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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Keep cheerleading for ECNL it doesn't matter.

Clubs want access to MLSN and they don't want to play in boys ECNL. In the end it's all about money. If MLSN makes more money for clubs than boys ECNL (it does)  and GA makes the same amount of money as girls ECNL clubs will switch to MLSN/GA if given the opportunity.

This was the first year of the MLSN/GA partnership expect the number of clubs switching over next season to double or even triple as they get more and more frustrated with boys ENCL.[/quote]

Two problems with this argument. 
1) there is a cap on demand for MLSN from players. Not everyone wants to play professionally or give up playing on their HS team. The number of clubs who want MLSN far exceeds the talent and the players with desire to play MLSN.
2) why do assume GA makes as much money for clubs as ECNL?[/quote] its a two fold issue. Its allow about perceptions about being in best league. Colleges don't recruit HS. And best players are willing to give it up.  ECNL boys as the top league to chase is done.  They only thing ECNL can do now is open it up to more teams, which then makes it even more irrelevant.  Its a sad state of affairs for US Mens soccer. This keeps happening every 3-5 yrs for youth.  They need to create a premier and relegation type system.[/quote]

You missed the point.  Yes the best players are willing to give up HS soccer.  But how many of those are their really?  Its a lot less than the number of clubs that want MLSN times 18-20 players per team times 6 age groups. The point being MLSN can't expand too much in the DMV or any market.  Its certainly not going to have eight local clubs like GA already has.  [/quote]
This is where MLSN2 comes in.

If clubs want players to participate in HS soccer they field a MLSN2 team.[/quote]

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