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Re: Confused on new ECNL clubs
1. ECNL (Top tier, with teams from Sting, Solar, DKSC, Texans, and FCD)
2. ECRL (ECNL Regional league, same clubs as above)
3. New: ECNL RL NTX (North Texas regional league). This has been expanded to included additional clubs (such as Renegades, BVB?....)
Classic league D1 and ECNL RL NTX should be about the same level.
Rumors: GA (competitor to ECNL) maybe starting up in North Texas with few clubs as well.
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Tier 1:
ECNL...The very best teams in the Texas ECNL conference are national title contenders. These are the best teams from the Big 5 clubs in Dallas (DKSC, Solar, FCD, Sting x 2, and Texans).
Tier 2:
ECNL-RL...The very best teams here can compete well with the bottom half of ECNL teams. Consists of the Big 5 club's 2nd teams.
Girl's Academy...Nationally, the best GA team's can compete favorably with ECNL teams, but in Texas/Oklahoma it's roughly on par with ECNL-RL. Locally, there isn't a GA team in Dallas now, but BVB will join the league next year.
Tier 3:
FDL...The very best teams can likely compete with the bottom ECNL-RL teams
ECNL RL NTX...The best teams can likely compete with the bottom ECNL-RL teams. Consists of the top teams at smaller clubs or the 3rd / 4th teams at the Big 5 clubs.
Classic League...Also consist of the top teams at smaller clubs and the 4th+ teams at bigger clubs.
I'm probably missing some platform that should be in Tier 3, but that's off the top of my head. It's confusing. Almost intentionally so. A family needs to be pretty well informed in order to sift out the truth. When in doubt, do your research on the coach, pick a good one, and stick with them.
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PassItBack wrote:Well done! Don't forget DKSC, as they are part of girls ECNL as well. ;-)
Wow. Dumb oversight on my part.
Yes, of course. Big 5 (DKSC, Solar, FCD, Sting x 2, and Texans).
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ECNL: #1 No doubt
ECRL or ECNL-RL, same same (Regional): #2 No doubt and can compete with lower ECNL teams
ECNL-RL-NTXx2 (Local) #3 in name and theory
FDL x2: #4 in theory
LHD1 and NPL: Further down
Plano: might as well be Rec
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It's not a bug, it's a featuresmugrr wrote:It would be nice if the "subleagues" were labeled something different. We are already seeing some potential confusion with the "regular" ECNL-RL teams because the label in the tryout blogosphere looks the same.
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CuriousSoccerMom wrote:In the Houston area, we are learning that ECNL Comp (which is not listed in the options above, but is possibly considered part of ECNL) is being eliminated. There will now be ECNL, ECRL Comp and ECRL2. Also not listed above is USC RL which was once USC Champions League but was moved under the ECNL umbrella last year. It is my understanding ECRL Comp and ECRL2 will be for the junior/senior players only, and under that there will only be ECRL (so only the u18/19 teams will have two ECRL teams). Will that affect the Dallas area teams, as well? I'm curious to know if the top Dallas teams will field teams for ECRL Comp and ECRL2. The Houston area teams are torn on fielding both ECRL Comp and ECRL2.
Does anybody know if there will be a difference in the ECRL Comp and ECRL2 teams in terms of showcases or tournaments they can go to? Will ECRL comp be at different showcases than ECRL2?
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CuriousSoccerMom wrote:Well, so far, I know for certain that Challenge has two ECRL teams at the u18/u19 age group (ECRL Comp and ECRL Red), along with Dallas Texans, D'Feeters and FC Dallas (I'm not 100% certain about this one, but based on what their website represents, there will be two teams). So, there will definitely be two ECRL teams in the u18/u19 age group. The questions are, (2) how many clubs will field two teams and (2) will all the teams be in the same bracket or will there be A and B brackets. Has anyone in Dallas learned anything substantial that might answer these questions?
I think you are confusing the multiple layers of ECNL.
Next year there will be one ECNL team per age group, and one ECNL-RL team per age group (the latter is the club's 2nd team that travels with the ECNL team and plays the same schedule).
There are then multiple teams per club (or none) that could conceivably play in the 3rd ECNL tier and play a bit more locally against big club 3rd/4th teams or small club top teams, which in North Texas is ECNL-RL NTX and in South Texas is ECNL-RL USC.
You say Challenge has 2 ECNL-RL teams for next year. I assume in most every age one will be in the ECNL-RL league, and one in the ECNL-RL USC league. It's confusing, but those are not the same levels of play. In the oldest age group of U19, I believe ECNL Comp will simply be rolled into the ECNL- RL and most clubs will have two teams there. Pretty much same as before (but combined into a single table).
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CuriousSoccerMom wrote:Nope, not confused about the ECNL layers. I completely understand the various leagues under the main ECNL umbrella. For the u18/u19 teams, there will be two ECRL teams because the ECNL Comp teams are now under the ECRL as ECRL Comp. There will still be three "top" teams, but now the second and third teams will be ECRL, as opposed to two ECNL teams (ECNL & Comp) and one ECRL team. The ECRL NTX and USC RL teams will be the 4th teams (and possibly 5th teams) for the u18/u19 age group.
I do not think this is the case. It makes no sense that the 3rd team in the u18/19 age group would play 2nd teams in ECNL-RL TX conf. Especially w/ STX clubs as they do not have near the depth that NTX does. Regardless, our understanding and what we are hearing is that the 3rd teams WILL be playing in a STX (i.e. USC) and NTX RL. U18/19 will be basically be like all other age groups. ECNL (1st team TX conf), ECNL-RL (2nd team TX conf), ECNL-RL (3rd team and below NTX/USC conf with probably different tiers).
Honestly, I think this whole thing is still in flux and won't be hashed out until we get to the off-season.
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