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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My point is that McLean is a strong club that sent a u14, u16, u17 and u18/19 teams to ECNL nationals. VDA competed well as did most of the other MA teams in attendance. If you remove PDA from the NE, the NE conference had a weak showing. The NE might be overrated. [/quote]

I understand your point.

However, i believe the NE division is very strong. Truth be told, I'm happy they are strong. Good competetion close by makes for good regional showcases, like ECNL NJ, which brought out east coast scouts. [/quote]

Sorry but the Mid Atlantic did not actually fair very well in comparison to other conferences. Yes, VDA 06 and McLean 18/19. Both lost in the finals pretty bad, 0:5 and 1:4 respectively.

The Mid Atlantic only has two other teams in all the age groups reach the Quarter Finals, Richmond and Carolina Elite 04's. Both teams lost in the Quarters.

The most represented Conference's in the Quarter Finals U14-U17 was the Mid West and South West, and North East with 6 teams respectively.

Number of Quarter-finalist represented by Conference:
North East 6
Mid West 6
South West 6
Ohio- 4
South East - 3
North West 2 
Mid Atlantic 2
Texas - 1

Number of Semi-Finalist represented by Conference:
North East 5
South West 4
Mid West 2
Ohio 2
South East 2

Let's stop acting like the Mid Atlantic is some crucible of the ECNL.

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I don’t think anyone has ever argued it is a crucible. The argument is that it’s a solid division. Spirit parents and FCV parents like to post that it is a weak division but it really isn’t. It’s competitive. Congrats to all of those players who qualified to play meaningful games in CA in DA and ECNL.[/quote]

It's more like one or two Spirit/MU parent posters who fancy themselves recruiters. They need the "DA is greater than the ECNL" story line to work in order to get players from the surrounding ECNL clubs. [/quote]

How do you expect to build nationally competitive teams when people come on here and play at their local ECNL club because "it is closer to my house"?

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Because parents understand that colleges recruit players and not teams.[/quote]

And guess what genius...good teams make better players.  Train with a group of elite players than being a big fish in small pond and you will reach higher levels.  Not rocket science.  But you stay at Loudoun - see how that works out.[/quote]

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