Are new ECRL teams playing against other new ECRL teams (eg. Manhattan Soccer Club vs NY Surf vs SUSA 'C" team) or will these new ECRL teams be also playing against established ECRL teams - like "B" teams of SUSA, EMSC and WCFC?
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Their league play will be against other new ECRL teams. Whether or not there will be any crossover games with the other ECRL leagues in our area is TBD. -
I've heard the opposite - it's all combined but split into North and South groups of 10 each and a few cross over games between North and South. So in general a lot less travel, worse competitionComment
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How is that the opposite? Has nothing to do with the existing ECRL league (New England) where SUSA/EMSC/WCFC "B" teams currently play.Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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No they combine old + new and split into North and South.Originally posted by Guest View Post
Wouldn't it have been a good idea for them to clarify all of this in their announcement?
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This conflicts directly with info from WCFC announced to their players and families. According to these clubs, New England ECRL remains as-is. Also, no way PDA and FC Stars would agree to combining the old and new.Originally posted by Guest View Post
No they combine old + new and split into North and South.
Wouldn't it have been a good idea for them to clarify all of this in their announcement?Comment
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My understanding is that this is simply a new Northeast conference. The new conference may split into North and South and cross-over among it, but the existing ECRL New England and North Atlantic conferences remain as is with the ECNL clubs.Comment
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Seems that's too much to ask forOriginally posted by Guest View Post
Wouldn't it have been a good idea for them to clarify all of this in their announcement?Comment
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It's compeltely clear in their press release: https://www.ecnlgirls.com/2023/04/04...gional-league/Originally posted by Guest View Post
The 20 clubs are in their own Northeast "Regional League" -- as an expansion to the existing "Regional Leagues", which includes New England and North Atlantic. Think of each "Regional League" as a conference.Comment
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Agree, it's pretty clear that the "Northeast" league is separate from New England and North Atlantic. But 20 teams in a single league seems a bit much, so there is some question regarding whether or not they will split Northeast into North and South (it would make more sense for them to do that so that the travel isn't so far).Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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They likely will need to as playing 19 games in a season against each other team is unrealistic also. They will likely split it into 10 North and 10 South and then have several crossover games between the two to get to approx 14 league games for the year (+ showcases).Originally posted by Guest View Post
But the important thing from the original post is that yes, you aren't playing against any New England or North Atlantic ECNL clubs for regular league games, but probably will be matched against some other ECNL/RL teams in the showcases.
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No, they plucked out 20 additional clubs that werent already in ECNL, GA, E64, DPL .... (in some cases clubs with multiple higher level teams in those leagues) ... i am sure there were plenty of really tippety-top, super-talented, quality teams left that are as good or better than most of the teams in the leagues above them ..... shamefully, many of the ECRL2teams will be able to compete with and consistently beat the sham teams that litter ECNL's first C league (ECRL1).Comment
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Sounds like Northeast is parallel to New England.
If a club has three teams, they can put A in ECNL, B in ECRL New England and C in ECRL Northeast.
If a club has two teams, its A in ECNL and B in ECNL New England (basically staying unchanged)
If a club is just joining as a new participant, its A team is ECRL NortheastComment
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Parallel in structure, but probably not in overall competitiveness.Originally posted by Guest View Post
There is variability in every ECNL conference and ECRL conference, but I would venture to say that ECRL Northeast will have the largest gap between best and worst with ECRL Northeast's worst being below ECRL New England's worst.
Does that make it a bad choice? No, it depends on the usual factors: distance to club, cost, coach/trainer, place on team, playing time, practice schedules, game travel requirements, etc.
All of these discussions are irrelevant if you aren't trying to play in college. If you are, then you want to be on the best team where you will be playing regularly. Players are going to get more attention from college coaches if they are on an ECNL team than ECRL, regardless of playing time.Comment
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There will be 2 groups of 10. There will be Northeast West and Northeast SouthComment
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