Has anyone actually heard from their team/club that they will play in this league? We’ve been in EDP for years…

I highly doubt that "all of the big clubs are signed up." It's probably more like a club asked MSYSA about the league so MSYSA put their logo on the site and declared they "desire to participate in the inaugural season of the UCL!", probably to the annoyance of some clubs and EDP.

Anonymous wrote:Money grab by the state association

Maybe, but they're pitching it as cheaper than existing leagues and with less travel.

DS is u19 and I can’t even tell you how many leagues we’ve seen. Every few years there’s some new hot league. His first two years CCL was where the A teams played. Then everyone moved to EDP. Then the A teams at big non-MLS clubs moved to ECNL. He played for a club that wasn’t ECNL or MLS Next in EDP1 where they still saw some good competition but this past year his team and many others in the division moved to MSLN2 (I know there’s now a new name). Just give it time and this new league will be replaced like all those before it.

Money grab by the state association

Oh cool just what everyone needed… another league 🫠

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like the initial interest for the new UCL league in Maryland is strong -- all of the big clubs are signed up with particularly large interest at U12 and below.
https://www.msysa.org/ucl-league-structure/

Will this squeeze out EDP? Are the days of U-Little teams in VA and MD meeting in NCSL over?

Big clubs? Who specifically.

Arlington is not leaving NCSL.

All of the MLS Next clubs have their U12’s in NAL.

Arlington Dad - Who mentioned Arlington?

Not an Arlington Dad. Big clubs were mentioned. Arlington is typically missing from the equation.

Alexandria, SYC and Loudoun/NVA all play with MD clubs. Arlington and the VDA subsidiaries are the only big club outliers still trying to find competition in NCSL and VA Premier League by playing up (which hurts development by not staying small-sided). There is plenty of talent locally so that none of the top teams in DC, MD or VA based around DC have to travel to PA, NC or southern VA to get quality competition.