Anonymous
06/24/2025 21:12
Subject: Re:MLSN tier 2
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The Academy Teams really only want to play other Academy teams. Put them in MLS next with the top 3 or 4 non academy teams in an age group and you’d have a truly competitive top bracket. Everyone else MLSNext 2.
Problem would be you wouldn’t want to bring whole Clubs up just certain teams. Clubs wouldn’t like that.
Too much uncertainty about being able to call yourself elite.
Parents might lose their ability to feel superior.
As it stands it’s just marketing.
There are plenty of non-academy teams in MLSNext that beat academy teams. By your logic, each Region would have 10 teams top and play each other 4 times a year. You see the stupidity in that, right?
It's as stupid as being an elite Academy playing the bottom five or six teams in every division who have 0, 1, 2 wins a season. Currently those teams aren't going anywhere, every season the same, why not reward development. Until we see proof of that it's a league that has the top talent mixed with Clubs they are just making money off and parents who love to say they are elite.
Anonymous
06/24/2025 20:44
Subject: Re:MLSN tier 2
Anonymous wrote:The Academy Teams really only want to play other Academy teams. Put them in MLS next with the top 3 or 4 non academy teams in an age group and you’d have a truly competitive top bracket. Everyone else MLSNext 2.
Problem would be you wouldn’t want to bring whole Clubs up just certain teams. Clubs wouldn’t like that.
Too much uncertainty about being able to call yourself elite.
Parents might lose their ability to feel superior.
As it stands it’s just marketing.
There are plenty of non-academy teams in MLSNext that beat academy teams. By your logic, each Region would have 10 teams top and play each other 4 times a year. You see the stupidity in that, right?
Anonymous
06/24/2025 20:41
Subject: MLSN tier 2
Anonymous wrote:Why is Achilles STILL not on this list? Is it not a complete list?
Achilles is a boutique club with one team in MLSNext and the second team in each age group playing in EDP. They do not have the infrastructure to support 5 levels deep for each age group like Arlington, SYC, Bethesda and the other large clubs in the area.
They won’t apply to MLSNext 2 because it doesn’t make sense for the club.
Anonymous
06/24/2025 20:27
Subject: Re:MLSN tier 2
The Academy Teams really only want to play other Academy teams. Put them in MLS next with the top 3 or 4 non academy teams in an age group and you’d have a truly competitive top bracket. Everyone else MLSNext 2.
Problem would be you wouldn’t want to bring whole Clubs up just certain teams. Clubs wouldn’t like that.
Too much uncertainty about being able to call yourself elite.
Parents might lose their ability to feel superior.
As it stands it’s just marketing.
Problem would be you wouldn’t want to bring whole Clubs up just certain teams. Clubs wouldn’t like that.
Too much uncertainty about being able to call yourself elite.
Parents might lose their ability to feel superior.
As it stands it’s just marketing.
Anonymous
06/24/2025 18:25
Subject: MLSN tier 2
Some consider the elite leagues a bit flawed because it's a club-based system where the weaker age groups become cannon fodder vs. truly elite teams. That's why there needs to be a some sort of promotion/regulation within the system to improve competition. It may now be more possible as these leagues add a tier 2.
Anonymous
06/24/2025 15:50
Subject: MLSN tier 2
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does it mean Virginia tier2 will only play with Virginia teams?
Good question. There are only 8 teams in Virginia compared to the rest
The 10 Carolinas teams are playing each other 3x for a 27 game season.
What a ripoff of a league. Playing each other 3 times…
Why is that a problem?
Exactly. I would love to play a local evenly matched team every weekend if possible.
Apparently the appalled person thinks development of kids only happens against different opponents 😂
Anonymous
06/24/2025 15:37
Subject: MLSN tier 2
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does it mean Virginia tier2 will only play with Virginia teams?
Good question. There are only 8 teams in Virginia compared to the rest
The 10 Carolinas teams are playing each other 3x for a 27 game season.
What a ripoff of a league. Playing each other 3 times…
Why is that a problem?
Exactly. I would love to play a local evenly matched team every weekend if possible.
Anonymous
06/24/2025 15:28
Subject: MLSN tier 2
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does it mean Virginia tier2 will only play with Virginia teams?
Good question. There are only 8 teams in Virginia compared to the rest
The 10 Carolinas teams are playing each other 3x for a 27 game season.
What a ripoff of a league. Playing each other 3 times…
Why is that a problem?
Anonymous
06/24/2025 15:09
Subject: MLSN tier 2
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who is moving from ECNL to MLSN2?Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Pay attention.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Coppermine was in ECRL not MLSN. So just a lateral move, ECRL to MLS2. Probably made the move because ECRL North Atlantic and Northeast South have weird overlaps so forces too much unnecessary travel for a regional league. They weren't even in the same ECRL league as Celtic and Pipeline.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Coppermine 2013 will destroy all those B teams in MLSN2. They belong in the top tier of MLSN.
Agreed
MLS Next II account the clubs that are in it. Each club has different level of teams. So Coppermine probably already has a team in MLS Next and this is their next lower team in MLS Next II.
ECNL to MLSN2 is lateral
Yes, and ECNL for boys is just not the place to be. Any MLSN team is a better option, same applies to MLNSII.
Literally, nobody. unless they got cut from ECNL. MLS2 is ECRL-why would they take a step down?
Depends on what part of the Country you are in. MLS2 (NAL) is certainly ahead of ECNL in the Northeast.
Anonymous
05/25/2025 15:56
Subject: MLSN tier 2
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does it mean Virginia tier2 will only play with Virginia teams?
Good question. There are only 8 teams in Virginia compared to the rest
The 10 Carolinas teams are playing each other 3x for a 27 game season.
Surely only at U13 & 14, right? A couple of Carolinas clubs said on their website HS aged would have minimal games during HS season, so unless U15 and up aren't playing many events, I don't see how that's even possible.
We got the same message, some games in the fall more in the spring, practice limits for kids in HS
Maybe some low key tournaments in the fall and practices with home and away in the spring for HS.
Would love to actually know!
Anonymous
05/25/2025 14:10
Subject: MLSN tier 2
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does it mean Virginia tier2 will only play with Virginia teams?
Good question. There are only 8 teams in Virginia compared to the rest
The 10 Carolinas teams are playing each other 3x for a 27 game season.
Surely only at U13 & 14, right? A couple of Carolinas clubs said on their website HS aged would have minimal games during HS season, so unless U15 and up aren't playing many events, I don't see how that's even possible.
Anonymous
05/25/2025 10:24
Subject: MLSN tier 2
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does it mean Virginia tier2 will only play with Virginia teams?
Good question. There are only 8 teams in Virginia compared to the rest
The 10 Carolinas teams are playing each other 3x for a 27 game season.
What a ripoff of a league. Playing each other 3 times…
Anonymous
05/25/2025 09:08
Subject: MLSN tier 2
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does it mean Virginia tier2 will only play with Virginia teams?
Good question. There are only 8 teams in Virginia compared to the rest
The 10 Carolinas teams are playing each other 3x for a 27 game season.
Anonymous
05/25/2025 00:16
Subject: MLSN tier 2
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who is moving from ECNL to MLSN2?Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Pay attention.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Coppermine was in ECRL not MLSN. So just a lateral move, ECRL to MLS2. Probably made the move because ECRL North Atlantic and Northeast South have weird overlaps so forces too much unnecessary travel for a regional league. They weren't even in the same ECRL league as Celtic and Pipeline.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Coppermine 2013 will destroy all those B teams in MLSN2. They belong in the top tier of MLSN.
Agreed
MLS Next II account the clubs that are in it. Each club has different level of teams. So Coppermine probably already has a team in MLS Next and this is their next lower team in MLS Next II.
ECNL to MLSN2 is lateral
Yes, and ECNL for boys is just not the place to be. Any MLSN team is a better option, same applies to MLNSII.
Literally, nobody. unless they got cut from ECNL. MLS2 is ECRL-why would they take a step down?
FVU players would leave for an MLSN2 team easy. They’re trash, check their standings
Anonymous
05/25/2025 00:03
Subject: MLSN tier 2
Anonymous wrote:Does it mean Virginia tier2 will only play with Virginia teams?
Good question. There are only 8 teams in Virginia compared to the rest