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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On the surface, for Loudon and now Arlington, it kinda makes sense.  They already have their top teams in ECNL, so putting their second teams in ECNL-RL appears logical.  With the lower teams in NCSL, I suspect that it just makes the club administration easier -- dealing with 2 organizations (ECNL and NCSL) instead of 3 (no longer do they have to deal with CCL for their second-level teams).  It makes me wonder why McLean is the only holdout local ECNL team that doesn't have their 2nd team in ECNL-RL.

The real impact is on CCL, which is losing teams left and right.  Like them or not, ASA and Loudon are big clubs/brands in NoVA, so it's a net-negative for CCL, especially the NoVA teams who will have fewer local CCL opponents which could mean more travel.

Caveat:  My entire perspective is from the girls side. The boys side may be different.[/quote]

[b]McLean’s second team will be in the ecnl on the boys side (meaning the SYC/McLean team 😀)[/b]

Would be nice if clubs thought a little more often about what might serve families instead of coaches and leagues. CCL itself has always been about coach convenience and, without promotion or relegation, has become a bit of a joke. Pretty much every club in the area has been a member of CCL at some point or other. One league for this whole area would suffice through U12. After that, do all of the ECNL and MLSNext you want. Until then, it is dumb. [/quote]

McLean's ECNL U13B team just beat Arlington's U13B ECNL team over the weekend 3-2 with the same players they've had all year.  Too bad the team is getting disbanded for 21-22 season due to SYC merger.  Should have been 3-1 due to McLean having an own goal.  Normally Arlington would win by 4 or 5.  Boys have been putting in a lot of work and really understanding the coach's style of play.  I imagine with the merger McLean/SYC or MSSC - McLean Springfield Soccer Club will have a very strong team for U14B in 2021-2022 challenging the top ECNL teams.[/quote]

No offense, but neither of those teams is good so I would not reach much into that result. VDA and Loudoun are much much better than both in that age group.  It’s hard to tell who actually plays for the SYC MLSNext team exclusively vs all the dual rostered players they use from other clubs. I hope it works out for everybody. At that age, it will probably be all SYC on the first team, and they will play mls next. [/quote]

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