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Seems interesting - below is an excerpt from above:
There will also be a youth tournament for girls’ teams, accompanying the youth tournament for boys’ teams that launched last year. It will include four of the top U.S. Soccer Development Academy teams, as chosen by Relevent with input from the Federation; four regional All-Star teams with players from ECNL and other non-Development Academy clubs; and four foreign teams.
It’s fairly big news that Development Academy and ECNL players will compete against each other. The two organizations are fierce rivals in recruiting and developing players, each with their own rules and loud marketing efforts.
But it apparently wasn’t that hard to get them to play in the same sandbox, especially once U.S. Soccer supported the plan.
“Everybody knows about this rivalry between the two, but they’ve been incredible,” Negron said. “They may have their discrepancies behind the scenes, but I think getting an opportunity to compete in a tournament like this, we haven’t had too many issues."
Seems interesting - below is an excerpt from above:
There will also be a youth tournament for girls’ teams, accompanying the youth tournament for boys’ teams that launched last year. It will include four of the top U.S. Soccer Development Academy teams, as chosen by Relevent with input from the Federation; four regional All-Star teams with players from ECNL and other non-Development Academy clubs; and four foreign teams.
It’s fairly big news that Development Academy and ECNL players will compete against each other. The two organizations are fierce rivals in recruiting and developing players, each with their own rules and loud marketing efforts.
But it apparently wasn’t that hard to get them to play in the same sandbox, especially once U.S. Soccer supported the plan.
“Everybody knows about this rivalry between the two, but they’ve been incredible,” Negron said. “They may have their discrepancies behind the scenes, but I think getting an opportunity to compete in a tournament like this, we haven’t had too many issues."
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