ECRL League

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Sounds like you are going to PDA South, PDA North or MatchFit since they are the only clubs in NJ with ECRL teams that go to PA and MD. PDA South ECRL is a HUGE MESS, give it a year or 2 and half of these girls will be on the ECRL team pushing out the current players. PDA North is the 3rd team and is the red headed step child for North. MF u13 team is currently a fight between MF Shore 09s moving up and current MF ECNL. If the current players lose then out goes most the current ECRL players.

ECRL is mid tier at best. A previous poster said equal to about Division 2/3 in EDP but when these teams were in EDP (last year) they were more 4/5. If you can find a club in the Division 1/2 of EDP you might be better off.

Curious what makes you believe that ECRL is the equivalent of EDP D2/3? Is it head to head results between teams from these 2 leagues?

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Curious what makes you believe that ECRL is the equivalent of EDP D2/3? Is it head to head results between teams from these 2 leagues?

It's the fact that ECRL is the ECNL B-team at their own club and the belief that EDP D1/USYS NL is on par (or just below) with ECNL. By extension, ECNL B-team is on par with EDP D2/3.

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It's the fact that ECRL is the ECNL B-team at their own club and the belief that EDP D1/USYS NL is on par (or just below) with ECNL. By extension, ECNL B-team is on par with EDP D2/3.

I agree, ECRL is more of a fun relaxed environment where the game is played for those that are still enjoying it but do not necessarily compete at the highest level such as ECNL.

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I agree, ECRL is more of a fun relaxed environment where the game is played for those that are still enjoying it but do not necessarily compete at the highest level such as ECNL.

A lot of ECRL players go on to play in D2 and D3 programs (some even play in lower-ranked D1 programs). Perfectly good for players not looking for top-100 D1 programs.

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Curious what makes you believe that ECRL is the equivalent of EDP D2/3? Is it head to head results between teams from these 2 leagues?

Straight up head to head. None of the ECRL teams have had much success against D1 or D2 teams in tournaments and are usually in lower flights. They are more like D3 and lower.

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At the older ages in some clubs the top of the ECRL team, say top 11, would beat the bottom 11 of the ECNL team 5 of 10 times. This only applies to clubs with one team. The clubs with two teams PDA, Stars, etc this would apply to the White team. Knowing the PDA teams not sure that is true because of how stocked the Blue teams are.

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At the older ages in some clubs the top of the ECRL team, say top 11, would beat the bottom 11 of the ECNL team 5 of 10 times. This only applies to clubs with one team. The clubs with two teams PDA, Stars, etc this would apply to the White team. Knowing the PDA teams not sure that is true because of how stocked the Blue teams are.

Blue teams afraid to play anyone. Afraid of being losing and being EXPOSED.

Barcelona. Ahem.

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A lot of ECRL players go on to play in D2 and D3 programs (some even play in lower-ranked D1 programs). Perfectly good for players not looking for top-100 D1 programs.

Absolutely. But the parents love the badge and can brag about playing in an ecnl league, even with 22 players on the ecrl roster and paying ridiculous fees. You don't need ecrl to get into d2 or 3.

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Absolutely. But the parents love the badge and can brag about playing in an ecnl league, even with 22 players on the ecrl roster and paying ridiculous fees. You don't need ecrl to get into d2 or 3.

ECRL doesn't have a badge.

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Absolutely. But the parents love the badge and can brag about playing in an ecnl league, even with 22 players on the ecrl roster and paying ridiculous fees. You don't need ecrl to get into d2 or 3.

Completely agree, lots of parents that want to pay big bucks for the badge and three letters on the chest. Yet everyone knows ECRL is basically on par with EDP D2/3 as someone else highlighted. I guess there is a product for everyone.

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Completely agree, lots of parents that want to pay big bucks for the badge and three letters on the chest. Yet everyone knows ECRL is basically on par with EDP D2/3 as someone else highlighted. I guess there is a product for everyone.

Again, ECRL doesn’t have a badge. That’s how you can tell when ECNL players are playing with the ECRL team, the players with the badge are the ECNL players and the rest aren’t.

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Not true. All clubs I believe other than MFA wear⅗ the ECNL badges on both teams. My guess is MFA did not realize this last order and will rectify on the next order.

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Not true. All clubs I believe other than MFA wear⅗ the ECNL badges on both teams. My guess is MFA did not realize this last order and will rectify on the next order.

That must be new this season then. Last season, ECRL teams did not have a patch.

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Again, ECRL doesn’t have a badge. That’s how you can tell when ECNL players are playing with the ECRL team, the players with the badge are the ECNL players and the rest aren’t.

Who cares, badge or no badge. ECRL is a league that as someone pointed out is basically EDP mid tier in terms of competitive aspect. Which is still pretty impressive given that it’s made up of teams that are down the totem pole at places like PDA, MFA etc. If you can afford it and enjoy it go for it, regardless of badge or not. Are there more competitive options out there in ECNL, USYS, GA? Yes. But if ECRL is a good competitive fit for your situation enjoy it for what it is.

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Again, ECRL doesn’t have a badge. That’s how you can tell when ECNL players are playing with the ECRL team, the players with the badge are the ECNL players and the rest aren’t.

MFA plays 10 players on ECNL down to ECRL to get the wins!

MFA ECNL roster size averages 26.