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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's still baffling why McLean did this.  No one I have talked to is happy with this![/quote]

It's obvious. It's for the long term survival of the club, or that's the thought anyway. The club is/was dying and needs numbers to survive. They recognize that in the near term, they are going to irritate some customers, however it's the price of growth.
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This isn’t an answer. All those customers could already go to McLean. You need to assume that (1) everybody from SYC will stay with the new club, (2) that SYC kids will be willing to practice in McLean, and (3) the net gain in talent from SYC offsets the losses from McLean parents who will not go to Springfield for practice. Otherwise you will only lose more numbers. People are giving SYC too much credit. It’s dumb for both clubs and a major unforced error. [/quote]

Maybe.  We won't know for a while though.  If the next generation of kids (2010 and younger) from both clubs happily sign up for merged teams and are able to compete successfully with Arlington (or at least Loudoun) on the boys side, without the girls' side dropping off then this will have been a win.  The clubs will be willing to lose some of their current players if the future is solidified.  If the clubs had not merged then there were significant risks:
(a)  McLean boys really struggled and followed BRYC into the cellar, struggling to attract and even retain the better kids, and perhaps eventually losing ECNL status.
(b)  SYC's momentum stalled out.  Not getting MLS Next additional age groups and CCL imploding leaves them in a tricky spot again potentially facing a lot of their better players leaving.

So it's not like the status quo was all rosy for either club on the boys' side.  The one group that probably doesn't really benefit much is the McLean girls' group which appeared to be fine and stable.[/quote]

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