One thing I haven't seen discussed is amout of travel + distance you'll need to go to play against a high level of competition in GA.
With GA in the Southwest Division the best teams will likely be City and maybe Murrietta? West Coast? Albion players are following Mike W to Sharks and SDSC players generally move to Surf whenever they're able. What this means is you're going to need to travel $$$$ to either Colorado, Texas, or the East Coast for high level of competition. In general top ECNL teams will not scrimmage against GA teams and although it hasn't been officially stated ECNL sponsored tournaments will not generally allow GA teams to play in them. Of course there will always be exceptions. For GA sponsored tournaments top ECNL teams simply wont attend.
If couple more of the big GA clubs (Tophat, etc) move to ECNL (which is very likely to happen) it will be even more difficult to find a high level of competition in GA.
With GA in the Southwest Division the best teams will likely be City and maybe Murrietta? West Coast? Albion players are following Mike W to Sharks and SDSC players generally move to Surf whenever they're able. What this means is you're going to need to travel $$$$ to either Colorado, Texas, or the East Coast for high level of competition. In general top ECNL teams will not scrimmage against GA teams and although it hasn't been officially stated ECNL sponsored tournaments will not generally allow GA teams to play in them. Of course there will always be exceptions. For GA sponsored tournaments top ECNL teams simply wont attend.
If couple more of the big GA clubs (Tophat, etc) move to ECNL (which is very likely to happen) it will be even more difficult to find a high level of competition in GA.