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Post by Futsal Gawdess on Feb 19, 2021 9:53:19 GMT -5
ECNL GIRLS ANNOUNCE SIX NEW CLUBS FOR GROUND-BREAKING 2021-22 SEASON – The ECNL Girls is thrilled to announce that Beach FC, Legends FC, Oklahoma Energy FC, Sporting Blue Valley, Sporting Iowa, and Utah Royals FC – Arizona will join the country’s top youth female league for the 2021-22 season. The addition of six new clubs will bring additional talent and fierce competition into the already loaded Midwest, Southwest, and Texas Conferences, and will continue the fulfillment of the ECNL mission to Raise the Game across the country. For more than a decade, the ECNL has supported the nation’s leading clubs as they develop the next generation of college and professional stars. www.ecnlgirls.com/2021/02/10/ecnl-girls-announce-six-new-clubs-for-ground-breaking-2021-22-season/ |
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Post by atlfutboldad on Feb 19, 2021 11:48:24 GMT -5
All except Sporting Iowa are GA clubs. This is exactly what ECNL needs to do, turn the screws.
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Post by coffee on Feb 19, 2021 12:44:04 GMT -5
I expect that this is just the first in a long series of new ECNL club announcements.
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Post by oraclesfriend on Feb 19, 2021 13:54:22 GMT -5
All except Sporting Iowa are GA clubs. This is exactly what ECNL needs to do, turn the screws. Why? What is your problem with GA? Just a Tophat hater? It is a good league that UNLIKE DA wants to work with ECNL and collaborate for the best interest of the players! Why should ECNL try to force them out? GA actually listens to their players and has a player led board. They have worked to have their players get exposure to colleges through video. They partnered with a recruiting app that is free to the players and gets college exposure. Oh and they actually added AFC Lightning to an elite league which YOU have been saying they have deserved for a long time. For at least 2 years I have heard you state that ECNL should add AFC Lightning and how good that would be for the players and Atlanta. But ECNL snubbed them like they did SSA and UFA for many years and Tophat years ago and again now. I think ECNL is a fantastic league but they are snobs and hold grudges. THAT IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PLAYERS THAT PLAY THERE NOW OR IN THE AREAS THAT THEY SNUB! So how about thinking about the players? (Rant over) |
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Post by atlfutboldad on Feb 19, 2021 15:37:25 GMT -5
Its the pathway to a single league/single pyramid (which is something I think we all want). NTH will eventually get into ECNL if they drop the attitude and 2-team nonsense. If I had to guess, if any sore of pro/rel is implemented, Concorde might eventually lose the 2nd team spot, especially given the dissolution of their relationship with SSA.
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Post by disturbed on Feb 19, 2021 15:38:39 GMT -5
All except Sporting Iowa are GA clubs. This is exactly what ECNL needs to do, turn the screws. Why? What is your problem with GA? Just a Tophat hater? It is a good league that UNLIKE DA wants to work with ECNL and collaborate for the best interest of the players! Why should ECNL try to force them out? GA actually listens to their players and has a player led board. They have worked to have their players get exposure to colleges through video. They partnered with a recruiting app that is free to the players and gets college exposure. Oh and they actually added AFC Lightning to an elite league which YOU have been saying they have deserved for a long time. For at least 2 years I have heard you state that ECNL should add AFC Lightning and how good that would be for the players and Atlanta. But ECNL snubbed them like they did SSA and UFA for many years and Tophat years ago and again now. I think ECNL is a fantastic league but they are snobs and hold grudges. THAT IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PLAYERS THAT PLAY THERE NOW OR IN THE AREAS THAT THEY SNUB! So how about thinking about the players? (Rant over) I agree with everything about this quote except ECNL are snobs part. Everyone knows that Tophat Needs to be in ECNL! It is better for ECNL as well as Atlanta and the Southeast Conference! But, the only snobs from what I hear is Tophat thinking that they were better than ECNL. They snub ECNL the first time around. And then they chose DA over ECNL when UFA and Concorde were leaving. The writing was on the wall that DA was going to fold. They bet on the wrong team. They will get ECNL back because it only makes sense and $$ but I think that they're trying to squeeze them a little with some pain. |
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Post by roki12 on Feb 19, 2021 16:09:51 GMT -5
All except Sporting Iowa are GA clubs. This is exactly what ECNL needs to do, turn the screws. Why? What is your problem with GA? Just a Tophat hater? It is a good league that UNLIKE DA wants to work with ECNL and collaborate for the best interest of the players! Why should ECNL try to force them out? GA actually listens to their players and has a player led board. They have worked to have their players get exposure to colleges through video. They partnered with a recruiting app that is free to the players and gets college exposure. Oh and they actually added AFC Lightning to an elite league which YOU have been saying they have deserved for a long time. For at least 2 years I have heard you state that ECNL should add AFC Lightning and how good that would be for the players and Atlanta. But ECNL snubbed them like they did SSA and UFA for many years and Tophat years ago and again now. I think ECNL is a fantastic league but they are snobs and hold grudges. THAT IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PLAYERS THAT PLAY THERE NOW OR IN THE AREAS THAT THEY SNUB! So how about thinking about the players? (Rant over) Truth 🗣🗣🗣 |
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Post by oldgasoccer on Feb 19, 2021 17:53:41 GMT -5
Tell me if I am wrong about this.
Tophat is part of ECNL. US Soccer Federation comes along and creates DA for girls, well after boys.
USSF states that DA is the pathway to the national teams. This is confirmed by who is picked to those teams.
Tophat gets DA and makes it the top level. Tophat keeps ECNL for girls that want to play high school and maybe do other things than year round soccer.
Tophat is successful in both leagues. ECNL says they have to be the top team or Tophat will lose ECNL spot. Tophat chooses DA. Tophat director says DA is the better league because it is path to National team. People get mad.
Couple of years later USSF folds DA for girls and boys (not enough money and expecting lawsuits?)
Questions: Is Tophat(director?) to blame for the situation it was in? Were the choices they were making at the time in the best interests of its players? How much blame goes to USSF and ECNL for not trying to get along? Can people get over hurt feelings and do what is best for players?
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Post by rifle on Feb 19, 2021 17:55:03 GMT -5
Why? What is your problem with GA? Just a Tophat hater? It is a good league that UNLIKE DA wants to work with ECNL and collaborate for the best interest of the players! Why should ECNL try to force them out? GA actually listens to their players and has a player led board. They have worked to have their players get exposure to colleges through video. They partnered with a recruiting app that is free to the players and gets college exposure. Oh and they actually added AFC Lightning to an elite league which YOU have been saying they have deserved for a long time. For at least 2 years I have heard you state that ECNL should add AFC Lightning and how good that would be for the players and Atlanta. But ECNL snubbed them like they did SSA and UFA for many years and Tophat years ago and again now. I think ECNL is a fantastic league but they are snobs and hold grudges. THAT IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PLAYERS THAT PLAY THERE NOW OR IN THE AREAS THAT THEY SNUB! So how about thinking about the players? (Rant over) I agree with everything about this quote except ECNL are snobs part. Everyone knows that Tophat Needs to be in ECNL! It is better for ECNL as well as Atlanta and the Southeast Conference! But, the only snobs from what I hear is Tophat thinking that they were better than ECNL. They snub ECNL the first time around. And then they chose DA over ECNL when UFA and Concorde were leaving. The writing was on the wall that DA was going to fold. They bet on the wrong team. They will get ECNL back because it only makes sense and $$ but I think that they're trying to squeeze them a little with some pain. TH did what they thought was best and ECNL board has local directors with a grudge. Lose lose situation honestly. |
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Post by oraclesfriend on Feb 19, 2021 19:22:45 GMT -5
Its the pathway to a single league/single pyramid (which is something I think we all want). NTH will eventually get into ECNL if they drop the attitude and 2-team nonsense. If I had to guess, if any sore of pro/rel is implemented, Concorde might eventually lose the 2nd team spot, especially given the dissolution of their relationship with SSA. I don't disagree about a single league possibly being the best for players but even when there was the undisputed best in ECNL they held out teams of quality for ego or snobby reasons. Think UFA and SSA and Tophat a few years before DA started. They held all of those teams out FOR YEARS! Then DA takes UFA and gives CF and TH a top team there and ECNL gets 2nd team. Concorde fails to meet the requirements to keep their second team based on their performance in ECNL and ECNL puts the squeeze on them (but not Tophat at that team because Tophat WAS still meeting the requirement). But then ECNL agrees to give Concorde a second team to entice them to go ECNL. Now remember that there are a number of clubs with two teams in ECNL (and PDA has 3 teams in ECNL). Tophat did BETTER than Concorde with their second team in ECNL and is doing decent overall in GA with their second teams. So it really is not nonsense for them to want to have 2 teams in ECNL when their cross town rival has it AND numerous other high level clubs. Now regardless you did not answer my AFC question. Are you not pleased that GA invited them? I don't really care that much about two top leagues or one. I thought before with DA and think now with GA that having another option for clubs and players has forced ECNL to make decisions they otherwise would not have. I do not believe they would have added an Iowa team or a Kentucky team without GA. They have ignored large areas of the country for a long time. |
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Post by oraclesfriend on Feb 19, 2021 19:30:06 GMT -5
Why? What is your problem with GA? Just a Tophat hater? It is a good league that UNLIKE DA wants to work with ECNL and collaborate for the best interest of the players! Why should ECNL try to force them out? GA actually listens to their players and has a player led board. They have worked to have their players get exposure to colleges through video. They partnered with a recruiting app that is free to the players and gets college exposure. Oh and they actually added AFC Lightning to an elite league which YOU have been saying they have deserved for a long time. For at least 2 years I have heard you state that ECNL should add AFC Lightning and how good that would be for the players and Atlanta. But ECNL snubbed them like they did SSA and UFA for many years and Tophat years ago and again now. I think ECNL is a fantastic league but they are snobs and hold grudges. THAT IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PLAYERS THAT PLAY THERE NOW OR IN THE AREAS THAT THEY SNUB! So how about thinking about the players? (Rant over) I agree with everything about this quote except ECNL are snobs part. Everyone knows that Tophat Needs to be in ECNL! It is better for ECNL as well as Atlanta and the Southeast Conference! But, the only snobs from what I hear is Tophat thinking that they were better than ECNL. They snub ECNL the first time around. And then they chose DA over ECNL when UFA and Concorde were leaving. The writing was on the wall that DA was going to fold. They bet on the wrong team. They will get ECNL back because it only makes sense and $$ but I think that they're trying to squeeze them a little with some pain. I am not referring to snobbery against Tophat. The ECNL snobbery was against SSA and UFA and other clubs like AFC and clubs in states like Iowa and Kentucky and New Mexico and others where they have had or still have no presence. The grudge was about Tophat. UFA did not pull out of DA when Concorde did. They pulled out when they knew DA was going down. They were in the know before some other clubs and considering they applied for ECNL every year they were ready to make the switch easier than some others. |
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