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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Trying to figure out how much choosing ECNL over MLSN impacts college outcomes.

Also which MD or DC ECNL teams are the best?[/quote]

MLSN is considered the highest tier for boys soccer.  Period.  This does not automatically equate every MLSN team is better than every ECNL team nor does it mean every MLSN player is better than every ECNL player.

Take the above into account, and MLSN players will have a better chance of making D1.  But there are so many other factors.  How good is the team?  Does the team get knocked off the first round during tournaments and showcases?  Is the specific player actually performing well?  One could easily make the argument that some standout kid in the top ECNL team will have a better chance than a benchwarmer kid in the lowest ranking MLSN team.

Also, consider that true standout MLSN players, at least most of them, are looking to go pro immediately upon age of eligibility.  College might not be the top priority for those players.[/quote]

Actually MLS Academies are considered the top tier in boys soccer (domestically). MLSN is second tier. Probably higher than ECNL in the second tier. But same second tier, not the highest tier.
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There goes the ECNL defender.

Please stop with this nonsense.

NO LEAGUE MAKES YOU.  PERIOD.  Yes, there are boys in ECNL just as good and coveted by MLS Next squads but you are sadly mistaken if you think the levels are close in the DMV.  In parts of TX, the reverse is true as ECNL still dominates some parts there and other parts of the country.

Most of us are pretty well off so our kids have choices.  ECNL is mostly the best of the well-off while MLS Next, via academies playing, encompasses a brought range of the financial landscape and has the best overall talent.  When they start a separate league for MLS academies, ECNL can come have an argument.  With that said, if I were in NOVA, I would easily choose Arlington over SYC, despite SYC being in MLS Next.  The goal of being in Arlington would be to get picked up by ANY academy other than DCU and then play in MLS Next.[/quote]

MLSN p2p has strong teams. I just don’t understand the need to pretend they are at the same level as MLS Academies just because they play each other. Undermines credibility.[/quote]

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