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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ECNL announced they are getting into U littles[/quote]

They ALREADY are. Pre-ECNL, anyone?[/quote]
I understand why US Club goes along with ECNL wanting to switch from BY to SY. But why all the others? ECNL is just creeping into the littles. Stealing clubs from all the local leagues and player pipelines from USYS clubs. They're going to do the same thing with youngers that they've done with olders. All the random leagues are going to be locked out.

Its going to force GA and MLSN to creep down into the youngers as well to protect player pipelines

Fortunately this will make youth soccer expensive for everyone. Which sounds amazing. Can't wait.[/quote]

The difference from USYS to pre-ECNL for u12g in my fairly wealthy suburb was a rounding error. The $$$ argument is a losing one since all sports are expensive now. Actually get more hours of training from ⚽ than all of the other local travel options.[/quote]

The danger for pre-ECNL is a good chunk of those players end up either on the B team or leave the club because of all the recruiting that goes on. It's no guarantee ... In some ways, you might have to work even harder because some ECNL clubs hire former players with no experience to coach these teams, trying to skate on reputation. You gotta make sure they actually have good coaching and development. Not all do.[/quote]

I totally agree.  In the case of my son’s I little club, the development of the players was quite strong.  Of the 12 players that were together from U8 to U12, 9 are now playing at the ECNL, ECNL RL, MLSN, and MLSN2 level.  Once it became U13 most of the kids left and the team really has zero legacy players left.  It’s great development but too bad for the club that developed them![/quote]

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