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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostTeams will already be a mess after Covid-19 settles down. The recruiting timeline for high school players will be further compressed. It would actually make sense to go to grade based teams again.
compressed calendar needs players grouped by recruiting year.
will they do it?
Is there anything that US Soccer provides (e.g. insurance) that makes this hard?
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The approach so far has been to snag a few clubs per region then announce on a rolling basis. There's still a few regions that never announced but may have already been in the pre Covid pipeline. Games, tryouts etc are all on hold for everyone and frankly families are more worried about other things right now. Given the economic fallout there's no doubt there will be club and league consolidation. So do the remaining GDA clubs decide to go with a more stable league (ECNL, they've survived GDA and will survive Covid too) or one that was already a wee bit wobbly?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe approach so far has been to snag a few clubs per region then announce on a rolling basis. There's still a few regions that never announced but may have already been in the pre Covid pipeline. Games, tryouts etc are all on hold for everyone and frankly families are more worried about other things right now. Given the economic fallout there's no doubt there will be club and league consolidation. So do the remaining GDA clubs decide to go with a more stable league (ECNL, they've survived GDA and will survive Covid too) or one that was already a wee bit wobbly?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostA good number of these clubs won't exist in the fall so all this talk is moot.
No vaccine for 12-18 months. Treatments aren't 100% effective. We won't know how close we actually are to herd immunity until testing has ramped up significantly, thus too many unknowns to even guess when soccer starts up again.
My guess, nothing this spring or summer. How many clubs will be around in the fall? How many families will still want to pay thousands to have their seasons cut short or cancelled and no refunds? This disruption will change the soccer landscape dramatically.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostECNL is a national league. What is going on in New England is not high on their to do list.
2. Fill in holes in the club map
If you look at the ECNL club map there are holes in some areas (for example the Heartland) so i'd expect to see some of those areas shored up for better travel.
3. Even out some of the 9, 11, 15 team divisions to make them even numbered for better scheduling.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThis. Talk is there may be nothing until Fall, and if the virus flares up again, there may be nothing until next year.
No vaccine for 12-18 months. Treatments aren't 100% effective. We won't know how close we actually are to herd immunity until testing has ramped up significantly, thus too many unknowns to even guess when soccer starts up again.
My guess, nothing this spring or summer. How many clubs will be around in the fall? How many families will still want to pay thousands to have their seasons cut short or cancelled and no refunds? This disruption will change the soccer landscape dramatically.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Post1. Secure the big fish (Top Hat, FC Dallas, Solar)
2. Fill in holes in the club map
If you look at the ECNL club map there are holes in some areas (for example the Heartland) so i'd expect to see some of those areas shored up for better travel.
3. Even out some of the 9, 11, 15 team divisions to make them even numbered for better scheduling.
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