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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MLSN won’t give up their progress in being the top boys league and lose top august-Dec players(customers) to ECNL.  [/quote]

How would they prevent that if they don’t switch to SY? [/quote]

They will go SY. No incentive for them not to switch.  [/quote]

Staying exclusive and still matching the international calendar. ECNL is taking a risk in this pivot when it comes to elite, especially for the boys, where it becomes less of a rival and more of a feeder.[/quote]

For sure it was a risk, it will pay off with their growth in the lower tiers, and won’t likely change their losses to MLSN because they aren’t actually addressing MLSN’s competitive advantage over them.

But I think the bigger risk is to ECNL’s dominant girls side. IMO ECNL bet it all on the boys, and are sacrificing the girls side in a future where the girls side is growing beyond collegiate soccer.[/quote]

The girl's side seems to have been slipping for them for the last few years, even without any changes to age groupings. They just now have decently organized competition who seems determined. Not sure what they can do other than hope GA stays BY, which will greatly benefit them as, after the initial shock and losing some players, their most dangerous competition will have siloed themselves into another market segment. [/quote]

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