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taken off of the NC forum.....

new Atlantic Soccer League

The Atlantic Soccer League, a new boys' regional league sanctioned by US Club Soccer, will begin play in November 2010. The ASL has announced an initial acceptance of eight clubs and will select up to 16 to participate in its inaugural season of play.

Serving U15, U16, U17 & U18 teams from clubs up and down the East Coast, the ASL already includes Beach FC (VA), Bethesda SC (MD), CESA (SC), FC Frederick (MD), Freestate (MD), PWSI (VA), SAC (MD), Triangle FC (NC) and YMS (PA).

http://www.aslsoccer.net/

Looks like a move by non-Academy clubs to offer alternative. For CESA......they could play R3PL in Fall and then in lieu of HS offer this. Year round soccer.....

Is this an admission that the USSF DA is out of reach, or just a short term solution?

Admission by whom? The participating clubs?

I'd say so...how else do you continue to show value? Link up with an English club (also done in Charlotte by non-Academy club)? Re-name Super Y and move it from the summer into the winter/spring?

This is more like the ECNL for the boys. They are only playing in 3-4 tournaments.

These clubs need to remove the name "Club" from their name and change it to "Tours and Travel".

There is something called the I-10 league that is starting up as well

In my daughters age division we have 2 of the top teams in the country in our region 3 premier league. A couple players in our Region 3 premier league are even on the national team. Do the clubs just want to play more games in these other leagues or are these clubs planning on leaving Region 3 premier league?

What a joke of a league. Is the CESA membership really going to buy the reasons this would be good? Come on. CESA's top players should go to USSF Academy clubs yesterday. That's where it's at for the Men's side.

Sweet,thanks for the correction.