So the NAL New England Girls Conference has been finalized

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Seacoast United
Seacoast United Navy
Seacoast United Sky Blue
Boston Bolts
Oakwood SC
IFA West
IFA East
Aztec
New England Surf
South Shore Select


So 1 more Seacoast, 1 less South Shore Select, 1 more IFA, Liverpool and Syracuse are gone, and Bolts, Oakwood and NE Surf added

I wonder if there is going to be yet another division that Syracuse is moving to?

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Liverpool became Seacoast. Curious why there are 3 Seacoast teams.

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I wonder what this means for Syracuse and Rochester for GA in 2025-2026. I know no one really wants to travel 6+ hours for a league game

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Liverpool became Seacoast. Curious why there are 3 Seacoast teams.

Are they combining the Seacoast and Liverpool teams or just renaming Liverpool? Currently there is Seacoast MA, Seacoast NH, and Liverpool.

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That is a miserable looking conference

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Surf Sky teams?

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Liverpool girls are now Seacoast. Parents were told that Seacoast would have one elite team in DPL and the other elite team in NAL. This appears that both their teams have now landed in NAL?

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That is a miserable looking conference

It is, and I say that as a parent who isn’t at all “ECNL or bust”. I gave NAL a fair shake. But in my daughter’s age group, as an example, the Seacoast NH team and Liverpool team were not good. One of the SSS teams was decent but now they’re moving that team out. Aztec sounds like it’ll be very watered down with players jumping to NEFC. I’m not at all against 3rd tier soccer or whatever you want to call it but this league has become just average NECSL quality and if they moved it there without the need for a “license” and just put the top teams in the top bracket regardless of club, better soccer would be played. But 3Step, NAL, and SC aren’t interested in that.

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It is, and I say that as a parent who isn’t at all “ECNL or bust”. I gave NAL a fair shake. But in my daughter’s age group, as an example, the Seacoast NH team and Liverpool team were not good. One of the SSS teams was decent but now they’re moving that team out. Aztec sounds like it’ll be very watered down with players jumping to NEFC. I’m not at all against 3rd tier soccer or whatever you want to call it but this league has become just average NECSL quality and if they moved it there without the need for a “license” and just put the top teams in the top bracket regardless of club, better soccer would be played. But 3Step, NAL, and SC aren’t interested in that.

Completey agree. The top tier of NECSL is now probably better than this.

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Liverpool girls are now Seacoast. Parents were told that Seacoast would have one elite team in DPL and the other elite team in NAL. This appears that both their teams have now landed in NAL?

Was wondering the same thing. Looks that way.

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still pissed that DPL dropped the ball and didnt get the merger done with NAL (at least on the girls side)

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still pissed that DPL dropped the ball and didnt get the merger done with NAL (at least on the girls side)

To be honest it looks like an NAL problem now, DPL would only take like 3 of these teams

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Gotta hand it to SC.
Say what you want about him. But his NECSL is the only league that has a proper system of promotion and relegation. It is truly the only merit-based league. And it's great value as well (money and travel).

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Gotta hand it to SC.
Say what you want about him. But his NECSL is the only league that has a proper system of promotion and relegation. It is truly the only merit-based league. And it's great value as well (money and travel).

Doesn’t he also run NAL?

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Completey agree. The top tier of NECSL is now probably better than this.

Very true. Probably best that they merge this with NECSL. Same with EDP.