DA and ECNL

MarkM said:
Michigan Hawks also announced that they will be fielding two ECNL teams per age group. One team per age group will not be allowed to play high school soccer and the program lasts 10 months. The other team per age group is on a 6-month program and those kids can play high school soccer. It will be interesting to see how competitive those teams stay next year. Which teams will attract more talent from within the club, which team improves more, etc. I'm also curious why they put a prohibition against high school soccer on any team. That seems odd since high school soccer has been such a big sticking point.
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You make great points. Is it just the u15, u16 and u17 age groups ECNL is allowing two teams?
 
Simisoccerfan said:
Its easy to see why they want two teams. They currently sell two elite level teams (one DA and one ECNL). If they offered only one ECNL team they would lose paying customers. So they need to have two teams to keep their economic model working.
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No one can deny that economics plays a huge part in all of this.
 
I have also heard on some Eastern forums that many firmly believe that clubs make more money through ECNL then DA. So don't buy completely into the public reasons they say for this change.
 
davin said:
Concorde Fire is the club that is rumored to be next to go All-In ECNL. Their GDA teams at each age group are all currently qualified for the GDA playoffs and sitting in the top 3 in the Southeast GDA conference. Probably the 2nd best GDA club in the Southeast behind Tophat.
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@Jon - why did you rate this post as "Old" without any comment? It's today's news. LOL. Speak up.
 
Maybe this question has been addressed already, but I’m curious. Can a DA Player be listed as a “Discovery Player” for an ECNL team?
 
Kicknit22 said:
Maybe this question has been addressed already, but I’m curious. Can a DA Player be listed as a “Discovery Player” for an ECNL team?
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I think ECNL will allow the player to be listed, but DA won't allow the player to play in ECNL (or any other non-DA competition).
 
Kicknit22 said:
Maybe this question has been addressed already, but I’m curious. Can a DA Player be listed as a “Discovery Player” for an ECNL team?
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I think so if the DA player is a " developmental player" which limits their DA games to six. Is that right DA guru's?
 
you cannot play in ECNL or any other league if you are on a DA roster as a FT player. You can leave the DA and then go play somewhere else but you cannot continue to play in both leagues. I don't know the rules if you are a DP for DA
 
GoWest said:
I think so if the DA player is a " developmental player" which limits their DA games to six. Is that right DA guru's?
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Yes but you need to be on another team with the same club to DP. Then you get up to 6 games. They can move you to full time after or your done with DA.
 
Enjoy the ride said:
How many dual clubs (DA/ECNL) remain? And when will they have to decide which one they're keeping and which one they're dropping?
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Surf and Blues.

Slammers DA will drop the Slammers and just be LAFC I hear.

Both of them have to decide after next season. So for the 2019-2020 season.
 
I'm sure I missed an announcement, but my best guess is in bold:

(1) Crossfire Premier
(2) Real Colorado
(3) Real SoCal
(4) Surf
(5) So Cal Blues
(6) Slammers
(7) West Coast
(8) Eagles
(9) SC Del Sol
(10) Orlando Pride/City
(11) Albertson Soccer Fury/Fury FC
(12) World Class/New York City FC
(13) FC Dallas
(14) Solar
(15) Dallas Texans
(16) Lonestar SC
(17) Colorado Rush
(18) Eclipse Select
(19) Sockers
(20) Michigan Hawks
(21) Concorde Fire
(22) Tophat
(23) Boca United
(24) Weston FC
(25) West Florida Flames
(26) Indiana Fire
(27) FC Virginia
(28) Charlotte SA
(29) Penn Fusion
(30) Sky Blue PDA
(31) Boston Breakers
(32) FC Stars
(33) Seattle Reign
(34) Sporting Blue Valley
(35) NC Fusion
 
Kicknit22 said:
Maybe this question has been addressed already, but I’m curious. Can a DA Player be listed as a “Discovery Player” for an ECNL team?
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No, not as of right now. Some changes coming next year but not clear about what it means. Check with a DA club.
 
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