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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another thing to consider is that in the past, some very talented players decided to stay at their local club on teams which were at what was essentially the second tier of the soccer pyramid (eg, the one good Vienna team, the BRYC teams, some of the Annandale and Loudoun teams, etc.).  Now, if similarly-situated players stayed with those teams, they would now be on the third tier of the pyramid and would have a even harder time attracting college attention.  And if they are serious about college, those players are going to be more likely to make that switch to ECNL and GDA.  So while the very top players may decide to go GDA, ECNL will start drawing some high-quality players from non-ECNL/DA clubs that might not have moved before, in addition to the players who have to leave DAs due to the smaller player pool at U16/U17.

FYI, there are 3 local ECNL teams (Bethesda, BRYC and McLean).[/quote]

This is where ECNL must prove that they hold a recruitment advantage over CCL and NPL options, understanding that NPL and ECNL are under the same U.S. Club Soccer umbrella. What I see happening is ECNL actually expanding into the NPL pool in order to reduce costs and remain attractive. I just don't see the current ECNL model staying sustainable with, at best splitting the overall player pool with DA, and at worst losing 65-75% of the top talent to DA. The cost of ECNL just would not be worth the trip to essentially play a NPL team at the end of a long bus ride.

ECNL still knows how to put on a quality showcase and how to attract college coaches to their events but they are going to take a major hit on player pool that most parents will not foot the bill for in the near future.

Now what would be cool is if ECNL does expand into NPL and then offers promotion/relegation with NPL. Doing this on a national youth level would be very interesting. [/quote]

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