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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is strategic, not something that will happen overnight.

When DA folded, ECNL was there, established, and had positioned themselves to take over the girls game.

That is the position GA is in right now. No one knows where college will be in the next 3+ years. Last I heard they were wanting to be governed by US Soccer as well…

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1000% true.

Eventually NWSL is going to need to focus on the quality of the product they put on the  field. Once this happens GA MLSN and US Soccer will be where they turn.[/quote]

Lol. Why the GA? [/quote]

Because ECNL has no interest in creating a pro pathway. Their biggest competitors
MLSN and GA have formed an alliance.

Think about what could happen next.

MLSN was applying pressure to their girls side by dangling the MLSN carrot to these clubs. ECNL then tried to rush this School Year change in hopes of stopping MLSN from chipping away.

It will all make sense in a couple of months.[/quote]

ECNL has produced most of the teenagers that have gone pro in NWSL. Why do you think ECNL does not want to produce pro players? An ECNL from Utah literally just signed a professional contract in Nwsl.

ECNL tried to rush the SY change in hopes of stopping MLSN chipping away?

Nothing you’re saying makes any sense. You do realize ECNL existed before girls DA? The clubs that went into girls DA were ECNL clubs. When the girls DA crumbled, ECNL took a lot of those clubs back and expanded.

You sound like a very bitter GA parent. Maybe a a GA coach or director?[/quote]
ECNL sees no benefit when one of their players goes pro before college. In fact, it’s in their interests for the player to stay in ECNL and go to college because it makes their showcases more valuable for college recruiting. Remember ECNL is primarily a college recruiting platform.

GA today is also a college recruiting platform, smaller and less effective than ECNL, but it’s for college recruiting just the same. What has sparked all this speculation with this announcement is that maybe GA will become a league with a different model and incentives (pro vs college) which could be a big change or it could never get off the ground. Impossible to predict how these things evolve but we will know in a few years.[/quote]
General FYI MLSN places players in pro teams and college teams. It's not just for going pro.

The reason boys like MLSN if because you get both pro and college visability. [/quote]

This is true for boys. MLSN is a boys league. [/quote]

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