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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reality is that Northern VA specifically needs contraction rather than expansion of ECNL/GDA teams. In 2016-17 there were 2 elite girls programs in Northern VA.........FCV ECNL and Mclean ECNL. Getting a spot on one of those teams was difficult with only 40ish roster spots available between the two programs for each age group. In 2017-18 WS VA, VDA, and BRYC made for 3 GDA and 2 ECNL teams. If you assume each team could have 20 girls rostered per team, there are now 100 spots instead of 40.

I have watched a number of GDA and ECNL games this year, and let's face it, there are not 100 elite level players currently filling those roster openings in each age group. If potentially Arlington is added to the GDA and Loudon to ECNL (have heard that floated out there), that would then open another 40 roster spots per age group. The talent would be even further dissipated, and the ability to beat those top level teams like Penn Fusion, Real Colorado, etc will be further and further away.

I am not sure what the correct solution is ........in a perfect world the BRYC, Loudon, and Arlington's  partnership with the Spirit (remember they were originally listed as partners along with Vienna who is now a part of the VDA) would have worked. That certainly would have been a start.  [/quote]

I think what is needed depends on your goals. If you want to compete against the western DA powerhouses you do need contraction. That might be a players and parents goal but that is not the goal of USSDA. They aim to create a pipeline to the national team. To do that, they need a pyramid structure that cannot be achieved by simply adding more DA teams/franchises. I don't understand the current direction really because even the current extensions to U13 only offer incremental improvement. If you really want a big pyramid (that locks out other alternatives which appears to be another USS goal), you need another entire layer below DA that feeds up starting from U11 or U12.  NPL resembles this, and would actually foster a healthier academy style training environment at clubs with promotion/relegation to keep things competitive. [/quote]

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