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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think it’s a troll post necessarily, but it has little to do with the league. It’s just garbage US Soccer. There aren’t enough quality coaches and clubs. Even for those who do try to teach and play with a developmental focus, the amount of player movement and the incentives for coaches and most clubs don’t align with player development. It’s all just a  “get the 3 points this weekend” mindset.[/quote]

Yeah, I'm also not convinced it's a total troll post.  By me, the ECNL clubs do play more physical than the GA clubs.  There are a few great teams at the GA clubs, but overall the ECNL clubs beat them at most age groups with the more physical play.  I don't know if it's totally true, but I get the sense that the ECNL clubs are under more pressure to always be at the top of the rankings.  The great GA teams seem to win way more league games by 5+ goals, so they just don't seem to be feeling the same pressure on their heels.  The ECNL teams seem very reluctant to take a technical player who doesn't also have size and/or speed, and people talk like that player would get eaten alive in ECNL, which kind of seems true watching them play.  Some ECNL clubs might want to play less physical, but they're probably worried they will drop too far and get kicked out if they made that move alone.  The competition may just plain be more fierce in ECNL, leading to the physical play.  To curtail it, you'd have to raise penalties for foul/card accumulations, rather than telling refs to change the rules of the game by calling touchy fouls.  Again, just the general sense I get talking to other parents who are in the different leagues.  
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