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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Arlington had to agree to keep their top boys teams in ECNL to secure ECNL for their girls teams.

If MLSNext has a good year and establishes it's self as the top boys league, I think Arlington will put their academy teams in MLSNext and move their red teams into their ECNL slots.[/quote]

Arlington is quality enough of a program to field both MLSNext sand ECNL.  But whatever they decide will help dictate which league has more prominence in mid-Atlantic[/quote]

I don’t think Arlington makes any difference in that respect. That won’t be a decisive factor for anybody between here and NJ. [/quote]

Not PP - and agree with you that Arlington by themselves are not decisive.  But right now the best teams in VA and NC are in ECNL and not MLSNext.  The opposite is true in MD and PA (excepting Pipeline).  Key clubs moving in either direction (whether that's Arlington to MLSNext or Bethesda to ECNL for example) could start a broader movement.

Taken across the whole region the two leagues are quite finely balanc right now.  ECNL's edge is the girls program, and MLSnext obviously has the MLS clubs which make the boys league more attractive to kids and parents, although non MLS clubs may not view the MLS clubs as trustworthy partners.[/quote]

This makes no sense. MLS Next for DMV goes from VA to NJ. Why should my son care about girls programs or whether his conference has North Carolina’s top teams?   You sound like a coach or a team or league official, not a parent, and if you are an ECNL boys parent, I honestly don’t understand why playing in a league that does great for girls, high school soccer and NC teams tilts anything for your kid or is relevant in any respect. Players at younger ages are moving to MLS Next teams and clubs and the talent and results are already going in that direction at younger ages. [/quote]

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