Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: It’s important to get into a club with an ECNL team at a young age. My DC’s ECNL team has at least half of the team made up of the same kids from their u10 team, which was the top team at the time. They just moved up together as a block.

I have heard this is the same at most clubs these days, with only a few additions/replacements each year.

And worse, ECNL is getting lapped by MLSNext.

Anonymous wrote: It’s important to get into a club with an ECNL team at a young age. My DC’s ECNL team has at least half of the team made up of the same kids from their u10 team, which was the top team at the time. They just moved up together as a block.

I have heard this is the same at most clubs these days, with only a few additions/replacements each year.