Strikers ECNL rumors

hugyourkids said:
Did this question get definitively answered? Does anyone know if the Strikers girls will continue to play ECNL in the 2021-2022 season? Or, when that would be officially decided/announced?
Click to expand...
It was a round about response focusing more on the boys. I was inquiring because it seemed conflictive.
 
My guess is that the rumored or previously announced departures from Boys ECNL have little to nothing to do (at least directly) with performance in league this year or recent years and more to do with the requirements in both MLS Next and Boys ECNL rules and regulations that member clubs must put their top team in their league. Boys ECNL hasn't enforced it for the past few years (which is why so many DA clubs had both), but it appears that they are trying to do so now. Indirectly, this is where performance comes in because second teams have gotten so much worse with the decline of players and the proliferation of other competition circuits and that helps explain the wide gaps in Boys ECNL this year in Socal. Any club with an MLS Next team that has been putting their second teams in Boys ECNL will likely withdraw from Boys ECNL and keep their MLS Next teams, while any club in Boys ECNL that has applied to MLS Next is doing so under the condition that it switches its top teams to MLS Next. The winner from this in Socal would be Elite Academy League, which already have the second teams of a bunch of MLS Next clubs and could get more of them.

If you check the Arizona forums, they are saying the same thing about their dual registered clubs (at least RSL-AZ) and, based on talk in other forums, it appears that at least Atlanta United, which put its developmental players in Boys ECNL just to get extra games, will be withdrawing to focus on MLS Next only.

That doesn't mean lower performing Boys ECNL clubs like LA Breakers couldn't be asked to leave, but I suspect that the league is focused now on clubs that have a structural impediment to success that breaks the member contract, since that's a more objective mechanism.
 
Strikers Irvine joined the EA league for boys.

That's a indication that they moved on from ECNL/RL or have been reminded of the ECNL 1st team requirement after they Joined MLS-NEXT.

Some movement in the ECxx space for the SW but not like last year. +- couple of clubs.
 
lafalafa said:
Strikers Irvine joined the EA league for boys.

That's a indication that they moved on from ECNL/RL or have been reminded of the ECNL 1st team requirement after they Joined MLS-NEXT.

Some movement in the ECxx space for the SW but not like last year. +- couple of clubs.
Click to expand...

Any rumors on the movement who will added? I have heard same rumor about LA Surf being out...was curious what Strikers were going to do.
 
VegasParent said:
Heard there could be a conference realignment coming. SoCal may become its own conference.
Click to expand...

The two brackets per age group was implemented for a couple age groups for the boys in the latter part of the 19-20 season and was initially announced that the 20-21 season would have more of that across the board.

Covid or other things changed that it was not implemented for 20-21 but for 21-22 I would think with 18-20 per age groups some re-alignment or changes are going to be coming.

Could be still called SW division but two different flights like: White, Socal, inter division, or however they split things up or name the groupings.
 
Strikers boys tryouts flyers are out... MLS-NEXT, EA, SoCal flight 1 (SCDSL) listed by no ECNL/RL noted so that's seems like a wrap for the boys in that league, one and done.
 
lafalafa said:
Strikers boys tryouts flyers are out... MLS-NEXT, EA, SoCal flight 1 (SCDSL) listed by no ECNL/RL noted so that's seems like a wrap for the boys in that league, one and done.
Click to expand...

damn dude do you work? You’re all over everyone’s business. Wish I had time like you.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top