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    Several Top Clubs in East Broaden Their EDP Participation

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    East Brunswick, NJ (July 1, 2019) - EDP today announced that several top clubs in the East are broadening their participation with EDP for the upcoming season.

    The clubs – all of which will be expanding their EDP participation and will have their top teams play in the top EDP divisions in 2019-20, including US Youth Soccer National League EDP Conferences – are as follows:

    A3 Soccer (MD)
    Academica FC (CT)
    Barça Academy Pro NY (ENY)
    Baltimore Union (MD)
    Cedar Stars Academy Monmouth (NJ)
    Cedar Stars Academy Hudson Valley (NYE)
    Centercourt FC (NJ)
    CT Rush (CT)
    Delaware FC (DE)
    Inter CT FC (CT) (Formerly Everton America CT)
    Maryland Rush Montgomery (MD)
    NJ Premier FC (NJ)
    NJ Stallions (NJ)
    Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals (PAE)
    Philadelphia Union (PAE)
    Potomac SA (MD)
    Shoreline FC (CT)
    Smithtown Kickers SC (NYE)
    Sporting CT (CT)
    Yardley Makefield Soccer (PAE)

    “We are delighted to have these very fine clubs expand their commitment to the EDP platform,” said EDP CEO Alan Shilling. “Not only have we retained the top talent that exists within our league, many of these members will be increasing their participation in EDP for the coming year. This outstanding retention and increased participation from new clubs gives us an opportunity to further increase the competitive level and provide a great game every week for all teams while reducing the travel distances, in most cases.”
    Shilling commented that these clubs’ expanded participation is indicative of the continuing popularity of EDP programming, noting that overall EDP team registration to date for 2019-20 is up more than 15 percent.

    Commenting on their expanded EDP participation, Barça Academy Pro NY Academy Director Domènec Gausch said, “At Barça Academy Pro NY, we’re very happy to increase our participation in the EDP Leagues. We expect to find in this platform a good environment that will help us to continue developing our players.”

    Baltimore Union SC Director of Coach & Soccer Operations Mike Griffith said, “Each year we encourage more and more of our teams to play EDP because of the high standards the league holds. EDP checks all the boxes for Baltimore Union when we consider leagues to play in, a management team that focuses on the players first, extreme organization and communication, great competition, multiple pathways and platforms for our players to grow along with flexible scheduling! We look forward to many more years growing with EDP!”

    A3 Soccer President and Executive Director Eddie Hegewisch said: "Over the years, our teams have gained an appreciation for the league's ability to put out a quality opponent every single week. EDP has also gained a strong reputation for being a league that's flexible and affords clubs the ability to work with opponents on making sure the fixtures are accommodating for both teams. When our club considered the inevitable field limitations and the flexibility of EDP, there was no other option for us. We're pleased to have all of our teams in EDP and look forward to a great partnership moving forward."

    NJ Premier FC Boys Director of Coaching Bart-Jan Overmaat commented, “NJ Premier FC is very excited as a new club to continue to be part of EDP and we look forward to our teams competing at the highest level.”

    #2
    Anything that helps drive US Club out of business is a good thing.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      Anything that helps drive US Club out of business is a good thing.
      More local clubs to play is also a good thing. The travel has gotten out of hand.

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        #4
        For Long Island clubs still not worth all the travel.

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          #5
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          For Long Island clubs still not worth all the travel.
          EDP has literally turned into an expanded LIJSL

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            #6
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            EDP has literally turned into an expanded LIJSL
            So you’re an ECNL/ DA snob.

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              #7
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              EDP has literally turned into an expanded LIJSL
              Not true, and not even close. It's just offering a better, more expanded product than US Club. The top leagues in EDP, particularly the national league, will have some very good teams/clubs

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                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                Not true, and not even close. It's just offering a better, more expanded product than US Club. The top leagues in EDP, particularly the national league, will have some very good teams/clubs
                It's shaped up to be one of the better options around, assuming you're in the top 2 brackets.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  Not true, and not even close. It's just offering a better, more expanded product than US Club. The top leagues in EDP, particularly the national league, will have some very good teams/clubs
                  Essentially the entire league is the "National League". NL is no longer top tier, it's club v club and multiple levels of "premier". Teams used to have to qualify through Regionals and NL only consisted of about 12 teams across the country per age group. Now the "national league" is about 75 teams per age group on the East Coast alone, it's no longer prestigious or comparable to the top leagues. No doubt there are a smattering of decent teams, but the same could be said for LIJSL-Champion and Premier divisions.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    EDP has literally turned into an expanded LIJSL
                    I consider that a good thing. The USYSA clear model of progression from intramural to LIJSL to EDP regional travel to EDP National Conference play to USYSA National League is linear, clear and does not attempt to poach from itself.

                    The US Club wild west of self-competing national, regional and local leagues with no intramural support is a disaster and bad for soccer.

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      I consider that a good thing. The USYSA clear model of progression from intramural to LIJSL to EDP regional travel to EDP National Conference play to USYSA National League is linear, clear and does not attempt to poach from itself.

                      The US Club wild west of self-competing national, regional and local leagues with no intramural support is a disaster and bad for soccer.
                      I would agree with you on the linear, clear model if it really was one. EDP is taking any team that's mediocre enough and slapping the "National League" title on it. That's my issue with it. There is no real clear distinction for competitive teams to play other competitive teams. Any club that can field 3-4 teams can play in National League Club v Club. And is Club v Club stronger than Premiere I, well maybe in the mid Atlantic, but not the south Atlantic, but in the North Atlantic Premiere II is better than Club v Club, but only when they play on Saturday, lol. The whole thing is a freaking mess.

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                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        I would agree with you on the linear, clear model if it really was one. EDP is taking any team that's mediocre enough and slapping the "National League" title on it. That's my issue with it. There is no real clear distinction for competitive teams to play other competitive teams. Any club that can field 3-4 teams can play in National League Club v Club. And is Club v Club stronger than Premiere I, well maybe in the mid Atlantic, but not the south Atlantic, but in the North Atlantic Premiere II is better than Club v Club, but only when they play on Saturday, lol. The whole thing is a freaking mess.
                        Well, I think the club vs club model is a failure everywhere and in all organizations so I wont disagree with you there. But on the team vs team side of things, USYSA is very straight forward and linear. Meanwhile on the US Club side you have multiple NPL's and ECNL cannibalizing each other.

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                          #13
                          The Club vs Club set up in EDP NL Prem I is a sham, quite a few teams in those brackets should be in the third Div of EDP. But because they are part of clubs that have multiple teams across all age groups they are automatically in. Does not make any competitive sense.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            The Club vs Club set up in EDP NL Prem I is a sham, quite a few teams in those brackets should be in the third Div of EDP. But because they are part of clubs that have multiple teams across all age groups they are automatically in. Does not make any competitive sense.
                            EDP is awful. No consequences to teams who do not want to play games. If you have a 7 game schedule and 2 of them don't feel like playing your team, you are out of luck. If a club qualifies for the NL finals and decides they don't want to go, they don't go. No consequences. Let's see how more messed up they are trying to run a NE league as well

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              The Club vs Club set up in EDP NL Prem I is a sham, quite a few teams in those brackets should be in the third Div of EDP. But because they are part of clubs that have multiple teams across all age groups they are automatically in. Does not make any competitive sense.
                              That's the problem with all club vs club leagues. It is not a unique problem to EDP.

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