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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree with all that as said about coaches believing their eyes but...FCV has had very strong college placement for 04s, they will do the same for 05s, and 06s I would expect.  Those ages are all far enough along in the process and the relatively weaker competition won’t matter. It seems like 07 and younger where the drop off is happening. Families likely thinking through whether they want to be outside of ECNL for all of high school years.[/quote]

DP, I have been following the FCV drama on this site for some time.  I believe it was stated in several threads, that this was the expected result of FCV now being on the outside of the elite league in the DMV area.  They would keep the 03-05 to possibly 06 levels intact and then drop off from there as kids start flocking to ECNL teams.  It is now up to the new ECNL clubs to take the college placement reins over, which would put the final dagger into the GA clubs.  Each year, it is getting closer and closer to this coming to fruition.  I am predicting 2 more years before FCV club owners make a major decision.[/quote]

There is value in the GA for college coaches but much less moving forward with the Power 5 schools.

GA will be an excellent league for those kids looking to play college more regionally and at lower level DI programs. While FCV has excellent pipelines to top programs currently that can dry up if talent or perceived quality drops over the coming years. The kids who are currently being committed had been watched by these schools well before GA was a thing. They have seen these kids play at DA and are familiar with their overall level of play.

Moving forward top college programs will not trust the overall level of GA and its' players in such large numbers. Highly talented players may not risk being overlooked because they are playing in what is perceived as a lower level league. 07-09 kids are the make or break point for GA. If clubs like FCV are already losing kids bit by bit to ECNL at these ages that will only snowball later.

And FCV parents may brush off such departures as kids "who were subs" or "not the top players", but losing players of quality only erodes a team if they are not being replaced by equal or better players from the outside. And that is the key distinction, when players are leaving freely and not because a better kid came in and displaced them. This is what the concern should be with FCV parents. Is the team actually getting stronger or is it just treading water at the same level? [/quote]

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