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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]it was either midwest or liverpool getting the boot.  Midwest top to bottom had lower performance than liverpool.  Ask yourself this, if a club was all about moving to the GA then why on the morning of their big announcement would their website still be advertising March 1st tryouts for next year's ECNL Team.  Also, Midwest is just a farm club for the Hawks.  yes, it's true, multiple families across the age groups carpool 4 days a week 4 hour round trips.  That's their status in the region.  They are better off in the tier 2 & tier 3 environment that the GA offers but there's no question about it, they wanted to stay in the ECNL.[/quote]

First off, not fully updating a website the day of an announcement isn't a strong argument. Plenty of clubs don't update much until after any big change, like switching leagues. They HAVE to have tryouts and they aren't going to change until THE change.

On Midwest vs. Liverpool, that's super interesting since Liverpool is in metro Detroit, along with the Nationals and Hawks (including a 2nd team that Midwest definitely outperformed on the whole), WHILE Midwest is one of the top, if not the top, in West MI and part of the USL system. Seems not smart by ECNL to abandon such a strong soccer market, TBH.

And yes, I've heard how the Hawks have gotten players from there like you describe. But that's not ideal for those families or players and relies on the Hawks well-earned reputation, although recent raft of ongoing coaching changes haven't been a great look and suggest organizationally a lot of problems going on that get papered over thanks to their great recruiting. But then again, what soccer club doesn't have these issues?

So, in the end, it seems more political to me, especially evident when the clubs recently played and the Hawks reported a win when in fact they lost on Insta (post was later deleted after they got called out on it).

ECNL would do better to have a more defined method of promotion/relegation that's reflected to results on the pitch.[/quote]

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