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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Holy Christ.  I'm so happy that my DD is a rising junior and won't have to deal with all of this BS moving forward.

I realize that many get their rocks off with the speculation of what club is leaving next, in the grad scheme of things, does it really matter?

Maybe if you have girls or boys that are in their younger tween years, yeah, it could matter.  But, I really think that if you have quality as a player, you will get seen and end up where you belong.

Good luck.  [/quote]

I think the ECNL continues to target a wealthier, college focused demographic and MLSN focuses on the pro pathway. Incentives drive the outcomes. ECNL will push to send kids to college programs and MLS will attempt to develop players that can be sold.

That said, ECNL teams play MLSN teams several times a year in tourneys and friendlies and both academy scouts and college scouts are at both league events. If the kid is good, they will be seen. Find the club that fits your child best and do not worry so much about acronyms.

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“MLS will attempt to develop players that can be sold.” This is true of MLS academies. I think many posters on this forum either fail to recognize or maybe they just don’t understand the difference between MLS academies and youth soccer clubs that play in MLS next. Two very different things.

Very few players sign professional contracts out of MLSnext. It’s the same at all academies all over the world. College is a great alternative.[/quote]

I would say college is the best outcome for 99.9% of kids. Going pro is a pipe dream for all but a very select few. [/quote]
It doesnt matter if you go pro or not. You train to be pro with other players training to be pro. If things dont work out no big deal you can fall back on playing in college.

You people make it sound like just because players are on the pro pathway that they cant switch to playing in college.

It's not MLSN = Pro only

It is MLSN = Pro or College.[/quote]

Which is also true of every competitive  league….MLSN doesn’t have the monopoly on pro and ECNL doesn’t have the monopoly on college. However- they do tend to major (ie- look at where they put their money to get an indication of their major). The goal of N is to get their kids to an academy / pro - do many go to college- of course! The ECNL goal is to place players in college. Do many go pro or to academies from ECNL - yes of course. [/quote]
MLS controls MLSN. An ECNL player will need to play on a MLS Academy team before playing professionally in MLS. This is because theres contracts and money involved and because pro teams are going to favor their own funnels.[/quote]

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