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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Y’all are talking 2013’s so I’ll assume you are new to how these things work. ECNL and GA are exposure platforms. They don’t have superior coaching or development or anything over the others that will make your kid a better soccer player. What they do have though is exposure. That’s really the only reason to be in these leagues. Playing at events where the recruiters attend is the whole game. It does not matter how weak the competition is in league games that recruiters don’t attend. On the contrary, weak competition means your player can compile some nice highlights which are what gets recruiters to watch you at the big events. Choose the team and club that will maximize exposure. That might be at a top ECNL team that makes playoffs or it might be a GA club who is in Champions Cup. Oh, and also, none of this stuff matters until U15/16. Anything younger than that just find the coach/team where your kid gets lots of playing time and will put in work on their own.[/quote]

I understand what you're saying and while I'm not hung up on leagues I can understand the concern some may have with competition levels. As you know the kids wont get better as an individual or team by blowing teams out by 10 goals and while a lot of posters here don't know how to convey that concern without insults I understand because once they face a certain level of competition at one of these exposure events the lack of competition they've had in the past will show. It's just like when my daughter was younger I could see she was ahead of most of her team but still needed polishing. So I requested that she train up and also play with the  boys when available. Between the two of those her game made a massive leap in a very short amount of time and that wouldn't have happened training with her team and the 2nd team when they combined practices. Some of us actually want to see our kids develop, take losses and not collect trophies.[/quote]

There are at least two people making the point you don’t like, because I’m one of them and the post you are responding to was written by someone else. Maybe our perspective—a genuine hope that GA will become a quality alternative to ECNL—is more prevalent than you think. Conversely, if your perspective is dominant, then GA will just be a long-distance alternative to NCSL or EPD, at least in this region. I’m pretty sure GA agrees with me and not you, they just went too far and too fast with their NOVA land grab and will need to adjust. [/quote]

What is the point that I don't like? And what is the perspective you think i have?[/quote]

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