Anonymous wrote:Probably less about recruiting existing NL and RL players and more about retaining current players at the younger levels who have historically left for NL and RL team elsewhere at U12 and U13. The potential of getting promoted from Aspire to GA could be enough to keep some talent in the program.

Maybe for lower level players, but high level players aren't going to sit around and wait during some very important years.

Probably less about recruiting existing NL and RL players and more about retaining current players at the younger levels who have historically left for NL and RL team elsewhere at U12 and U13. The potential of getting promoted from Aspire to GA could be enough to keep some talent in the program.

No one will leave girls NL or RL for Aspire. Sorry. If GA, maybe, but again they need to share like yesterday.

While it may not make perfect sense it makes the most sense given the current landscape.

GA certainly wants a team in MoCo given the demographics. GA probably tried to get Bethesda to come over but they understandably declined. That leaves Potomac as the only realistic option.

Potomac probably tried to get their girls program into ECNL but they just aren’t good enough at this point. GA and/or Aspire will help them recruit and improve the program.

5 years from now maybe ECNL has lost the battle with GA and the Bethesda and Potomac swap GA/ECNL membership.

GA

Potomac just got ECNL Boys a couple years ago. GA or GA Aspire wouldn't make a lot of sense.

Ga

My guess is GA Aspire, those announcements seem to be coming out daily.

Anonymous wrote:Well, a lot of top girls are headed across the river to VA with earlier tryouts, so if they want good players, they need to announce what the heck they are doing. Not a good time to be coy about it.

They said that the new league told them not to say anything until everything was finalized, which should be within the month... but you are correct

Anonymous wrote:I told you two months ago.

-FutDam

oh behold… will this team be successful?! Or a money grab

Well, a lot of top girls are headed across the river to VA with earlier tryouts, so if they want good players, they need to announce what the heck they are doing. Not a good time to be coy about it.

Anonymous wrote:Where are they hinting at this

During club/parents zoom meeting on Monday.

Anonymous wrote:This is that new ECNL moco team you’ve been blathering about for 2 months…? Weak

s/he mad

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Anonymous wrote:It's all a marketing ploy, these clubs are a business and they are in business to make money.

They did the same thing a few years back with CCL then CCL 2

The bottom line is this. If your kid is good enough to get a scholarship, you re going to prepay in in club fees and travel and the club is making a lot of money off of you,

who is "they" ?

They=Potomac and the CCL thing a few years ago. all hype and it was nothing special but longer car rides than usual

Anonymous wrote:It's all a marketing ploy, these clubs are a business and they are in business to make money.

They did the same thing a few years back with CCL then CCL 2

The bottom line is this. If your kid is good enough to get a scholarship, you re going to prepay in in club fees and travel and the club is making a lot of money off of you,

Haha. I remember all the pumping up CCL. There was also Metro United.

Seems highly unlikely to be GA with boys ECNL. Barring some major recruiting pulls they’d get absolutely slaughtered in ECNL so, if it’s this direction, one would think it would have to start RL.