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Anonymous wrote:Did any posters actually watch any of these matches? Mine plays ECNl but there was very strong talent on the GA teams and the ECNL teams we faced in the tournament. Gook luck all!

That was my take too and my daughter also plays on an ECNL team. Losing/winning by 1 goal doesn’t mean much. The competition in the top brackets was good.

At a showcase it does not mean anything at all to the college coaches. They do not know or care.

These are likely U14 parents spouting off as if showcase results matter. The only thing that matters in a showcase is whether or not your kid was on the field and played well when the coaches were present.

These parents don't understand that when your kid goes to college she won't be taking her club record with her. It is almost laughable if it wasn't so embarrassing.

Haters gonna hate! Hubby has already started building our Mia a portable trophy case so she can proudly display her Jeff Cup, WAGS, and CASL hardware in her dorm room when she goes off to college.

You’ll the same ones the post about it on social media and use it as propaganda to recruit players. Same parents that look for these results when evaluating clubs. Yeah, it doesn’t matter when you get embarrassed. Always some built in excuse. But if you win....spam all major outlets.

You know what else’s doesn’t matter? NTC for 12 year olds.....but parents are stabbing each other for their kid to get invited just to say they’ve been invited....knowing damn well it doesn’t go any further.

Actually, no one cares about GA. They are obsolete. Even more so next year.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, it's like some of you can't understand 2+2. I think the purpose of the first post was to eliminate the debate using statistics. I just can't understand how anyone can't understand the point but rather just makes excuses or complains.

ECNL outperformed GA by leaps and bounds at Jeff Cup. At this point GA should call it a day and just go to USYS/State Cup. It would benefit everyone involved IMO if "leagues" don't matter.

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Honestly all these leagues would be better and better serve the players if they were more regionalized and localized. "National" leagues for youth sports are just plain stupid. But they are all businesses designed to serve clubs and league before they serve any the players - from ECNL on down.

Pssst, a little secret for you, these are actually "regional leagues". The only "National" component comes with the National showcases.

Anonymous wrote:Wow, it's like some of you can't understand 2+2. I think the purpose of the first post was to eliminate the debate using statistics. I just can't understand how anyone can't understand the point but rather just makes excuses or complains.

ECNL outperformed GA by leaps and bounds at Jeff Cup. At this point GA should call it a day and just go to USYS/State Cup. It would benefit everyone involved IMO if "leagues" don't matter.

/thread

LOL statistics. That math wouldn’t pass 9th grade SOLs.

Anonymous wrote:Wow, it's like some of you can't understand 2+2. I think the purpose of the first post was to eliminate the debate using statistics. I just can't understand how anyone can't understand the point but rather just makes excuses or complains.

ECNL outperformed GA by leaps and bounds at Jeff Cup. At this point GA should call it a day and just go to USYS/State Cup. It would benefit everyone involved IMO if "leagues" don't matter.

/thread

Honestly all these leagues would be better and better serve the players if they were more regionalized and localized. "National" leagues for youth sports are just plain stupid. But they are all businesses designed to serve clubs and league before they serve any the players - from ECNL on down.

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Anonymous wrote:Did any posters actually watch any of these matches? Mine plays ECNl but there was very strong talent on the GA teams and the ECNL teams we faced in the tournament. Gook luck all!

That was my take too and my daughter also plays on an ECNL team. Losing/winning by 1 goal doesn’t mean much. The competition in the top brackets was good.

At a showcase it does not mean anything at all to the college coaches. They do not know or care.

These are likely U14 parents spouting off as if showcase results matter. The only thing that matters in a showcase is whether or not your kid was on the field and played well when the coaches were present.

These parents don't understand that when your kid goes to college she won't be taking her club record with her. It is almost laughable if it wasn't so embarrassing.

Haters gonna hate! Hubby has already started building our Mia a portable trophy case so she can proudly display her Jeff Cup, WAGS, and CASL hardware in her dorm room when she goes off to college.

EPIC!

Wow, it's like some of you can't understand 2+2. I think the purpose of the first post was to eliminate the debate using statistics. I just can't understand how anyone can't understand the point but rather just makes excuses or complains.

ECNL outperformed GA by leaps and bounds at Jeff Cup. At this point GA should call it a day and just go to USYS/State Cup. It would benefit everyone involved IMO if "leagues" don't matter.

/thread

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Anonymous wrote:Did any posters actually watch any of these matches? Mine plays ECNl but there was very strong talent on the GA teams and the ECNL teams we faced in the tournament. Gook luck all!

That was my take too and my daughter also plays on an ECNL team. Losing/winning by 1 goal doesn’t mean much. The competition in the top brackets was good.

At a showcase it does not mean anything at all to the college coaches. They do not know or care.

These are likely U14 parents spouting off as if showcase results matter. The only thing that matters in a showcase is whether or not your kid was on the field and played well when the coaches were present.

These parents don't understand that when your kid goes to college she won't be taking her club record with her. It is almost laughable if it wasn't so embarrassing.

Haters gonna hate! Hubby has already started building our Mia a portable trophy case so she can proudly display her Jeff Cup, WAGS, and CASL hardware in her dorm room when she goes off to college.

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Anonymous wrote:This whole thread feels like a gotsoccer ranking rant. Are we still this naive about believing leagues matter? Is La Liga better than the Bundesliga, better than the EPL?

Dumb comment. Of course top leagues matter. EPL is the richest league, its clubs pay significantly more in wages than the other pro leagues, and EPL has the broadest media reach and best competition top to bottom among its clubs. That’s the reason so many top players leave the La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 or Serie A for EPL clubs. Players moving out of EPL teams to teams in those other leagues are most often wash outs, but rarely a top player does leave for a Real Madrid or Barcelona. So yeah, leagues matter to professional players.

But back to youth soccer, where leagues matter for different reasons, although level of competition is the one constant.

This is a dumb comment. If EPL is the best league how is it they’ve done so poorly in the champions league (something like only 2 wins in the past 10 years)? Maybe only in youth soccer do regional tournaments/showcases matter? Serious question, when Messi washes out of La Liga and goes to man city, does that mean la Liga becomes the best?

Not the pp - but I don't think his comment was dumb at all. He accurately described the EPL - and he specifically made note of Barcelona and Real Madrid as exceptions. But they are the exceptions that prove the rule. His point is that the EPL is the best league top to bottom in Europe - not that other leagues don't have any great teams. They do - especially La Liga - but Bayern Munich and PSG are great teams too - just as good as, perhaps better than, the top English clubs. But those leagues don't have the quality in depth that the EPL possesses. Even the top of the Chamiosnhip features some very good teams, but look at the bottom of La Liga: who has ever heard of Osasuna, Getafe, Cádiz, Real Valladolid, ElcheElche, Eibar, Alavés or Huesca?

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that this is a debate just means that the majority of the posters are parents of u-littles. Anyone who has been around knows the ECNL is the only top league for girls.

If it is then why do you feel compelled to say so?

Because it’s tiresome to hear. That’s all.

Yes it is tiresome to hear ECNL parents constant need to talk about their league. It is almost cult like and frankly, it is kinda weird and obnoxious.

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that this is a debate just means that the majority of the posters are parents of u-littles. Anyone who has been around knows the ECNL is the only top league for girls.

If it is then why do you feel compelled to say so?

Because it’s tiresome to hear. That’s all.

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Anonymous wrote:Did any posters actually watch any of these matches? Mine plays ECNl but there was very strong talent on the GA teams and the ECNL teams we faced in the tournament. Gook luck all!

That was my take too and my daughter also plays on an ECNL team. Losing/winning by 1 goal doesn’t mean much. The competition in the top brackets was good.

At a showcase it does not mean anything at all to the college coaches. They do not know or care.

These are likely U14 parents spouting off as if showcase results matter. The only thing that matters in a showcase is whether or not your kid was on the field and played well when the coaches were present.

These parents don't understand that when your kid goes to college she won't be taking her club record with her. It is almost laughable if it wasn't so embarrassing.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did any posters actually watch any of these matches? Mine plays ECNl but there was very strong talent on the GA teams and the ECNL teams we faced in the tournament. Gook luck all!

That was my take too and my daughter also plays on an ECNL team. Losing/winning by 1 goal doesn’t mean much. The competition in the top brackets was good.

At a showcase it does not mean anything at all to the college coaches. They do not know or care.

That is one big advantage to the Jeff cup. For some reason at the ECNL showcase- they results factor into seeding for the year end matches. this is not helpful to having the focus be on showcasing all the players. The jeff cup is freestanding event so the results dnt affect anything and in theory- every player should be able to showcase sine the outcome of the game is meaningless.

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Anonymous wrote:Did any posters actually watch any of these matches? Mine plays ECNl but there was very strong talent on the GA teams and the ECNL teams we faced in the tournament. Gook luck all!

That was my take too and my daughter also plays on an ECNL team. Losing/winning by 1 goal doesn’t mean much. The competition in the top brackets was good.

At a showcase it does not mean anything at all to the college coaches. They do not know or care.

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Anonymous wrote:This whole thread feels like a gotsoccer ranking rant. Are we still this naive about believing leagues matter? Is La Liga better than the Bundesliga, better than the EPL?

Dumb comment. Of course top leagues matter. EPL is the richest league, its clubs pay significantly more in wages than the other pro leagues, and EPL has the broadest media reach and best competition top to bottom among its clubs. That’s the reason so many top players leave the La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 or Serie A for EPL clubs. Players moving out of EPL teams to teams in those other leagues are most often wash outs, but rarely a top player does leave for a Real Madrid or Barcelona. So yeah, leagues matter to professional players.

But back to youth soccer, where leagues matter for different reasons, although level of competition is the one constant.

This is a dumb comment. If EPL is the best league how is it they’ve done so poorly in the champions league (something like only 2 wins in the past 10 years)? Maybe only in youth soccer do regional tournaments/showcases matter? Serious question, when Messi washes out of La Liga and goes to man city, does that mean la Liga becomes the best?

The most recent 'all-nation' final was Liverpool/Tottenham. La Liga is the one that is struggling to put forward competitive teams right now in UCL. Prem, Bundesliga, Serie A are right now the strongest leagues.

Tottenham just got knocked out of Europa league by a Croatian team.
Liverpool is like 7 or 8 in EPL right now.

Spain has dominated both Champions League and Europa League in the last 10-15 years. This is factual evidence and indisputable. Maybe you’re a Brit that can’t handle the facts but we know Brits get when their feelings are tampered.