SoccerGuru
SILVER ELITE
would pro/reg be done per club or age group?
Say bye-bye-bye to Girls and Boys DA
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Desert Hound
DA
The ECNL Phx showcases always have very nice fields.
A club can't refuse ECNL status just to help GA.
I do hope they still scrimmage the local GA teams and help advocate within ECNL for more expansion to reduce travel.
If they do it right, per age group.
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
outside!
DA
Based on prior history, that is not going to happen.
And ECNL also thought it was a good idea to only have one girls club (LA Breakers) in Los Angeles county to service a population of 10 million.
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?
Yousername
SILVER
EVERY. SINGLE. TIME!!!
Desert Hound
DA
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.
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."
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?
12th_man_fan
BRONZE
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.
girlsrule7
BRONZE
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.
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.
shales1002
GOLD
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.
shales1002
GOLD
You do realize that’s exactly what’s happening ?
Arizona and Nevada travel A LOT. They are in buses and plane rides ALL the time. Seriously to complain about ONE weekend out of EIGHT is asinine.
Desert Hound
DA
Well as you say there are clubs nearby right? So play them and don't put your kid in ECNL. Problem solved.
If travel is an issue join a league that doesn't require it.
youthsportsugh
SILVER ELITE
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That was also the problem with DA in NorCAL -- too much plane travel and that would be the same in whatever new league the former DA teams are putting together. A plane trip to Salt Lake for 1 game/Portland 1 game/ AZ 2 games/SD 2 games/ Seattle for 2 games and that doesn't include the 3 showcases a year. ECNL much better from a travel perspective here in NorCaAL