NH League vs NEP

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I would agree with you that WC should have no issues meeting the requirements. I think the internal reference you make is that they have a higher up that is on the NHSA board which is all about USYSA.

Cow pastures are not allowed in NEP.

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The other clubs decide if WC meets the requirement, and WC can not get in. This has nothing to do with NHSA if WC could get in to the NEP they would be already. They can't because the other clubs have purposely excluded them.

You know this how? Were you one that helped them apply or where you part of the other clubs who denied them entrance?

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The other clubs decide if WC meets the requirement, and WC can not get in. This has nothing to do with NHSA if WC could get in to the NEP they would be already. They can't because the other clubs have purposely excluded them.

The interesting thing is that a WC team did play NYNPL through NE Aztec. So this maybe opens the door they may merge with them; I think it's the club that is most aligned w/ their ideals.

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Unregistered3428 here (there are apparently 3,427 other people posting as "Unregistered" here)

Full disclosure: I am an ex-NWC parent/current GPS NH parent so I have had recent experience with both organizations in recent years. Depending on the playing objectives of a given family/player, I would still recommend playing at both clubs.

There seems to be a fair amount of misinformation on this thread, so thought I'd call out a two key non-qualifying obstacles that appear to be keeping NWC from joining the NEP.

MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR COACHES AND FACILITIES

Adequate & club-operated facilities are a pre-requisite for consideration for admission to NEP. The key issue for NWC on this front is that they are at the mercy of the City of Nashua's Parks & Rec Dept in terms of availability of the fields - including how early in the season they can access the fields, rain cancellations are made by the city, not the club, etc. Additionally - their fields are public lands open to anyone - and as such get destroyed as anyone who has played a game vs NWC in the last 10 years can tell you.

RECOMMENDED PLAYING TIMES FOR PLAYERS/US SOCCER RECOMMENDED SUBSTITUTION RULES

NEP clubs are required to follow age-specific playing time guidelines to ensure player development is given priority over winning games/tournaments (logic being that developing strong players results in strong teams that leads to winning games/tournaments). While there are certainly NWC coaches that adopt this approach - a there are unfortunately some that just don't. This may be an acceptable approach at older ages, but watching some coaches play a stronger player for 50 minutes while others play for 10 or 15 because they don't want to lose a U11 NHSL game is not optimal.

While the overall development philosophy that is a driving theme for NEP and its clubs is something that could be deployed at NWC, the field/complex issue appears to be the primary obstacle for NWC to be considered for admission into NEP: the point being that it is not merely "political reasons" that are keeping NWC out of the NEP at this point.