I think the sooner US Soccer stop messing around and initiates all the age groups (U12 - U18) for the girl's DA (mimicking the boy's DA) the better and smoother things will become. Don't they already have a 2006 and 2007 pilot program running in the Mid-Atlantic and Texas regions this year?
I guess the 2006's, regardless if the play DA, ECNL, DPL, DA2, just have a confusing year ahead of them until they graduate to the DA next year.
I don’t think the landscape is that confusing this year. To me it’s stay on your current team because your kid is happy, developing and you like the coach, find a new coach and club if you’re not, or perhaps play up on DA 2005 if that’s a fit for your daughter. The fall league is 10-12 games and as long as they are competitive games it can be called whatever you like. I do see some utility in bringing together tops teams across whatever acronyms are out there. But then again isn’t that what CRL is supposed to be?