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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oregon Surf parents are worried that they will be moved to GA, as their boys are MLSN.

ECNL is squeezing clubs to make a decision.
Now we know why SC Surf made the move.[/quote]
You mean GA+MLSN are doing the same thing to clubs that ECNL used to do? Forcing clubs to play in boys ECNL if they wanted girls ECNL?

ECNL started the potentially illegal practice of tieing different products. GA+MLSN are just playing the game ECNL introduced. Before MLSN+GA announced a partnership earlier this year they were completely separate and didn't care if clubs had one or the other.[/quote]
If ECNL does this, Bethesda, FC Delco, and PDA will need to make the move.  I'm not sure ECNL has the guts to do this. [/quote]
ECNL has definitely done this.

ECNL even took things a step further and taken girls ECNL away from clubs that don't do boys ECNL.

ECNL has also taken girls ECNL away if clubs play boys ECNL as their 2nd boys team behind MLSN.[/quote]
100% correct. I wish the ECNL hats knew more about ECNLs history.[/quote]

Can you inform us of ECNL’s history? I know they survived the girls DA.[/quote]
ECNL barely survived DA. In 2017 ECNL was begging clubs to join/stay in the league.

On the boys side MLS basically taking over boys DA and rebranding it MLSN + the Acadamies + contracted player pipeline is just something ECNL can't compete with.

On the girls side NWSL chose not to get involved when DA blew up. So a group of top youth clubs went back to ECNL because they knew it made $$$.

MLSN partnering with GA is happening because MLS wants to control the girls youth pathway the same way they do with boys and the powers that be dont want to buy out ECNL. NWSL can put its head in the sand with youth pathways. But there's several MLS owners and groups with money in NWSL who see the benefits.[/quote]

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