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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every ECNL club in the country draw in top players at u15. Don't think it is just your club that adds players at these age groups. It is part of playing in a national league. The parents who say our club doesn't develop their own and current kids lose spots to outside players need to understand that if you want a spot in an ECNL club at u15 it has to be earned and won't be given just because you have been there....[/quote]

It is true that the spots on the top team must be earned and that it is OK to recruit players from other clubs.  If a club is indeed good about "developing" their own players, their top teams will largely stay the same, but add a handful of new players and a couple of players may be dropped to a lower level team with a meaningful opportunity to work their way up.  This is a healthy model.  However, I think the concern is that certain clubs replace most of their top team at older ages by brining a dozen or more players from other clubs, while using "development" as an excuse for poor results at younger ages.  These are two different situations.  If the club is stellar at "developing" its own players, there should not be a need for wholesale roster changes on the top teams at the older ages.  Some coaches/clubs are amazing at recruiting players from other clubs, but mediocre at developing players they already have or the new players they get.  
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It  takes time and good coaching, if you look at the top teams in every age group the coaches have been with them for a while. We also have to understand the quality of player that clubs are starting with at certain age groups. The 06-05-04 age groups are diluted  because of the DA. Players that were being developed by clubs may have left.... it is also very rare that a club has great coaches in every age group. Most ECNL clubs have 1 or 2 really good coaches, they cannot develop every player in the ECNL age groups. [/quote]

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