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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another GA vs ECNL thread how original

In this area we have so much talent and parents arguing over which club is better is insane. 08 VDA might be the best in the area but 07 Arlington might be the best in the area for that age. Its all relevant!!

Btw GA is better than ECNL at least in this area. How many games did ECNL play this year? I think NCSL teams had more playing time  :lol: [/quote]

I agree that TODAY some of the GA teams are better than some of the ECNL teams in this area. But for an 08 girl considering her options, is it more or less likely that four years from now, when she is at prime recruiting age, that she will have developed better and have had better opportunities playing for a GA team for those four years or for an ECNL team for those four years. My DD plays for Arlington now and I love the club and the team and the coaches, but I’m afraid the club will get dragged down by the showcasing platform and competition, so that an 08 girl’s opportunities won’t be as good as those for a comparable 08 girl playing for VDA or Mclean over those four years.  I personally thing BRYC is done, so that’s less of an option. And I 100% agree that good coaching and development matters the most, but competition and opportunity to showcase are a good differentiator if all of the clubs you’re considering already have decent coaching and development at your DD’s age.  [/quote]

If you think ECNL is anything other than showcasing, you may want to do more research. ECNL is moving towards having dozens of regional/state showcasing events. Ultimately, only the national playoffs and the super team tournaments are going to attract serious D1 programs. ECNL has created simply too many events and so to truly separate the talent, they’ve had to invent new events. It’s nice that everyone has an opportunity to get a trophy, but you can get the same thing in NCSL, CCL, state cup, etc... In this area, the days of a dominant college feeder club are mostly gone (the 03s are the last group not not be fully impacted by the DA rise and fall). You’ll see with the 04s that college commits are distributed across many GA and ECNL clubs. This reveals that as long as you are at one of the more competitive clubs (ECNL/GA) you have a good shot at playing D1. But, the player has to do the work to engage the targeted schools and they have to be talented and know where they stand relative to their peers. Many Virginia parents harbor thoughts of their kid playing at UVA, but on average UVA takes one player from VA per year. Ask yourself, is my kid the best player in her age in the state? (If not, take UVA off your radar) If you’re an 08 parent, you likely don’t have a complete view of the playing field. I would suggest thinking about what your expectations are for your kids college education and than look closely at those soccer programs to see if they are achievable. (Incidentally, IVY programs have some very competitive players - eg purce). Ultimately, the club may sway a colleges opinion of a bubble player but no club coach is going to risk their college placement reputation for a kid who shouldn’t play there. 08 parents need to be doing their homework now.

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Certainly the amount of filtration gimmicks/events that ECNL is creating is an absolute concession to having over expanded, thus diluting their product.[/quote]

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