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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are FCV parents being surveyed now to see how many players are willing to stay another year in a new league that’s not ECNL? I’ll bet that is part of the silence until they know if they have enough to forge on. That would likely require Ecnl clubs to mark offers when they can on May 1 to sign as many ex-DA players as possible. I don’t think people will leave unofficially and hope ECNL works out for DD whenever they can have tryouts which isn’t looking forthcoming anytime soon either!![/quote]

I so struggle with the "sign as many ex-DA players as possible" by 5/1 concept.  My DD is ex-DA.  She is a solid player/regular starter.  At a tryout I certainly believe she would get an offer (yes, I think she's one of the top 4-6 in the area in her position).... BUT.  I don't 100% know.  I haven't seen everyone in the area in her position play and i fully acknowledge that.  I can't imagine that all the ECNL coaches have seen ALL the players at every position play. Probably haven't even heard of a lot of them -- I doubt they have heard of my DD and I don't think they should have -- they are busy with their own clubs, players, and league.  So on what basis are they making these 5/1 offers?  Politics?

Yes, there are known quantities -- strikers and keepers and call-ups (although who even knows about that process). If you need one of those positions and they come calling you certainly consider.  But there are 11 players on the field at a time -- many of them aren't playing roles that demand you know their name.  That's just how the game works.

Finally, the longer this drags out, the more only the most motivated are going to keep up their training.  Some players are just not going to be the same (at least in the short run) by next winter as they were at their last practice in early March... (My DD is older, but I especially think this issue will be noticeable at the younger ages where players are still physically developing as well.)  So you make an offer on 5/1 because a player was ex-DA and displace your existing players at her position AND pick her over any other given ex-DA player at that position, not knowing how intrinsically motivated she is.... all sight unseen?[/quote]

Thank you for one of the first rational posts here. We are on the other side of this. My DD is an ECNL player. All 4 VA NoVA ECNL are teams are similar in that the bottom half dozen spots give or take, are obviously at risk to top 6 (at your team) ex-DA players. Beyond that, I think it will be hard for ECNL coaches to not give the benefit of the doubt to current players, especially without a tryout. Some coaches are going to be more aggressive than others perhaps, and there is new coaching at probably 3 of these clubs. Also factor in that there will be more reluctance to displace older players. I suspect there will be more change at U14 than at U17 for various reasons.[/quote]

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