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Judging from the FC Delco club info on the ECNL website, they don’t have enough kids on most of the team rosters for each ECNL and ECNLRL. Season starts this week.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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This is startling. Delco was a good club for girls at one point. More of a boys club now.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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They will have to pull kids from ecnl-r to fill teams?Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Fc bucks is doing the same thing - pulling ecnl-r players to fill out thin ecnl rosters. Maybe not to the same extent Delco will need to do, but if the trend at bucks continues, they are probably 1-2 years behind Delco. The big question is since ecnl probably waited to long to boot Delco and they are now at risk of forfeiting games, will ecnl get spooked and pull the trigger on bucks sooner because they won’t want to repeat their Delco mistake.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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You can't cancel ECNLRL games. The roster numbers are very low for the ECNLRL teams, so it is difficult to move players around. All the teams have low roster numbers outside of the 01/02 teams, which have enough to move players between the teams, however you can't move older players down to help. The low roster numbers are consistent with all the teams. Players get hurt, especially coming off the high school season. If your roster only has 12 to 17 players heading into the season, you are big trouble. Maybe they figure out a way to get the games played, but this is stress isn't good for the teams and players. The ECNL expects you play the games on your schedule, and if can't, you must leave the league.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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The FC Bucks situation is different. The problem at FC Bucks is a matter of poor leaders that don't understand how to run a large club. There is a solid player pool at FC Bucks, just poor performance from the DOC and coaching staff. Improve the coaching and leadership, and FC Bucks will bounce back. If players and parents are happy because the product is good, people won't leave and players will come from other clubs to play ECNL. At this point there is no way ECNL will pull the plug on FC Bucks.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Makes sense. Maybe if all FC Bucks U-12 to U14 players on ECNL and ECNL-R put “not going” in their Team Snap and threatened not to show up to the October 5th games against PDA causing several games to be forfeit it would be enough for the club to finally listen to its customers and get real leaders in place.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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What? No one is going to do that. Parents look forward to playing PDA teams.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
Bucks is fine and has a long history with ecnl. They are ok. But delco has some real worries.Comment
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PDA has the most influence with ECNL so it would be most impactful to do it then, but feel free to suggest other dates. Any coordinated effort by parents across multiple teams in multiple age groups would send a powerful message that change must happen. I also suspect that the club wouldn’t let it get to the point where all the teams forfeitOriginally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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In my experience, I would say yes it is worth it. My kid is playing at a school that would have never seen her without ECNL. The amount she is getting is well beyond the few years of travel we did for soccer. Plus we have traveled all over the US and met some very nice friends along the way.Comment
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Or people just stop paying until changes are made. Money talks and as long as DOC's keep getting paid, nothing will change.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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So word on the street is FC Bucks and FC Delco will be supporting a joint venture, and merging the their ECNL programs. The new club will be called FC Mediocre.Comment
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