Texas ECNL and Frontier Conference

Heard FCD offered free use of their fields as an incentive. I'd bet on Lonestar getting in, and Dash and Energy not. Energy isn't deserving, but Dash is a good club.
 
It all seems sorted out, with the exception that most expect there to be two GA League clubs added from Dallas.

Texas ECNL (9 TX, 2 OK):
Solar
FC Dallas
DFeeters/Kicks
Sting Dallas
Dallas Texans
Sting Austin
Classics Elite
Albion Hurricanes
Challenge SC
Tulsa SC
Oklahoma Celtic

GA League (4 TX, 2 OK, 1 KS, 1 MO, 1 CO):
Lonestar SC
San Antonio FC
Houston Dash
Rise SC
Oklahoma Energy
West Side Alliance
Sporting Blue Valley
Lou Fusz
Colorado Rush
Future Dallas Club 1?
Future Dallas Club 2?

Texas ECNL looks pretty good. No plane trips for league games and the two clubs that were really poor and bottom of the table in nearly every age group - Oklahoma Celtic and Sting Austin - are said to be picking up top players (and sometimes entire teams) from ex-DA clubs Oklahoma Energy and Lonestar. In Houston, the two ECNL teams have picked off many top players from Dash and should be much stronger.

The DA was much better than ECNL the past few years here, but the top talent seem to be quickly consolidating into ECNL.

As for the GA League, even with the defections of players to nearby ECNL clubs, there's still some competitive teams and good coaches. But it's decidedly 2nd tier. Right now, much more than half of all away league games are going to require a plane ticket, which isn't ideal. Once two Dallas clubs are added (either ECNL club's 3rd teams or some smaller club's 1st teams), the map will look a lot better.

While the GA League looks pretty good in some parts of the country with regards to time and travel and costs, this TX/OK/CO/KS/MO union looks to be a pretty expensive proposition for what is likely to be 2nd or 3rd tier competition in the region. That's completely flipped from last year, when the same was more likely to have been said about ECNL.

ECNL appears to have scored a decisive victory in Texas. Things sure can, and did, change in a hurry.
 
STX said:
It all seems sorted out, with the exception that most expect there to be two GA League clubs added from Dallas.

Texas ECNL (9 TX, 2 OK):
Solar
FC Dallas
DFeeters/Kicks
Sting Dallas
Dallas Texans
Sting Austin
Classics Elite
Albion Hurricanes
Challenge SC
Tulsa SC
Oklahoma Celtic

GA League (4 TX, 2 OK, 1 KS, 1 MO, 1 CO):
Lonestar SC
San Antonio FC
Houston Dash
Rise SC
Oklahoma Energy
West Side Alliance
Sporting Blue Valley
Lou Fusz
Colorado Rush
Future Dallas Club 1?
Future Dallas Club 2?

Texas ECNL looks pretty good. No plane trips for league games and the two clubs that were really poor and bottom of the table in nearly every age group - Oklahoma Celtic and Sting Austin - are said to be picking up top players (and sometimes entire teams) from ex-DA clubs Oklahoma Energy and Lonestar. In Houston, the two ECNL teams have picked off many top players from Dash and should be much stronger.

The DA was much better than ECNL the past few years here, but the top talent seem to be quickly consolidating into ECNL.

As for the GA League, even with the defections of players to nearby ECNL clubs, there's still some competitive teams and good coaches. But it's decidedly 2nd tier. Right now, much more than half of all away league games are going to require a plane ticket, which isn't ideal. Once two Dallas clubs are added (either ECNL club's 3rd teams or some smaller club's 1st teams), the map will look a lot better.

While the GA League looks pretty good in some parts of the country with regards to time and travel and costs, this TX/OK/CO/KS/MO union looks to be a pretty expensive proposition for what is likely to be 2nd or 3rd tier competition in the region. That's completely flipped from last year, when the same was more likely to have been said about ECNL.

ECNL appears to have scored a decisive victory in Texas. Things sure can, and did, change in a hurry.
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Up here in the north east ECNL was always strong than GDA but now it’s by a landslide over GAL.

GAL Northeast:

25. NEFC
32. SSS
82. Oakwood

NA- STA, Cedar Stars Academy, Long Island SC, New York SC, Seacoast United

ECNL Northeast:

3. PDA
33. World Class FC
34. FC Stars
42. Maryland United
48. SUSA
57. East Meadow
60. Match Fit
61. Scorpions
64. CFC
91. Penn Fusion
93. Bethesda

NA Pipeline, Bucks, FC Delco, FSA
 
Looks like a clear consolidation for Texas in favor of ECNL per the Soccerwire Top 100 national club rankings.

Texas ECNL:
2. Solar
5. FC Dallas
21. Sting Dallas
27. DKSC
43. Albion
62. Challenge
66. Texans
92. Tulsa SC
97. Classics Elite
NR Sting Austin
NR Oklahoma Celtic

And apparently Sting Austin (from Lonestar), Oklahoma Celtic (from Energy), and Challenge and Albion (from Dash) have already picked up a lot of new top players for next year and should be much stronger.

Frontier GA:
26. Sporting Blue Valley
29 Lonestar
64. Lou Fusz
74. Dash
87. Colorado Rush
NR Oklahoma Energy
NR Rise SC
NR West Side Alliance
NR San Antonio City FC

Several current GA clubs in the Top 100 will struggle to hold those spots with all the rumored player defections to ECNL.
 
STX said:
It all seems sorted out, with the exception that most expect there to be two GA League clubs added from Dallas.

Texas ECNL (9 TX, 2 OK):
Solar
FC Dallas
DFeeters/Kicks
Sting Dallas
Dallas Texans
Sting Austin
Classics Elite
Albion Hurricanes
Challenge SC
Tulsa SC
Oklahoma Celtic

GA League (4 TX, 2 OK, 1 KS, 1 MO, 1 CO):
Lonestar SC
San Antonio FC
Houston Dash
Rise SC
Oklahoma Energy
West Side Alliance
Sporting Blue Valley
Lou Fusz
Colorado Rush
Future Dallas Club 1?
Future Dallas Club 2?

Texas ECNL looks pretty good. No plane trips for league games and the two clubs that were really poor and bottom of the table in nearly every age group - Oklahoma Celtic and Sting Austin - are said to be picking up top players (and sometimes entire teams) from ex-DA clubs Oklahoma Energy and Lonestar. In Houston, the two ECNL teams have picked off many top players from Dash and should be much stronger.

The DA was much better than ECNL the past few years here, but the top talent seem to be quickly consolidating into ECNL.

As for the GA League, even with the defections of players to nearby ECNL clubs, there's still some competitive teams and good coaches. But it's decidedly 2nd tier. Right now, much more than half of all away league games are going to require a plane ticket, which isn't ideal. Once two Dallas clubs are added (either ECNL club's 3rd teams or some smaller club's 1st teams), the map will look a lot better.

While the GA League looks pretty good in some parts of the country with regards to time and travel and costs, this TX/OK/CO/KS/MO union looks to be a pretty expensive proposition for what is likely to be 2nd or 3rd tier competition in the region. That's completely flipped from last year, when the same was more likely to have been said about ECNL.

ECNL appears to have scored a decisive victory in Texas. Things sure can, and did, change in a hurry.
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kickingandscreaming said:
Makes the league better.
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Much better!!
 
STX said:
It all seems sorted out, with the exception that most expect there to be two GA League clubs added from Dallas.

Texas ECNL (9 TX, 2 OK):
Solar
FC Dallas
DFeeters/Kicks
Sting Dallas
Dallas Texans
Sting Austin
Classics Elite
Albion Hurricanes
Challenge SC
Tulsa SC
Oklahoma Celtic

GA League (4 TX, 2 OK, 1 KS, 1 MO, 1 CO):
Lonestar SC
San Antonio FC
Houston Dash
Rise SC
Oklahoma Energy
West Side Alliance
Sporting Blue Valley
Lou Fusz
Colorado Rush
Future Dallas Club 1?
Future Dallas Club 2?

Texas ECNL looks pretty good. No plane trips for league games and the two clubs that were really poor and bottom of the table in nearly every age group - Oklahoma Celtic and Sting Austin - are said to be picking up top players (and sometimes entire teams) from ex-DA clubs Oklahoma Energy and Lonestar. In Houston, the two ECNL teams have picked off many top players from Dash and should be much stronger.

The DA was much better than ECNL the past few years here, but the top talent seem to be quickly consolidating into ECNL.

As for the GA League, even with the defections of players to nearby ECNL clubs, there's still some competitive teams and good coaches. But it's decidedly 2nd tier. Right now, much more than half of all away league games are going to require a plane ticket, which isn't ideal. Once two Dallas clubs are added (either ECNL club's 3rd teams or some smaller club's 1st teams), the map will look a lot better.

While the GA League looks pretty good in some parts of the country with regards to time and travel and costs, this TX/OK/CO/KS/MO union looks to be a pretty expensive proposition for what is likely to be 2nd or 3rd tier competition in the region. That's completely flipped from last year, when the same was more likely to have been said about ECNL.

ECNL appears to have scored a decisive victory in Texas. Things sure can, and did, change in a hurry.
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Sporting Blue Valley

www.sportingbvsoccer.org www.sportingbvsoccer.org

SBV “All In” to ECNL regional league.
 
Cleveland Force also announced participation in ECRL. Not clear either of these directly threatens the roster of clubs that have been announced for GAL. Probably clubs just hedging their bets and getting a foot in the door with ECNL, just in case. Regardless, not a great pair of announcements for those promoting GAL.
 
ChalkOnYourBoots said:
Cleveland Force also announced participation in ECRL. Not clear either of these directly threatens the roster of clubs that have been announced for GAL. Probably clubs just hedging their bets and getting a foot in the door with ECNL, just in case. Regardless, not a great pair of announcements for those promoting GAL.
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I would guess that is the case since as a DA club they were not that strong, but I think they might have only been a DA club for 1 year.
 
Desert Hound said:
I kind of wonder if they announced that wrong.

Looking at their home page, they already have added in GA to their offer. And on their FB page on the 10th they were talking GA.

Anyway. Not saying you are wrong.
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Yeah, who knows. Their website is a bit of a mess. ECNL will probably put out an announcement soon about whatever clubs are in that regional league.
 
Sounds like Sting Dallas is getting a 2nd ECNL team. There was a need for another team to be a travel partner for the other five teams, but giving a 3rd team to Sting is a really bad look for ECNL.

Sting Austin was probably the worst club in all of ECNL last year, but they managed to keep their spot while nearby Lonestar was shunned. Sting Dallas is probably no better than the 4th best club in Dallas, but somehow they also get a 2nd Dallas team (and not Solar, whose 2nd teams competed quite well in ECNL last year)?

The Texas ECNL Conference is going to be quite good, but it could have easily been better.
 
STX said:
Sounds like Sting Dallas is getting a 2nd ECNL team. There was a need for another team to be a travel partner for the other five teams, but giving a 3rd team to Sting is a really bad look for ECNL.

Sting Austin was probably the worst club in all of ECNL last year, but they managed to keep their spot while nearby Lonestar was shunned. Sting Dallas is probably no better than the 4th best club in Dallas, but somehow they also get a 2nd Dallas team (and not Solar, whose 2nd teams competed quite well in ECNL last year)?

The Texas ECNL Conference is going to be quite good, but it could have easily been better.
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Doesn’t Stings DOC sit on the ECNL board?
 
texanincali said:
Doesn’t Stings DOC sit on the ECNL board?
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I don't know, but that would explain the decision as keeping out Lonestar and Solar 2 for Sting Austin and Sting Dallas 2 is pretty indefensible from a soccer perspective. So it's just about money, which I guess is a bit reassuring in a way (the people making these decisions aren't idiots, they just have a different motivation than the rest of us).
 
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