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    Speaking of acronyms... EDP

    So reading here, I've finally gotten my head around GDA, ECNL, and NPL. Where does EDP fit into it all?

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    EDP = Easten Developmental Program.

    A large multi tiered league that is headquartered in NJ. It has boys and girls teams from MD to CT. The top division are NPL leagues. It's a qualifying league for ENPL, meaning that the winners of the NPL age groups are eligible for the national series.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      So reading here, I've finally gotten my head around GDA, ECNL, and NPL. Where does EDP fit into it all?
      GDA, ECNL and NPL have member clubs that are expected to field teams in every age group.

      EDP is more akin to the Region 1 and NYPL in that they will accept individual teams from clubs so that smaller clubs can participate (and larger clubs aren't forced to find filler teams in age groups they are weak in).

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        #4
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        GDA, ECNL and NPL have member clubs that are expected to field teams in every age group.

        EDP is more akin to the Region 1 and NYPL in that they will accept individual teams from clubs so that smaller clubs can participate (and larger clubs aren't forced to find filler teams in age groups they are weak in).
        Is EDP as much a for profit organization as NYCSL is ?

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          #5
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          Is EDP as much a for profit organization as NYCSL is ?
          EDP is a non-profit organization.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            EDP is a non-profit organization.
            I don't believe EDP is non profit. It's not listed in Guidestar.

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              #7
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              I don't believe EDP is non profit. It's not listed in Guidestar.
              It's a non-profit. From their website.

              "MSSL is a 501 c3 not-for profit organisation and our mission is to provide paramount player development opportunities to advance soccer in the USA."

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                #8
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                It's a non-profit. From their website.

                "MSSL is a 501 c3 not-for profit organisation and our mission is to provide paramount player development opportunities to advance soccer in the USA."
                https://www.guidestar.org/profile/20-2479393

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  It's a non-profit. From their website.

                  "MSSL is a 501 c3 not-for profit organisation and our mission is to provide paramount player development opportunities to advance soccer in the USA."
                  I confirmed MSSL is a non profit. I am guessing EDP is a separate corporation.

                  Regardless there is some interdependence. According to its 990, It's largest revenue comes from EDP league. Second largest is a licensing agreement (probably from EDP?). Third largest is from from MAPS

                  However, non profit doesn't mean they don't pay handsomely. MSSL Salaries listed at nearly $600,000. Due to its size EDP had to be doing better than NYCSL

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                    #10
                    EDP is much, much larger than NYPL and has significantly stronger teams playing in it. That being said NYPL is not a bad way to get your feet wet with regional play.

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      EDP is much, much larger than NYPL and has significantly stronger teams playing in it. That being said NYPL is not a bad way to get your feet wet with regional play.
                      Edp top brackets have great competition; 2nd brackets are still quite good. After that it starts to drop off pretty quickly

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                        #12
                        The 'getting your feet' wet is a good point. I know our team of boys consistently did very well in D1 of Westchester and playing the same teams season after season got pretty boring for everyone involved. When you play 6 teams and know you'll beat 4 handily and play the other 2 to a standstill there's not much to shoot for. We switched to nypl D1 and found much harder competition and this kept the boys on edge ... they knew they had to be on edge most games.

                        we picked nypl over edp because other westchester teams (not clubs) had gone there and it seemed like edp would have required travel over longer distances, plus it seemed like the teams there were much stronger and balanced and that our guys would be overmatched (why lose 1:5 every week). In nypl dq we were able to have a winning record while trying to play the 'right way' ... i.e. passing and working the ball out from the back and not just focusing on tactics to win a game ... In EDP d1 or d2 we would have been trying to do whatever it took to just survive a game which is not great for development.

                        Have done the nypl thing for 3 years now and it also has run its course and as the kids are now high school age there isn't such a big push to push or learn the boundaries of what they're capable of. Original science research projects are a better way to spend their time ... rather than driving out to East Hampton to play a game ...

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          Edp top brackets have great competition; 2nd brackets are still quite good. After that it starts to drop off pretty quickly
                          Sure, but in NYPL they only have 2 or 3 age brackets in most age groups and the teams in the 2nd and 3rd age groups are largely there based on their ability to write a check. The very top of NYPL has some strong teams but the talent falls off quickly within that top bracket, forget about seeing top talent several brackets deep.

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                            Is NYPL the same as NYCSL? Or perhaps their NPL tier? Couldn't find NYPL googling it - unless you're talking about playing soccer in the New York Public Library....

                            What about WYCL's Premier League? It looks like a small version of NYCSL and a micro version of an EDP with far fewer teams and less competition. Surf Westchester plays in WYCL which doesn't seem to say much about it's program. WYCL only has one girls bracket (U14).

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              Is NYPL the same as NYCSL? Or perhaps their NPL tier? Couldn't find NYPL googling it - unless you're talking about playing soccer in the New York Public Library....

                              What about WYCL's Premier League? It looks like a small version of NYCSL and a micro version of an EDP with far fewer teams and less competition. Surf Westchester plays in WYCL which doesn't seem to say much about it's program. WYCL only has one girls bracket (U14).
                              NYCSL has three levels.

                              NPL - Regional club based league where the clubs are obligated to have a team in every age group. There is only one team in each age group per club except for at U12 which has two. Note that a new NPL like league called Metro was recently added as sort of a tryout league for those clubs seeking NPL membership.

                              NYPL - Regional team based league where there are multiple divisions in each age group with promotion/relegation and clubs are free to enter as many or as few teams that they choose. This is similar to the Region 1 "Eastern Regional League" (which used to be Champions League, which only a few years before that was a combination of Region 1, NERP, Colonial but I digress).

                              Travel - Sometimes just called NYCSL though NYCSL is really the name in which NPL, Metro, NYPL and Travel all play under. This is your normal run of the mill traditional travel league.

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