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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]April 15, 2020
To: All US Soccer Federation Members, Clubs and Staff
From: Dr. Pete Zopfi – USYS Chair
Skip Gilbert – USYS CEO

Re: US Youth Soccer Leads Development of New Elite Soccer Platform

Given today’s U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) and Major League Soccer (MLS) announcements, US Youth
Soccer affirms that it has been actively working with leadership, member clubs and outside partner
organizations to enhance our existing programming to meet the needs of our partners. Through our elite
youth soccer competitions and Olympic Development Program, we have elevated the playing environment
for club teams and players. We are more confident than ever that we have the leadership, vision, staff and
soccer eco-system to collaborate with all US Soccer members as well as any future MLS competitive
platform.
For those USSF DA Clubs who are now disenfranchised, we are excited to invite you to join the
conversation. Please contact us to learn more about how you can play a role in developing a new unified
and comprehensive structure that develops world-class players through an elite competitive pathway.
For any USSF staff impacted by today’s announcements, we invite you to talk with us to learn more about
US Youth Soccer and our organization. Many of you may know us from the past, but we encourage you to
get to know us for the future.
US Youth Soccer has the leadership, organization, financial strength and flexibility to collaborate, design
and execute national programming that will set the standard for elite youth play and allow young athletes
to reach their full potential. Because of our extensive relationships with leading thinkers and partners we
have actively developed plans to integrate with others to meet the needs of developing players through
high quality coaching, professionalized environments, enhanced player identification, and competitions
created specifically to address the development of players with professional aspirations.
“US Youth Soccer is the largest youth organization in the world and keeping the best players in the same
environment keeps our National team healthy”, said Dr. Robert Contiguglia, former President of the US
Soccer Federation (1998-2006) and past President of US Youth Soccer.
We are excited to engage with the entire US soccer community given the extensive changes in the
American youth soccer landscape. We hope you join us and help drive forward the game we all love. We
are a family committed to helping every player reach their full potential. We Are Youth Soccer![/quote]

Wtf? Boys DA will go MLS no need for USYS involvement.  Girls reduce the number of teams and roster spots by 1/2 and let everyone fight it out. For some reason I do not think anyone cares to hear what USYS has to say. Just go back to your losing ways.[/quote]

It's just EDP playing for DA teams that are not MLS and haven't gone to ECNL.  I don't really see why non-MLS DAs would not want to play EDP in this area.  Here's how the U13 teams in the area rank (MD and VA), and below that, I've added U12s, and it is pretty clear that some EDP clubs rank substantially higher than some of the DAs at U13, and a number of clubs outrank some of the DA feeders at U12, so I gotta ask, why do people want to go chase the MLS league when you could play all these teams right here in DMV, many of which appear to be better?

U13:

1	PIPELINE SC PRE ACADEMY [12]	36.13
2	ACHILLES FC [28]	35.51
3	BETHESDA SC [111]	34.35
4	SA OF COLUMBIA PRE ACADEMY SPURS [124]	34.25
5	BALTIMORE ARMOUR [127]	34.23
6	CALVERTON SC CERRITOS [147]	34.14
7	BRAUSA UNITED FC [200]	33.71
8	POTOMAC SA BLUE [204]	33.71
9	MATRIX SA MAESTROS [321]	33.19
10	BALTIMORE UNION SC ELITE [409]	32.85

1	RICHMOND UNITED [47]	34.99
2	ARLINGTON SA [167]	33.95
3	SPRINGFIELD SOUTH COUNTY YOUTH CLUB LIONS BLUE [213]	33.67
4	ALEXANDRIA SA RED [251]	33.51
5	STERLING SC ORANGE [270]	33.41
6	GREAT FALLS RESTON SC ELITE NPL [310]	33.22
7	VIRGINIA DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY [404]	32.86
8	SOCA CVILLE ELITE [410]	32.82
9	BURKE ATHLETIC CLUB UNITED [437]	32.74
10	SOUTHWESTERN YOUTH ASSOCIATION YA CARDINALS RED [440]	32.73

U12

Rank	Team	Score
1	SA OF COLUMBIA PRE ACADEMY BLUE [23]	33.65
2	BETHESDA SC ACADEMY BLUE [44]	33.07
3	BALTIMORE UNION SC ELITE [109]	32.19
4	ST MARYS SOCCER STRIKERS RED [154]	31.83
5	BETHESDA SC ACADEMY WHITE [205]	31.53
6	MSI ACADEMY GREEN [216]	31.51
7	ARUNDEL SA KIN [253]	31.34
8	POTOMAC SA BLUE [289]	31.17
9	COPPERMINE SC PREMIER [308]	31.09
10	TOTAL FC GOLD [450]	30.52

1	ALEXANDRIA SA RED [52]	32.80
2	RICHMOND UNITED BLUE [57]	32.71
3	LOUDOUN SC SOCCER PRE ECNL BLUE [105]	32.23
4	PRINCE WILLIAM SOCCER VDA EAST NPL [115]	32.17
5	LOUDOUN SC SOCCER PRE ECNLBLUE [156]	31.83
6	HERNDON YS AJAX BLACK [174]	31.69
7	RICHMOND UNITED WHITE [266]	31.28
8	VIENNA YS EAGLES [366]	30.84
9	ARLINGTON SA B DA1 [368]	30.84
10	RICHMOND STRIKERS ELITE [372]	30.83
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