Anonymous
03/03/2025 14:39
Subject: Arlington to lose ECNL
Anonymous wrote:Only lame if you felt like we had just the right number of ECNL clubs in NoVA. Don't think anyone ever thought that...?
3 feels right now. I'd be happy with 2 to really allow the cream to rise. 3 is far better than 5 which what we had lesss than 2 years ago and a middling GA prescence (FCV excluded). Now GA is in a stronger place to compete locally, however top players will still try to go to the 3 ECNL clubs first until further notice. So its 100% a numbers and perception game which stands to benefit ECNL HS aged teams significantly in the short term.
Don't care which direction this goes just reminding folks that theses changes aren't happening everywhere. So don't mistake this for anything thats happening on a national landscape at the moment.
Your goal may be to have the fewest number of teams to allow the cream to rise. But that is in no way the goal for an individual club which is simply to fill their rosters with customers. It's also not really the goal for an individual player unless maybe you are the top of the top players. It's not even the goal for ECNL which make more money from having more clubs. There isn't much incentive for anyone to collectively work together to make the DMV turn out the best soccer players possible. That's why it will never happen.
Anonymous
03/03/2025 14:23
Subject: Arlington to lose ECNL
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Word on the street is Arlington will lose ECNL next season and may switch to GA.
Sounds like this was written by a parent who wants fewer talented kids at Arlington ID sessions
Ding ding ding
Or someone who was ECNL and the club chose to prioritize the boys.
Anonymous
03/03/2025 14:20
Subject: Arlington to lose ECNL
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:lol. And why would this happen? Of all the teams that have lost Ecnl, Arlington has none of the issues.
Decisions are not made that far in advance.
Idiot.
The application is already in for the following season......MLS/GA is coming your way!!
Isn't the application closed and not yet open for 26/27 season?
Anonymous
03/03/2025 14:16
Subject: Arlington to lose ECNL
Anonymous wrote:Word on the street is Arlington will lose ECNL next season and may switch to GA.
Sounds like this was written by a parent who wants fewer talented kids at Arlington ID sessions
Anonymous
03/03/2025 12:57
Subject: Arlington to lose ECNL
Just a few years ago in the DMV, ECNL was the dominant league on the girls side with just one outlier club run by BP. It doesn't seem crazy now to think we are headed there again. All the local girls teams in GA except for one outlier club run by BP.
Anonymous
03/03/2025 12:56
Subject: Arlington to lose ECNL
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As NOVA switches to GA, so to will many northern ECNL clubs. The alignment to MLSN will force most clubs to GA for their top teams.
Do you honestly believe that NOVA is a trend-setter in girl's soccer?
Depends on the parent lol
Anonymous
03/03/2025 12:55
Subject: Arlington to lose ECNL
Anonymous wrote:As NOVA switches to GA, so to will many northern ECNL clubs. The alignment to MLSN will force most clubs to GA for their top teams.
Do you honestly believe that NOVA is a trend-setter in girl's soccer?
Anonymous
03/03/2025 12:54
Subject: Arlington to lose ECNL
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Arlington used to be in GA and yes, GA will reobtain the top status and even if they don't, Arlington and Mclean will continue to get girls recruited at the highest level because they have alot of talent feeding into these programs AND actually do a fairly good job of developing players at the younger age groups. It is expected that Bethesda will soon follow to MLSN and GA. Local top colleges will continue to recruit out of these clubs due to their stellar reputation for developing D1 athletes. Outer Clubs like VDA will soon follow back to GA if they are allowed.
They do a "fairly good job at developing players at the younger age groups." Really? Never said by an Arlington parent. They are playing there because it is close and ECNL. If a club is "developing" it is for their own marketing strategy. They are the first to blast all over social media, but the club doesn't really do anything other than sign up for college showcases.
Confirmed
Anonymous
03/03/2025 12:52
Subject: Arlington to lose ECNL
Anonymous wrote:Arlington used to be in GA and yes, GA will reobtain the top status and even if they don't, Arlington and Mclean will continue to get girls recruited at the highest level because they have alot of talent feeding into these programs AND actually do a fairly good job of developing players at the younger age groups. It is expected that Bethesda will soon follow to MLSN and GA. Local top colleges will continue to recruit out of these clubs due to their stellar reputation for developing D1 athletes. Outer Clubs like VDA will soon follow back to GA if they are allowed.
They do a "fairly good job at developing players at the younger age groups." Really? Never said by an Arlington parent. They are playing there because it is close and ECNL. If a club is "developing" it is for their own marketing strategy. They are the first to blast all over social media, but the club doesn't really do anything other than sign up for college showcases.
Anonymous
03/03/2025 12:41
Subject: Arlington to lose ECNL
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Less teams, less roster spots for top players to try and play together. Increased chances for top players to play together now. Doesn't matter who you're playing if your speed of play is ECRL level so talent trumps everything. Better chance of having a talented roster right now with less ECNL teams for top players to have to figure out if they can make it there or not.
If you don't know when to use "less", as opposed to "fewer", I'm not likely to take your opinion seriously.
No worries broseph no one takes grammar police on chat boards seriously either. So we're in good company, together.
Anonymous
03/03/2025 12:39
Subject: Arlington to lose ECNL
Only lame if you felt like we had just the right number of ECNL clubs in NoVA. Don't think anyone ever thought that...?
3 feels right now. I'd be happy with 2 to really allow the cream to rise. 3 is far better than 5 which what we had lesss than 2 years ago and a middling GA prescence (FCV excluded). Now GA is in a stronger place to compete locally, however top players will still try to go to the 3 ECNL clubs first until further notice. So its 100% a numbers and perception game which stands to benefit ECNL HS aged teams significantly in the short term.
Don't care which direction this goes just reminding folks that theses changes aren't happening everywhere. So don't mistake this for anything thats happening on a national landscape at the moment.
3 feels right now. I'd be happy with 2 to really allow the cream to rise. 3 is far better than 5 which what we had lesss than 2 years ago and a middling GA prescence (FCV excluded). Now GA is in a stronger place to compete locally, however top players will still try to go to the 3 ECNL clubs first until further notice. So its 100% a numbers and perception game which stands to benefit ECNL HS aged teams significantly in the short term.
Don't care which direction this goes just reminding folks that theses changes aren't happening everywhere. So don't mistake this for anything thats happening on a national landscape at the moment.
Anonymous
03/03/2025 12:33
Subject: Arlington to lose ECNL
Anonymous wrote:Less teams, less roster spots for top players to try and play together. Increased chances for top players to play together now. Doesn't matter who you're playing if your speed of play is ECRL level so talent trumps everything. Better chance of having a talented roster right now with less ECNL teams for top players to have to figure out if they can make it there or not.
If you don't know when to use "less", as opposed to "fewer", I'm not likely to take your opinion seriously.
Anonymous
03/03/2025 12:26
Subject: Arlington to lose ECNL
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:lol. And why would this happen? Of all the teams that have lost Ecnl, Arlington has none of the issues.
Decisions are not made that far in advance.
Idiot.
The application is already in for the following season......MLS/GA is coming your way!!
There is no such thing as an application for 26-27 for any league. So this is nonsense. Never mind it being in.
Applications don’t open until November. Arlington will be watching developments in the GA and evaluating if the ECNL with less local games is an option they want to continue with.
There are really not a lot of less local games. Arlington will be much stronger now with NVA gone. NVA took 3-4 top Arlington girls every year.
lol. Addition by subtraction. How pathetic.
We’re #1 because everyone else is leaving!
Aim high!
Anonymous
03/03/2025 12:24
Subject: Arlington to lose ECNL
Anonymous wrote:they MLSN
MLSNext.
Anonymous
03/03/2025 12:23
Subject: Arlington to lose ECNL
Less teams, less roster spots for top players to try and play together. Increased chances for top players to play together now. Doesn't matter who you're playing if your speed of play is ECRL level so talent trumps everything. Better chance of having a talented roster right now with less ECNL teams for top players to have to figure out if they can make it there or not.