This will hit the largest age group in the country the hardest, the 03 group. Approximately half of all the 03 DA group will be cut and most likely be moving to ECNL, which also means half of the ECNL group might be affected. The 02 group already plays dual age so won't be affected as much. Way to go US soccer. Is this their way of forcing a cut to the very talented 03 group after going single age group for this year? Are they giving the very large Frontier division an advantage by keeping the 03 group in DA thus providing more training and exposure to college coaches in the very important soph. year of high school. Also, is having the second showcase back east an attempt to get more west coast girls to attend schools back east? There is a ton of talent out west, many ECNL girls could easily compete against some of the DA girls in other parts of the country. Just like there aren't too many Olympic Alpine skiers in So. Calif., Arizona and Nevada, location will always play a part in how many athletes select a specific sport. There is always a hidden agenda beneath there public decisions.