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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I'm Loudoun and they let in FCV who operates a stone's throw away, I would be incensed. I could be wrong but I don't think there is a single case of them doing this to an existing club.[/quote]

Except that some ECNL clubs have two teams playing in the same age group in the same division in the same brackets (PDA White and PDA Blue or FC Stars Blue and FC Stars White). If you can have teams in the same club compete in an ECNL bracket, what’s the issue with having clubs a few miles away from each other compete.  [/quote]

PDA and FC Stars have demonstrated they have the player pool to support two clubs. Isn't the area is saturated already with the 4 NoVA clubs?[/quote]

So you are saying that FCV and Arlington player pool at the elite level is lesser than that of the current ECNL clubs?  Adding those two teams to ECNL doesn't grow the player pool - the FCV and Arlington players already exist and have supported very strong teams in every older age group.  [/quote]

I'm saying that adding two teams does not increase the elite playing pool. It will be the same size this year as it was last year.  There are not enough truly elite players in the NoVA area to support more than 4 teams at every age group. [/quote]

ECNL lost the high ground on that when they admitted Loudoun and BRYC.  [/quote]

Yes, that's right, and at the time, that was probably the right move. Now, of course, they're member clubs which ECNL appears to be honoring and protecting, at least so far. If they end up denying FCV, MU, and ARL, they'll be recovering the majority of that talent.[/quote]

Well that’s nice. Force kids who have been at their chosen clubs for years to move in order to make the poor performing clubs you added in desperation better. [/quote]

To be fair, no elite league has ever put the priority on the players, that's just the way it is here. These leagues are built and supported by the clubs. If you listen to Lavers interviews, he says that every player will still have a spot to play soccer, as if that somehow justifies it. Left unsaid is that it may not be at the level they perceived they were at last year. And in truth, these players don't have to leave their clubs.  This "correction" is a painful and cruel one for lots of talented players.
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Just saying, clubs were added out of desperation and now due to lucky circumstances they’ll get gifted with talent. [/quote]

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