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Anonymous wrote:MLSN is so far superior to ECNLB that at some point GA will become superior to ECNLG simply by dragging the girls side along with the ECNLB->MLSN conversion.

We are seeing early indicators of this.

We are not (g)?!? - anecdotes are great, but just look at all the top teams. Top GA teams are great, but it drops off FAST.

We see the same thing with ECNL

Well I guess we're lucky to be in NA ECNL - you have hex and pipeline dragging up the bottom, but almost any other team could beat any other one any given weekend. And since we're Philly based, never have to travel more than 2.5 hours to any one location. GA in the same region has insane travel and far worse teams (top couple ones are good at least).

8th place 2-9-1 2013G Bethesda can beat pretty much any GA team on the east coast.

Ranking app says you'd lose to Top Hat.

Also says they'd lose to SJEB, LVU Rush, and Baltimore Celtic.

Funny thing is they played SJEB and tied them. They also would be very competitive against all those teams as *Gasp* the 8th place conf team. I'm not from BSC, but using them as an example. Rankings app is fun and all, but real games actually matter. How would the 8th place MA N or S GA team do against the top ECNL teams?

So the ranking app doesnt matter when it doesnt align with your agenda?

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Anonymous wrote:MLSN is so far superior to ECNLB that at some point GA will become superior to ECNLG simply by dragging the girls side along with the ECNLB->MLSN conversion.

We are seeing early indicators of this.

We are not (g)?!? - anecdotes are great, but just look at all the top teams. Top GA teams are great, but it drops off FAST.

We see the same thing with ECNL

Well I guess we're lucky to be in NA ECNL - you have hex and pipeline dragging up the bottom, but almost any other team could beat any other one any given weekend. And since we're Philly based, never have to travel more than 2.5 hours to any one location. GA in the same region has insane travel and far worse teams (top couple ones are good at least).

8th place 2-9-1 2013G Bethesda can beat pretty much any GA team on the east coast.

Ranking app says you'd lose to Top Hat.

Also says they'd lose to SJEB, LVU Rush, and Baltimore Celtic.

Funny thing is they played SJEB and tied them. They also would be very competitive against all those teams as *Gasp* the 8th place conf team. I'm not from BSC, but using them as an example. Rankings app is fun and all, but real games actually matter. How would the 8th place MA N or S GA team do against the top ECNL teams?

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Anonymous wrote:MLSN is so far superior to ECNLB that at some point GA will become superior to ECNLG simply by dragging the girls side along with the ECNLB->MLSN conversion.

We are seeing early indicators of this.

We are not (g)?!? - anecdotes are great, but just look at all the top teams. Top GA teams are great, but it drops off FAST.

We see the same thing with ECNL

Well I guess we're lucky to be in NA ECNL - you have hex and pipeline dragging up the bottom, but almost any other team could beat any other one any given weekend. And since we're Philly based, never have to travel more than 2.5 hours to any one location. GA in the same region has insane travel and far worse teams (top couple ones are good at least).

8th place 2-9-1 2013G Bethesda can beat pretty much any GA team on the east coast.

Ranking app says you'd lose to Top Hat.

Also says they'd lose to SJEB, LVU Rush, and Baltimore Celtic.

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Anonymous wrote:MLSN is so far superior to ECNLB that at some point GA will become superior to ECNLG simply by dragging the girls side along with the ECNLB->MLSN conversion.

We are seeing early indicators of this.

We are not (g)?!? - anecdotes are great, but just look at all the top teams. Top GA teams are great, but it drops off FAST.

We see the same thing with ECNL

Well I guess we're lucky to be in NA ECNL - you have hex and pipeline dragging up the bottom, but almost any other team could beat any other one any given weekend. And since we're Philly based, never have to travel more than 2.5 hours to any one location. GA in the same region has insane travel and far worse teams (top couple ones are good at least).

8th place 2-9-1 2013G Bethesda can beat pretty much any GA team on the east coast.

Ranking app says you'd lose to Top Hat.

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Anonymous wrote:MLSN is so far superior to ECNLB that at some point GA will become superior to ECNLG simply by dragging the girls side along with the ECNLB->MLSN conversion.

We are seeing early indicators of this.

We are not (g)?!? - anecdotes are great, but just look at all the top teams. Top GA teams are great, but it drops off FAST.

We see the same thing with ECNL

Well I guess we're lucky to be in NA ECNL - you have hex and pipeline dragging up the bottom, but almost any other team could beat any other one any given weekend. And since we're Philly based, never have to travel more than 2.5 hours to any one location. GA in the same region has insane travel and far worse teams (top couple ones are good at least).

8th place 2-9-1 2013G Bethesda can beat pretty much any GA team on the east coast.

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Anonymous wrote:MLSN is so far superior to ECNLB that at some point GA will become superior to ECNLG simply by dragging the girls side along with the ECNLB->MLSN conversion.

We are seeing early indicators of this.

We are not (g)?!? - anecdotes are great, but just look at all the top teams. Top GA teams are great, but it drops off FAST.

We see the same thing with ECNL

Well I guess we're lucky to be in NA ECNL - you have hex and pipeline dragging up the bottom, but almost any other team could beat any other one any given weekend. And since we're Philly based, never have to travel more than 2.5 hours to any one location. GA in the same region has insane travel and far worse teams (top couple ones are good at least).

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Anonymous wrote:MLSN is so far superior to ECNLB that at some point GA will become superior to ECNLG simply by dragging the girls side along with the ECNLB->MLSN conversion.

We are seeing early indicators of this.

lmao. please provide examples of ECNL girls clubs being "dragged" into playing to the lower level GA...we will wait.

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Anonymous wrote:MLSN is so far superior to ECNLB that at some point GA will become superior to ECNLG simply by dragging the girls side along with the ECNLB->MLSN conversion.

We are seeing early indicators of this.

We are not (g)?!? - anecdotes are great, but just look at all the top teams. Top GA teams are great, but it drops off FAST.

We see the same thing with ECNL

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Anonymous wrote:Richmond United is a combination of 2 large clubs, it's a geographic powerhouse consolidating all the power with a small group of people over thousands of kids. This year has shown having 1 isolated large club is not necessarily a good idea.

Interesting observation. What specifically about it has not worked? I realize the top teams (ECNL level) were always combined so that's not different.

What happens when an MLS homegrown club is in Richmond

They have two AD clubs now. Both are new. Not sure if either is ready to move to HG anytime soon. Maybe RU will move.

On the boys side the level of play is down from years past. We were down at Jeff Cup this weekend and family friends are at GA in Florida. The difference in the level of play is striking.

That's a fair point about the level of play and it's not surprising that the level of play at the Generation Adidas Cup is superior when compared to the Jefferson Cup. Your talking about the top level MLS Next level clubs. Top tier players from RU have left ECNL to play at true MLS Academies which has lessened the level of play and I think at the younger ages, you may see more kids moving to MLS AD which also lowers overall play. There's usually a handful each year. If a true MLS Next Homegrown club is in the area that could and would pull many boys players from RU, IMO.

Velocity is will be in AD and along with FC Richmond. I just saw that Velocity broke ground on their complex and FC Richmond also is building their own facility as well. Who has the edge in moving to AD? Not sure there, but agree that it wouldn't be anytime soon. How many AD clubs are getting moved to HG each year versus clubs joining AD? Many more into AD than from AD to HG.

The boys and girls are certainly different though for sure. While there would be an attraction to move their boys over to MLS Next, it would have to be straight to Academy and not to HG. Also, for Girls, I really don't see them getting out of ECNL today and going to GA, especially since they have been pushing to get their Blue team in ECNL and out of RL. That could obviously change though if there are other large clubs jumping out of ECNL girls into GA.

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Anonymous wrote:MLSN is so far superior to ECNLB that at some point GA will become superior to ECNLG simply by dragging the girls side along with the ECNLB->MLSN conversion.

We are seeing early indicators of this.

We are not (g)?!? - anecdotes are great, but just look at all the top teams. Top GA teams are great, but it drops off FAST.

Bottom half of ECNL can be not that great, too.

Of course, but it's nowhere close in North Atlantic/Texas/California etc

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Anonymous wrote:MLSN is so far superior to ECNLB that at some point GA will become superior to ECNLG simply by dragging the girls side along with the ECNLB->MLSN conversion.

We are seeing early indicators of this.

We are not (g)?!? - anecdotes are great, but just look at all the top teams. Top GA teams are great, but it drops off FAST.

Bottom half of ECNL can be not that great, too.

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Anonymous wrote:MLSN is so far superior to ECNLB that at some point GA will become superior to ECNLG simply by dragging the girls side along with the ECNLB->MLSN conversion.

We are seeing early indicators of this.

It ALL depends on where the talent goes on the girls side. Right now, all the FOMO sends a large majority of the best to ECNL clubs. That only changes if the top ECNL talent attracting clubs switch to GA AND/OR the FOMO in a big way switches. IF it were to happen, club switching is probably the more likely scenario.

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Anonymous wrote:MLSN is so far superior to ECNLB that at some point GA will become superior to ECNLG simply by dragging the girls side along with the ECNLB->MLSN conversion.

We are seeing early indicators of this.

We are not (g)?!? - anecdotes are great, but just look at all the top teams. Top GA teams are great, but it drops off FAST.

Anonymous wrote:MLSN is so far superior to ECNLB that at some point GA will become superior to ECNLG simply by dragging the girls side along with the ECNLB->MLSN conversion.

We are seeing early indicators of this.

it makes sense for HEX to drop down to GA. they just can't cut it in ECNL