Anonymous wrote:How now will the merger with NVA be? What will happen to their girl program?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The issue is ECNL will insist on both the girls and boys teams to be the top teams. MLS Next will insist that their team is the top team. There are some clubs that have both but those are not new. I do not think either would allow this going forward. They both probably will be squeezing the clubs that have both to make a move.
The equation changes all the time. If GA was closer to ECNL then I think you would see switches but right now (today) GA is not close to ECNL so you have to pick -- which side do you favor -- girls or boys. Maybe someday it is closer.
There has to be a way to pull it off. I think if an ECNL club merged with a non ecnl clud that had mls next it is possible to keep it if the club did not list either team as the top boys team. But who knows.
Level of talent is better at MLSNext. It just is.
No ECNL club has multiple MLS academy teams on the schedule each year. MLSNext teams play 40% more games each year, the infrastructure and league finances are far superior.
Anonymous wrote:The issue is ECNL will insist on both the girls and boys teams to be the top teams. MLS Next will insist that their team is the top team. There are some clubs that have both but those are not new. I do not think either would allow this going forward. They both probably will be squeezing the clubs that have both to make a move.
The equation changes all the time. If GA was closer to ECNL then I think you would see switches but right now (today) GA is not close to ECNL so you have to pick -- which side do you favor -- girls or boys. Maybe someday it is closer.
There has to be a way to pull it off. I think if an ECNL club merged with a non ecnl clud that had mls next it is possible to keep it if the club did not list either team as the top boys team. But who knows.
nepotism of kids existing in program plus cost. Now add lazy too self important coaches who don't want to develop kids. If this was a free academy most of the kids wouldn't be selected.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Any more news on this?
I can’t speak to the girls side, but it is astonishing to me how an area the size of Loudoun, with all the kids and good facilities, spits out mediocre teams. They are exactly like McLean now. Well, not that bad, but close.