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Anonymous wrote:Only violating the rules if they play on an ECNL team..that said I can confirm Arlington is breaking the rules

Arlington has disgraced and debased itself in this process. Scumbags run that program

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Anonymous wrote:I argue the same for Union players, hence the ENCL ultimatum for them.
BRAVE develops players and teaches soccer fundamentals. Huge difference, not evident for the soccer ignorant.

BRAVE has existed for 1 year. Hard to develop players or teach them much in that time frame

Anonymous wrote:Only violating the rules if they play on an ECNL team..that said I can confirm Arlington is breaking the rules

Anonymous wrote:I argue the same for Union players, hence the ENCL ultimatum for them.
BRAVE develops players and teaches soccer fundamentals. Huge difference, not evident for the soccer ignorant.

Anonymous wrote:It was the boys on both sides. But they didnt need to combine the girls, why not let them have two ECNL teams one from each club?

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Anonymous wrote:Better have kids being good students and getting into schools that way. The dream college soccer player might not be for every player. Is not an easy task.

*whispering* there are many very good, high level soccer players that are/were high performing in academics simultaneously

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Anonymous wrote:How many girls are being rostered for ECNL teams at Union? How do they determine who plays in the matches?

Next year expect inflated rosters. Playing time will vary based on the coach. Expect many players to self select out in year 2.

Could be but you can only dress 18.

Why would the roster be more than 18 then?

We got a first-timer on here, welcome!

Different question. Why would girls want to be on a roster like that? Are the parents forcing them to be part of the "ECNL dream"? It doesn't seem like they'd get any of the supposed ECNL benefit from that type of arrangement. Kids only get so many years to play youth soccer, and this is just flushing it away.

The separation between ECNL and ECNLR teams in this area is enormous. It starts in the early years when the separation between the first and second teams is enormous. This is true at most if not all of the local clubs. So the bubble players are left with a really difficult decision, sitting on the bench or playing on a team that is massively less talented. If we had fewer ECNL teams in the area, the gap to ECNLR wouldn’t be so dramatic and players could more easily make the decision to drop down to play more.

The separation isn't really enormous, though. Local ECNL just isn't a high level of soccer like it is in other parts of the country.

The better McLean ECNL teams are top 100 in country (itself not particularly impressive). Their ECNLR teams generally aren’t even top 500, some aren’t even close to 500.

This is true for every club in DMV, not just McLean. The gap between the first and second teams is enormous. There are just too many clubs, so too many second team players are playing on first teams.

Anonymous wrote:Great info! Thanks. Are the NL teams look at the kids at the RL teams for their rosters?

Anonymous wrote:Better have kids being good students and getting into schools that way. The dream college soccer player might not be for every player. Is not an easy task.

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Anonymous wrote:How many girls are being rostered for ECNL teams at Union? How do they determine who plays in the matches?

Next year expect inflated rosters. Playing time will vary based on the coach. Expect many players to self select out in year 2.

Could be but you can only dress 18.

Why would the roster be more than 18 then?

We got a first-timer on here, welcome!

Different question. Why would girls want to be on a roster like that? Are the parents forcing them to be part of the "ECNL dream"? It doesn't seem like they'd get any of the supposed ECNL benefit from that type of arrangement. Kids only get so many years to play youth soccer, and this is just flushing it away.

The separation between ECNL and ECNLR teams in this area is enormous. It starts in the early years when the separation between the first and second teams is enormous. This is true at most if not all of the local clubs. So the bubble players are left with a really difficult decision, sitting on the bench or playing on a team that is massively less talented. If we had fewer ECNL teams in the area, the gap to ECNLR wouldn’t be so dramatic and players could more easily make the decision to drop down to play more.

The separation isn't really enormous, though. Local ECNL just isn't a high level of soccer like it is in other parts of the country.

The better McLean ECNL teams are top 100 in country (itself not particularly impressive). Their ECNLR teams generally aren’t even top 500, some aren’t even close to 500.

This is true for every club in DMV, not just McLean. The gap between the first and second teams is enormous. There are just too many clubs, so too many second team players are playing on first teams.