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Anonymous wrote:TRACKER:

ECNLG:

ECNLB:
- added new conference - Far West


GA:
- Formed alliance with MLSnext
- Created GA Aspire (tier II) with DPL
- Added McLean Youth Soccer (from ECNL)

To eliminate bias from your tracker you should add ECRL and reference ECRL teams moving accordingly. Adding something that exists in the other isn’t groundbreaking.

Actually McLean was the issue.

No bias. McClean held the badge.

Anonymous wrote:What’s interesting is that most of those clubs have girls in GA…

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TRACKER:

ECNLG:

ECNLB:
- added new conference - Far West


GA:
- Formed alliance with MLSnext
- Created GA Aspire (tier II) with DPL
- Added McLean Youth Soccer (from ECNL)

To eliminate bias from your tracker you should add ECRL and reference ECRL teams moving accordingly. Adding something that exists in the other isn’t groundbreaking.

Anonymous wrote:TRACKER:

ECNLG:

ECNLB:
- added new conference - Far West


GA:
- Formed alliance with MLSnext
- Created GA Aspire (tier II) with DPL
- Added McLean Youth Soccer (from ECNL)

Anonymous wrote:RICHMOND, Va. (February 19, 2024) - ECNL Boys is thrilled to announce the promotion of the Far West ECNL Boys Regional League into the ECNL Boys for the 2025-26 season, marking the first time in the league's history that an ECNL Regional League, in its entirety, has been promoted to the ECNL level of competition.
Along with the seven clubs currently in the Far West, United PDX will move from the ECNL Boys Northwest Conference to the new ECNL Boys Far West Conference.
Joining the Far West Conference will reduce conference travel for the club while also eliminating the conflicting high school soccer seasons the club has managed around while in the Northwest Conference.
The ECNL Boys' 15th conference will reach players in previously untapped markets in the country's Pacific Northwest, including the league's first clubs in Idaho, as well as significantly increasing the league's footprint in Oregon. By reaching these new markets and clubs, based on their proven results and professionalism in the ENL Regional League, the ECNL Boys will better support and showcase elite soccer athletes and teams regardless of geography.

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Anonymous wrote:Things will tingly change if

1.ecnl or mls play hardball
2. ga keeps coming for more ECRL clubs and take some $$$ away from Ecnl
3. Nwsl aligns with mls and the MLSn network

1. Not everyone can be mls
2. Ga bringing in 2nd teams from ecnlr does not make ga better. Maybe in volume but not quality.
3. What incentive does Nwsl have to align with mls. I can point out a few different reasons why the Nwsl is better off staying in their own lane

1. They can be if it’s tiered.
2. That’s interesting. Go look at a couple of ECRL clubs (1st team) records.

Team Boca, Coastal Rush, and Sunrise surf are great examples of clubs that could beat and are probably better than NL clubs (tbu, fl west, sc united, Orlando city)…

You are down playing clubs in ECRL.

1. How far down the tier system is a family willing to play for the MLS badge? I would say tier 3 max.

2. Not downplaying ecnlr teams. There’s always guna be top teams in ecnlr and bottom teams in ecnl. It will happen every year in every league. The problem is location sunrise and team boca are 30 mins away from each other. Does both clubs get ecnl or one? If it’s one I promise you most kids would jump ship. Not every club in ecnlr around the country can move up. The MAJORITY are weak 2nd teams.

Correct. So to your point (GA adding ECRL teams makes them weaker than ECNL) is false. In fact it will make GA stronger.

If they pick up strong ecnlr clubs it will make GA stronger but still behind ECNL. Maybe in a few years GA will be better than ECNL

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Anonymous wrote:Things will tingly change if

1.ecnl or mls play hardball
2. ga keeps coming for more ECRL clubs and take some $$$ away from Ecnl
3. Nwsl aligns with mls and the MLSn network

1. Not everyone can be mls
2. Ga bringing in 2nd teams from ecnlr does not make ga better. Maybe in volume but not quality.
3. What incentive does Nwsl have to align with mls. I can point out a few different reasons why the Nwsl is better off staying in their own lane

1. They can be if it’s tiered.
2. That’s interesting. Go look at a couple of ECRL clubs (1st team) records.

Team Boca, Coastal Rush, and Sunrise surf are great examples of clubs that could beat and are probably better than NL clubs (tbu, fl west, sc united, Orlando city)…

You are down playing clubs in ECRL.

1. How far down the tier system is a family willing to play for the MLS badge? I would say tier 3 max.

2. Not downplaying ecnlr teams. There’s always guna be top teams in ecnlr and bottom teams in ecnl. It will happen every year in every league. The problem is location sunrise and team boca are 30 mins away from each other. Does both clubs get ecnl or one? If it’s one I promise you most kids would jump ship. Not every club in ecnlr around the country can move up. The MAJORITY are weak 2nd teams.

Correct. So to your point (GA adding ECRL teams makes them weaker than ECNL) is false. In fact it will make GA stronger.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Things will tingly change if

1.ecnl or mls play hardball
2. ga keeps coming for more ECRL clubs and take some $$$ away from Ecnl
3. Nwsl aligns with mls and the MLSn network

1. Not everyone can be mls
2. Ga bringing in 2nd teams from ecnlr does not make ga better. Maybe in volume but not quality.
3. What incentive does Nwsl have to align with mls. I can point out a few different reasons why the Nwsl is better off staying in their own lane

1. They can be if it’s tiered.
2. That’s interesting. Go look at a couple of ECRL clubs (1st team) records.

Team Boca, Coastal Rush, and Sunrise surf are great examples of clubs that could beat and are probably better than NL clubs (tbu, fl west, sc united, Orlando city)…

You are down playing clubs in ECRL.

1. How far down the tier system is a family willing to play for the MLS badge? I would say tier 3 max.

2. Not downplaying ecnlr teams. There’s always guna be top teams in ecnlr and bottom teams in ecnl. It will happen every year in every league. The problem is location sunrise and team boca are 30 mins away from each other. Does both clubs get ecnl or one? If it’s one I promise you most kids would jump ship. Not every club in ecnlr around the country can move up. The MAJORITY are weak 2nd teams.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Things will tingly change if

1.ecnl or mls play hardball
2. ga keeps coming for more ECRL clubs and take some $$$ away from Ecnl
3. Nwsl aligns with mls and the MLSn network

1. Not everyone can be mls
2. Ga bringing in 2nd teams from ecnlr does not make ga better. Maybe in volume but not quality.
3. What incentive does Nwsl have to align with mls. I can point out a few different reasons why the Nwsl is better off staying in their own lane

1. They can be if it’s tiered.
2. That’s interesting. Go look at a couple of ECRL clubs (1st team) records.

Team Boca, Coastal Rush, and Sunrise surf are great examples of clubs that could beat and are probably better than NL clubs (tbu, fl west, sc united, Orlando city)…

You are down playing clubs in ECRL.

Anonymous wrote:MLS Next is not MLS Next 2. And I guess you are assuming they will be better about promoting those teams than ECNL was. Seriously MLS Next 2 as your top team is death for the boys side. They will stay a nice community club.