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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have never watched Pipeline play, but the bragging seems familiar (Arlington and Loudoun) for teams that play in leagues other than DA or ECNL.  Once these teams moved to the top leagues in the country, well, we have seen what has happened.  I'm not saying any of them are "bad" but their regular competition is not great and can lead to an inflated idea of how great they are.  [/quote]

You folks exude ignorance. Notice that most of Pipeline's 05 team could play DA FT but decided to stay with Pipeline. To be fair, most ECNL teams in the area have not even qualified to play in the same bracket as Pipeline. Again, don't trust your own assessment, which deeply flawed due to your hubris but ask any ECNL coach. As a mater of act, the Pipeline coach was the WS MD DA director (he still might be the TD for the news DA under Armour).

DA/ECNL are great leagues but let's not ignore other high quality non-ECNL/DA teams. That is the point I want to make by using Pipeline as an example.[/quote]

And when their showcasing opportunities are more limited compared to their DA partner counter parts we will see how long those kids stay with Pipeline.

The ECNL teams you played this year will no longer be attending the same tournaments as they did last year. They will be focused more and more on the ECNL national events and will not be as prevalent at the other non ECNL showcases.

So, for Pipeline to continue to draw attention to themselves will have to advance far into their National Championship series through EDP. This becomes harder and harder as a player here or there decide to leave and join a ECNL or DA team. Lose a player or two and the team gets weakened. The team gets weakened it becomes harder and harder to advance in the National Championship. The less successful the team is, the less showcasing potential for players. The less potential for players the more that players leave, the weaker the team becomes. And the circle continues. [/quote]

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