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[quote=Anonymous]Which is interesting given that US Club (which runs ECNL) is governed under US Soccer. What would be great would be strong governance and structure from USSF based on a funding and certification (accreditation) process for soccer organizations at the national, regional, and state level. Those that don't play by the rules don't get certification and don't get funding from national shared pool of money. I.e. it provides for a free market, but gives a cooperative advantage to those that cooperate.

Under this model ODP would be eliminated. The Olympic and National Team Development Program, short named to Development Academy or "DA" would exist, but only as series of [b][u]non-club[/u][/b] selection based teams with no more than 16 teams nationally (4 teams per 4 regions). East, North, South, West regions with 4 teams per region based on population and geography.  There teams would play a limited season of 6 regional league games (home and away against other 3 teams in your region) followed by national playoff of the 4 regional winners round-robin style (3 games) with final match if necessary. Also - two showcases (summer and winter, i.e. "offseason") where cross-regional games occur with 6 games total (3 per showcase).  Players on these DA teams would also play with their normal club teams.  Again, no "DA" "club" teams.  Make this part-time best of the best, not some club competition, money-grubbing scheme.

Club teams and leagues. Population center based, not state based. The more people, the more divisions and vice-versa. Ex: DC Metro league would include NoVA and SoMD teams. Philly league would include SE PA and SoNJ, and some Del., etc. Relegation and promotion based with top club teams playing in top divisions and qualifying for regional leagues with limited regional league schedules. Regional league teams can play in national tournaments / showcases, but no "national leagues". U.S. is just too big for that.  No DA vs. ECNL vs. EDP vs. CCL vs. NCSL vs. NPL crap. Clear structure and hierarchy. No state cups and no "open" cups. Same regions used as for DA. 4 micro-regional leagues per macro region. Win your micro region (season), then play other micro-region winners in playoff. Win macro-region playoff, then play macro-region winners in National Champ. tournament. This structure also allows "DA" coaches/scouts to easily view best teams and players in their respective micro and macro-regional leagues.  Relegation and promotion for the micro-regional leagues too.

Other tournaments can work as they've always worked - with a rotation of regional / national showcases amongst best traditional tournaments (vs. same place every time). Player registrations, carding, rules, referee allocations, and player transfer regulations would be goverened by one information system so as to make the transfer of players between clubs and onto "DA" teams as smooth and easy as possible. Also, no over-governance such as HS soccer restrictions. That would be up to players and coaches individually.

Finally, the pro-teams - MLS and NWSL teams (if they care to have junior teams) and any foreign-club, US-based pro youth teams like Barca, GPS/Bayern, etc. - have their teams play in the same leagues as everyone else. Naturally, (at least on the boys side) those teams would usually end up getting many of the better players and rising to the top metro divisions and qualifying for micro-regional leagues, thereby getting the top competition they crave.

National funding comes from accredited member clubs (via player fees and sponsorships), national sponsors, share of USNT revenue, and share of MLS revenue distributed as a coop dividend back to participating clubs in good standing each year.

Again - if someone doesn't want to play within this strucutre no one will say you cannot, but your club / team / league wont be accredited and won't receive this funding and will be left out of most important and competitive leagues and tournaments.  
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