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[quote=Anonymous]There are several different threads about the MYS/SYC alliance. All of them highlight how the MYS girls don't need the SYC girls but the MYS boys need the SYC boys.  Considering neither MYS group has played ECNL teams outside of Virginia, the notion that the girls are so much stronger is misleading.  Simply looking at the standings for both groups, the girls from ages u-13 to u18/19 are a combined 24 - 12 - 8, with only the u18/19 girls posting a strong 7 - 0 - 1 record. You take the u18/19's record out now the MYS girls are 17 - 12 - 7. Still a winning record but the collective lost or tied more games than they won. Again, these are standings against four other teams in Virginia and the standings do not reflect their relative strength or weakness against eight teams from NC and SC.

On the boys side, clearly things are more grim.  The u13 to u18/19s have a combined record of 19 - 44 - 19 and the 04s are the only group with a strong record of 9 -3 - 2. Again, removing the strongest team out and now MYS ENCL boys are a collective 10 - 41 - 17.  There are six teams on the boys side in Virginia but ten additional teams in NC and SC the boys have not had the chance to play due to COVID.

As an ECNL club, MYS has racked up a 43 - 56 - 27 record against five to six other ECNL clubs in NoVA, which equates to nearly 50% of all games across the teams were won and 50% lost or tied.  It does not take a "Money Ball" mathematician to figure out things are not going great. So, does MYS risk being relegated to the new ECNL Regional league or do they do something drastic to fix the problem? I don't know if this alliance with SYC will solve all their problems. I do suspect BRYC will be out of ECNL next year given their continued spiral (every team but one is in the bottom half of the table).

So, all these dramatic announcements of leaving MYS mean nothing to a club that is looking for ways to shore and stay competitive in ECNL. It's a business decision and only time will tell if it's a good or bad decision. At the current trajectory, the MYS ECNL is marginal - at best - and that doesn't seem like a great selling point in a saturated youth soccer market.   [/quote]

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