Club vs Club & Team vs Team

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What is in practical terms the difference between Club vs Club and Team vs Team formats in leagues?

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Not sure what "format" means. I only follow my kid's team where she plays. I have no idea how most of the teams at her club do, nor care.

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Club vs club only makes sense when parents and coaches have more than one team. Reduces travel.

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Not sure what "format" means. I only follow my kid's team where she plays. I have no idea how most of the teams at her club do, nor care.

stupid "comment"

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What is in practical terms the difference between Club vs Club and Team vs Team formats in leagues?

Club vs club makes sense when you are travelling long distances for games and due to limited coaching staff, you have the same coach handling multiple teams. This way a coach can do one travel and coach 2 or 3 games. Parents still have to travel a lot, but it saves the club coaches time. It also helps when you have a some good teams and some bad. This way they are all in the same "division" since there is only one. Otherwise you would have trouble getting enough kids to sign up for teams that were in "lower" divisions.

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What is in practical terms the difference between Club vs Club and Team vs Team formats in leagues?

Are you referring to EDP? In terms of level, there isn’t much of a difference. Club v Club means that the club (or a region of a big club, e.g., IFA EDS S) has teams across age groups that are consistently good enough to play in that league. Take a look at the different age groups, and you’ll see that the clubs are consistent.

In the Team v Team brackets, the teams differ by age group, and represent ones that are competitive enough to play in the league, but the other age groups aren’t strong enough.

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Club v Club means that the club (or a region of a big club, e.g., IFA EDS S) has teams across age groups that are consistently good enough to play in that league.

I would like to believe that, but it really comes down to paying the fees.

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Not sure what "format" means. I only follow my kid's team where she plays. I have no idea how most of the teams at her club do, nor care.

Why did you bother responding? Dumb.

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What is in practical terms the difference between Club vs Club and Team vs Team formats in leagues?

Let’s use an actual example.

ECNL is team vs team. To make national play-offs each individual team has to qualify on its own merits. Theoretically, one Scorpions team could make national playoffs while none of the other ECNL at Scorpions qualify for the tournament.

GA is club v club. One of the ways to qualify for champions league is for the club’s overall record to be among the best in the conference. For example if NEFC had all but one of their teams finish first in their division, they would accumulate points as a club that placed them near the top of the club v club standings. In this case the one team that came in out of first would still be able to compete at champions league, buoyed by the points of the other aged teams.

GA is actually a mix of the two formats as a league winner whose club did not qualify for champions league could still attend. But only the one team and only if they are first in the division.

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Let’s use an actual example.

ECNL is team vs team. To make national play-offs each individual team has to qualify on its own merits. Theoretically, one Scorpions team could make national playoffs while none of the other ECNL at Scorpions qualify for the tournament.

GA is club v club. One of the ways to qualify for champions league is for the club’s overall record to be among the best in the conference. For example if NEFC had all but one of their teams finish first in their division, they would accumulate points as a club that placed them near the top of the club v club standings. In this case the one team that came in out of first would still be able to compete at champions league, buoyed by the points of the other aged teams.

GA is actually a mix of the two formats as a league winner whose club did not qualify for champions league could still attend. But only the one team and only if they are first in the division.

This is extremely incorrect, please don't comment on things you clearly know nothing about.
Club vs Club - a club must put a team in the league at each group (usually U13-U18/19). Clubs will then play eachother, with each team playing in the same place on the same day (I.e. ECNL, GA, DPL, ECRL etc).

Team vs Team - a club may chose to put teams into a certain devision or not. Schedules are generated on a team by team basis, regardless of the club. (I.e. NECSL, EDP)

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Its why some clubs have “pathways” and others never will. Its to allow bigger clubs to accumulate the regional talent eventually without being accountable to development of actual players.

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Let’s use an actual example.

ECNL is team vs team. To make national play-offs each individual team has to qualify on its own merits. Theoretically, one Scorpions team could make national playoffs while none of the other ECNL at Scorpions qualify for the tournament.

GA is club v club. One of the ways to qualify for champions league is for the club’s overall record to be among the best in the conference. For example if NEFC had all but one of their teams finish first in their division, they would accumulate points as a club that placed them near the top of the club v club standings. In this case the one team that came in out of first would still be able to compete at champions league, buoyed by the points of the other aged teams.

GA is actually a mix of the two formats as a league winner whose club did not qualify for champions league could still attend. But only the one team and only if they are first in the division.

Incorrect, but you know that now

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I would like to believe that, but it really comes down to paying the fees.

Agree and probably both. Small clubs like Mass City will never get a spot on Club v Club because they’re not good enough to field teams for each age group