Soccerdadforlife34
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ECNL is slowly dying down that’s all I’m saying. The college recognition will be high on EAL this year and at the end of the day that’s all that matters.
ECNL SW Division 2021-22
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ECNL is slowly dying down that’s all I’m saying. The college recognition will be high on EAL this year and at the end of the day that’s all that matters.
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How so? At the Boys ECNL National Playoffs in July, there was a lot of college coaches scouting. I gave out team flyers to at least 60 of them. Big, middle and small schools. I read similar numbers at Girls ECNL National Playoffs as well.
Also, the other caveat with MLS Next / EAL ... at least from what I told by members of my sons former club that is in MLS Next and EAL... the teams are separate (meaning they have a dedicated MLS Next group and dedicated EAL group). But they also have a group of players that, per what they say and I rarely believe my son's former teams DOC, are transition players. Meaning one week they could suit of up for MLS Next squad and others for EAL squad. Like a minor leagues to pull up from for various reasons that weren't really noted. I stand firm and believe that is a bunch of hooey spit by that DOC to "attract" players... cause the previous year we were in ECNL and ECRL with the same caveat. You know how many times ECRL players got pulled up to ECNL... yeah, zero times.
also, MLS Next players are forbidden to play high school soccer if thats what your son wants, kind of a deal breaker. Especially considering if your son plays at a high level HS team like Loyola, Cathedral, Birmingham, et al.
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How so? At the Boys ECNL National Playoffs in July, there was a lot of college coaches scouting. I gave out team flyers to at least 60 of them. Big, middle and small schools. I read similar numbers at Girls ECNL National Playoffs as well.
Also, the other caveat with MLS Next / EAL ... at least from what I told by members of my sons former club that is in MLS Next and EAL... the teams are separate (meaning they have a dedicated MLS Next group and dedicated EAL group). But they also have a group of players that, per what they say and I rarely believe my son's former teams DOC, are transition players. Meaning one week they could suit of up for MLS Next squad and others for EAL squad. Like a minor leagues to pull up from for various reasons that weren't really noted. I stand firm and believe that is a bunch of hooey spit by that DOC to "attract" players... cause the previous year we were in ECNL and ECRL with the same caveat. You know how many times ECRL players got pulled up to ECNL... yeah, zero times.
also, MLS Next players are forbidden to play high school soccer if thats what your son wants, kind of a deal breaker. Especially considering if your son plays at a high level HS team like Loyola, Cathedral, Birmingham, et al.
Get your drift but there are caveats.
Yes you can play MLS-NEXT and HS at least this past it was workable. You can get a NEXT wavier and we know several players that did that. Of course the HS and club coaches either have to tolerate it or accommodate, some will and some will tell you straight out nope.
ECxx is much more accommodating to HS play with a built in break during most of the HS season. It's pretty easy to use players between ECRL & ECNL if they are dual rostered but limited application due to number of roster spots and different coaches among teams sometime. With that said we know some that moved between the two and a couple that opted to say ECRL after due to playing HS concurrent and the travel or practice demands that ECNL can present.
MLS-NEXT and EA are two separate leagues that don't share registration, governing bodies, cards or anything so it's more costly & complex to move players around although dual registration is a possibility.
Soccerdad_562_
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Soccermaverick
SILVER ELITE
I agree .. I know it’s harder to line everything up when you aren’t going to Norco every weekend… it should have been published by now…
Check with your team manager for the tentative schedules.
Games start 9/11, the league has north & south divisions this season.
The north division is like a regional league now with just the LV heat being out of area.
South with Phoenix, Arizona Arsenal, Tuscon is going to have more travel.
Don't have a player in this league but normally keep up due to services that a company Im associated with provides.
Games start 9/11, the league has north & south divisions this season.
The north division is like a regional league now with just the LV heat being out of area.
South with Phoenix, Arizona Arsenal, Tuscon is going to have more travel.
Don't have a player in this league but normally keep up due to services that a company Im associated with provides.
Yep, saw the North and South divisions on the mobile device app. I believe the schedule will be 2 versus same division and probably 1 crossover game. I do know our first match is against Slammers (crossover as we are in North).
and we do have one Arizona trip.... to play 2 of 3 Az squads with other coming to CA I would imagine.
OliveGroveHarrier
BRONZE
Each club decides how to handle it, but my kid is one of those "transition" players. He trains with both teams each week, but is mostly EA. No, he usually isn't called up, but he once scored a game winner for Next and definitely holds his own in training. And he has half of his team's goals in EA, which checks out. He gets to play HS, which exposes him to three distinct levels of play, ensuring he learns how to contribute in a lead or supporting role. I was skeptical, but in our case he is thriving because he gets tons of game minutes and is challenged both upstream and down. But it's probably not always that way, I concur. Good luck.
SocalWestDad
BRONZE
I heard the same thing here. It only makes sense that the 4 teams that originally were part of the DA would want to compete again with the MLS teams. For what I have seen in the U15 and U17 it looks that only the SD Surf can challenge LAFC for first place in the conference. The other 3 might end up in the top 10 along with Galaxy, Strikers, Chula Vista and ???
socalsoccercoach
SILVER
One of the two FC Golden State are going to MLS next..I think the East part of the club. Have heard the Surf, Pats rumor. Have not heard Legends but have heard LAFC Socal youth as possible. The issue is what happens with the girls sides of the club if they defect?