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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=FPYCparent]RE: VA vs. MD …

Anyone else think that the leagues that these clubs choose to play in matter?

I'm seeing nearly 60 2008/U12 girls teams playing EDP, and all but four of them (3 VA, 1, WV) hail from Maryland.  I think there are less than ten or so MD-based teams in this age group that play in a league other than EDP.  (Why even bother with any other league?  Yes, I'm looking at you, MSI.)

There is a similar number of total teams in northern Virginia, but we're all split by ECNL RL (VPL), CCL, NCSL, ODSL.  If the Virginia clubs could come together under a similar model (or simply join EDP), perhaps the overall competitiveness of the VA teams would rise as there would be more matches among equally-capable teams.

Admittedly, I haven't looked at other age groups … and I understand that there are more boys' teams from VA in EDP, but the contrast here is almost damning.  Aside from DA and ECNL at U13 and older, there seems to be no logical reason to be so splintered.[/quote]

This makes a lot of sense, but I don't see domination by Maryland teams in the older age groups.  The OBGC tournament, which is one of the bigger Maryland tournaments, just ended.   Here are the winners and runners up in the top bracket for boys:

u19 Virginia Rush (VA) and Loudoun 02/01 ECNL (VA)
u18 Washington Capital United (VA)  and Leesburg FC EDP (VA)
u17 BRYC ECNL (VA) and McLean ECNL (VA)
u16 McLean ECNL (VA) and Arlington (VA)
u15 SYC Lions  (VA) and SAC (MD)
u14 SYC Lions (VA) and Total Futbol (MD)

When you look at the top brackets for U14-U19, Virginia teams won every age group and only two teams from Maryland made it to the finals.  Another trend is that ECNL teams did really well in these age groups (2 winners and 2 finalists).  I am not sure if things are different on the girls side or in the younger age groups, but boys results for older age groups show that Virginia teams more than held their own on Maryland's own turf.     [/quote]

True.  I think the question was why MD teams appear to do better in younger age groups, with a few people saying that the early advantages (playing U8 travel with top teams playing each other weekly or more often) level off over time.  This is consistent with that view.[/quote]

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