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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Richmond United is a combination of 2 large clubs, it's a geographic powerhouse consolidating all the power with a small group of people over thousands of kids. This year has shown having 1 isolated large club is not necessarily a good idea.[/quote]  Interesting observation.  What specifically about it has not worked?  I realize the top teams (ECNL level) were always combined so that's not different.  [/quote]

What happens when an MLS homegrown club is in Richmond [/quote]

They have two AD clubs now. Both are new. Not sure if either is ready to move to HG anytime soon. Maybe RU will move.

On the boys side the level of play is down from years past. We were down at Jeff Cup this weekend and family friends are at GA in Florida. The difference in the level of play is striking.

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That's a fair point about the level of play and it's not surprising that the level of play at the Generation Adidas Cup is superior when compared to the Jefferson Cup.  Your talking about the top level MLS Next level clubs. Top tier players from RU have left ECNL to play at true MLS Academies which has lessened the level of play and I think at the younger ages, you may see more kids moving to MLS AD which also lowers overall play.   There's usually a handful each year.  If a true MLS Next Homegrown club is in the area that could and would pull many boys players from RU, IMO.

Velocity is will be in AD and along with FC Richmond.  I just saw that Velocity broke ground on their complex and FC Richmond also is building their own facility as well.  Who has the edge in moving to AD?  Not sure there, but agree that it wouldn't be anytime soon.  How many AD clubs are getting moved to HG each year versus clubs joining AD?  Many more into AD than from AD to HG.

The boys and girls are certainly different though for sure.  While there would be an attraction to move their boys over to MLS Next, it would have to be straight to Academy and not to HG.  Also, for Girls, I really don't see them getting out of ECNL today and going to GA, especially since they have been pushing to get their Blue team in ECNL and out of RL.   That could obviously change though if there are other large clubs jumping out of ECNL girls into GA.    [/quote]

RU is too tied to ECNL to ever move to MLSN. That's the opportunity for the new MLSN AD clubs. The metric to watch is the performance of the RU RL teams over the next season. If you notice a drop in standings you can infer that they are being weakened by defections to the MLSN clubs. One of those clubs getting HG or maybe a high profile MLS academy or D1 college signing would be very threatening.[/quote]

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