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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry to be imprecise - I did not mean to imply Arlington overcharges at all, just that they would be a stock with little upside since they are at the top right now - that's all.  On ECNL, no doubt they are better than CCL, but the local teams playing in ECNL (other than VDA and Arlington) are not better than other top teams in this area in the U13-15 range, including SYC.  Hope to see Arlington and VDA in MLS Next.  Probably not both but at least one of them.[/quote]

Rumor is that Arlington will put their Academy Teams into MLS Next and their Red Teams to take their ECNL slots next year.[/quote]

Not gonna lie I stopped at “rumor is”[/quote]

Arlington's U13 team is currently in the 10th place in ECNL.   It is certainly not the cream de la creme relative to its ECNL competition. [/quote]

Yes, but
(1)  That is probably Arlington's weakest team. 
(2)  U13 seems to be a group where the VA teams are actually quite strong.  
(3)  ECNL would presumably make the decision based on all of Arlington's teams - not just the weakest one.  So, ignoring U19 as it wll have aged out, Arlington is currently 1st, 3rd, 3rd, and 6th at the other age groups.
(4)  Even that is to some degree irrelevant, as presumably it is the performance of the second teams which would matter for this decision.  So in CCL, you have the following standings for U12 through U17: 3rd, 10th, 10th, 11th, 8th, 14th.

If ECNL is a stronger league then (4) would suggest that Arlington won't (or at least shouldn't) get its second teams accepted into ECNL.  I'm not sure that this is the case though - anybody have a good feel for the relative strength of the mid-Atlantic ECNL teams vs CCL?[/quote]

I think the Red Team point is a good one (you have to be careful about standings because there are variances in how many matches certain clubs have played).  Putting that aside, I don't think there is any question that Arlington Red teams in CCL would be competitive vs BRYC or McLean U13-16, and perhaps even some Loudoun teams.  I think you also need to consider that they will also divert kids who might go to BRYC or Arlington by having more roster space available for kids who might have been forced to go elsewhere.  [/quote]

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