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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Folks, ECNL and GA are not the end-all-be-all. There are still great clubs out there that are not in either league and some horrible clubs that are.

For the 1,000th time, it is not the letters that matter. Coaching matters. Find a solid coach and if your kid is good and wants to play collage, coaches will find him or her.

In my opinion, ECNL and GA are mostly for girls who are average. The best kids don't need ECNL and GA but the average player does. [/quote]

LOL, ROFL. I agree with your first and second points but your third point is WAAAAAYYYYYY off. There are zero "average" girls at the middle to top tier teams in ECNL or perhaps even GA teams. Very bottom teams, yes, and that is why they are at the bottom. Even then, I think the "average" players are only role players or bench players on bottom table teams.

I would probably just change your last opinion to:

"In my opinion, ECNL and GA are mostly for girls who are well above average, especially in an athletic sense,  with average girls on some lower teams. The best kids don't need ECNL and GA but playing against average to below average competition else where will provide an uphill and much tougher road if DD wants to play college."

The road I am speaking of would look like this, at least USYS EDP League (which also will require some travel), ODP (Which will also require some travel), and a very strong High School performance. One could easily argue that this road in the end could cost just as much as ECNL/GA.

So, if and only if DD wants to play College Soccer, you can take the road above or ECNL/GA. If DD could care less about playing college soccer, play where ever she wants. If she changes her mind, she could always be a walk on at college as well.

Remember, iron sharpens iron, and playing against lower level teams will not help DD if and when she will face much better competition. Those who want to debate that USYS/EDP teams and similar leagues are on the same level as ECNL/GA teams only have blinders on and refuse to accept obvious statistical facts. Just as an example, the 2021 USYS 2008 National Champion just lost to FC Virginia at the final at WAGS last month. While that ANBRY team is excellent, there are only about 5 teams per age in the ENTIRE US outside of ECNL/GA that can compete with better ECNL/GA teams. They are extremely rare to see. I cannot emphasize that enough.

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