Say bye-bye-bye to Girls and Boys DA

MakeAPlay said:
The fall of 2015 Phoenix Showcase was the last ECNL Showcase that my kid played in. She was U18 and they were only required to do one event that year although she did play in the Surf Thanksgiving event that year. Back when she played the fields were all immaculate for showcase events. Now there were a few individually not so good fields during league games (I remeber her playing against DeAnza Force her U14 season on a field at some park in Norcal) but most of the fields used were pretty good. She played for the Strikers for most of her club career and they probably had the worst fields of any of the 12 teams in the Southwest Conference when she played for them. Things must have changed after that with all of the competition for fields by the multitude of alphanumeric leagues.

Stay safe and socially distant. Good luck to you and your player.
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I don't know what that other guy is crying about, but I've been to ECNL showcases before the GDA split until this year, and the fields at all the showcases I've attended have been immaculate. I don't think much has changed since you were there in 2015. I think his complaints are much ado about nothing.
 
Giesbock said:
I thought that’s what ECNL should have done from the outset..but for clubs to agree to form GA and then double back and accept an after the fact offer from ECNL is what I find questionable. Ethics count! All the more so in youth athletics for gods sake!
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Good point
 
Promotion relegation just leads to even more club hopping. The first teams to be relegated will lose their best players and never get back into the top league. It is also too confusing with scheduling if you promote by age group and not the entire club. ECNL schedules are the same for all age groups. When Blues play Slammers, all ECNL teams in those two clubs play each other the same day.
 
Would a team get relegated to regional league and the regional league team of the same club get relegated out or if they finished decent enough would the club have 2 regional league teams in the same age group? Lots to figure out. Or just let the clubs that have regional league only for this year for example Legends go ecnl and ecrl and let the clubs relagate and promote players between the teams
 
GT45 said:
Promotion relegation just leads to even more club hopping. The first teams to be relegated will lose their best players and never get back into the top league. It is also too confusing with scheduling if you promote by age group and not the entire club. ECNL schedules are the same for all age groups. When Blues play Slammers, all ECNL teams in those two clubs play each other the same day.
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Works fine when it is Blues v Slammers. Those two will be fine either way.

It makes less sense when it is Slammers vs Arsenal AZ. Are you sure every Arsenal/Slammers game is worth the plane flight?

Some years, sure. But all of them?
 
SoccerGuru said:
Vegas guy, just ignore him like the rest of us do.....he constantly says he will stop posting and talking, he did it just recently and within 15 minutes he's talking and posting again. He tries to do say anything crazy so he can get someone to respond to him and derail any topic on here and turn it into his personal story and make it about him.
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EVERY. SINGLE. TIME!!!
 
dad4 said:
Works fine when it is Blues v Slammers. Those two will be fine either way.

It makes less sense when it is Slammers vs Arsenal AZ. Are you sure every Arsenal/Slammers game is worth the plane flight?

Some years, sure. But all of them?
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It is one trip a year for Slammers to AZ. Not a burden in the least.

I don't count the Phx showcases because clubs are going there regardless.
 
Desert Hound said:
It is one trip a year for Slammers to AZ. Not a burden in the least.

I don't count the Phx showcases because clubs are going there regardless.
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You only get one game a day at a showcase. Why waste it on a weak team?

Can you imagine making a team the way ECNL makes conferences? "Suzie can't really dribble, but the her 07 and 02 sisters are really good, so let's put Suzie on the top team."
 
Desert Hound said:
It is one trip a year for Slammers to AZ. Not a burden in the least.

I don't count the Phx showcases because clubs are going there regardless.
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If it isn’t a big deal, you get on the plane and go to Slammers. Slammers doesn’t need you. There are 10 teams within driving range that don’t ruin their whole weekend and clean out their wallets. Seriously, you are asking parents to spend $300 or more on a league soccer game for a 13 year old girl when they could play a better team for $5 in gas? And why? Because it’s good for your kid?
 
SoccerGuru said:
Vegas guy, just ignore him like the rest of us do.....he constantly says he will stop posting and talking, he did it just recently and within 15 minutes he's talking and posting again. He tries to do say anything crazy so he can get someone to respond to him and derail any topic on here and turn it into his personal story and make it about him.
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I just hit the "IGNORE" option on the ID link and have never been happier. Actually enjoy the forum again. Rest assured I am not missing anything.
 
Kicker4Life said:
The only potential issue would be that when FCV went DA, ECNL brought in Loudon their neighbor. Hopefully FCV will get back as Surf did since there are a lot of parallels in the situation.
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Hearing the blocking of clubs entering ECNL is also from influential clubs in the same conference that have made it to Champions League for playoffs in the past, but now that some stronger teams have entered their conference their chances of making it to the top divisions is in jeopardy. They need to limit the number of teams they can't beat. Foolish if you ask me, blocking in-conference competition is weak.
 
dad4 said:
You only get one game a day at a showcase. Why waste it on a weak team?

Can you imagine making a team the way ECNL makes conferences? "Suzie can't really dribble, but the her 07 and 02 sisters are really good, so let's put Suzie on the top team."
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At ECNL Showcases, the teams are matched up by their overall performance in their conference. The top teams from different conferences are matched up against each other, and so on. But anyway, the point of the showcase is for the players to be seen by colleges. They are organized, well run, and do exactly what they are intended to do - give the players a chance to play in front of a bunch of college scouts.
 
dad4 said:
You only get one game a day at a showcase. Why waste it on a weak team?

Can you imagine making a team the way ECNL makes conferences? "Suzie can't really dribble, but the her 07 and 02 sisters are really good, so let's put Suzie on the top team."
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With regards to showcases, ECNL teams play like opponents . So weak teams play weak teams. AZ teams compete and win. NV teams compete and win. To insinuate that teams outside of Socal are weak is insulting. Besides AZ teams and NV teams travel for the bulk of their seasons.
 
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