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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love these people that support the status quo. "Elite" does not have to be national at the league level. Keep it local until the end of the season. If you can't see that such a program is in everyone's best interest then you are part of the problem.

I really want to meet the morons who decided that "Elite" has to mean extensive travel. In any age group in either the ECNL or DA, the top three or four teams are elite while the rest are just average. So why not take the local ECNL and DA teams and have them match up against top local non-DA/ECNL teams and play each other twice durign the year. Take FCV, Arlinigton and then add  McLean, Bethesda, MUFC, Richmond or BRYC and then add Baltimore Union, Baltimore Celtic, MRM Rush, Pipeline, SAC, Herndon, Coppermine, etc. Just among that group, you have 20+ games. Each team can do its own showcases 2-4x a year and then have local and regional playoffs, which lead to a national playoff.

If that doen's work, please give me something else that doesn't require that I travel 200+ miles to play an inferior team all for the plessure of my DD playing "elite" soccer. [/quote]

It's typical in any sporting league that there are scant few top teams, then a fat section of middling ones, and some bottom feeders. ECNL and DA are no different. The teams in these two leagues are looking for highest average talent level to provide the best challenges for their mostly college bound athletes. If there was a local league that offered the same level of competition, with the same college recruiting opportunities, you might see clubs heading that way. There could be, but there isn't. And so we mush on. We are consumers who purchase the best product that meets our needs each year. Nobody is going to make their kids martyrs to further this crusade.

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