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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ MLS Next was an option for all former DA clubs, like it was for BSC and Baltimore Armor boys. The boys Virginia DA clubs (Arlington, VDA, Richmond) chose ECNL over MLS Next for whatever reason. VDA and Richmond announced the switch to ECNL the same day DA collapsed while Arlington held out longer.[/quote]

I don't know about that...Arlington made the decision and officially announced to go to ECNL (May 2020) before MLS Next (sept 2020) was formed.

https://www.soccerwire.com/news/arlington-soccer-joins-ecnl-boys-for-2020-2021-season/ - Arlington joins in May 2020

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Soccer - Look at the last sentence in the [b]2013-Present[/b] section - MLS Next was formed in September 2020

I think the VA DA teams felt there were no other options early in 2020 so they went with ECNL.  I'm sure they would like to go to MLS Next as the better competition is there and a route to MLS is present... [/quote]

It was more complicated than that.  VDA went immediately - but there is some ownership connection (can't remember exactly what now, but it exists) between VDA and ECNL.  Then Richmond jumped ship a couple of weeks later (might even have been quicker than that).  Then Arlington waited another few weeks before announcing its own direction.

I'm pretty sure that most of the parents and kids and the DA coaching team would prefer to be in MLS Next.  I am not sure exactly what the board thinks (and to what extent they may or may not have bound the boys to ECNL in order to get the girls accepted), nor do know what DCU's position is - where they may well not want full league members so close to them - and are almost certainly in a position to block Arlington if they wanted to.

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