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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ECNL podcast had prez and vice prez saying clubs in other leagues aren’t on the save level as ECNL. Mentioned the narrative that clubs leaving for better leagues is false.

Are they reading our forum? Lol[/quote]

Those two are a couple of ding dongs that think they have the soccer iq of Klopp, the business acumen of John Henry, and the foresight of Rinus Michels. They are literally no better than your average classic coach, except they have power and authority of the 2nd best boys league and best girls league in the country. We must hang on their every breath.[/quote]
Hahaha "ding dongs" is the right word.

Their world is closing in on them and they know it.[/quote]

Agree those two are ding dongs but some of the MLSN changes, like taking almost any club that wants to join tier 2 and calling them academy seems pretty desperate too . [b]Both are scrambling for prominence or grasping to maintain some existence in the alphabet soup leagues.[/b]  Hard to imagine MLSN completely takes over for a sustained period of time.  Lots of parents of top kids do not like their model and a surprisingly high number of talented kids especially at 13/14/15 have zero interest in playing professional.  That MLS pipeline may be attractive to some but a lot of noise to others.[/quote]

Both are…either/or? This doesn’t make sense.

ECNL is scrambling to not lose their boys league entirely. And MLSN is expanding into tier 2 to basically take ECNLs lunch.

Is it a strategic mistake for MLSN to grow big and fast and focus on so many different player journey outcomes? 🤷‍♂️

Is it a strategic mistake for ECNL to think they can keep the same singular player journey outcome focus for boys that they mediocre at currently but only change and age cut-off in order to shift the tide? 🤷‍♂️

Between the two options, I think MLSN seems like it’s more likely to be successful.

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Successful for how long and by what measure?.  Any one of these leagues and yes even your precious MLSN could fold tomorrow financially.  That is why I say what I said, as two things can be true at the same time.   Having more clubs wear your badge isn’t necessarily winning and dominating.  Business wise these attempts are also desperation as financially they need to do something big or fold up.  After Messi retires, most will go back to stop paying any attention to MLS.
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