Ecnl/ga

[Guest]

Is the ECNL better competition than the GA?

[Guest]

Yes. The answer is yes. You will get more competitive week to week games in ECNL than you will in GA.

but GA is a great league as well. 3+ years and they have accomplished a lot. It seems that GA is still growing and ECNL is done growing for now.

[Guest]

I just feel (in excel terms)
=AVG(ECNL) = AVG(GA)
but
=MAX(ECNL)>MAX(GA)
and
=MIN(ECNL)<MIN(GA)
and
=STDEV(ECNL)>STDEV(GA)
and this is just for our area. In other parts of the country things vary
BUT you really do not get to know because everyone is afraid to play any one else in the other league

[Guest]

I just feel (in excel terms)
=AVG(ECNL) = AVG(GA)
but
=MAX(ECNL)>MAX(GA)
and
=MIN(ECNL)<MIN(GA)
and
=STDEV(ECNL)>STDEV(GA)
and this is just for our area. In other parts of the country things vary
BUT you really do not get to know because everyone is afraid to play any one else in the other league

i think you actually are right with your algebra there....well done

[Guest]

The top of ECNL is well beyond the top of GA, but the broad middle of ECNL and the top half of GA is probably similar, the bottom of both can be awful.

[Guest]

I just feel (in excel terms)
=AVG(ECNL) = AVG(GA)
but
=MAX(ECNL)>MAX(GA)
and
=MIN(ECNL)<MIN(GA)
and
=STDEV(ECNL)>STDEV(GA)
and this is just for our area. In other parts of the country things vary
BUT you really do not get to know because everyone is afraid to play any one else in the other league

Well played

[Guest]

In general yes ECNL > GA in terms of quality of competition, players and roster depth.

However at the local level a GA club may be stronger than a local ECNL. Coaching matters too, along with fit. Good GA players get recruited so worry less about the patch and what happens nationwide

[Guest]

ECNL is better. Just ask any ECNL parent.

[Guest]

ECNL is better. Just ask any ECNL parent.

Not the ones that never see the playoffs hahahaha
look at TBU in Florida. A disgrace to ecnl

[Guest]

Yes. The answer is yes. You will get more competitive week to week games in ECNL than you will in GA.

but GA is a great league as well. 3+ years and they have accomplished a lot. It seems that GA is still growing and ECNL is done growing for now.

growing is not necessarily a good thing when talking about sports. growth will add to the leagues revenue but also potentially dilute the talent

[Guest]

Not the ones that never see the playoffs hahahaha
look at TBU in Florida. A disgrace to ecnl

I'm sure there are GAL teams that never see the playoffs too. someone has to be last

[Guest]

growing is not necessarily a good thing when talking about sports. growth will add to the leagues revenue but also potentially dilute the talent

This is been an issue since this all starting cropping up. How to walk that fine line between saturation and over-saturation is the biggest challenge. We want, we should want, the ability for every kid to play at the appropriate level no matter where they live. But, it's America, and a pretty friggin' big country. So, we scale it back to trying to get to X% of players within a "reasonable" driving distance. Shorten that distance, X goes up, quality goes down due to over-saturation. Widen that distance, X goes down, quality may go up (with some isolated instances of deserving players cut out).

It isn't easy to balance those two competing priorities.

[Guest]

I just feel (in excel terms)
=AVG(ECNL) = AVG(GA)
but
=MAX(ECNL)>MAX(GA)
and
=MIN(ECNL)<MIN(GA)
and
=STDEV(ECNL)>STDEV(GA)
and this is just for our area. In other parts of the country things vary
BUT you really do not get to know because everyone is afraid to play any one else in the other league

Let me fix this for you:

- Top level ECNL teams are level above top level GA teams (we are talking about PDA Blue, PF, Bethesda, MFA vs Ukies, Beadling SC, TSJ FC Virginia, SJEB, Real FC )

- Mid level ECNL are better than mid level GA teams and equal with the top level GA teams (Delco, Pipeline, PDA South vs Keystone, Baltimore Armor, Celtics, Skyline)

- Low level again ECNL is better than GA (PDA White, FC Bucks, MD United vs Sporting AC, PA Classics or Century)
The lower level GA tams are equal to the mid level ECNL RL teams. The top ECNL RL teams will smoke any low level GA teams.

Over all ECNL >>>>>GA

[Guest]

Let me fix this for you:

- Top level ECNL teams are level above top level GA teams (we are talking about PDA Blue, PF, Bethesda, MFA vs Ukies, Beadling SC, TSJ FC Virginia, SJEB, Real FC )

- Mid level ECNL are better than mid level GA teams and equal with the top level GA teams (Delco, Pipeline, PDA South vs Keystone, Baltimore Armor, Celtics, Skyline)

- Low level again ECNL is better than GA (PDA White, FC Bucks, MD United vs Sporting AC, PA Classics or Century)
The lower level GA tams are equal to the mid level ECNL RL teams. The top ECNL RL teams will smoke any low level GA teams.

Over all ECNL >>>>>GA

You can apply the same logic to the GA Northeast Conference.

[Guest]

Let me fix this for you:

- Top level ECNL teams are level above top level GA teams (we are talking about PDA Blue, PF, Bethesda, MFA vs Ukies, Beadling SC, TSJ FC Virginia, SJEB, Real FC )

- Mid level ECNL are better than mid level GA teams and equal with the top level GA teams (Delco, Pipeline, PDA South vs Keystone, Baltimore Armor, Celtics, Skyline)

- Low level again ECNL is better than GA (PDA White, FC Bucks, MD United vs Sporting AC, PA Classics or Century)
The lower level GA tams are equal to the mid level ECNL RL teams. The top ECNL RL teams will smoke any low level GA teams.

Over all ECNL >>>>>GA

Sounds about right.