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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MLS Next will soon require girls' clubs to transition from ECNL to GA, with discussions ongoing for the next 1-2 years. This could signal the end for ECNL, as the top clubs in the nation are already part of MLS Next for boys.

For ECNL clubs with strong boys' and girls' teams, it makes strategic sense to pursue joining MLS Next and GA as soon as possible, before it's too late.

Remember, MLS is aiming to dominate the youth market, and they have more resources than any other organization in the country.
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I support this move, and have already made the move with my wallet a year ago knowing this was imminent. However its shortsighted to say ECNL's days are numbered. Competition is part of the american marketplace. ECNL will sit on their college soccer is the pinnacle of soccer in this country, and do just fine financially. College education is far to valued for an org like ECNL to lose its market footprint overnight. Will better soccer with a professional pathway be happening on the otherside, yes of course, but american consumers have already demonstrated that they value the IG post about the college more[/quote]

disagree it may take a few years but ECNL will become irrelevant like CCL.[/quote]

As long as the NCAA is in business; nope I still strongly disagree, the ECNL will stay alive. ECNL is a leech but a leech that people want to tell their friends is sucking them try, hence the ECNL hat quip. NCAA goes away and everything is club sports than maybe ECNL fades into obscurity, but will never die.[/quote]
On the boys side MLS Next dominates for college recruiting. ECNL is an afterthought.

Many girls ECNL dads seem to think that MLS Next is for going pro only. This isn't the case.[/quote]

But how many college opportunities are going to be left on the boys side?  NCAA rosters limited to 28, and more and more of those slots going to international players, 25 year old freshmen who came up through a European academy.  Marshall just played in the NCAA Men's Final - exactly three players on theior roster from the US.[/quote]

And that’s why playing MLS Academy/MLSn > is 100x better than playing ECNL…[/quote]

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