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Carlsbad7 said:
The 2nd tier leagues are very difficult to track. (Nothing against NAL or ECRL) leagues just tend to highlight the 1st tier additions much more than 2nd tier. As an example ECNL announced ECRL additions in a single post + mixed it with conference changes and all kinds of weird marketing speak.
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Then why are you tracking DPL?
 
rainbow_unicorn said:
Then why are you tracking DPL?
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I didn't want to but others added ECRL and DPL to the list.

GA and DPL are easy to track because additions appear one at a time on their instagram. Just need to check evey once in a while and update the changes.

ECNL additions are easy to track. ECRL is difficult to track because announcements are mixed into ECNL announcements. Also with ECNL some clubs call their ECRL teams ECNL2 or ECRL/NL or other names primarily to make it look like they have ECNL when they only have ECRL.

You're free to add whatever you want to the list.
 
GA
1. Was Promoted by US Soccer
2. Added Liverpool FC International Academy (CA)
3. Added SYC
4. Added Revolution
5. Added Seattle Celtic
6. Added Westside Metros FC
7. Added Oregon Premier
8. Added South Valley Surf
9. Added KC Scott Gallagher
10. Added Coppermine SC
11. Added Cap City SC
12. Added Columbus United SC
13. Added Bayside FC
14. Added Rhode Island Surf SC
15. Gave City SC a 2nd GA team
16. Gave Cincinnati United a 2nd GA team
17. Gave NEFC a 2nd GA team
18. Added Colorado United
19. Added Sporting United FC
20. Added Downtown United SC
21. Added Blues FC
22. Added North Shore United
23. Added Modesto Ajax United
24. Added One Knoxville SC
25. Added Pinecrest Premier SC
26. Added Hoover-Vestavia SC
27. Added Triangle United SC
28. Added Charlotte Development Academy

DPL
1. Added FC Sarasota
2. Added Georgia Impact
3. Added Inter Connecticut FC
4. Added San Antonio FC
5. Added Idaho Inferno
6. Added Augusta Arsenal
7. Added Wasatch SC
8. Added Dallas Hornets SC
9. Added 956 United
10. Added North Coast FC
11. Added NEFC South
14. Added Western Washington Surf
15. Added San Antonio Athenian SC
16. Added Global Football Innovation
17. Added Bridge City Soccer Academy
18. Added Houston Rangers
19. Added GFI Academy
20. Added Bridge City Soccer Academy
21. Added Lake Travis Elite
22. Added IFA New England
23. Added Western United Pioneers
24. Added Chicago Rush SC
25. Added Sporting Wichita
26. Added San Antonio Surf
27. Added East Shore Alliance FC
28. Added Union KC
29. Added Metro Alliance
30. Added Chicago Empire FC
31. Added Rebels SC Inland Empire
32. Added Sand and Surf SC
33. Added Detroit City FC West
34. Added Chicago Fire YSC


DPL Open
1. Added Lanier Soccer Academy
2. Added Sporting Law Valley
3. Added Fox Soccer Academy
4. Added Carolina Velocity FC
5. Added Albion FC Denver
6. Added Albion Atlanta
7. Added Meteo Alliance FC
8. Added DME Academy
9. Added Hartford FC United
10. Added RSL-AZ South
11. Added RSL-AZ North
12. Added James Island Youth SC
13. Added Colorado Rapids
14. Added RSL-El Paso
15. Added City SC San Marcos
16. Added Virginia Rush
17. Added Alpharetta Ambush
18. Added RSL-AZ Southern
19. Added Blues FC
20. Added Roseville SC
21. Added Albion SC Riverside
22. Added Inland Surf
23. Added Rebels SC Inland Empire
24. Added El Paso Surf
25. Added Sporting Slammers FC
26. Added City SC Temecula
27. Added Northern Colorado Rain FC
28. Added Socal Elite FC

ECNL
1. Added Colorado Rush
2. Added Nationals
3. Added Ukies
4. Added South Shore Select

ECRL
1. Added Lonestar
2. Added Cape Coral SA
3. Added South Florida Football Academy
4. Added Sunrise Surf Soccer Club
5. Added Team Boca
6. Added West Florida Flames
7. Added Arkansas Comets
8. Added Blitz Academy
9. Added Northeast Oklahoma FC
10 Added Oklahoma Cosmos
11. Added Sporting Springfield
12. Added Sting Nebraska
13. Added Germantown Legends
14. Added Lobos Rush
15. Added Mississippi Rush
16. Added Tennessee United
17. Added Tupelo FC
18. Added Utah Surf
19. Added New England Surf
20. Added PSA North
21. Added Hex Keystone FC
22. Added Match Fit Mercer
23. Added Reading Rage
24. Added YMS
25. Added DC Soccer Club
26. Added Mt. Vernon Sport Club
 
Carlsbad7 said:
Missed a bunch of the DPL Open clubs.

Several interesting Socal adds. Southwest GA might look very different in 2025/2026.
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Wondering if So Cal Elite will be added at some point. Liverpool is, Fullerton Rangers seem to be doing decent, and clearly So Cal Elite was invited to NC Showcase so im assuming they are next. Not sure what’s going on with Tudela…theyre just kinda floating.
 
NewbieMama said:
Why did West Coast 2011 GA do so poorly? GD of -11.4? what's going on there?
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West Coast and Liverpool recruit from same local talent pool. RH appears to have out hussled West Coast.

Both Clubs are going to suffer if they dont quickly address now that RH is at Blues.
 
Carlsbad7 said:
West Coast and Liverpool recruit from same local talent pool. RH appears to have out hussled West Coast.

Both Clubs are going to suffer if they dont quickly address now that RH is at Blues.
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It's an issue if WC couldn't field a halfway competitive GA team. OC Great Park is saturated with GA (WC and Liverpool) and ECNL teams (Slammers/Blues/Pats)... Seems like it's time to promote a deserving club in another geographic region in OC....
 
NewbieMama said:
It's an issue if WC couldn't field a halfway competitive GA team. OC Great Park is saturated with GA (WC and Liverpool) and ECNL teams (Slammers/Blues/Pats)... Seems like it's time to promote a deserving club in another geographic region in OC....
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Agree. We played this team and they had no business being in the league, at this point anyway.It was almost cruel to put the girls through a whole season of that, but they did seem to keep their heads up. Props to those girls. The stats were that bad and that was with teams trying to take it easy on them. It’s also a bad look for GA to put a team in that isn’t ready. Hopefully they fix it.
 
NewbieMama said:
It's an issue if WC couldn't field a halfway competitive GA team. OC Great Park is saturated with GA (WC and Liverpool) and ECNL teams (Slammers/Blues/Pats)... Seems like it's time to promote a deserving club in another geographic region in OC....
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Look at DPL + DPL Open if you want to see the Southwest clubs that GA will bring on in the future.

10. Added RSL-AZ South
11. Added RSL-AZ North
15. Added City SC San Marcos
21. Added Albion SC Riverside
22. Added Inland Surf
23. Added Rebels SC Inland Empire
25. Added Sporting Slammers FC
26. Added City SC Temecula
28. Added Socal Elite FC

I'm sure the clubs above will also try to leverage GA into ECNL offers + see which makes the most sense.
 
Carlsbad7 said:
Look at DPL + DPL Open if you want to see the Southwest clubs that GA will bring on in the future.

10. Added RSL-AZ South
11. Added RSL-AZ North
15. Added City SC San Marcos
21. Added Albion SC Riverside
22. Added Inland Surf
23. Added Rebels SC Inland Empire
25. Added Sporting Slammers FC
26. Added City SC Temecula
28. Added Socal Elite FC

I'm sure the clubs above will also try to leverage GA into ECNL offers + see which makes the most sense.
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Do teams ever get kicked out of these leagues? Has anybody been demoted out of MLS Next or ECNL?
 
Carlsbad7 said:
Look at DPL + DPL Open if you want to see the Southwest clubs that GA will bring on in the future.

10. Added RSL-AZ South
11. Added RSL-AZ North
15. Added City SC San Marcos
21. Added Albion SC Riverside
22. Added Inland Surf
23. Added Rebels SC Inland Empire
25. Added Sporting Slammers FC
26. Added City SC Temecula
28. Added Socal Elite FC

I'm sure the clubs above will also try to leverage GA into ECNL offers + see which makes the most sense.
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Anyone who thinks they’re going to leverage getting invited to GA at this point in order to get into ECNL is probably a little high.

There’s no question ECNL has peeled off GA clubs, but if you look at them, they are the most competitive and storied clubs dating back to the old US Soccer DA. See: SD Surf, Real SoCal/LAFC, Legends, Beach.

If you’re angling to get into ECNL and you’re not in anything right now, your best path is ECRL and then to just really kick ass. That’s a bit of a tall order though. There’s a lot of good establish clubs there that will make the path from just joining a league to being “promoted” out of it a very difficult path.
 
19chasemyers said:
Do teams ever get kicked out of these leagues? Has anybody been demoted out of MLS Next or ECNL?
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As far as ECNL, Strikers were dropped. I believe they were among the less competitive clubs but not necessarily the worst. I think the main rub there was that Strikers have MLS Next, and ECNL wants their clubs to put their best boys teams in ECNL.
 
RandomSoccerFan said:
The GA 2024 national champions were crowned this weekend.

2010G - Nationals 10G GA Blue (over TopHat)
2009G - FC United Soccer Club 09G GA (over Nationals)
2008G - Lou Fusz Athletic 08G GA (over STA)
2007G - Lonestar SC 07G GA Red (over Nationals)

2 of the 4 champions are leaving GA; 4 of the 8 teams in the finals are leaving GA.
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Lonestar likely joined ECRL to keep Sting from recruiting their players away as easily. Choosing ECRL was an odd decision.

Nationals are an umbrella type club out of Michigan. They have many feeder teams and they pick the top talent to make all star / travel teams I believe they have 2 mabey 3 indoor facilities and several outdoor fields as well. Since their GA soon to be ECNL teams have to travel long distances for games either way all that matters is competition level. Nationals participate in many different local, competitive, semipro, etc leagues.

For GA the only club that's unfortunate to lose is Nationals.

Ukies are a time bomb. It's just a matter of time before they implode or one of their parents get into a fight with a ref or something crazy like that.

Colorado Rush is the same as Lonestar the needed to play in ECNL to keep Real Colorado from recruiting their players. Also Denver as a city is an island. I believe Denvver plays the big Texas teams in ECNL league. Denver GA teams play New Mexico, Utah, Vegas, etc.
 
Carlsbad7 said:
Lonestar likely joined ECRL to keep Sting from recruiting their players away as easily. Choosing ECRL was an odd decision.

Nationals are an umbrella type club out of Michigan. They have many feeder teams and they pick the top talent to make all star / travel teams I believe they have 2 mabey 3 indoor facilities and several outdoor fields as well. Since their GA soon to be ECNL teams have to travel long distances for games either way all that matters is competition level. Nationals participate in many different local, competitive, semipro, etc leagues.

For GA the only club that's unfortunate to lose is Nationals.

Ukies are a time bomb. It's just a matter of time before they implode or one of their parents get into a fight with a ref or something crazy like that.

Colorado Rush is the same as Lonestar the needed to play in ECNL to keep Real Colorado from recruiting their players. Also Denver as a city is an island. I believe Denvver plays the big Texas teams in ECNL league. Denver GA teams play New Mexico, Utah, Vegas, etc.
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