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Umm... talent isn't a birthright and it isn't genetic.  Clubs accept or reject players based on their view of their current skillset and potential.  Just because they can't keep up with the Hawks player now doesn't mean they won't ever.   The rosters I'm familiar with have 18-20 on the DA side, except for the age group that US Soccer combined and there is an EDP provision for that one.  So again making the target 18-20.   Even in the case of BRYC, the one concrete example of 30 players on the ECNL roster, how does it hurt the 10 kids not in the top 20 to train with the top 20?   How does it hurt BRYC to have these kids in reserve for development.  On the Spirit, just curious, how do you expect teams made up of players who have never played together to beat teams who have been together in large since they were 9 or 10 years old?

I think your view of this is very near-sighted.  If DA/ECNL remains a stalemate over years, then perhaps you can make the watered down argument long term.  But, if one or the other wins out, which is more likely, then the talent will slide to the winner.  US Soccer is already forcing that hand with the very best players they identify, so you can imagine which side has the upper hand, long term.  I won't even begin to start eh argument of how you define "best" in terms of players and how team dynamics may result in players that you might not consider the "best" being the better fit with a given team than a player with more "talent"[/quote]

Original poster here...It’s true that talent isn’t a birthright or genetic. But if you aren’t talented - go play for your local club and take the $8000 you save and get some of the best trainers money can buy.  Mediocrity is not what either DA or ECNL are about. Some parent of a mediocre kid probably told you otherwise.  It’s really about the best girls getting better by learning from the best, teaming with the best and competing against the best. Top 25 colleges only recruit the best. Employers only hire the best. Navy Seals only recruit the best. Why should elite DMV soccer be any different?  If your 8th - 11th grade daughter is mediocre (top half of her roster) - get her fit, trained and competitive  locally - don’t relegate her to EDP. It’s a boondoggle and I’m here to tell you it is a waste of time (you won’t get back).

Is an EDP player going to USWNT?  No.

Will they play D1?  Yes (maybe), but they would be better off in their chances with $8000 savings each year getting fit and skilled.

I made my point - just be honest in your analysis. Everybody wants the BEST players. Don’t kid yourself if your daughter isn’t there yet - she’s not going to get there at the bottom of an elite roster.

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With all due respect, it's not your right to determine who is "mediocre" and who is the "best."  If they are good enough for the ECNL/DA team, get accepted, and can pay the bill, then they are in.  I don't have a problem with that until such time as there is money there to finance those who can't get in.  Right now it isn't there in the USA.  With all the competition from other sports in this country, I don't know that the environment will ever get there, at least in my lifetime.  I'm not going to wax Pollyanna about some fantasy system that isn't sustainable right now.  Stop chastising kids who want to succeed in the system in place, even though you think they are mediocre.[/quote]

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