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[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]

If you are a talented ex-DA player, why are you automatically going to BRYC and/or Loudoun? To play in ECNL with a worse team and worse coaching? I can understand if there are a group of players going in an age group with their coach. But just going to an inferior club so you can play in a tougher league isn't necessarily the best choice. You would likely be playing with lesser talent and against teams much better than yours. It's a hard call for whoever has to make it.

And, no, I don't have a kid in this situation. Just curious why leaving is slam dunk.[/quote]

You have assumed in that formula that only one kid would go.  If the venue is elite, wouldn’t every kid that thinks they’re elite go?  Your scenario calls for a weird edition of game theory in which the maximum value is achievable through going to ECNL for tryouts at least.  If they’re not selected, then their decision-making starts.[/quote]

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