Say bye-bye-bye to Girls and Boys DA

The assumption here is that every club wants to be in ECNL. For the Girls Academy (GAL) clubs, I don't believe this is the case. They want GAL to be successful and an equal if not the superior league to ECNL, and the top teams at those clubs will be GAL teams.
 
keeprunning said:
The assumption here is that every club wants to be in ECNL. For the Girls Academy (GAL) clubs, I don't believe this is the case. They want GAL to be successful and an equal if not the superior league to ECNL, and the top teams at those clubs will be GAL teams.
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That’s not the case for Beach (at least the 07’s), the former DA team will play ECRL and the former DPL team will play GAL.
 
keeprunning said:
The assumption here is that every club wants to be in ECNL. For the Girls Academy (GAL) clubs, I don't believe this is the case. They want GAL to be successful and an equal if not the superior league to ECNL, and the top teams at those clubs will be GAL teams.
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I like that. Equal sounds better in today's world but by all means go with Superior. I was told and sold and told some more how superior that GDA league was going to be over ECNL and look at them now. I saw one year of it and didn;t see competition the way ECNL does competition and we got out. Some stayed GDA and lost ECNL membership. Choices we make........Others were waiting for a chance and they grabbed the bull by the horns and jumped on.
 
timmyh said:
Winning ECRL means making the ECNL playoffs. Then making some noise in the ECNL playoffs in several age groups would make for a strong argument for full inclusion in 2021-22.
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ECNL currently has 4 divisions during the postseason.
1) Champions League
2) North American Cup
3) Showcase Cup
4) Open Cup
The top 32 teams during the regular season qualify for the Champions League, where the ECNL National Champion is crowned, and those are the only real playoffs, while the Cup divisions are showcases. The next highest of group of teams from the regular season qualify for North American Cup and so on.
The ECRL teams quality for the Open Cup, which has the lowest seeded teams from the ECNL regular season.
Unless ECNL makes changes to this, ECRL teams making the postseason next year will only be playing ECNL’s lowest ranked teams in a postseason showcase.
 
wc_baller said:
ECNL currently has 4 divisions during the postseason.
1) Champions League
2) North American Cup
3) Showcase Cup
4) Open Cup
The top 32 teams during the regular season qualify for the Champions League, where the ECNL National Champion is crowned, and those are the only real playoffs, while the Cup divisions are showcases. The next highest of group of teams from the regular season qualify for North American Cup and so on.
The ECRL teams quality for the Open Cup, which has the lowest seeded teams from the ECNL regular season.
Unless ECNL makes changes to this, ECRL teams making the postseason next year will only be playing ECNL’s lowest ranked teams.
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Oh my. Game changer. These teams will have to go GA League and then send their B teams to ECNR. Baller, I already told my dd if her team doesn;t make Champions League Playoffs, we stay home. We dont do "NIT" in our house :)
 
“We’re certainly not in a position where we’re gonna be adding dozens more clubs,” ECNL president Christian Lavers said on Friday. “We may add a few more clubs across the country, and that decision will be made here in the coming weeks. Texas is one of the areas where we’re trying to figure out what is the right number of clubs, what is the right density of clubs and cities.”

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wc_baller said:
ECNL currently has 4 divisions during the postseason.
1) Champions League
2) North American Cup
3) Showcase Cup
4) Open Cup
The top 32 teams during the regular season qualify for the Champions League, where the ECNL National Champion is crowned, and those are the only real playoffs, while the Cup divisions are showcases. The next highest of group of teams from the regular season qualify for North American Cup and so on.
The ECRL teams quality for the Open Cup, which has the lowest seeded teams from the ECNL regular season.
Unless ECNL makes changes to this, ECRL teams making the postseason next year will only be playing ECNL’s lowest ranked teams in a postseason showcase.
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How were these clubs/teams ranked? Most loyal to ECNL to least loyal?
 
Ellejustus said:
Oh my. Game changer. These teams will have to go GA League and then send their B teams to ECNR. Baller, I already told my dd if her team doesn;t make Champions League Playoffs, we stay home. We dont do "NIT" in our house :)
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Haha. There’s a lot of coaches out there. Might be worth the trip to get some college looks.
 
timmyh said:
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Winning ECRL means making the ECNL playoffs. Then making some noise in the ECNL playoffs in several age groups would make for a strong argument for full inclusion in 2021-22.
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True, if it is based on performance, not politics.

However, we know it isn’t about performance. Look at all the top teams excluded.
 
dad4 said:
True, if it is based on performance, not politics.

However, we know it isn’t about performance. Look at all the top teams excluded.
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The newly formed GA is looking more formidable by the day. Can they and ECNL come together for a champions tournament? ( I think @Ellejustus might have mentioned that earlier.)

Did ECNL leave too many strong clubs out, opening the door for another competitor?

But how is GA’s business model more sustainable than the DA?
 
timmyh said:
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Winning ECRL means making the ECNL playoffs. Then making some noise in the ECNL playoffs in several age groups would make for a strong argument for full inclusion in 2021-22.
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Keep in mind, at least for what would have been this summers playoffs, regional league winners only gets into the 3rd or even 4th division of ECNL playoffs.
 
ECNL could have easily made sure no other league exists by taking more clubs but that's not their only goal. ECNL like all leagues have their issues but I give them some respect for not taking all these teams and making it impossible to have space for all teams at showcases among other issues. It would have been good for competition and in some areas of the country, travel but we all know one of ECNL's biggest strengths is how well they run their showcase events.

If 2nd teams of the ECRL clubs play in Academy league, it's not nearly as strong anymore. It's still a great thing for those non ecnl teams and players. Could make it easier to keep some players home.
 
Giesbock said:
The newly formed GA is looking more formidable by the day. Can they and ECNL come together for a champions tournament? ( I think @Ellejustus might have mentioned that earlier.)

Did ECNL leave too many strong clubs out, opening the door for another competitor?

But how is GA’s business model more sustainable than the DA?
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Looking more formidable? How exactly?

GAL is going to be weaker vs DA since they have lost clubs to ECNL.

Is the league going to be bad? No not at all.
 
Desert Hound said:
Looking more formidable? How exactly?

GAL is going to be weaker vs DA since they have lost clubs to ECNL.

Is the league going to be bad? No not at all.
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More formidable from a business perspective, not necessarily in quality of play and head to head competition. Pretty sure coaches and players from both organizations will be motivated. Fun to watch.
 
Giesbock said:
The newly formed GA is looking more formidable by the day. Can they and ECNL come together for a champions tournament? ( I think @Ellejustus might have mentioned that earlier.)

Did ECNL leave too many strong clubs out, opening the door for another competitor?

But how is GA’s business model more sustainable than the DA?
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Define the strong clubs left out
 
Giesbock said:
But how is GA’s business model more sustainable than the DA?
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In DA, clubs did not have ref, league or showcase expenses. US Soccer picked up that cost.
In GA, I’m sure the business model will look just like it does in ECNL - families will pay directly for everything.
 
I hope GA does well it is better for everybody and I hope there is cross play. I just look forward to the upcoming seasons.
 
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