Crossfire is getting 2 ecnl teams at every age group. Are SU, PACNW, WPFC, and all the WA all going to have two ECNL teams at the u18/19 age group with one playing ECNL and the other playing in an “ecnl composite” league for 2019-2020?
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Will Crossfire get 2 teams in ecnl and one in ecnl composite, for a total of 3 teams?Originally posted by Unregistered View Post -
Interesting move to attempt to keep players in and perhaps bring more players to the system. We will see how it works. I have heard that some conferences are extending this structure to the younger age groups. I have not heard anything about whether the Southeastern conference is taking this step. Of course, customers will decide whether it is worthwhile.
2016-17 ECNL COMPOSITE DIVISION
Background: The ECNL Composite Division will be created beginning in the 2016-17 season for the U18/19 age group (1998/1999 birth years). The Composite Division is designed to provide an option for clubs with large player pools in this combined age group to field an additional team within the ECNL structure to keep players in the ECNL for their final seasons in youth soccer.
Composite Division Basics:
• Participation in the Composite Division is optional, both by conference and by clubs within the conference. Any conference may determine whether to support a Composite Division, and any club in the conference may determine whether to participate in the Composite Division.
• The Composite Division Team will be the “second team” in the U18/19 age group
• The specific competition format for the Composite Division will be determined at the conference level, and may be home and away, home or away, or another logical format based on the participating teams. The ECNL must approve the final format.
• ECNL Composite Division players must be carded under the ECNL and will be subject to ECNL roster rules. Players can play for both the ECNL U18/19 Team and the ECNL U18/19 Composite Team, provided all ECNL Rules and Regulations are followed, including without limitation:
o Players may only play one (1) game per day. (Players may not play in a Composite Division game and another ECNL game.)
• ECNL Composite Division players may participate in any ECNL National Event for which they are age eligible.
• There will be no post-season competition for ECNL Composite Division teams.
ECNL Support:
The ECNL will support the Composite Division in the following ways:
• ECNL will add a “U18/U19 Composite Division” tab in standings on the ECNL website
• ECNL will host two (2) ECNL Composite Events during the season
• No Post Season for ECNL Composite teams
Next Steps
Any conference that desires to host a Composite Division should contact the ECNL Commissioner for next steps.
Read more: http://gasoccerforum.com/thread/1803...#ixzz5mxwYSIzBComment
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When was this announced? Former dual clubs like FC Stars and PDAOriginally posted by Unregistered View Post
who went all-in ECNL did get two ECNL teams per age group.
If this is true that Crossfire is getting two teams per age group,
then we will have 6 ECNL teams and 1 DA in our "elite" area.
Heh, this is such a joke.Comment
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Washington Premiere is getting a composite ECNL for 02/01. Seattle United is as well, but this is not moving past this age group at WP thus far.Comment
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The two ECNL teams is about parents egos. This way they can say my kid plays ECNL instead of an “A” team. Clubs can charge more money. Just another thing wrong with youth sports.Comment
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If it’s only at the oldest age group, combined u18 and u19, the composite team is a way to attempt to deal with the cluster brought on by birth year where every single year only half the oldest team graduates. Next year, all the ecnl clubs have full teams of 02s moving up to u18 and 10-12 2001’s that will be seniors. ECNL stupidly doesn’t have separate u19 and u18 divisions or they could have two teams with the senior 01’s and 02’s and a u18 team with the junior 02’s and 03’s and on down the line. Instead, ECNL added a b team composite option with one event so they don’t have to cut 10-12 or so existing players every year.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
At least ECNL is trying but they picked a bad solution where every year at prime recruiting time for juniors (and still many seniors), the oldest two teams are being split up, torn up, mixed up and causing many players to quit. This will happen every single year from here on out unless ECNL comes to its senses and puts, regardless of birth year, seniors on u19 teams, juniors on u18, sophomores on u17, freshmen on u16, and so forth. More teams fitting more girls. Better for the players and better for ecnl’s pocketbook.Comment
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So, what happened to this about 2 teams per age group? Did CrossfireOriginally posted by Unregistered View Post
get two? I didn't see it on the tryout results page for the 07,06,05.
Probably just the a composite 18/19 team and u19 team for two teams.
Anybody?Comment
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When US Soccer changed to birth year, they had to combine the age group for the last year.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
With the birth year change you typically have 50% or so for each grade.
For instance the 02 team are Juniors and Sophomores, 01 only team Seniors and Juniors, and 00 team would be Seniors and College Freshmen.
If teams were 00 only, you would not have enough players because a lot of seniors drop out AND some of 00 birth year players are already in college.Comment
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Will all WA ecnl clubs have a regular and also a composite ecnl team at u18/u19 age group or just WPFC and SU?Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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This isn't about "egos" it's about the clusterf*&k that is the age group change. There's a bunch of girls in the 01/02 group that have played ECNL for years. Many States are doing this. You can't possibly dump them all onto one team. It would potentially give the proverbial "shaft" to players that are still talking/looking for schools to go to if they were shut out in the final year. In my opinion. Love newbs talking about parent "egos". LOL.Comment
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Agreed. Some clubs "solve" this by making a giant u18/19 team. One of the Oregon teams has 29 on the 01/02 roster. That should make for a happy and drama-free season.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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WPFC, Crossfire, PacNW, Seattle United, Portland Thorns and Crossfire United Oregon all have composite teams so far. They play 10-12 games for the season. The top team will play in ECNL playoffs for 2020Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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In August and before HS season starts the roster will be down to 22-24.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
After HS season and before ECNL season, the roster will be around 18-20.
That team is going to do one showcase and there will be less than 15 players available.
For all of the travel games, you will have less than 16 players available.
By May, you will be lucky to have 14 players for any given game.Comment
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All because ecnl was too stupid to switch to grade based teams. ‘02 and ‘01 All seniors play ‘01/U19Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
All juniors play ‘02/U18, all sophomores play ‘03/U17, and so forth.
But no...Ecnl would rather lose 12-15 players every year at prime recruiting years. At every ecnl club across the nation.Comment
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