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I agree, no HS is what fundamentally differeniates the 2 leagues. They should merge, with the truly elite players on special ECNL teams that only train, no HS soccer.

If they merge, most people win, but USYS/EDP takes a huge hit...

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I agree, no HS is what fundamentally differeniates the 2 leagues. They should merge, with the truly elite players on special ECNL teams that only train, no HS soccer.

Ummm. they just tried that and it turns out that teams full of these so called "elite" players do not exist. The minuscule handful of NT players ( i think there are a maybe a half dozen in the entire state across all age groups) are stuck slumming with it the peasants.

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I've seen ECNL teams play at CASL, Jeff Cup, Bethesda and others.

NEFC and GPS tourneys, NEWSS ....

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I agree, no HS is what fundamentally differeniates the 2 leagues. They should merge, with the truly elite players on special ECNL teams that only train, no HS soccer.

US Soccer tried that .... didn't work. Next!

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GDA will allow HS soccer in the fall? Heard from a reliable source. And let’s just say he has been pushing for this from US Soccer for some time.

How will this affect the girls soccer landscape? I know in the NE and NW ECNL is stronger, but most everywhere else GDA is stronger. Would GDA really allow HS and potentially hurt the areas where it is stronger?

I’ve heard this rumor from the Paul Riley crew too. His kids are leaving for SUSA and he needs something to bring them back. Keep floating rumors Paul.

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ECNL is also rumored to be switching to Graduation Year to bolster their popularity and college recruiting success. So many more player and would go to or stay in ECNL with full teams at 2020 and 2021 next year. Particularly in the light of the new recruiting rules, it really hinders the players and the college coaches to have limited numbers of players and only mixed teams at the junior & senior high school ages.

If/when the Graduation Year teams from Ecnl want to play in a non-ecnl Showcase, they simply play up a year (technically more like play up about 1/3 of a year).
1)ECNL teams already often do this since playing on age with mere mortals isn’t as challenging.
2)Playing “up” a little in age in a non-ecnl tourney/showcase also gives a valid excuse if the ecnl team loses
3)The vast majority of ECNL games, tourneys and showcases are all ECNL anyway.
4)Instantly pull the 1/3 of “lost” players to ECNL where they won’t have problems due to no team/older team/younger team brought on by birth year age groups.
5)New recruiting guidelines and more to come push the recruiting timeline out to junior year. Birth year has forced juniors and seniors to have only one combined u18/u19 division. Grad Year opens that up to two full separate teams - one with all juniors and one with all seniors
6)College coaches don’t care what year a player was born; they only care what year they graduate
7)Easier to gauge talent. Won’t have the problem of Ex: Is the 8th grader that is a solid player but not a stand out playing with and against majority 9th graders (due to birth year) less than, greater than or equal to another 8th grader who stands out playing with and against younger 8th graders and one third 7th graders (due to birth year). How can the coach know for sure unless the two 8th graders are playing with and against similar/same division/competition
9)More opportunities for more players going Graduation Year (particularly at the crucial 8th & 9th year transition which currently leaves older 8th graders without a birth year team because the other 2/3 of players are in high school. Those top players would all choose ecnl if it was Grad Year. Same with the junior/senior dilemma-particularly with new recruiting timeline.
10)GDA could manage to allow high school to help draw players away from ecnl but can’t go Grad Year due to national team age groups so it’s a critical chess move Ecnl can make that GDA cannot counter.
11)More players with easier recruiting path to college in ecnl equals more commits, more money and more power for ECNL

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US Soccer tried that .... didn't work. Next!

Could be time to re-assess and do what is right to grow the girls game.

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NEFC and GPS tourneys, NEWSS ....

I've not seen ECNL teams at NEWSS in recent years.

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I've not seen ECNL teams at NEWSS in recent years.

NEWSS, hahaha, what a crappy event, even for Log Island its bad...

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I’ve heard this rumor from the Paul Riley crew too. His kids are leaving for SUSA and he needs something to bring them back. Keep floating rumors Paul.

They really left for SUSA. sure. If they were from manoriville.

Hello Susa marketing machine.

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They really left for SUSA. sure. If they were from manoriville.

Hello Susa marketing machine.

You can drop by and say hello when we are scouting your next practice.

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I agree, no HS is what fundamentally differeniates the 2 leagues. They should merge, with the truly elite players on special ECNL teams that only train, no HS soccer.

It would make it like any other league and there it cannot compete with ECNL.

USSF needs to decide what it wants GDA to be. Either be 1) a true top league with far fewer players/clubs/teams OR 2) be another mega league for the masses, hope you can compete and hope that it will help the NT (it won't).

If #1, USSF needs to fund it or at least substantially fund it. That's when the cream will start rising to the top.

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I've not seen ECNL teams at NEWSS in recent years.

There's not much time for ECNL teams to play in non ECNL events except maybe Jan/February. For teams around here means more travel south or west. There's already too much travel as it is.

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You can drop by and say hello when we are scouting your next practice.

There is some truth to this, just maybe not leaving in droves. If Susa is awarded ECNL 2 more players will go there too, especially if there is a push into Nassau county. Lower costs too.

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I agree, no HS is what fundamentally differeniates the 2 leagues. They should merge, with the truly elite players on special ECNL teams that only train, no HS soccer.

the truly elite should be on gda, ecnl will be gda2

hello ecnl troll.