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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On the minds of the parents of girls on elite teams in the area is why are VDA and BRYC in ECNL. People understand Loudoun but even non Elite ECNL and GA teams ask how VDA and BRYC were invited to join ECNL. Arlington and FCV parents wonder why VDA and BRYC are in the league over their own clubs. Look VDA has talent but it is not considered an elite club but most followers. Again, if you could point to one VDA player at a strong college program then we could have a discussion. Even BRYC has a few.[/quote]

This post suggests FCV and Arlington didn't chose to go to DA... but they did.  Each league has pros and cons.  Each league will have bottom dwellers and high flyers.  You can't escape "bad" teams and are they really that bad if they are getting beaten by good teams?  VDA is doing well in younger ages, and not so much in older agest.  McLean is doing well in older ages, not so much in younger ages.... so, based on your metric, should McLean be out of the ECNL?  Obviously not.  Leagues are what they are and won't change any time soon.[/quote]

I think you are ignoring a couple of key points:

1. FCV left ECNL for DA because DA was the new shiny league. Arlington was lucky to get into DA. Now that DA is gone, both teams are desperate to get into ECNL. Don’t deny it.
2. VDA does not and never has had a track record of producing elite players on a consistent basis. All I know about McLean is that it produces more kids playing in elite programs than any other club in the area. There are players coming off of the bench who join elite programs. I don’t know of a single VDA player making it to an elite program in the past five years. 
3. McLean players and teams get better over the years. They might struggle at u13 and u14 but by u17, they are competing at a high level. On the other hand, VDA competes at the younger ages but then gets worse as the teams age. [/quote]

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