I agree, but unfortunately Legends is now in the same discussion. Koge did it without an asterisk, they might as well do the same, but it does suck if your DD now has to sit to accommodate the ringers.
How’s the 2024-2025 season going?
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I'm going to chime in and agree! I've never thought this was fair. What advantage is this to your team, just to win? If you make playoffs, it should be the team you had the season with. I don't understand why this is even allowed.
Not standing up for this but From the 2024-25 ECNL competition rules.
“The roster freeze date for the 2024-25 ECNL season is one day prior to the check-in date for the first ECNL post-season event for the team. New ECNL registered players may be added until the designated roster freeze date, but are subject to transfer regulations if applicable. Additionally, after May 1st, each club can add up to two new players at each age group to their roster, provided they have space and the transfer is approved if needed”
“The roster freeze date for the 2024-25 ECNL season is one day prior to the check-in date for the first ECNL post-season event for the team. New ECNL registered players may be added until the designated roster freeze date, but are subject to transfer regulations if applicable. Additionally, after May 1st, each club can add up to two new players at each age group to their roster, provided they have space and the transfer is approved if needed”
They will make space to win at all costs. This is crazy. My pal told me some crazy stuff about out of state ringers and those who were pushed off to make space are not happy. Imagine NCAA allowing each basketball team to add two ringers right before selection Sunday. Who makes these silly rules? One parent is looking for a refund because his kid is now never going to play in the playoffs after paying their fair share and sacrificing her body and time for the team. However, winning is more important these days. Crazy rules. Good luck everyone.
100%! Yet many of these players (parents) will still stay with the team to say, "we won the Natty!" and it looks good on their IG.
As far as I’m aware legends is not flying in anyone. It’s just Koge and Surf for the 10’s.
It’s totally allowed. With the roster rules and and discovery rules you can get anyone needed at any point during the season or before playoffs to help your team. It’s definitely within the rules. My point is it’s crazy clubs are going to those lengths to win. Also for any non Southwest club I mean Southwest already has ECNL on lock anyway but now with doing that I don’t see any non Southwest team ever winning a championship.
This is just how things are now.
The problem with national recruiting is once it becomes institutionalized everyone will start doing it to be competitive. Watch, in the future instead of ranking teams there will be a player ranking app. Which will allow superteams to be created of players 100% independent of a club. You think this sounds crazy but AI can likely already track minutes, goals, touches for all players in a video of a game.
There's a reason MLS has a 60 mile radius for homegrown players.
I heard the same thing
You really think SW is going to sweep all 6 championships this year, and every year going forward?
Seems unlikely, even with the top teams adding a couple ringers.
For 2010 yes I 100% do.
Ah. 2010 only.
Even then, not so sure. Solar’s looking pretty good these days, and they read the same rule book you do. And Fusion looked sharp even missing a key player.
I hope the eventual winner gets there without flying in talent. It would be a shame if remote players became META for youth sports.
Nobody from Texas from what I know.
lol - this would be awesome for the NFl
The Vikings will be going into the playoffs with Joe Burrow
What a crazy finish this weekend! Slammers was out of the playoffs and now in at the 6th spot, Pats getting the help and finish they need with The 4-0 win today and Phoenix coming in clutch with the 2-2 tie with Heat knocking Heat from playoffs and the North American cup! LA Breakers sliding into that 5th spot too with the help from KK’s leadership!
Congrats to all the teams who made it when people counted you out!
Soak it up!
Congrats to all the teams who made it when people counted you out!
Soak it up!
Not to be "that person" but...
I'd rather not go to playoffs if my kids team barely made the cutoff. This is because you're going to get bracketed against some superteam in the first round. Most likely you'll lose the first game and playoffs are over for you. I guess the consolation is that you'll be playing against equally "good" first round losers in consolation games.
It's just a lot of money and time to attend events ideally you'd want to get your money's worth. Maybe a velvet rope around all the playoff teams to keep them separate from the showcase games to help recruiters understand who they're there to see.
Nah… you are being that person… playoffs are a showcase too.. pats had never had a female team ever make playoffs in any age brackets until the 2010s just did it. Those kids are already playing against the potential national champions in regular season so I don’t think your point matters because that’s just a regular Saturday for these kids,
I'm sensing a little jealousy Carlsbad
Be honest, if City Carlsbad got the invite to ECNL last year and made playoffs for the first time, you would be a fired-up Papa bear gearing up for playoffs and getting your child extra prep work to be ready to take on any superteam, especially if your team was a bunch of locals from the area and with no ringers flying in from out of state to make a natty run. I do agree it's a lot of money but when you're invited and win natty, it makes the spend that much sweeter and easier to swallow. When you're not invited or lose early, of course that damn thing is way too expensive. It's all sour grapes every month thereafter when you work to pay off the CC each month for the playoff natty run, if your middleclass or below
Congrats on all the SoCal teams making playoffs and may the best SoCal Non super team win it all. I'll take a SoCal super team as my second choice to win it all.
No jealousy. I'd feel the same irregardless of the league. In general leagues will always want to highlight their top teams. (Tournaments do the same thing.) To highlight the top team they'll generally sead the "worst" teams against the best teams in the first rounds. What this means for the teams that just barely made playoffs is that it's going to be an uphill battle.I'm sensing a little jealousy Carlsbad
Congrats on all the SoCal teams making playoffs and may the best SoCal Non super team win it all. I'll take a SoCal super team as my second choice to win it all.
While it's nice to get the opportunity to get to play a superteam. It's hard to get excited about a situation that's statistically a 95% chance or above that you're going to lose.
With the Socal teams like Pats that just barely made the playoffs I agree with you. Even if they get seeded against some superteam from another part of the nation I'd give them a chance because of who they play during the season.
But other "just barelys" don't stand a chance. For them it's just going to be an expensive weekend that ends in the first round.