How does qualifying for NWCL happen now?

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Yes you do. RCL teams threatened to bail if Greg Ion didn't set it up where the Top four OYSA teams got in. They were tired of killing OPL teams.
This fall the top four get in next year.

The cool thing is OYSA and RCL and Vancouver Whitecaps are in talks right now working on a structure where all three play in a true youth Cascadia Cup League. It is gaining traction and I really hope it works out

Cool, OPL sent some of the ECNL teams there, we will get to see some head to head competition after all.

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Cool, OPL sent some of the ECNL teams there, we will get to see some head to head competition after all.

The OPL and ECNL are two different entities.

The OPL doesn't send ECNL teams the ECNL sends ECNL teams. If the OPL had a true relationship with ECNL then you wouldn't see it withering away like it is.

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The OPL and ECNL are two different entities.

The OPL doesn't send ECNL teams the ECNL sends ECNL teams. If the OPL had a true relationship with ECNL then you wouldn't see it withering away like it is.

Thorns going to do NWCL? Or are they going to stick to playing in the regular league and hitting Vegas in the sliver division?

[Unregistered]

Yes you do. RCL teams threatened to bail if Greg Ion didn't set it up where the Top four OYSA teams got in. They were tired of killing OPL teams.
This fall the top four get in next year.

The cool thing is OYSA and RCL and Vancouver Whitecaps are in talks right now working on a structure where all three play in a true youth Cascadia Cup League. It is gaining traction and I really hope it works out

So next year teams will have to qualify but this year they are letting in bottom feeders. Too bad they didn't make teams qualify for this year also.

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So next year teams will have to qualify but this year they are letting in bottom feeders. Too bad they didn't make teams qualify for this year also.

Hopefully they will have to qualify. It doesn't take much of a stretch of your imagination to picture Tom and his OPC cronies getting lonely without a fall league and the money it has always brought them. I could picture them trying to fill that void by lowering the bar to NWCL and raising the price. They have to keep the jingle in their pockets somehow.

[Slow Xavi]

Yes you do. RCL teams threatened to bail if Greg Ion didn't set it up where the Top four OYSA teams got in. They were tired of killing OPL teams.
This fall the top four get in next year.

The cool thing is OYSA and RCL and Vancouver Whitecaps are in talks right now working on a structure where all three play in a true youth Cascadia Cup League. It is gaining traction and I really hope it works out

On the men's amateur side they have had an equivalent for decades in the Kennedy Cup. No reason couldn't be done on the youth side.

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So next year teams will have to qualify but this year they are letting in bottom feeders. Too bad they didn't make teams qualify for this year also.

OPL is dead.
You can't qualify from something that is dead.

I'm sure that the NPL is happy that the OPL is going away. It will make the NPL stronger as the OPL won't be sending teams that get their *****e$ kicked

[Unregistered]

Yes you do. RCL teams threatened to bail if Greg Ion didn't set it up where the Top four OYSA teams got in. They were tired of killing OPL teams.
This fall the top four get in next year.

The cool thing is OYSA and RCL and Vancouver Whitecaps are in talks right now working on a structure where all three play in a true youth Cascadia Cup League. It is gaining traction and I really hope it works out

Those Cascadia talks died a long time ago.

[Unregistered]

The OPL and ECNL are two different entities.

The OPL doesn't send ECNL teams the ECNL sends ECNL teams. If the OPL had a true relationship with ECNL then you wouldn't see it withering away like it is.

You, sir, are a clown. The Oregon ECNL clubs send their teams. The ECNL has nothing to do with it. And the OPL still exists. They plan to run a spring NPL league next year.

NWCL doesn't invite based on league results anymore. There are certain clubs that are part of NWCL and their top teams get invited. it's that simple.

[Unregistered]

Those Cascadia talks died a long time ago.

They had a meeting at Providence Park last Thursday. That is far from dead

[Unregistered]

OPL is dead.
You can't qualify from something that is dead.

I'm sure that the NPL is happy that the OPL is going away. It will make the NPL stronger as the OPL won't be sending teams that get their *****e$ kicked

OPL plans to run an NPL league next spring. Far from dead.

[Unregistered]

You, sir, are a clown. The Oregon ECNL clubs send their teams. The ECNL has nothing to do with it. And the OPL still exists. They plan to run a spring NPL league next year.

NWCL doesn't invite based on league results anymore. There are certain clubs that are part of NWCL and their top teams get invited. it's that simple.

Lol
Actually the original poster is correct in saying that the OPL and ECNL are two different entities. You don't need OPL to play ECNL.

ECNL teams come from the ECNL league. OPL teams U11-U14 come from OYSA while the OPL tries their best for one final year to hang onto the olders. The OPL is keeping the olders around one more year because the NPL is keeping them around one more year. After this year there will be no track to the NPL accept through PSPL.

[Unregistered]

You, sir, are a clown. The Oregon ECNL clubs send their teams. The ECNL has nothing to do with it. And the OPL still exists. They plan to run a spring NPL league next year.

NWCL doesn't invite based on league results anymore. There are certain clubs that are part of NWCL and their top teams get invited. it's that simple.

So basically OPC is going back to their roots, and they want to run a closed league that they will then try to call premiere. They will strike deals to allow "automatic" qualification so no one ever sees the teams play, and then they will try to sell snake oil. Good to see the OPC bunch getting back to their origins.

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You, sir, are a clown. The Oregon ECNL clubs send their teams. The ECNL has nothing to do with it. And the OPL still exists. They plan to run a spring NPL league next year.

NWCL doesn't invite based on league results anymore. There are certain clubs that are part of NWCL and their top teams get invited. it's that simple.

If the top teams from these favored clubs are bottom level teams and top teams from other clubs aren't invited, then it's a joke and certainly not a special league for champions. I like the previous posters idea that it should be called the Chumps & Champs league.' They took a decent league for the top Oregon teams and are turning it into another watered down mess.

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If the top teams from these favored clubs are bottom level teams and top teams from other clubs aren't invited, then it's a joke and certainly not a special league for champions. I like the previous posters idea that it should be called the Chumps & Champs league.' They took a decent league for the top Oregon teams and are turning it into another watered down mess.

My dd's ECNL (u14) played in NWCL last year and the competition was quite good. They only made it to the Semi-s. It's just another option, rather then continuing to play the local teams only. Then get hammered in FWRL and play in the silver division in Vegas.

Call it what you want but I would rather drive to Seattle for a couple of matches against ECNL teams then drive to bend or medford. Same money spent, it's just one went down a rat hole in central or southern Oregon.