ECNL Composite league going away?

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Well, there is definitely consolidation, but we were told the club would just have multiple Regional teams now instead of an ECNL, Comp and Regional at the U18/19 age group. The problem I see with that is zero visibility into the depth the of the 2 Regional teams and more specifically the one offered. D liked her Comp team and players and they performed well. Now it is blown up. Like I said previously, not terribly happy given this is her last year of club. Regional is a similar level as NPL/DPL/EDP and if that's the case, why stick around as there are plenty of options in that 2nd tier, not to mention GA.

There are 2 things I don't understand about what you are saying. 1) If you are a trapped player playing Composite already this year, you must realize that your team was getting "blown up" anyway because half or more of them graduated, right? Why is this a surprise to you? Of course you don't know what the team will look like since all the offers aren't even out yet. But the roster was going to look different next season even if they kept Composite. 2) You realize that you were already on the second tier team right? The top team is the U19 ECNL Blue. So I'm not sure why you think next year would be worse if you are ECNL-R (which again, is a second tier). It's a different patch but the skill/league level will be almost identical to what you had this year, if not better. Look at the standings in Composite. Those Stars teams have no competition there, it's really weak. At least at ECNL-R maybe the league will have more competition.

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There are 2 things I don't understand about what you are saying. 1) If you are a trapped player playing Composite already this year, you must realize that your team was getting "blown up" anyway because half or more of them graduated, right? Why is this a surprise to you? Of course you don't know what the team will look like since all the offers aren't even out yet. But the roster was going to look different next season even if they kept Composite. 2) You realize that you were already on the second tier team right? The top team is the U19 ECNL Blue. So I'm not sure why you think next year would be worse if you are ECNL-R (which again, is a second tier). It's a different patch but the skill/league level will be almost identical to what you had this year, if not better. Look at the standings in Composite. Those Stars teams have no competition there, it's really weak. At least at ECNL-R maybe the league will have more competition.

1. Yes, but half the team doesn't graduate so a core that had built chemistry, a style of play and got along was there and the rest would be added. Now, no idea. D talked to some of her teammates, but things are always sketchy around tryouts.

2. Yes, but for us, this was a better option for a number of reasons I won't get into in detail. Play style of team was overall a better fit. I'll also say I never said we were with Stars...

D is in active conversations with a number of coaches. Wasn't a whole lot of difference between ECNL and Comp for us and coaches didn't care regarding the change from one year to the next. No idea how those conversations go now when the question of team/league comes up regarding next year.

Honestly the entire process is complete BS. Can't wait until D is done with club soccer.

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1. Yes, but half the team doesn't graduate so a core that had built chemistry, a style of play and got along was there and the rest would be added. Now, no idea. D talked to some of her teammates, but things are always sketchy around tryouts.

2. Yes, but for us, this was a better option for a number of reasons I won't get into in detail. Play style of team was overall a better fit. I'll also say I never said we were with Stars...

D is in active conversations with a number of coaches. Wasn't a whole lot of difference between ECNL and Comp for us and coaches didn't care regarding the change from one year to the next. No idea how those conversations go now when the question of team/league comes up regarding next year.

Honestly the entire process is complete BS. Can't wait until D is done with club soccer.

Truth? You sound like a whiny b!tch
Team was always getting blown up, and who cares where she plays senior year, recruiting will be over. If somehow your kid is going to be a junior next year then your sophomore was sentenced to the composite Gulag long ago - prolly cuz of you

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Honestly it's all a racket. If you are looking at D2/3 you don't need club to play in college anyhow. My D and her friend are both playing in college at the 2/3 level and neither has played club for junior or senior year. We did all of the coach conversations and went to school specific ID camps, sent film. For D1 you should be on a top team, or at least a heavily exposed second team at a club or it will be much harder to be recruited IMO.

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Did the OP's question get answered? Does anyone know if composite teams are going away at all clubs?

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Honestly it's all a racket. If you are looking at D2/3 you don't need club to play in college anyhow. My D and her friend are both playing in college at the 2/3 level and neither has played club for junior or senior year. We did all of the coach conversations and went to school specific ID camps, sent film. For D1 you should be on a top team, or at least a heavily exposed second team at a club or it will be much harder to be recruited IMO.

Don’t disagree with anything you posted. Only reason we’re still where we are and considering reupping is the D1 conversations going on right now.