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Post by infoguy on Sept 23, 2019 6:37:48 GMT -5
For those of you with sons coming of age, buyer beware:
Only 8 clubs fielded teams in the ECNL Boys Composite U19 league, which translates to only 7 regular season games. This 7-game schedule combined with the fact that ECNL Comp teams do not play in the ECNL Showcases, all for the same price as the full-on ECNL teams (which play over 20 games/season), is not what was advertised. Although my son's team is going to the Raleigh and Disney showcases in December, I recommend that any of you with boys coming of age to avoid this league. It seems to be a fast, dying elephant.
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Post by soccerguru on Sept 23, 2019 10:10:00 GMT -5
My son played this last year but their team also played in the National League also so they played plenty of games. If they only played 7 games, that's not good. This age group tends to have a lot of players that just don't show up and either do not tell the coach or teammates ahead of time. This is also when a lot of kids, just lose the soccer fever due to Senioritis.
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Post by infoguy on Sept 23, 2019 14:47:37 GMT -5
My son played this last year but their team also played in the National League also so they played plenty of games. If they only played 7 games, that's not good. This age group tends to have a lot of players that just don't show up and either do not tell the coach or teammates ahead of time. This is also when a lot of kids, just lose the soccer fever due to Senioritis.
Yes, senioritis is also at play here, but wonder if somehow because they feel like they've been left in the dust.
BTW: How did your son's team play in the USYS/NL and ECNL? Not sure that's possible.
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Post by soccerguru on Sept 23, 2019 21:33:25 GMT -5
ECNL Composite is the stepchild. Not truly ECNL.
They played in 2018-19 US YOUTH SOCCER NATIONAL LEAGUE PIEDMONT CONFERENCE u19 bracket. The Composite team this year is not playing in both brackets.
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Post by newposter on Sept 24, 2019 5:44:03 GMT -5
ECNL's 18/19 is where the best teams from each club play. You can compare rosters from the u17s last year to see this is the case.
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