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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad][quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad]Vienna's girls did rather well across the board in Virginia Premier League National Premier League ECNL Regional play this fall:

http://public.totalglobalsports.com/public/event/2081/individual-club/528/9

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That's awesome.  Those are great results.  No idea how it compares to a normal year for them, but if that's how they're doing in a typical year, perhaps they should consider playing in some other leagues or more challenging environments to continue that trend.  Or, if the parents and kids are happy and getting what they want out of it, then great for them and keep on rolling.  Congrats to the kids and coaches.[/quote]

That hints at my problem with "club-centric" leagues. Vienna's boys don't need a higher level of competition. Vienna's girls might. If they weren't in a club-centric league, they could just go to EDP and get assigned to whatever level makes sense.

At the other end of the scale, you may have a club that only has a couple of teams that are competitive in the club-centric league, and the other teams would benefit from being in NCSL D2 or D3 instead.[/quote]

I understand that this would be additive to games and parents might not want to either spend the money or time, but there's no reason rules-wise that they can't do both EDP and the club centric league.  I could be wrong about the rules though, I'm not an expert.  Yes, it adds 7-8 games over the course of the season and cost, so either of those are immediate deal killers, and I don't want to minimize the impact of 4 additional away games.  But with their relegation/promotion system, identifying a sweet spot for the team is likely to happen earlier.  Tournament play is also a way to change to competitive level of games, but that's harder to coordinate multiple tournaments within an already committed club schedule.   I don't have the impression VYS is interested based on the perception I have of being very community focused and not looking to compete at different levels, but I'm sure there are individual parents or maybe even teams that would be intrigued by that idea.[/quote]

If you can maintain a healthy roster, and the club is willing and able to fund it (or parents are willing to pay the extra league fee_ I recommend this highly.  We've done this and it improves the competitiveness of the team, especially the EDP teams in first divisions.[/quote]

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