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[quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In NCSL it’s supposed to be 2 up/2 down, but really it’s more like 1 up/1 down guaranteed, and the rest is up to whoever it is that decides the division structure. So I guess depending on the club, it could mean a favorable/harsh promotion/relegation, or no movement at all. [/quote]

How do the top divisions of NCSL compare to the top divisions of EDP?[/quote]

EDP is really only a thing for some MD teams and teams in PA and north towards NY/NJ. It is kind of the wild west for local VA teams. Many clubs use it simply as a supplemental league. Other clubs, like Herndon, who are essentially a collection of affiliate teams will use EDP who want more challenge than NCSL but are locked out of club based leagues like NPL and CCL. Barca, right now fits squarely in EDP's wheelhouse. [/quote]

As far as I could tell, Doradus (formerly Barca) has a team playing EDP and NCSL this fall: 
https://youthsoccerrankings.us/team.html?teamId=2355487

Herndon is CCL now, incidentally.

I've hesitated to plug my blog, but I think to respond to a couple of the other posts, I'd end up regurgitating it. So here goes: 
https://rantingsoccerdad.com/2018/11/09/re-organizing-northern-virginia-leagues/

For U9 and U10, I've long argued that we shouldn't have "full-time" travel. Keep playing rec, but make sure you're giving advanced players additional training options and some "crossover" games. Maybe just take centralized leagues out of the equation and make your own matchups. (They do the latter in Georgia, but I have no idea how well it works out.)
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I couldn’t disagree more on your rec only for U9 and U10. If you want to lock league play to 4 or 5 nearby clubs and mix up the schedule with A teams playing B teams I would join your army, but leaving the most vital development years to volunteers in a rec environment? No way. [/quote]

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