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Post by Futsal Gawdess on Apr 22, 2020 18:43:07 GMT -5
Getting word that because of the shear size on the Boys side, ECNL is inquiring about maybe creating a Florida only League to reduce the 17 teams currently in the SE division...   |
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Post by soccermom667 on Apr 22, 2020 19:36:16 GMT -5
Hoping on the boys side that means this will reduce the number of trips to Florida?! It was a little insane this year, back to back trips.
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Post by soccernotfootball on Apr 22, 2020 20:57:34 GMT -5
Getting word that because of the shear size on the Boys side, ECNL is inquiring about maybe creating a Florida only League to reduce the 17 teams currently in the SE division... That was the rumor before last year started as well (with 14 teams). Hopefully, it'll come this year. |
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Post by blu on Apr 22, 2020 20:58:34 GMT -5
On the boys side they had created a North/South division mid-season for the U13/U14 age groups on the website. It didn't affect travel as we still went to Florida way too many times. It was interesting to see though as it came with no explanation. Would be really nice if they did finally split it.
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Post by soccernoleuk on Apr 22, 2020 23:03:11 GMT -5
It would have been nice, on the girls side, if they would have added a few teams to Florida. Then moved the South Carolina teams to join Georgia and Alabama (plus TopHat and maybe another Atlanta club), thus splitting the southeast into 2 conferences. The ECNL map would then mirror the SCCL map and the Georgia clubs wouldn't have to worry about all the Florida trips.
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Post by Keeper on Apr 22, 2020 23:39:04 GMT -5
Wow how bad must it suck to be a top girl in Tennessee that plays ECNL at FC Alliance or Tennessee S.C.
I assume due to Tennessee playing HS soccer in the proper season unlike Ga, S.C. and Bama they have to travel up to Indiana, Ohio, western PA and what looks like Buffalo NY.
So for all you female dogging about traveling to south Florida just be grateful instead.
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Post by atv on Apr 23, 2020 6:06:53 GMT -5
I get the impression girls ECNL won’t add any more teams at this point and now is more focused on ECRL expansion.
The boys side can support more highly competitive clubs in some areas and they appear to be adding a few. However, this needs to be tempered with expectations and possibly “club” pro/ rel.
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Post by soccerdaddy on Apr 23, 2020 11:46:36 GMT -5
Getting word that because of the shear size on the Boys side, ECNL is inquiring about maybe creating a Florida only League to reduce the 17 teams currently in the SE division... That was the rumor before last year started as well (with 14 teams). Hopefully, it'll come this year. Please, please, please and announce soon! |
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Post by atlfutboldad on Apr 23, 2020 11:50:07 GMT -5
ECRL needs to supercede NPL on the girls side in FL. NPL appears to be the primary instate league in FL.
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Post by footyfan on Apr 23, 2020 14:53:59 GMT -5
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Post by cleansheet on Apr 23, 2020 14:57:08 GMT -5
Boys SE Conference way too big. |
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Post by soccernotfootball on Apr 23, 2020 15:12:22 GMT -5
18 now. (8 in FL)
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Post by oraclesfriend on Apr 23, 2020 15:12:50 GMT -5
Penn Fusion, Pipeline SC and PDA South added on the girls side.
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Post by Soccerhouse on Apr 23, 2020 15:35:44 GMT -5
huge conference! who is the 18th? 17th Chatanooga red wolves 18? |
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Post by atlfutboldad on Apr 23, 2020 15:37:43 GMT -5
So PDA gets a 3rd team? Were they in DA? Penn Fusion pulled out of the projected GAL pretty quickly...
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Post by soccernotfootball on Apr 23, 2020 15:39:12 GMT -5
huge conference! who is the 18th? 17th Chatanooga red wolves 18? Concorde 2x |
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Post by GameOfThrow-ins on Apr 23, 2020 15:39:57 GMT -5
huge conference! who is the 18th? 17th Chatanooga red wolves 18? 17 clubs, 18 teams - CF has 2. |
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Post by Soccerhouse on Apr 23, 2020 15:40:16 GMT -5
huge conference! who is the 18th? 17th Chatanooga red wolves 18? Concorde 2x See -- totally slipped my mind!! Great call. |
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Post by Soccerhouse on Apr 23, 2020 15:43:02 GMT -5
If I was orlando city -- my top u13 and u14 teams would be playing ecnl vs the mls league
Southeast will have to be split into regions -- given at u15+, some clubs will opt in for 10 month season, some will not.
or
you go with 1 game against each team vs home and away.
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Post by GameOfThrow-ins on Apr 23, 2020 15:49:23 GMT -5
Last year it was home & away between GA/AL/TN teams and 1 game against FL teams, and vice versa.
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Post by atlfutboldad on Apr 23, 2020 15:51:55 GMT -5
10 month season for non-MLS is silly IMO. Play club soccer August-to-February then play HS ball, beat up on your opponents or learn to lose with grace...and learn to dodge dangerous tackles. Then in May come back for state/regional/national tournaments. Its only like 2-3 months of HS soccer.
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Post by Futsal Gawdess on Apr 23, 2020 21:58:58 GMT -5
This is an interesting move by Chattanooga Redwolves joining ECNL Boys. Hearing they may also join the new MLS league 🤔 |
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Post by soccernotfootball on Apr 24, 2020 8:15:51 GMT -5
This is an interesting move by Chattanooga Redwolves joining ECNL Boys. Hearing they may also join the new MLS league 🤔 Yeah, they're in USL. So maybe they'll do both. |
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Post by soccerdaddy on Apr 24, 2020 8:56:17 GMT -5
This is an interesting move by Chattanooga Redwolves joining ECNL Boys. Hearing they may also join the new MLS league 🤔 Yeah, they're in USL. So maybe they'll do both. They are currently in NPL and they have 2 locations, Chattanooga and Dalton. Remember Gatorade player of the year, Omar Hernandez plays for the Dalton location. Strong players in Dalton so I can see them competing on a high level for any league. |
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Post by footyfan on Apr 24, 2020 13:43:20 GMT -5
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Post by gunner on Apr 24, 2020 13:49:00 GMT -5
WOW! TH girls might still have a chance if they are still accepting girls teams into ECNL.
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Post by Soccerhouse on Apr 24, 2020 13:56:26 GMT -5
hum -- question -- not ecnl related, but when did Louisville get an NWSL team? |
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Post by oraclesfriend on Apr 24, 2020 14:01:23 GMT -5
hum -- question -- not ecnl related, but when did Louisville get an NWSL team? Louisville NWSL starts in 2021 |
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Post by footyfan on Apr 24, 2020 15:04:23 GMT -5
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Post by Soccerhouse on Apr 24, 2020 15:15:00 GMT -5
exponential growth -- that might make 114 boys ecnl teams
which is nuts given there are still - I think 17 states not represented. come on alaska and hawaii! (yes I included them in the 14)
ecnl in 2 weeks almost has brought us back to where we were years ago, when everyone is in the same league.
still a few hanging around not part of the party though -- that's the issue -- very very hard for the small club to get the invite.
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