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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How valid is the rumor that ECNL is allowing 4 trapped players to move to their SY teams in January 2026? It would be great to revisit where that came from [/quote]

Well as of now ECNL has no plans of changing anything. So I would assume that was made up.

Only saving grace would be if US soccer decides to allow an early change. Which would be something they would discuss this fall during their meetings similarly to when they discussed the age group change at all.[/quote]

USSF has no influence over youth soccer since DA folded (except the YNT). This do-whatever-you-want age cutoff is the manifestation of that.

They don't control anything anymore so they can't tell people what to do anymore. USYS , USCS and AYSO were merely giving them a token proposal. [/quote]

But isn't the argument that USSF created their own private orgs (MLSN/GA) to replace DA, so that's where they show up? And, isn't this is why they left BY/SY to each organization?[/quote]
US Soccer (USSF) most certainly does control all soccer in America. You only see the youth part of what they do. They allow (grant the right) for entities to sanction (player paperwork) this is what allows leagues to exist. US Soccer also does MLS USL NWSL USWNT USMNT.

What US Soccer did with with BY vs SY is allow leagues to choose what grouping type works best for them. ECNL has made it clear that they prefer SY. Unofficially ECNL worked with US Club (who sanctions ECNL) to "encourage" all leagues US Club sanctions to change to SY. USYS has also announced that they plan to change to SY

What the ECNL hats cant comprehend is that MLS sanctions MLS Next and GA is able to sanction itself. They are both completely different than US Club. There is a really good chance that neither change from BY. For boys MLSN controls who gets to play professionally. For girls GA staying BY might be happening because the plan is to link GA with NWSL the same way MLSN is linked with MLS. ECNL lovers see this possibility and because of it are trying everything they can to make up that GA is switching to SY. When in reality only GA + NWSL + US Soccer leadership know what will happen next.[/quote]

The reason ECNL went to SY is because that is what college coaches were asking for - they want to see players basically by graduating class (or close to it). And despite boy parents equating NWSL with MLS - there just isn't the market for professionally play on the girls side.  NWSL salaries are miniscule compared to MLS, and going to college and getting a degree looks much better financially to lots of girls versus slogging it out to become a pro when the money isn't great. Thus, GA needs to decide what they want to be. If they want to be a path to pros (which is what maybe 1% wants) they stay BY; if they want to be a conduit to college recruiting, they go SY.

Also, this great linkage between GA/MLS/US Soccer leadership that you think is happenign, isn't.  The head of US Soccer is also part of NCFC/NC Courage leadership, and they are firmly entrenched in ECNL. If they moved to GA, then you would know something is up in coordination with US Soccer.[/quote]
You obviously dont understand that MLSN places players on pro teams and on college teams.

This is exactly what would happen with GA if it partnered with NWSL.

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