ECNL and GA club changes - official announcements

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South Valley Surf was iced out of both ECNL and GA but just ignored the nonsense and kicked butt in NPL and E64. Their rankings are very high for teams that never get a chance to play against teams from the big leagues.

This is a very good add for GA.

How much is GA paying you to be pumping GA on every soccer board out there?

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South Valley Surf was iced out of both ECNL and GA but just ignored the nonsense and kicked butt in NPL and E64. Their rankings are very high for teams that never get a chance to play against teams from the big leagues.

This is a very good add for GA.

That fine and congrats to this new NPL addition. A very good add for GA and what would get positive traction is a ECNL Club making a move towards GA. Having a club from NPL is not a big add especially when you have better performing GA clubs going to ECNL.

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The difference is about the leagues themselves. ECNL and GA are both about providing the best environment to train and play in a competitive environment vs. competitive players. That is what US Soccer was pushing for when they started GDA. To compete at the highest level with the best players. As we know that imploded and only strengthened ECNL. Clubs in all four regions know to attract the top 1% of the players in an area they must afford them this competitive environment to maintain a high level within the club. As we know some have a high consistent standard and others don’t. College coaches are drawn to the ECNL showcases and tournaments because of the higher standard of individual talent. That is the key difference that parents confuse that development is highly individualistic and players in ECNL know there visibility is that much greater when they see the quality and quantity of coaches on the sidelines. That attraction in that environment is why every club would welcome being brought into the league. GA gets its fair share as well but if you look at the top of the soccer pyramid the vast majority of teams are mostly ECNL players. It’s just a fact that is irrefutable.

So much stroking of your ECNL nutsack.

The truth is that scouts go where quality players invite them to watch them play.

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Having a club from NPL is not a big add especially when you have better performing GA clubs going to ECNL.

ECNL Northeast has teams at that level or worse.

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So much stroking of your ECNL nutsack.

The truth is that scouts go where quality players invite them to watch them play.

Yes I’m sure scouts get on a plane and fly out especially to go watch your DPL players. The bulk of the best players are playing at ECNL showcases. They will even attend an ECRL showcase before they’d go near the DPL game.

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That fine and congrats to this new NPL addition. A very good add for GA and what would get positive traction is a ECNL Club making a move towards GA. Having a club from NPL is not a big add especially when you have better performing GA clubs going to ECNL.

South Valley Surf has very good players. Bakersfield where they're from always has.

The problem with Bakersfield is that none of the big leagues ever want to add them because its about an hour north of LA. There's enough clubs in LA and San Diego to create leagues without driving outside of the city.

In the northern part of the central valley players drive over an hour each way into San Francisco to play for MLVA + other teams. This is why MLVA so good theyre not just recruiting local talent.

NPL in the California central valley is its own thing allowing top players to play against each other without needed to drive into LA or SF to play on an ECNL or GA team.

That fact that GA is moving into the central valley will likely force ECNL to do the same.

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How much is GA paying you to be pumping GA on every soccer board out there?

Ha ha right? If they were doing so well on their own they wouldn't be moving up. They probably couldn't do better than R to get into ECNL so they went for GA.

If no one wanted to drive before they won't now either.

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Ha ha right? If they were doing so well on their own they wouldn't be moving up. They probably couldn't do better than R to get into ECNL so they went for GA.

If no one wanted to drive before they won't now either.

Hahaha no but you can think that.

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ECNL Northeast has teams at that level or worse.

This gets discounted, but it matters much more than most of the discussion here. Stars’ website says they’re the 20th best ECNL team. So imagine what most of the rest of the Northeast teams are.

The fact that ECNL has better teams in TX and CA and FL that Stars can (sometimes) get to play at showcases only goes so far.

All the leagues need to create and take more opportunities to play other the top teams in the northeast.

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So much stroking of your ECNL nutsack.

The truth is that scouts go where quality players invite them to watch them play.

I think you have been rubbing yours too much! What’s a scout? Depending on where the college soccer program is on the soccer pyramid College coaches get thousands of emails before a college showcase. College coaches get invited to hundreds of matches. To get on a college coaches IPAD for a tournament it takes a lot more than just having “quality” talent to have a college coach come to your match. Go to an ECNL College showcase and see the quality of coaches that attend these matches as compared to other leagues.

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ECNL Northeast has teams at that level or worse.

Look at the rankings app.

South Valley Surf e64 g2010 = 76 nationally
Stars White g2010 = 83 nationally
Scorpions g2010 = 113 nationally
NEFC G2010 = 92 nationally

Yes, I'd expect GAs recent add to clean up on many of the Northeast ECNL and GA teams.

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GA ADDS KC SCOTT GALLAGHER. A blow to ECRL!!

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Welcome to the GA, KC Scott Gallagher
We are very excited to announce the addition of
@KansascitySG
to the Midwest Conference!

https://twitter.com/GAcademyLeague/s...83287232032953

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Current scoreboard...
1. GA was Promoted by US Soccer
2. GA added Liverpool FC International Academy (CA)
3. GA added SYC
4. GA added Revolution
5. GA added Seattle Celtic
6. GA added Westside Metros FC
7. GA added South Valley Surf
8. GA added KC Scott Gallagher

1. ECNL added Colorado Rush
2. ECNL added Nationals
3. ECNL added Ukies

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GA was promoted by US Soccer to the same distinction held by AYSO, btw