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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Folks around here are spoiled with options including playing “down” in NCSL where most games are within 45 minutes/30 miles. She. I grew up there was one travel team in my town and the only other clubs nearby were all over Richmond so we routinely had 90-120 minute one way drives for weekend travel matches. Many other clubs and areas around the country have the same type of travel. It IS referred to as travel after all. For those whining about the travel look in the mirror. You filled out the registration info. You made the choice. [/quote]

We live in a metropolitan area with hundreds of clubs and enough elite ones within an hours drive there is no need, outside of tournaments, to travel.

I grew up in Fairfax county in the 80s and we had Fairfax police, McLean, SYC, Annandale, BRYC, Bowie, Bethesda, etc., etc.  We yea tied to at least 4-5 tournaments up and down in the East Coast.  And Canada.

Your logic makes no sense.  We are spoiled because we have so many decent options nearby (unlike you as a kid where you had to drive because no clubs were nearby) so we shouldn’t complain that our Clubs want to drive right past them because they are in a pissing match for customers and can’t be in the same league.[/quote]

This.

My kid is in CCL. We drive by so many comparable clubs to get to one that happens to be in CCL. Or we don't drive to close-by clubs 20 minutes in another direction to instead drive 2 hours each way. And CCL has plenty of good teams but it is highly inconsistent. How does it make sense?

If there were one big league with promotion and relegation, which is kept local in the first few years especially, it would be better for everyone.

Of course if you live in Roanoke you are going to have to travel. Same if you live in Virginia Beach or West Virginia. But on of the benefits of living in Northern Virginia is that we don't. Or shouldn't. [/quote]

I think one of the draws of CCL from a club’s perspective was the lack of relegation. Their teams are ccl1 no matter how lopsided the games are. For them, that may be preferable to having a top u12 girls team in NCSL3 while the small club next door has theirs in NCSL1 [/quote]

That's why I love EDP.  My kid has been playing EDP since U11, now U13.  We are in NoVA and many of the teams are in MD, but the competition is great and there is relegation.  My kid's team moved up two divisions and the thrill of winning the league each season and getting rewarded for it has built excitement for the kids.  I see when we play some of the ccl teams how much our team has improved in comparison.  The teams are MUCH more physical and intense.  [/quote]

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