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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Top team will be in MLS Next 2, second team (green) is in NAL. White team should be in NCSL, though they also showed an EDP icon at the town hall[/quote]

So then basically on the boys side the new top team (lets call it "Dark Green") will play MLS Next Tier II, which MYS is "positioning/branding" as roughly the equiv of an ECNL team. The 2nd team (Green) will play NAL, which MYS is "positioning/branding" as roughly equiv of an ECNL-RL team.  The rest (White, Gold, Silver) will play in some combo of NCSL and/or EDP.

I put "positioning/branding" in quotes because, per the slides, the comparability of the leagues is typically in eye of the beholder. 
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Correct for U13 and above. And however they brand it, McLean boys does not have a team in Tier 1 of their choose top league (MLSNext 1), where other clubs do.  So recruiting/keeping players may be a challenge, as anyone who has aspirations of a top level team will presumably want to move to a club where they have potential to move up.  [/quote]

Confused by this. In the DC area, are you saying clubs like Alexandria, Bethesda, Springfield (all of which are in MLS Next today) are keeping their Tier 1 teams AND adding new teams for Tier 2 - and thus exists the development pathway you reference?  So is the idea that MLS Next Tier 2 teams will have a chance for "promotion" into Tier 1?  This whole things seems like a giant money grab by just creating more tiers so you're always chasing the next carrot.  I am betting that several of these clubs moving from ECNL to MLS Next will look back and regret the decision in 2-3 years once they see that this is all designed as a money grab from the parents.   [/quote]

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