Uh oh, a certain someone is about to come in here and take over this thread. Duck!I figured that I would get a thread started since this is still the top league in the country for pre-college young women until proven otherwise.
Uh oh, a certain someone is about to come in here and take over this thread. Duck!
For us ECNL newbies (U14's)...when should we expect to see the season schedules post - same time as usual...around the end of August?
It will be interesting to see which teams stay relatively intact and which ones have huge amounts of roster change with the birth year changes.
Thoughts on the AZ ECNL teams? Serenos and SC del Sol. They seem average at best. A few good teams at certain age groups...but certainly do have a tough time vs Cali teams. My DD will be playing in the Far West Regional League and the NPL this year which I am happy about. Next year she will be a U14 which is the starting year for ECNL.
From the clubs I'm familiar with in the ECNL circuit, they are separating their 02's and 01's and creating two strong teams. By familiar clubs, I mean Blues, WCFC, Surf, Slammers and Strikers. I think the club mentality is that they know they can build 2 strong teams, regardless, so why not embrace the change and go in 100%.
On a side note, I do know of one non ECNL team, which is very competitive, that have chosen to play a few of their strong '02's up to create a powerhouse side for '01. It's definitely a team by team and age group by age group decision, but I see more changes than not.
In my humble opinion, we will see completely new teams in the ECNL '02 and '01 age groups. Can't speak for others, but I'm definitely interested and excited to see the coming season as well as big summer tourneys with new teams and faces. Given the DA announcements, this ECNL season is suddenly even more exciting and could be very memorable.
Looks like you've got quite the fan in MessiFTW if he's disliking a positive post highlighting youth achievement! Congrats to everyone who made the list.Lot's of ECNL players and SoCal players on this list. Congrats to all of them!
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