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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A small number of clubs have teams in the CCL.  Those clubs put their top team or teams (I think it might be more than one at the U9-U10 level) in the CCL and other teams in the NCSL and ODSL.  For other clubs, I think the top teams are in NCSL.  [/quote]  CCL and EDP are the top leagues.  Many of the top level teams in NCSL leave that league for CCL or EDP.  Or place their highly ranked teams in those leagues.[/quote]

I think the jury is still out on whether CCL is a top league, or an improvement over NCSL and WAGS.  Clubs have to agree to put their top teams into CCL in order to become a CCL member (which explains why they leave NCSL and WAGS) but many of the best area clubs don't belong to (or have withdrawn from) CCL and a lot of CCL clubs only have a few strong teams.  This means that there are really good and really bad teams in most age groups without the relegation and promotion features that help to make sure teams are playing at approximately the right level for development.  Plus it is primarily just a Virginia league.  EDP is a good league for boys, but I'm not sure it's better than the Colonial League or Region 1, and it doesn't seem to be nearly as strong for girls in this area.

I think most people would agree that ECNL is the top league for older girls and the Development Academy is top for older boys, but beyond that it's pretty confusing.  It will probably stay that way for a few years while US Club soccer and US Youth Soccer (the two organizations that sponsor most soccer leagues in the country) continue to battle for market share.

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