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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....

Evidently, more of a strength than yours!

Seeing as you struggle to be able to count to 3!

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Anonymous wrote:

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....

Evidently, more of a strength than yours!

Constant drama is correct…when if ever will
Things become steady??

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Anonymous wrote:Only one DA team was added and that is Arlington.

I guess Richmond and VDA don't count?

Richmond was never GDA/GA. Always ECNL.
First year of GDA, Arlington, VDA, FCV, and Metro (then Spirit) were in GDA. ECNL quickly grabbed BRYC.
Second year of GDA, VDA switched to ECNL and I think Loudoun did too? (Loudoun had been neither GDA nor ECNL previously).
Third year of GDA, Spirit dropped its youth program and became Metro, COVID happened, US Soccer dropped all DA (girls and boys), GDA clubs scrambled to form GA.
Fourth year of GA, ECNL picked up Arlington and GA picked up Skyline.

Ugg.

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Anonymous wrote:Only one DA team was added and that is Arlington.

I guess Richmond and VDA don't count?

Richmond was never GDA/GA. Always ECNL.
First year of GDA, Arlington, VDA, FCV, and Metro (then Spirit) were in GDA. ECNL quickly grabbed BRYC.
Second year of GDA, VDA switched to ECNL and I think Loudoun did too? (Loudoun had been neither GDA nor ECNL previously).
Third year of GDA, Spirit dropped its youth program and became Metro, COVID happened, US Soccer dropped all DA (girls and boys), GDA clubs scrambled to form GA.
Fourth year of GA, ECNL picked up Arlington and GA picked up Skyline.

Anonymous wrote:Only one DA team was added and that is Arlington.

I guess Richmond and VDA don't count?

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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.

Which club is this? Also-what tournaments does the Premier 1 league usually have access to and do colleges actually pay attention similar to ECNL teams? Our DC wants to play high academic D3 and we are concerned about lack of exposure if not in ECNL.

Last year It was a higher placement in Jeff Cup (5 different college coaches watched some of our games) plus Greensboro National Showcase. Not seeing how a local league team participates in a National League showcase... And if they did, you're probably talking bottom bracket at said showcases. Looking at the slate of local teams, ours is the ONLY one with a history in got soccer (I am not referring to the dubious rankings, just the mere existence of a team in there) that tells me the rest of the local league is brand new throw together u19 teams looking for a place for their leftover kids... that's awesome, but not commensurate with a team that just earned promotion in the spring.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Why is it important to have strong teams at every age? You're gonna have that with or without the club v club model.

Club v Club leagues are really the only way you can manage a national or even a regional league without driving up costs. If you're content with a local league like NCSL, then the individual team model works. I guess that is why every player is clamoring to play in NCSL.

Clubs and players who make top leagues without relegation don’t like the idea of relegation - I’m shocked, utterly shocked.

Anonymous wrote: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.

Why is it important to have strong teams at every age? You're gonna have that with or without the club v club model.

Club v Club leagues are really the only way you can manage a national or even a regional league without driving up costs. If you're content with a local league like NCSL, then the individual team model works. I guess that is why every player is clamoring to play in NCSL.

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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

Neither is VDA. Stop kidding yourself.

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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

You're just proving my point. Too many "top" (ECNL, GA) teams in the area. Consolidating back into 2 or maybe 3 per age group makes them competitive nationally.....

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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.

And we wonder why America can't advance in soccer....

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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.

Which club is this? Also-what tournaments does the Premier 1 league usually have access to and do colleges actually pay attention similar to ECNL teams? Our DC wants to play high academic D3 and we are concerned about lack of exposure if not in ECNL.

Anonymous wrote:Only one DA team was added and that is Arlington.

Arlington
VDA
Loudoun (1 year removed)

Anonymous wrote:Only one DA team was added and that is Arlington.

VDA? Richmond?