Anonymous wrote:On the surface, for Loudon and now Arlington, it kinda makes sense. They already have their top teams in ECNL, so putting their second teams in ECNL-RL appears logical. With the lower teams in NCSL, I suspect that it just makes the club administration easier -- dealing with 2 organizations (ECNL and NCSL) instead of 3 (no longer do they have to deal with CCL for their second-level teams). It makes me wonder why McLean is the only holdout local ECNL team that doesn't have their 2nd team in ECNL-RL.

The real impact is on CCL, which is losing teams left and right. Like them or not, ASA and Loudon are big clubs/brands in NoVA, so it's a net-negative for CCL, especially the NoVA teams who will have fewer local CCL opponents which could mean more travel.

Caveat: My entire perspective is from the girls side. The boys side may be different.

McLean’s second team will be in the ecnl on the boys side (meaning the SYC/McLean team 😀)

Would be nice if clubs thought a little more often about what might serve families instead of coaches and leagues. CCL itself has always been about coach convenience and, without promotion or relegation, has become a bit of a joke. Pretty much every club in the area has been a member of CCL at some point or other. One league for this whole area would suffice through U12. After that, do all of the ECNL and MLSNext you want. Until then, it is dumb.

On the surface, for Loudon and now Arlington, it kinda makes sense. They already have their top teams in ECNL, so putting their second teams in ECNL-RL appears logical. With the lower teams in NCSL, I suspect that it just makes the club administration easier -- dealing with 2 organizations (ECNL and NCSL) instead of 3 (no longer do they have to deal with CCL for their second-level teams). It makes me wonder why McLean is the only holdout local ECNL team that doesn't have their 2nd team in ECNL-RL.

The real impact is on CCL, which is losing teams left and right. Like them or not, ASA and Loudon are big clubs/brands in NoVA, so it's a net-negative for CCL, especially the NoVA teams who will have fewer local CCL opponents which could mean more travel.

Caveat: My entire perspective is from the girls side. The boys side may be different.

Anonymous wrote:Seems like about the same travel as CCL.

Hasn't Loudon already announced they are moving to ECNL-RL, or was that just their Red teams, and Black will stay in CCL?

It seems similar to CCL except for Roanoke, Charlottesville, West Virginia and Frederick. Maybe still time for them to join though

Anonymous wrote:Can someone give a quick summary of why this change might have been made and the implications, either for ASA or for soccer in the region generally? We’re new to travel and my kid is on black so this really doesn’t affect us, I’m just curious to understand the landscape better.

First of all, things change, so I would not assume this cannot affect your kid. It could down the road. Second, this is just reshuffling the same old cards with a new brand on the other side of the cards. ECNL is attempting to destroy rival leagues by forcing affiliates to add clubs to the second “R” league (just like CCL has two tiers). Nothing really changes at all except it limits the ability of clubs in a particular region to play each other more often, forcing them to go elsewhere instead. And of course the top of the ECNL is all about that - travel costs become an enormous economic barrier that prevents less fortunate kids from paying tons of money to travel to play teams that may not be as good as those in their backyard. Of course that problem gets even worse with more dilution. So this is exactly the question that people should ask as these leagues chase clubs and clubs chase leagues, with parents chasing their tails the whole time.

Can someone give a quick summary of why this change might have been made and the implications, either for ASA or for soccer in the region generally? We’re new to travel and my kid is on black so this really doesn’t affect us, I’m just curious to understand the landscape better.

Anonymous wrote:I hope they make the ENCL r as something that is less time consuming and intense(ie allow the girls to play other sports) vs ECNL. If they did that it could be alternative to ECNL for girls who are not ready to give up other activities at u13.

It’s not. Their schedules mirror ecnl 1. At least it does in both of the North Atlantic divisions.

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Anonymous wrote:What is Alexanderia doing?

Continuing to be mediocre.

First poster cannot live close if they spell it that badly, and second poster probably doesn’t distinguish between soccer and kickball so we cannot take his judgment seriously. I wish you all the luck in the world as you continue to flush your money down the drain in ecnl-r. You will need it.

Anonymous wrote:What is Alexanderia doing?

Continuing to be mediocre.

Anonymous wrote:Wasn't u9 and u10 in ccl next gen? How does ncsl compare to next gen? I wonder if the Maryland and dc clubs in next gen will change also.

Anything on this?

Nothing on website. Is this real or fake news.

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Anonymous wrote:Moving my ? over here:

What kind of travel is expected for ECNL-R is this the S.Carolina thing ? How far away are we talking and home many games will be local?

Are parents upset by this; the potential in long distant travel for games?

I should have waited . Thanks for the response above!

I kind of hope it will be less not more...just Va does not sound too bad. So let’s see...Loudoun, McLean, VDA, Richmond United, BRYC should follow Arlington. Anyone know who else in Va moving to ECNL-r? Add maybe two more teams?

I don’t think that anyone can go to RL just because they want to. RL has to accept them, right? And they already have 16? If they have a north and south division travel is going to be very reasonable.

What is Alexanderia doing?

ECNL OPEN CUP QUALIFICATION
The ECNL Open Cup is a 16-team knockout competition held at the ECNL National Playoffs, the biggest collegiate recruiting event in the country. Each qualifying team will compete to be crowned the ECNL Open Cup Champion in the U15, U16 and U17 age groups. (Every team is guaranteed a minimum of 3 games.)
The 2021 ECNL Open Cup will include 7 ECNL Regional League qualifying teams, and 9 teams from the ECNL. Below is a breakdown of ECNL Regional League qualifiers:
ECNL Regional League - Heartland Champion ECNL Regional League - Ohio Valley Champion ECNL Regional League - Northeast Champion ECNL Regional League - Northwest Champion ECNL Regional League - Southeast Champion ECNL Regional League - Southwest Champion ECNL Regional League - Texas Champion



Lol so you say there is a chance of playing before college coaches...as the scout team!

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like about the same travel as CCL.

Hasn't Loudon already announced they are moving to ECNL-RL, or was that just their Red teams, and Black will stay in CCL?

They have left CCL.

Thanks. That's what I thought.

Anonymous wrote:Seems like about the same travel as CCL.

Hasn't Loudon already announced they are moving to ECNL-RL, or was that just their Red teams, and Black will stay in CCL?

They have left CCL.