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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Statement 1.  The Boys ECNL is now the clear 2nd tier option, both nationally and in this local area.

Statement 2.  There are teams outside of both the MLS League and ECNL that are better than many ECNL teams.

Statement 3.  There are players outside of both the MLS League and ECNL that are better than many ECNL players.

All three are true statements.  In other words, the truth of statements 2 & 3 does not in any way detract from the truth of statement 1.

Similarly,

Statement 1.  The EPL is at a higher level than League 1 (Fr), and a vastly higher level than MLS.

Statement 2.  PSG is better than most of the teams in the EPL.

Statement 3.  There are players in MLS that are better than many EPL players.

All three are true statements.  The truth of statements 2 & 3 does not in any way detract from the truth of statement 1.

For example, the fact that star MLS players like Carlos Vela and Nocolas Lodiero would likely start for most mid-to-low table EPL teams doesn't change the fact that, on average, EPL players are vastly superior to MLS players, and the vast majority of MLS players would not make a roster in the Championship, let alone the EPL.

When we talk about the strength of a league and its players, we are talking about the average level, from top to bottom.

So, exceptions and outliers aside, the new MLS youth league is now the undisputed top level for boys youth soccer in the US, just as the Boys DA was before it folded.  A year ago, it was debatable weather the ECNL was a clear 2nd.  In this area, Loudoun's choice to leave DA and join ECNL (playing BRYC, McLean and a bunch of teams from the Carolinas), didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.  It seemed like the top level of EDP / USYS Nat League offered just as good if not better competition, with less travel.  With the ECNL additions of Arlington, VDA, Richmond, Pipeline, .... things look a lot different now.    [/quote]

Perhaps, but what is the relevance of any of these statements?  What is the point?  Your league still says zero about your player, team or club.  You can gloss over the other dogs in the M-A ECNL and hope to hitch yourself to clubs like Pipeline that are not playing in the M-A in making your points, but the bottom line is that Arlington, Richmond and VDA took a major step down by moving from DA (or MLS) to ECNL, will lose players, and are hanging with a bunch of teams that could not stay in or be at the top of CCL.  Pipeline and Arlington would have been smart to play more locally, but I won't say their decision was wrong for them.  At least Pipeline's competition in their ECNL boys division will be stronger.  I think DA produced about 90% of men's division one players with the rest spread among the rest of clubs in the US.  You are kidding yourself if you think that's gonna change.  All the clubs are doing is insulating themselves from intense local competition and unflattering comparison.  That is what this club-based system appears to excel at, whether CCL or ECNL.  So you got that going for you if you're in the ECNL.
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