ECNL and GA club changes - official announcements

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Then schools will drop all sports except big football and basketball. Be careful what you wish for

not the op

Does Title 9 end when Colleges are forced to pay the players?

The answer is no.

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Does Title 9 end when Colleges are forced to pay the players?

The answer is no.

So they keep a few women's teams. It still doesn't mean women will make much, if anything, off NIL

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who the heck is IFA?

Which branch of IFA is going to DPL?

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GA
1. Was Promoted by US Soccer
2. Added Liverpool FC International Academy (CA)
3. Added SYC
4. Added Revolution
5. Added Seattle Celtic
6. Added Westside Metros FC
7. Added Oregon Premier
8. Added South Valley Surf
9. Added KC Scott Gallagher
10. Added Coppermine SC
11. Added Cap City SC
12. Added Columbus United SC
13. Added Bayside FC
14. Added Rhode Island Surf SC
15. Gave City SC a 2nd GA team
16. Gave Cincinnati United a 2nd GA team
17. Gave NEFC a 2nd GA team
18. Added Colorado United
19. Added Sporting United FC
20. Added Downtown United SC
21. Added Blues FC
22. Added North Shore United
23. Added Modesto Ajax United

DPL
1. Added FC Sarasota
2. Added Georgia Impact
3. Added Inter Connecticut FC
4. Added San Antonio FC
5. Added Idaho Inferno
6. Added Augusta Arsenal
7. Added Wasatch SC
8. Added Dallas Hornets SC
9. Added 956 United
10. Added North Coast FC
11. Added NEFC South
14. Added Western Washington Surf
15. Added San Antonio Athenian SC
16. Added Global Football Innovation
17. Added Bridge City Soccer Academy
18. Added Houston Rangers
19. Added GFI Academy
20. Added Bridge City Soccer Academy
21. Added Lake Travis Elite
22. Added IFA New England
23. Added Western United Pioneers
24. Added Chicago Rush SC
25. Added Sporting Wichita

DPL Open
1. Added Lanier Soccer Academy
2. Added Sporting Law Valley
3. Added Fox Soccer Academy
4. Added Carolina Velocity FC
5. Added Albion FC Denver
6. Added Albion Atlanta
7. Added Meteo Alliance FC
8. Added DME Academy
9. Added Hartford FC United
10. Added RSL-AZ South
11. Added RSL-AZ North
12. Added James Island Youth SC
13. Added Colorado Rapids
14. Added RSL-El Paso
15. Added City SC San Marcos
16. Added Virginia Rush
17. Added Alpharetta Ambush
18. Added RSL-AZ Southern

ECNL
1. Added Colorado Rush
2. Added Nationals
3. Added Ukies
4. Added South Shore Select

ECRL
1. Added Lonestar
2. Added Cape Coral SA
3. Added South Florida Football Academy
4. Added Sunrise Surf Soccer Club
5. Added Team Boca
6. Added West Florida Flames
7. Added Arkansas Comets
8. Added Blitz Academy
9. Added Northeast Oklahoma FC
10 Added Oklahoma Cosmos
11. Added Sporting Springfield
12. Added Sting Nebraska
13. Added Germantown Legends
14. Added Lobos Rush
15. Added Mississippi Rush
16. Added Tennessee United
17. Added Tupelo FC
18. Added Utah Surf
19. Added New England Surf
20. Added PSA North
21. Added Hex Keystone FC
22. Added Match Fit Mercer
23. Added Reading Rage
24. Added YMS
25. Added DC Soccer Club
26. Added Mt. Vernon Sport Club

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As has been said a million times, quantity doesn't equal quality.

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As has been said a million times, quantity doesn't equal quality.

It's also been said that more teams doesn't change who the top clubs are.

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It's also been said that more teams doesn't change who the top clubs are.

But how does playing against sub-par teams help the players at top clubs? Every league has weak teams, but when the weak teams/clubs start overwhelmingly outnumbering the quality teams/clubs, it’s a problem.

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But how does playing against sub-par teams help the players at top clubs? Every league has weak teams, but when the weak teams/clubs start overwhelmingly outnumbering the quality teams/clubs, it’s a problem.

Soccer as a sport is gaining popularity in America. Leagues are expanding in response to more and more kids playing.

What you consider a lower quality club today might build up over time to a powerhouse.

Also all we're seeing right now is expansion. Leagues could easily go the other direction and start booting non performers.

The whole dilution of talent is BS made up by parents to make themselves feel special.

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Soccer as a sport is gaining popularity in America. Leagues are expanding in response to more and more kids playing.

What you consider a lower quality club today might build up over time to a powerhouse.

Also all we're seeing right now is expansion. Leagues could easily go the other direction and start booting non performers.

The whole dilution of talent is BS made up by parents to make themselves feel special.

Actually the opposite is happening. Fewer kids are playing. The sport has lost nearly 600,000 participants. You're the one making up BS.

New Study Shows Negative Trend In Youth Soccer Player Retention
Dec 19, 2023
https://www.soccerwire.com/soccer-bl...yer-retention/

"soccer is the one that is hit the hardest. In a study conducted by the Sport and Fitness Industry Association, it was found that between the years of 2008 and 2022 youth soccer has seen a decline in participation between the ages of 6-12 (down to 8% from 10.4%) and 13-17 (7.1% from 7.9%)."

But sure, let's expand the leagues in a completely nonsensical way, and make families spend more time and money for worse leagues.That should reverse the trends.

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And in addition to participation rates falling - the number of teenagers is falling. Double whammy.

America's Teenage Population is Shrinking
Published Mar 09, 2024 at 3:00 AM EST
Updated Mar 11, 2024 at 10:27 AM EDT

America's teenage population is expected to shrink in the coming decade, whilst the number of people aged 70 or over expands by 14.5 million, research suggests. According to figures published on Tuesday by John Burns, a U.S. housing industry research outfit, the number of 15 to 19-year-olds will decrease by 700,000 between 2023 and 2033, as will the number of 10 to 14-year-olds.
https://www.newsweek.com/america-tee...inking-1877210

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But how does playing against sub-par teams help the players at top clubs? Every league has weak teams, but when the weak teams/clubs start overwhelmingly outnumbering the quality teams/clubs, it’s a problem.

A good example is the girls ECNL. The league has great diluted their platform in the last 6 years to make up for all the money they lost with boys ECNL that stands below MLS Academies and MLS Next. Therefore ECNL is now a three tier league with the top teams competing at tournaments and showcases and the other tiers follow based on ratings and ranking in their conferences. This ensures the competition will be even among the clubs/teams in each tier.

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A good example is the girls ECNL. The league has great diluted their platform in the last 6 years to make up for all the money they lost with boys ECNL that stands below MLS Academies and MLS Next. Therefore ECNL is now a three tier league with the top teams competing at tournaments and showcases and the other tiers follow based on ratings and ranking in their conferences. This ensures the competition will be even among the clubs/teams in each tier.

ECNL is not the same league as ECNLR. But you already know that.

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ECNL is not the same league as ECNLR. But you already know that.

ECRL is the fourth tier. ECNL platform is three tiers they are trying to keep the competitive balance between the top clubs as well as those in the middle and then the third which is the bottom teams. RL was originally formed to compete for the EDP/NPL players. They sold this RL as a platform to train with ECNL and maybe get promoted to the ECNL team.

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ECRL is the fourth tier. ECNL platform is three tiers they are trying to keep the competitive balance between the top clubs as well as those in the middle and then the third which is the bottom teams. RL was originally formed to compete for the EDP/NPL players. They sold this RL as a platform to train with ECNL and maybe get promoted to the ECNL team.

Based on your “tiers”, my kid plays in the top tier of ECNL. The “tiers” are for showcases where the league wants teams at similar levels to play one another. Despite your snarky comments, I can tell you that kids from “third tier” ECNL teams/clubs get recruited by strong college soccer programs. When my kid’s “top tier” team plays a “lower tier” team in league play, the college coaches there will notice a kid that does well against that strong competition.

I have never heard about coaches at my kid’s club telling parents that RL kids will train with ECNL teams and get promoted. Parents can do their own research and see how rare that is at the high school ages.

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ECRL is the fourth tier. ECNL platform is three tiers they are trying to keep the competitive balance between the top clubs as well as those in the middle and then the third which is the bottom teams.

By your logic the English Premier League and other top flight leagues are actually four flights, since some teams are in Champions League, Europa League, ECL, and no European football. That means the Championship isn’t a second tier league it’s actually the 5th tier.