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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ya’ll are missing point here. Midwest and Mclean and any other club are not moving to GA because they think it’s better for their girls teams. It’s because it’s the only way they could get MLS Next for their boys teams. Nobody is saying GA is better. But it is at least good enough for clubs to leave ECNL because MLSN is worth it to them. [/quote]
I don't agree with your assessment but using your logic more and more clubs will switch to MLSN/GA to get their boys in MLSN. If all the girls clubs are in GA at what point does GA become the preferred league for girls soccer independent of MLSN?[/quote]There is a tipping point. Not there yet. Seems like one should follow the competition vs chasing a vision, no? There does not appear to be an advantage for loyalty so why would you go GA now solely based on what may become vs playing the highest competition now and switching if and when the tipping point occurs?[/quote]
The way it worked when DA started and when DA blew up is a group of the top clubs made the switch together. Initially the group went into DA. Then they left for ECNL as a group (rejecting the newly formed GA) when DA blew up.

You can look at the press releases when GA first started up. The initial intention was for GA to be like MLSN. When the group of top clubs went back to ECNLGA was forced to reevaluate their plans. What they chose to do is just copy everything ECNL does. Now GA and ECNL are nearly identical from a league/events perspective.

The magic sauce that allowed MLSN to be the top league for boys is its alignment with MLS with homegrown players. On the girls side this is the last item to fall into place for GA. You can see that they're setting up for it.[/quote]To make sure I am tracking, you are saying that GAs master plan is for McLean and Loudoun to go GA? Don’t get me wrong, there is an obvious trend, but ECNL is still stronger for girls nationally. Maybe what you are saying is that GA in the DMA is now strong enough because it has hit that tipping point and local league play for GA is now as competitive, if not more, for the local area? Is that what you are trying to communicate?[/quote]

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