They didn’t pick up strikers
Maybe, depends on the club.
ECNL begged Sharks to join ECNL when they "kicked" out Surf in 2018.
Yes, Las Vegas Premier were booted out for poor performance. Strikers were just about to when DA happened, which granted them a stay of execution.....the rest is history shall we say.
Wasn't SC Del Sol in the ECNL a few years ago? I seem to remember them being an ECNL club awhile back.
How poor was their poor performance? Are we talking multiple years of not making playoffs at any level? I am just trying to understand if there is a benchmark..
Yes, they were ECNL, and jumped ship for DA. I think they burned some bridges, and are "stuck" with GA.
Strikers burned that bridge to because they wouldn't obey and bring their top boys program. I know folks on here talk smack about the Strikers but consider this: They did not get the invite to the GDA and had their whole teams poached in swoop. They were "loyal" when others jumped ship. However, the bosses said to get your top boys team over here or else. Who gets stuck in the middle of this shit? That's right, the parents and girls. So sad!!!
Poor, multiple teams conceding over 100 goals, across multiple ages and years. I seem to remember something about there being a 3 year window if your club had won a National Title, but don't quote me on it.
Do you recall what year that happened?
The narrative around Strikers getting kicked out of ECNL has always centered on their boy's program choosing MLS Next. But since that decision was made numerous posters have pointed out other girls ECNL clubs whose boy's programs aren't in ECNL either. If you remember the Striker's girls ECNL program was a mishmash of teams. Some were based at the OC Great Park others were up in Fontana. Is it possible Striker's got kicked out of ECNL because they were disorganized and dysfunctional as a club?
That would make them equal to many clubs with that example. There are no performance requirements. I can tell you 100% they would have been granted a stay of execution if they brought the boys, trust me. We're talking the boys being forced to play in a girl only league at the time. ECNL went to boys for obvious reasons when ECNL was kicked to the curb by GDA and ECNL needed to desperately make new money from the revenue losses to the GDA. It was stupid idea for ECNL to go boys, MOO. Strikers is big time MLS and the boys are very good players, and their parents would never make that switch. It was an either-or choice before them. Either you bring your top boys' team over or your disorganized girl's program would be dropped like a hot potato. They begged and tried to reason. My dd had just finished out so this didn't affect her like it did one of her friends who was a 2005 player and looking to sign her Senior year. That whole team of girls and their parents were left high and dry. The ECNL team was mostly OC and a few IE and LA players. We beat the #1 team at the time LAFC and that was a fun match to watch.
Sc Del Sol were one of the founding GDA clubs in the 2017/2018 season and were ECNL in 2016/2017.
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