New ECNL 2 League?

[Karlton Athletic]

Heard a rumor from my kid’s coach that ECNL are going to respond to MLSNext 2 with a new ECNL 2 league, with ECRL then dropping down to 3rd division status.

Not seeing it mentioned anywhere, but it wouldn’t surprise me.

 

[Christian10711]

I think ecrl will still be 2nd tier but this new league will be made up of NPL teams from SoCal.

 

[zanian]

Instead of things getting better, things are getting much worse. This is not sustainable for so many leagues to consider themselves "elite" with all the travel and money needed. This is actively stupid.

 

[Karlton Athletic]

I think ecrl will still be 2nd tier but this new league will be made up of NPL teams from SoCal.

We're one of those clubs with two RL teams, and our coach was definitely under the impression that the "top" RL team would move to ECNL 2, with the other one remaining in RL.

 

[Christian10711]

We're one of those clubs with two RL teams, and our coach was definitely under the impression that the "top" RL team would move to ECNL 2, with the other one remaining in RL.

I was thinking for your situation that possibly that both teams stay in ecrl and they make a new third tier league where npl kids will play and will possibly be able to be promoted