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    #31
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    Any chance CSA or STA gets into ECNL at this point? No chance any of the stronger players on either of those teams goes back to EDP based leagues
    No chance given both are right in PDA and Matchfit backyards. It would be a terrible business decision for them to allow STA and CSA to join ECNL.

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      #32
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      If US Soccer wants to get this right and ensure that ECNL truly becomes the league that attracts the best talent in one place they can't just hand ECNL badges to mediocre clubs...let the very good DA players find their way onto ECNL rosters at PDA, World Class, SUSA, East Meadow, etc....the same in the New England area. South Shore Select shouldn't get an ECNL badge...NEFC should but Scorpions already has one despite being pretty mediocre across the board, so you have to fix that situation. Oakwood won't get one...FSA shouldn't have one. This should be a complete revamping of the landscape and take badges away from some (FSA, Scorpions), deny badges to some (South Shore Select, CSA, STA) and give badges to some or back to some (NEFC, Penn Fusion).
      Disagree on some of this post. Some really bad ECNL clubs in northeast. South shore , CSA Monmouth, STA, Oakwood, NEFC and Penn Fusion are better run organizations then 75% of the ECNL northeast clubs. Some just as good or better then the top run ECNL organizations.

      Should add the best clubs and make teams earn to play in top division.

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        #33
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        No chance given both are right in PDA and Matchfit backyards. It would be a terrible business decision for them to allow STA and CSA to join ECNL.
        Especially for how bad MF is as a club. This would be doomsday it CSA and STA got in.

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          #34
          ECNL should cease to exist as well and all clubs go under one umbrella with promotion and relegation to gain entry into top divisions. The ECNL clubs created their league and had success but it’s no good for anyone to have them running the league based on business decisions with geo based market share as the number one goal. That is a bigger money grab than ussf ever did.

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            #35
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            Especially for how bad MF is as a club. This would be doomsday it CSA and STA got in.
            No way PDA let another NJ club in. O’Neill and Dewhurst are the two regional reps for the North East. There shouldn’t be another NJ club. You will see the kids on the DA rosters from STA (was happening anyway), CSA and NYSC go to the ECNL. Christmas just came early for the ECNL clubs.

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              #36
              [QUOTE=Unregistered;2688137]No way PDA let another NJ club in. O’Neill and Dewhurst are the two regional reps for the North East. There shouldn’t be another NJ club. You will see the kids on the DA rosters from STA (was happening anyway), CSA and NYSC go to the ECNL. Christmas just came early for the ECNL clubs.[/QUOTe

              In the past NYSC entry into ECNL has been blocked by WCFC and I can't imagine that is changing anytime soon.

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                #37
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                ECNL should cease to exist as well and all clubs go under one umbrella with promotion and relegation to gain entry into top divisions. The ECNL clubs created their league and had success but it’s no good for anyone to have them running the league based on business decisions with geo based market share as the number one goal. That is a bigger money grab than ussf ever did.
                Disagree ECNL was the designated league for the best players for years. I have an older daughter who played with and against the Ashley Hammonds and Mal Pugh’s who graduated HS in 2015. The better players were all in one league, and the competition was strong. MF was actually was a good club just a few years ago. GDA was US Soccer’s attempt to prove that they weren’t biased towards the boys and they failed miserably. It is a same because clubs like Penn Fusion and NEFC, two good clubs, may have hurt themselves by choosing GDA over ECNL

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                  #38
                  Where I disagree is the blanket statement that ecnl was designated for the best players because it ignores (as does DA) the caveat that it’s for people who love close enough and more importantly can afford the fees. The costs of playing in these leagues is so far out of whack and coming out of this covid situation I can’t imagine there’s going to be thousands of families not thinking about the cost/benefit of playing there.

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    Where I disagree is the blanket statement that ecnl was designated for the best players because it ignores (as does DA) the caveat that it’s for people who love close enough and more importantly can afford the fees. The costs of playing in these leagues is so far out of whack and coming out of this covid situation I can’t imagine there’s going to be thousands of families not thinking about the cost/benefit of playing there.
                    Absolutely but the market for well off suburban female youth soccer talent will still exist, even if constrained, and there will be businesses competing for those dollars.

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                      #40
                      Some folks still played golf and tennis at the club even in the depression.

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                        #41
                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        No way PDA let another NJ club in. O’Neill and Dewhurst are the two regional reps for the North East. There shouldn’t be another NJ club. You will see the kids on the DA rosters from STA (was happening anyway), CSA and NYSC go to the ECNL. Christmas just came early for the ECNL clubs.
                        Not many going to MF that’s for sure. Plenty of talent in the area for a better run club to be in the ECNL. No one wants to go to a bad club because of an ECNL badge.

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                          #42
                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          Some folks still played golf and tennis at the club even in the depression.
                          Ok. But many less then before the crash. Some soccer businesses and many other businesses will not survive this. You can't run a biz off of your former customers' empty bank accounts and crushed investment accounts.

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                            #43
                            Matchfit saying “I told you so” in 5,4,3,2,1.....

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                              #44
                              SC loving this.

                              “Everyone come to the “Real DA”. In 5.4.3.2.1......

                              This will be like rats jumping off a burning ship. Good luck to all DA parents BEGGING for a roster spot. “But my Sophia was DA!, you must take her!!!”!!!!

                              Making popcorn right now. This is better than binge watching shows during this time.

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                                #45
                                Girls DA is and always was a joke. If you got suckered into that then you didn’t do your homework. STA will get ECNL status on girls side. Already has boys. CSA will probably get in both boys and girls for Monmouth location only.

                                I wouldn’t be surprised if PDA/MF/STA block CSA, but don’t see it happening. I’ve also heard the rumors about lots of girls leaving STA. Enough players around for them to build it back up though.

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