn’t be there if we were true to the elite moniker. Travel to practice fields may be an issue, but with some smart consolidation, that can be mitigated. Who cares about the club. [/quote]

Look there is no problem with stronger players not getting enough practice time against other strong players. Travel at its highest level is high school age kids.  It’s not that high of a level. In every sport kids at this age play and practice with/against other kids not at their level. It does not hurt their “development”.  EPL does not sign players for their YTS till 16 or u17 in our system(most will never sniff the first team). Why because what passes as a strong u12-u16 player is a small part of what makes a strong player at 21.

The truly gifted kids are few and far between. These kids have the athleticism but also the skills, great touch, drive and high soccer iq. Many of the “strong” kids in travel are just good athletes and do not have the technical skill, speed of play and soccer iQ(specially on the girl’s side). A kid with technical skill, high speed of play and high soccer IQ will adjust at the next level or in a game against like players.

The problem with consolidating to one or two teams is you will lose the kids who will be the best players at 17 plus. Travel clubs are not paid to develop players. They are paid to win at each age group. You can do that by just selecting fast big players from u9-u15. [/quote]

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