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[g97dad]

Just wondering if anyone knows if any of the Oregon Clubs are applying for admission to the ECNL league this year. New membership applicatons are being accepted until 1/15. My DD plays in the ECNL in Washington.  Right now there are only 2 clubs in Washington (WPFC and Xfire) and 4 clubs in the CA Bay area in our ECNL Region. The NW region has the fewest clubs of any ECNL region so I'm hoping they will be adding club(s) from Oregon to the league.  If you don't know what the ECNL is, here's a link:  www.eliteclubsnationalleague.com

[anyudes]

Or perhaps the Vancouver Whitecaps??

http://club.whitecapsfc.com/youth/girlselite/default.aspx

[Night creature]

Have heard that Idaho will be getting a club but nothing about Oregon. Would be nice to get a few mire clubs less miles on our families. Dd plays Wpfc a lot of money but had 30 to 40 coaches at all of our games last weekend

[g97dad]

I received 2 email responses to this post that I wanted to share.  for whatever reason, maybe they wanted to stay anonymous, but here is what the emails said:

           'I understand that Tualatin Hills is working on an ECNL application.'

            'THUSC has applied and will likely get accepted.  Their DOC is on the US Club Board and they are supported by some of the long standing soccer royalty that makes up the ECNL inner circle.'

Thanks!

[SodiumFan[2]]

We should find out March 1st. Keep your fingers crossed!     

[Or Soccer Mom]

If THUSC is accepted into the ECNL would 2013 be the first season?  That is very exciting and THUSC is the only Oregon club that I can see meeting the criteria.. its possible OSSA could but they did not make a bid for it.  Good Luck!!

[anyudes]

If THUSC is accepted into the ECNL would 2013 be the first season?  That is very exciting and THUSC is the only Oregon club that I can see meeting the criteria.. its possible OSSA could but they did not make a bid for it.  Good Luck!!

The main criteria for ECNL entry is a history of developing talent (among other lesser important criteria). I'm curious how THUSC fares in this category. I am aware of their current regional success. I'm also curious about how that history might compare to FC Portland's.

[OREsoccer]

If THUSC is accepted into the ECNL would 2013 be the first season?  That is very exciting and THUSC is the only Oregon club that I can see meeting the criteria.. its possible OSSA could but they did not make a bid for it.  Good Luck!!

OSSA can't make a bid for ECNL. One of the qualifications is competitive teams U14-U18. They have no U14 teams. If THUSC does get accepted it is for the 2012-2013 season. Onyx would be the U14 team, Iridium U15, Mercury U16, Sodium U17, and Ireland U18

[anyudes]

March is upon us. Has anyone heard anything on this?

[OREsoccer]

March is upon us. Has anyone heard anything on this?

Haven't heard anything yet. ECNL has until March 15th to make the announcement.

[g97dad]

Found this posted on 'www.talking-soccer.com': 

"I received the email from TA and the Board, there is NO ECNL for THUSC this year, and NO ECNL for Oregon this year. I would love to see a THUSC/FC merger, not sure they are ready to go with OSSA yet, but think it would be a good start in the right direction. United FC? Works for me! "

Sounds like it's probably true and bums me out.     This means more trips to CA for the WA ECNL teams.

[gotta want it]

Bummer -   I thought that FC Portland was part of ECNL -   

[Night creature]

Went to the College showcase of champions up in Redmond WA and watched Or  and Id clubs play both ECNL clubs in Washington. Though both ECNL clubs used it as a way for everybody to play and let others not play to heal up, but some of the games were very good. The Id clubs seemed to be a little behind both Wash and Or. Eastside, FC Portland did okay. Ossa U-16 played a good game against Crossfire U-16 and beat WPSC ECNL. Neither of the ECNL teams played their best players for more than 20 minutes.

The funny thing about ECNL is it is rough, and the Refs let the girls play. It is nothing like normal State play in Wash. it closer to the college level. What was funny was the OSSA parent yelling for fouls that on an ECNL field are not fouls.

As for getting in to ECNL they look at the whole club and how it does. It helped that Crossfire was one of the founding members for them to get in. Now you will see individual teams complain about not getting in. It is the club as a whole not just the individual teams, some teams maybe better than those playing just the club is not. Do we up in Wash hope Or and Id get teams heck yah. Travel to Cali four times this year was expensive but also really wore the girls down, leave on a Friday afternoon back late Sunday night, go to school at 7 and do this three weeks in a row then get your home games and back to Cali. Is it worth it

We had 150 college coaches show up to three games in SanDiego. This weekend we had 30 at a 3 game college showcase. 4 girls have commited with full rides combo athletic/acedemics at u-16 on each of the ECNL club teams. Yes it is worth it.

[Trip]

FC Portland and OSSA are the only clubs that have the teams to do it on the girls side.  Eastside, Westside, and FC on the boys side.  And even all of those clubs are spotty.  OSSA is not a very serious club, so the pick would have to be FC I think.  For the boys, either FC or Westside (the draw players from the same territory), but not both plus Eastside.  Truth is that no club in Oregon seems to have an interest.  I heard that the levels weren't that different between the ECNL teams and the top Oregon teams at the Showcase.