Anonymous wrote:Let's try this again.....in the not-too-distant past, you had TWO "top" teams on the girls side in NOVA: FCV and McLean. Now, we have SEVEN Arlington, BRYC, Loudoun, FCV, Metro, VDA, McLean.

Dillution.

Metro, Loudoun and BRYc are not top.

Parents are fixing the dilution themselves.

Problem solved

Anonymous wrote:There needs to be constant disruption. Age changes, new leagues, cancelled leagues, pandemics, invite new clubs, get rid of clubs.....if there is not enough disruptive change, they will come up with something new to create some. A player cannot find a good club and then focus on improving their game....there must be constant churn.

THIS. I am soooo convinced of this now that DC is u19 and at the twilight of the youth soccer experience. We can't go a year without drama and BS. We've now seen this play out in three states since u11 travel and even back to u6 rec.

Just found out DC's team who earned promotion to EDP National League Premier 1 is being put down to local EDP! Zero explanation from the club thus far (asked and no answer yet). Not a good look for kids trying to finish out their u19 year and land a college offer. Certain showcases we went to last year as a National League Premier 2 team will be inaccessible as a local EDP squad... We re-signed with the club due to the good vibes of last season, earning promotion through good performance in the National League Premier 2, good coaching, etc.

Let's try this again.....in the not-too-distant past, you had TWO "top" teams on the girls side in NOVA: FCV and McLean. Now, we have SEVEN Arlington, BRYC, Loudoun, FCV, Metro, VDA, McLean.

Dillution.

Only one DA team was added and that is Arlington.

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Anonymous wrote:When there were just two ECNL clubs in VA it made sense to have a club v club model. With all of the dilution ever since, that model no longer works and you will have weak teams within a club at every age group.

Dilution? The 3 local DA clubs are the clubs that were added to ECNL, hardly a dilution.

Apparently math is not your strength....

Anonymous wrote:When there were just two ECNL clubs in VA it made sense to have a club v club model. With all of the dilution ever since, that model no longer works and you will have weak teams within a club at every age group.

Dilution? The 3 local DA clubs are the clubs that were added to ECNL, hardly a dilution.

Bunch of whiners who have never created anything of value. Start your own league why don’t you. No one owes you a thing. Understand?

Anonymous wrote:When there were just two ECNL clubs in VA it made sense to have a club v club model. With all of the dilution ever since, that model no longer works and you will have weak teams within a club at every age group.

You bought into the system of an "elite league" that is no more elite because of dilution. If you want promo/reg then play EDP or NCSL. Probably most clubs don't want the promo/reg system since then it would actually show how well their teams are doing. And if they aren't doing well then less teams would come to them.

When there were just two ECNL clubs in VA it made sense to have a club v club model. With all of the dilution ever since, that model no longer works and you will have weak teams within a club at every age group.

I don’t see why ECNL boys teams couldn’t be separate from girls teams too within a club. The league is already structured differently for boys and girls and not all the same clubs are played between the 2 genders.

Club v Club leagues do not work, period. There are less than 5 clubs across the US that can confidently field consistent top performing teams at every gender and age group. Pro/Rel is something that needs to happen in youth soccer, but that kind of accountability will shatter the money making plans these club have. The fact that a club actually names a team with the league name in it is gross, disgraceful and a joke. Leagues do not coach or develop players, win or lose games....leagues are simply organized schedulers. ECNL is so deep in bed with its member clubs, I can't see them relegating PDA....PDA runs the league, even though is laughable in that part of NJ.

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Anonymous wrote:It's a shame that promotion/relegation will be by club instead of by team.

Club wide Pro/Rel will absolutely hurt the quality of the game. There will be intense pressure to win games and with that you will get more big and fast and less skilled players.

Then why publish results?

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Anonymous wrote:It's a shame that promotion/relegation will be by club instead of by team.

Club wide Pro/Rel will absolutely hurt the quality of the game. There will be intense pressure to win games and with that you will get more big and fast and less skilled players.

Big/fast and skilled aren't independent of each other.

Indeed, give me a team full of Cristiano's and Zlatan's.

A contradiction in terms.

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Anonymous wrote:It's a shame that promotion/relegation will be by club instead of by team.

Club wide Pro/Rel will absolutely hurt the quality of the game. There will be intense pressure to win games and with that you will get more big and fast and less skilled players.

Big/fast and skilled aren't independent of each other.

Indeed, give me a team full of Cristiano's and Zlatan's.

Good luck finding that in U13.

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Anonymous wrote:It's a shame that promotion/relegation will be by club instead of by team.

Club wide Pro/Rel will absolutely hurt the quality of the game. There will be intense pressure to win games and with that you will get more big and fast and less skilled players.

Big/fast and skilled aren't independent of each other.

Indeed, give me a team full of Cristiano's and Zlatan's.

There’s none.