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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The season is over. How did the teams moving from GA to ECNL do? It looks like nationals didn’t put any teams into the knockout rounds.

That’s a little surprising considering they dominated in the GA and “ECNL and GA are equal”.

Same with Ukrainian Nationals.[/quote]
Obviously you are asking a question you already know the answer to in order to push your narrative.

Nobody ever said teams in ECNL and GA are equal. I'm not sure why ECNL dads like you keep spouting this. Everyone knows the teams in ECNL are better because ECNL draws the better players.

But (there is always a but) that doesn't mean GA is not worth it for many players. GA provides excellent exposure opportunities. If you take any of the good ECNL players that are getting college interest and move them to a GA team, they would still get the interest and land at the same place. In that sense, the leagues are closer than people think. [/quote]

Because GA parents constantly write on this board that the leagues are the same level. They aren’t. The best club from the girls Academy moved to ECNL. They got to the champions league and did not have a single team get out of the group. If they were the best team in the girls Academy and the leagues are equal, wouldn’t you expect a little bit more? Couldn’t they get at least one team to the round of 16 and then lose?

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This is where people are arguing different things. It depends on what "level" means to you. For some people, level refers to how good the teams are talent wise. To other people, level means recruiting exposure. Talent wise ECNL is better. Exposure wise it's much closer. To many people the purpose of playing ECNL/GA is for recruiting exposure and the rest doesn't matter much.[/quote]
I dont believe talent wise ECNL is better than GA. What ECNL does have is a few clubs that have been around for a while that know how to develop and coach players. This translates into wins. Theres a few GA clubs like this and on both sides regular clubs are getting better and better at it.[/quote]

You may not want to believe it, but it’s true. And more importantly it isn’t true because somehow ECNL is magical, it’s simply because ECNL showcases have more college coaches than GA, and College programs have limited budget to travel so they prioritize ECNL. It’s become a self-improving cycle.

And for all you slow-wits harping about team - Colleges do not recruit teams, they recruit players.

There will be P4 recruits coming from the literal bottom teams in ECNL every year because colleges recruit the PLAYER, not the team.[/quote]

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