Anonymous
01/09/2025 12:01
Subject: GA & MLS NEXT Form Strategic Alliance
Surf SDSC a SD Surf affiliate is already GA and in this same San Diego hotbed, so the league is irrelevent ECNL or GA. From my mildly informed perspective GA/MLSN has a slight advantage in this new landscape especially if they are already paied together, but if you are a brand name ECNL club like Surf you are in great shape and no need to worry or switch leagues. Their ECNL boys will be seen now, and the girls have no reason to leave with SD Wave leasing their practice facility from Surf.
In NoVa no ecnl clubs are at the SD surf level, so MLSN/GA combo around here would stand to benefit Armour and SYC. Time will tell
In NoVa no ecnl clubs are at the SD surf level, so MLSN/GA combo around here would stand to benefit Armour and SYC. Time will tell
Anonymous
01/09/2025 11:25
Subject: GA & MLS NEXT Form Strategic Alliance
Anonymous wrote:From MLSNEXT.
Is this some form of Pro/Rel?
STARTING IN SEPTEMBER 2025, CLUBS IN THE PROGRAM WILL COMPETE IN REGULAR SEASON GAMES, REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS, AND VARIOUS MLS NEXT NATIONAL EVENTS AS WELL AS COACHING DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS, TALENT IDENTIFICATION, AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES.
THIS EXPANSION WILL PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOUSANDS OF ADDITIONAL PLAYERS AND COACHES, ALLOWING MEMBER CLUBS GREATER ABILITY TO ALIGN TEAM TRAVEL AND SCHEDULING, OPTIMIZE PLAYER POOLS, AND MORE EFFECTIVELY ALLOCATE CLUB RESOURCES.
THE EXPANDED TIER OF MLS NEXT WILL BE MANAGED BY LEADING LEAGUE OPERATORS ACROSS THE YOUTH LANDSCAPE WITH A STRONG COMMITMENT TO PLAYER DEVELOPMENT. THE OPERATORS WILL FOLLOW MANDATED PROGRAM GUIDELINES AND TECHNICAL STANDARDS SET BY MLS NEXT TO ENSURE A HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCT.
OPERATORS WILL INCLUDE THE NATIONAL ACADEMY LEAGUE (NAL) OPERATED BY 3STEP SOCCER, ELITE ACADEMY LEAGUE (EAL), SPORTING DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE (SDL), COBALT SPORTS, AND CAL NORTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION.
IN THE EXPANDED TIER OF MLS NEXT, CLUBS WILL PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF EIGHT REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS EACH SEASON IN ADDITION TO THE OPTION FOR ELIGIBLE AGE GROUPS TO ATTEND MLS NEXT FEST IN DECEMBER. THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS WILL SERVE AS QUALIFYING FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT AT MLS NEXT CUP LATER IN 2026.
Its sounds more like a MLSNext-RL.
Anonymous
01/09/2025 11:22
Subject: GA & MLS NEXT Form Strategic Alliance
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:ALBION SC - SD, California - MLSN/GA
CITY SC - SD, California - MLSN/GA
SD SURF - SD, California - ECNL/ECNL
A little feedback from a Socal parent with a g2010 and g2016.
Last summer we were at a youngers (boys and girls) tournament in Oceanside. It was ridiculously obvious that clubs like CitySC (with MLSN) has 1st, 2nd 3rd, 4th, etc boys teams for almost every age group while clubs like SD Surf (ECNL) could only field one team per age group.
Extrapolate from there and it becomes pretty obvious why clubs are fighting to get involved with MLSN.
It’s not MLSN. We’re not a has-been like ECNL.
It’s MLSNext.
Anonymous
01/09/2025 11:15
Subject: GA & MLS NEXT Form Strategic Alliance
From MLSNEXT.
Is this some form of Pro/Rel?
STARTING IN SEPTEMBER 2025, CLUBS IN THE PROGRAM WILL COMPETE IN REGULAR SEASON GAMES, REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS, AND VARIOUS MLS NEXT NATIONAL EVENTS AS WELL AS COACHING DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS, TALENT IDENTIFICATION, AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES.
THIS EXPANSION WILL PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOUSANDS OF ADDITIONAL PLAYERS AND COACHES, ALLOWING MEMBER CLUBS GREATER ABILITY TO ALIGN TEAM TRAVEL AND SCHEDULING, OPTIMIZE PLAYER POOLS, AND MORE EFFECTIVELY ALLOCATE CLUB RESOURCES.
THE EXPANDED TIER OF MLS NEXT WILL BE MANAGED BY LEADING LEAGUE OPERATORS ACROSS THE YOUTH LANDSCAPE WITH A STRONG COMMITMENT TO PLAYER DEVELOPMENT. THE OPERATORS WILL FOLLOW MANDATED PROGRAM GUIDELINES AND TECHNICAL STANDARDS SET BY MLS NEXT TO ENSURE A HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCT.
OPERATORS WILL INCLUDE THE NATIONAL ACADEMY LEAGUE (NAL) OPERATED BY 3STEP SOCCER, ELITE ACADEMY LEAGUE (EAL), SPORTING DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE (SDL), COBALT SPORTS, AND CAL NORTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION.
IN THE EXPANDED TIER OF MLS NEXT, CLUBS WILL PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF EIGHT REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS EACH SEASON IN ADDITION TO THE OPTION FOR ELIGIBLE AGE GROUPS TO ATTEND MLS NEXT FEST IN DECEMBER. THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS WILL SERVE AS QUALIFYING FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT AT MLS NEXT CUP LATER IN 2026.
Is this some form of Pro/Rel?
STARTING IN SEPTEMBER 2025, CLUBS IN THE PROGRAM WILL COMPETE IN REGULAR SEASON GAMES, REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS, AND VARIOUS MLS NEXT NATIONAL EVENTS AS WELL AS COACHING DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS, TALENT IDENTIFICATION, AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES.
THIS EXPANSION WILL PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOUSANDS OF ADDITIONAL PLAYERS AND COACHES, ALLOWING MEMBER CLUBS GREATER ABILITY TO ALIGN TEAM TRAVEL AND SCHEDULING, OPTIMIZE PLAYER POOLS, AND MORE EFFECTIVELY ALLOCATE CLUB RESOURCES.
THE EXPANDED TIER OF MLS NEXT WILL BE MANAGED BY LEADING LEAGUE OPERATORS ACROSS THE YOUTH LANDSCAPE WITH A STRONG COMMITMENT TO PLAYER DEVELOPMENT. THE OPERATORS WILL FOLLOW MANDATED PROGRAM GUIDELINES AND TECHNICAL STANDARDS SET BY MLS NEXT TO ENSURE A HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCT.
OPERATORS WILL INCLUDE THE NATIONAL ACADEMY LEAGUE (NAL) OPERATED BY 3STEP SOCCER, ELITE ACADEMY LEAGUE (EAL), SPORTING DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE (SDL), COBALT SPORTS, AND CAL NORTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION.
IN THE EXPANDED TIER OF MLS NEXT, CLUBS WILL PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF EIGHT REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS EACH SEASON IN ADDITION TO THE OPTION FOR ELIGIBLE AGE GROUPS TO ATTEND MLS NEXT FEST IN DECEMBER. THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS WILL SERVE AS QUALIFYING FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT AT MLS NEXT CUP LATER IN 2026.
Anonymous
01/03/2025 22:33
Subject: GA & MLS NEXT Form Strategic Alliance
SD Surf, the better of the two will get mls next before SDSC Surf.
Only problem is SDSC Surf already has girls in GA.
Only problem is SDSC Surf already has girls in GA.
Anonymous
01/03/2025 22:30
Subject: GA & MLS NEXT Form Strategic Alliance
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Remember, SD Surf has their puppet teams
SDSC Surf in GA AND ECNL too.
SDSC doesn't have top tier (MLSN) boys teams.
The girls side is GA and the boys are ECNL.
Just interesting that mls has allowed for a ECNL feeder team.
Is mls finally playing nice
Give it 3-4 months and we'll see where SDSC boys stand + how everything plays out.
If a club gets MLSN first I'd put my money on SD Surf over SDSC.
Anonymous
01/03/2025 22:27
Subject: GA & MLS NEXT Form Strategic Alliance
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Remember, SD Surf has their puppet teams
SDSC Surf in GA AND ECNL too.
SDSC doesn't have top tier (MLSN) boys teams.
The girls side is GA and the boys are ECNL.
Just interesting that mls has allowed for a ECNL feeder team.
Is mls finally playing nice
Anonymous
01/03/2025 22:25
Subject: GA & MLS NEXT Form Strategic Alliance
Anonymous wrote:Remember, SD Surf has their puppet teams
SDSC Surf in GA AND ECNL too.
SDSC doesn't have top tier (MLSN) boys teams.
The girls side is GA and the boys are ECNL.
Anonymous
01/03/2025 22:23
Subject: GA & MLS NEXT Form Strategic Alliance
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:ALBION SC - SD, California - MLSN/GA
CITY SC - SD, California - MLSN/GA
SD SURF - SD, California - ECNL/ECNL
A little feedback from a Socal parent with a g2010 and g2016.
Last summer we were at a youngers (boys and girls) tournament in Oceanside. It was ridiculously obvious that clubs like CitySC (with MLSN) has 1st, 2nd 3rd, 4th, etc boys teams for almost every age group while clubs like SD Surf (ECNL) could only field one team per age group.
Extrapolate from there and it becomes pretty obvious why clubs are fighting to get involved with MLSN.
Nice. Wonder what happens on the girls side. Things are about to get really interesting
Anonymous
01/03/2025 22:17
Subject: GA & MLS NEXT Form Strategic Alliance
You guys all need to get a life.
Anonymous
01/03/2025 22:15
Subject: GA & MLS NEXT Form Strategic Alliance
Remember, SD Surf has their puppet teams
SDSC Surf in GA AND ECNL too.
SDSC Surf in GA AND ECNL too.
Anonymous
01/03/2025 22:04
Subject: GA & MLS NEXT Form Strategic Alliance
Anonymous wrote:ALBION SC - SD, California - MLSN/GA
CITY SC - SD, California - MLSN/GA
SD SURF - SD, California - ECNL/ECNL
A little feedback from a Socal parent with a g2010 and g2016.
Last summer we were at a youngers (boys and girls) tournament in Oceanside. It was ridiculously obvious that clubs like CitySC (with MLSN) has 1st, 2nd 3rd, 4th, etc boys teams for almost every age group while clubs like SD Surf (ECNL) could only field one team per age group.
Extrapolate from there and it becomes pretty obvious why clubs are fighting to get involved with MLSN.
Anonymous
01/03/2025 22:03
Subject: GA & MLS NEXT Form Strategic Alliance
No way mls approved an ECNL team as a feeder then are we all wrong? Any thoughts?
Anonymous
01/03/2025 21:58
Subject: GA & MLS NEXT Form Strategic Alliance
Anonymous wrote:Folks… if SD surf goes MLSN……….
Told you so...
Anonymous
01/03/2025 21:54
Subject: GA & MLS NEXT Form Strategic Alliance
Folks… if SD surf goes MLSN……….