Why does CA even bother with a letter league that spans across the country? Your teams do not have to travel. Minus the few blips on the radar, CA is the epicenter of girl/women's soccer. Why not stay home, enjoy the short commute (for the most part), and play quality games every weekend.
Those of us in places like Vegas and Phoenix will gladly travel once a month or every other month to play against CA teams.
With that said, I think there are common sense ideas and some collaboration to come between the GA and ECNL:
1. Low performing ECNL clubs will be relegated to Regional League.
2. Cross competition between GA and ECNL, likely between top performing clubs (wouldn't that be nice). Maybe at places like Surf Cup, PDT, etc.
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