Girls' Academy has also been approved to become a U.S. Soccer member!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What a time to be alive.
GA is on a roll right now.

The ECNL troll that keeps trying to talk things down must be going crazy.

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But but ECNL is getting 10 ga teams…right? Right?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What a time to be alive.
GA is on a roll right now.

The ECNL troll that keeps trying to talk things down must be going crazy.

https://tenor.com/bkS5I.gif

But but ECNL is getting 10 ga teams…right? Right?

Only 3. Not 10.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What a time to be alive.
GA is on a roll right now.

The ECNL troll that keeps trying to talk things down must be going crazy.

https://tenor.com/bkS5I.gif

But but ECNL is getting 10 ga teams…right? Right?

Only 3. Not 10.

Like 3 unsubstantiated rumors is any better than 10 unsubstantiated rumors

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What a time to be alive.
GA is on a roll right now.

The ECNL troll that keeps trying to talk things down must be going crazy.

https://tenor.com/bkS5I.gif

But but ECNL is getting 10 ga teams…right? Right?

Only 3. Not 10.

Which 3? There’s a new wave of 3 every day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What a time to be alive.
GA is on a roll right now.

The ECNL troll that keeps trying to talk things down must be going crazy.

https://tenor.com/bkS5I.gif

But but ECNL is getting 10 ga teams…right? Right?

Only 3. Not 10.

Which 3? There’s a new wave of 3 every day.

The rumored clubs moving have also been rumored to do so for the past couple years.

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Anonymous wrote:Name calling isn’t proving that teams are leaving

We’re still waiting for NWSL to acknowledge this partnership with GA and the coming league academies they must be in development forming by now.

But US Soccer did give GA full membership. That’s a fact. And it’s a start.

US Club soccer, the governing body of ECNL, already has the same membership.

The same membership that the Special Olympics also has also received.

This is not a partnership as much as it is a certificate of achievement.

US Soccer + GA means GA can register players themself they no longer need to go through USSSA. It also means that GA can register players for other groups. (Like DPL or whoever)

ECNL has to go through US Club Soccer to register players.

What this means is that MLS NWSL USMNT USWNT USL and now GA are all on the same level. ECNL is 1 tier lower.

Does this mean anything? Not specifically because in the end both GA and ECNL can register players. However if you look at more deeply that seaseme Street song comes to mind... "one of these kids is doing their own thing. One of these kids is not like the other". Also if NWSL was to partner with a girls league GA completely controls their future. If NWSL was to partner with ECNL US Club Soccer could hold ECNL hostage or force ECNL to pay huge fees to register players.

Can you name even one practical effect of this?

Umm… that if nwsl or usl decide they want to lock down talent, they are forced to link with GA versus ECNL.

Lock down talent? Can you explain what that means? The league minimum salary in the NWSL is 36k a year. They can not afford to subsidize youth soccer the way as MLS. Even if they could, most girls are aiming for college not NWSL or the YNT

Are you not understanding that this will open a pathway to COLLEGE and NWSL. What are you not understanding

The pathway is you get scouted and recruited by college coaches. If you are outstanding, you go straight to the draft. If not, then you preform well enough in college to get drafted. How does that change? Does the ACC have to set aside a certain number of spots for GA girls?

You obviously only understand the girls side.

With MLSn you have Acadamy teams in youth age groups. The age groups progress into the professional team. This is what's missing on the girls side. Girls need to go from Youth to Pro or college to Pro. There's nothing in between that bridges the development of promising talent from amateur to pro.

ie NWLS Next

The academies work because they are free to the players, scout widely and provide intensive training. NWSL can barley afford to pay their players let alone set up real academies

NWSL and GA can make Academies function however they please. They can be fully funded, pay to play, or a mix of funded and pay to play.

Spirit already tried a pay to play academy. It flopped

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Anonymous wrote:Name calling isn’t proving that teams are leaving

We’re still waiting for NWSL to acknowledge this partnership with GA and the coming league academies they must be in development forming by now.

But US Soccer did give GA full membership. That’s a fact. And it’s a start.

US Club soccer, the governing body of ECNL, already has the same membership.

The same membership that the Special Olympics also has also received.

This is not a partnership as much as it is a certificate of achievement.

US Soccer + GA means GA can register players themself they no longer need to go through USSSA. It also means that GA can register players for other groups. (Like DPL or whoever)

ECNL has to go through US Club Soccer to register players.

What this means is that MLS NWSL USMNT USWNT USL and now GA are all on the same level. ECNL is 1 tier lower.

Does this mean anything? Not specifically because in the end both GA and ECNL can register players. However if you look at more deeply that seaseme Street song comes to mind... "one of these kids is doing their own thing. One of these kids is not like the other". Also if NWSL was to partner with a girls league GA completely controls their future. If NWSL was to partner with ECNL US Club Soccer could hold ECNL hostage or force ECNL to pay huge fees to register players.

Can you name even one practical effect of this?

Umm… that if nwsl or usl decide they want to lock down talent, they are forced to link with GA versus ECNL.

Lock down talent? Can you explain what that means? The league minimum salary in the NWSL is 36k a year. They can not afford to subsidize youth soccer the way as MLS. Even if they could, most girls are aiming for college not NWSL or the YNT

Are you not understanding that this will open a pathway to COLLEGE and NWSL. What are you not understanding

The pathway is you get scouted and recruited by college coaches. If you are outstanding, you go straight to the draft. If not, then you preform well enough in college to get drafted. How does that change? Does the ACC have to set aside a certain number of spots for GA girls?

You obviously only understand the girls side.

With MLSn you have Acadamy teams in youth age groups. The age groups progress into the professional team. This is what's missing on the girls side. Girls need to go from Youth to Pro or college to Pro. There's nothing in between that bridges the development of promising talent from amateur to pro.

ie NWLS Next

The academies work because they are free to the players, scout widely and provide intensive training. NWSL can barley afford to pay their players let alone set up real academies

NWSL and GA can make Academies function however they please. They can be fully funded, pay to play, or a mix of funded and pay to play.

Spirit already tried a pay to play academy. It flopped

NC Courage runs a your academy
Portland Thorns runs a youth academy
OL Reign runs a youth academy
Racing Louisville runs a youth academy
Houston Dash runs a youth academy

[Anonymous]

Ironically, they are just branded ECNL teams

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Anonymous wrote:Name calling isn’t proving that teams are leaving

We’re still waiting for NWSL to acknowledge this partnership with GA and the coming league academies they must be in development forming by now.

But US Soccer did give GA full membership. That’s a fact. And it’s a start.

US Club soccer, the governing body of ECNL, already has the same membership.

The same membership that the Special Olympics also has also received.

This is not a partnership as much as it is a certificate of achievement.

US Soccer + GA means GA can register players themself they no longer need to go through USSSA. It also means that GA can register players for other groups. (Like DPL or whoever)

ECNL has to go through US Club Soccer to register players.

What this means is that MLS NWSL USMNT USWNT USL and now GA are all on the same level. ECNL is 1 tier lower.

Does this mean anything? Not specifically because in the end both GA and ECNL can register players. However if you look at more deeply that seaseme Street song comes to mind... "one of these kids is doing their own thing. One of these kids is not like the other". Also if NWSL was to partner with a girls league GA completely controls their future. If NWSL was to partner with ECNL US Club Soccer could hold ECNL hostage or force ECNL to pay huge fees to register players.

Can you name even one practical effect of this?

Umm… that if nwsl or usl decide they want to lock down talent, they are forced to link with GA versus ECNL.

Lock down talent? Can you explain what that means? The league minimum salary in the NWSL is 36k a year. They can not afford to subsidize youth soccer the way as MLS. Even if they could, most girls are aiming for college not NWSL or the YNT

Are you not understanding that this will open a pathway to COLLEGE and NWSL. What are you not understanding

The pathway is you get scouted and recruited by college coaches. If you are outstanding, you go straight to the draft. If not, then you preform well enough in college to get drafted. How does that change? Does the ACC have to set aside a certain number of spots for GA girls?

You obviously only understand the girls side.

With MLSn you have Acadamy teams in youth age groups. The age groups progress into the professional team. This is what's missing on the girls side. Girls need to go from Youth to Pro or college to Pro. There's nothing in between that bridges the development of promising talent from amateur to pro.

ie NWLS Next

The academies work because they are free to the players, scout widely and provide intensive training. NWSL can barley afford to pay their players let alone set up real academies

NWSL and GA can make Academies function however they please. They can be fully funded, pay to play, or a mix of funded and pay to play.

Spirit already tried a pay to play academy. It flopped

NC Courage runs a your academy
Portland Thorns runs a youth academy
OL Reign runs a youth academy
Racing Louisville runs a youth academy
Houston Dash runs a youth academy

Houston Dash dropped their academy. They now play GA as HTX. Like when spirit dropped their academy and it turned into Metro.

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Anonymous wrote:Name calling isn’t proving that teams are leaving

We’re still waiting for NWSL to acknowledge this partnership with GA and the coming league academies they must be in development forming by now.

But US Soccer did give GA full membership. That’s a fact. And it’s a start.

US Club soccer, the governing body of ECNL, already has the same membership.

The same membership that the Special Olympics also has also received.

This is not a partnership as much as it is a certificate of achievement.

US Soccer + GA means GA can register players themself they no longer need to go through USSSA. It also means that GA can register players for other groups. (Like DPL or whoever)

ECNL has to go through US Club Soccer to register players.

What this means is that MLS NWSL USMNT USWNT USL and now GA are all on the same level. ECNL is 1 tier lower.

Does this mean anything? Not specifically because in the end both GA and ECNL can register players. However if you look at more deeply that seaseme Street song comes to mind... "one of these kids is doing their own thing. One of these kids is not like the other". Also if NWSL was to partner with a girls league GA completely controls their future. If NWSL was to partner with ECNL US Club Soccer could hold ECNL hostage or force ECNL to pay huge fees to register players.

Can you name even one practical effect of this?

Umm… that if nwsl or usl decide they want to lock down talent, they are forced to link with GA versus ECNL.

Lock down talent? Can you explain what that means? The league minimum salary in the NWSL is 36k a year. They can not afford to subsidize youth soccer the way as MLS. Even if they could, most girls are aiming for college not NWSL or the YNT

Are you not understanding that this will open a pathway to COLLEGE and NWSL. What are you not understanding

The pathway is you get scouted and recruited by college coaches. If you are outstanding, you go straight to the draft. If not, then you preform well enough in college to get drafted. How does that change? Does the ACC have to set aside a certain number of spots for GA girls?

You obviously only understand the girls side.

With MLSn you have Acadamy teams in youth age groups. The age groups progress into the professional team. This is what's missing on the girls side. Girls need to go from Youth to Pro or college to Pro. There's nothing in between that bridges the development of promising talent from amateur to pro.

ie NWLS Next

The academies work because they are free to the players, scout widely and provide intensive training. NWSL can barley afford to pay their players let alone set up real academies

NWSL and GA can make Academies function however they please. They can be fully funded, pay to play, or a mix of funded and pay to play.

Spirit already tried a pay to play academy. It flopped

NC Courage runs a your academy
Portland Thorns runs a youth academy
OL Reign runs a youth academy
Racing Louisville runs a youth academy
Houston Dash runs a youth academy

Houston Dash dropped their academy. They now play GA as HTX. Like when spirit dropped their academy and it turned into Metro.

Thank you + appreciate the correction.

[Anonymous]

This is a silly discussion.

GA is hemorrhaging talent and filling the gaps with the leftovers. They just took in VRSC, a club who has shown zero success on a local level, never mind state, regional or national. Yeah, they have a great facility and poached some interesting coaches. But being GA isn't going to enable VRSC to compete with the local ECNL clubs, not when those who know are going to steer their players toward Union, VDA and NVA. Even Regional League is stronger than GA with the exception of the top-of-the-top, which includes dead-in-the-water FCV and Ukrainians, who are leaving for ECNL.

The numbers about ECNL don't lie: they place the most player at D1s, at P4s, and yes, at the pro ranks, both domestic and abroad. GA is second fiddle and it's not even close.

Let's stop acting like a sanctioning decision that has zero impact on where the talent will go will have any discernable impact on the youth soccer landscape.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a silly discussion.

GA is hemorrhaging talent and filling the gaps with the leftovers. They just took in VRSC, a club who has shown zero success on a local level, never mind state, regional or national. Yeah, they have a great facility and poached some interesting coaches. But being GA isn't going to enable VRSC to compete with the local ECNL clubs, not when those who know are going to steer their players toward Union, VDA and NVA. Even Regional League is stronger than GA with the exception of the top-of-the-top, which includes dead-in-the-water FCV and Ukrainians, who are leaving for ECNL.

The numbers about ECNL don't lie: they place the most player at D1s, at P4s, and yes, at the pro ranks, both domestic and abroad. GA is second fiddle and it's not even close.

Let's stop acting like a sanctioning decision that has zero impact on where the talent will go will have any discernable impact on the youth soccer landscape.

Hahaha someone is scared...
https://giphy.com/gifs/RosannaPansino-ro-rosanna-pansino-xFtUy6RjM97msjVjAb

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is a silly discussion.

GA is hemorrhaging talent and filling the gaps with the leftovers. They just took in VRSC, a club who has shown zero success on a local level, never mind state, regional or national. Yeah, they have a great facility and poached some interesting coaches. But being GA isn't going to enable VRSC to compete with the local ECNL clubs, not when those who know are going to steer their players toward Union, VDA and NVA. Even Regional League is stronger than GA with the exception of the top-of-the-top, which includes dead-in-the-water FCV and Ukrainians, who are leaving for ECNL.

The numbers about ECNL don't lie: they place the most player at D1s, at P4s, and yes, at the pro ranks, both domestic and abroad. GA is second fiddle and it's not even close.

Let's stop acting like a sanctioning decision that has zero impact on where the talent will go will have any discernable impact on the youth soccer landscape.

Hahaha someone is scared...
https://giphy.com/gifs/RosannaPansino-ro-rosanna-pansino-xFtUy6RjM97msjVjAb

Please, indulge me. What am I scared of?

906 D1 verbal commitments for the 2025 class, with a breakdown by platform:
ECNL: 663 (73.2%)
Girls Academy: 189 (20.9%)
All Others: 30 (3.3%)

Plus 24 from Canada.

Read the room. GA is a second class citizen and it ain't even close.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a silly discussion.

GA is hemorrhaging talent and filling the gaps with the leftovers. They just took in VRSC, a club who has shown zero success on a local level, never mind state, regional or national. Yeah, they have a great facility and poached some interesting coaches. But being GA isn't going to enable VRSC to compete with the local ECNL clubs, not when those who know are going to steer their players toward Union, VDA and NVA. Even Regional League is stronger than GA with the exception of the top-of-the-top, which includes dead-in-the-water FCV and Ukrainians, who are leaving for ECNL.

The numbers about ECNL don't lie: they place the most player at D1s, at P4s, and yes, at the pro ranks, both domestic and abroad. GA is second fiddle and it's not even close.

Let's stop acting like a sanctioning decision that has zero impact on where the talent will go will have any discernable impact on the youth soccer landscape.

Ga also picked up Liverpool fc that dominated in all age groups in DPL. They actually move teams up unlike ECNL.

Where is your proof ukies are leaving?

Where is your proof that nothing will come out of the sanction?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a silly discussion.

GA is hemorrhaging talent and filling the gaps with the leftovers. They just took in VRSC, a club who has shown zero success on a local level, never mind state, regional or national. Yeah, they have a great facility and poached some interesting coaches. But being GA isn't going to enable VRSC to compete with the local ECNL clubs, not when those who know are going to steer their players toward Union, VDA and NVA. Even Regional League is stronger than GA with the exception of the top-of-the-top, which includes dead-in-the-water FCV and Ukrainians, who are leaving for ECNL.

The numbers about ECNL don't lie: they place the most player at D1s, at P4s, and yes, at the pro ranks, both domestic and abroad. GA is second fiddle and it's not even close.

Let's stop acting like a sanctioning decision that has zero impact on where the talent will go will have any discernable impact on the youth soccer landscape.

Hahaha someone is scared...
https://giphy.com/gifs/RosannaPansino-ro-rosanna-pansino-xFtUy6RjM97msjVjAb

Please, indulge me. What am I scared of?

906 D1 verbal commitments for the 2025 class, with a breakdown by platform:
ECNL: 663 (73.2%)
Girls Academy: 189 (20.9%)
All Others: 30 (3.3%)

Plus 24 from Canada.

Read the room. GA is a second class citizen and it ain't even close.

And the top half of GA Will go toe to toe with the best of the best from ECNL.

You sharing those numbers actually hurts ECNL. They lost 20% market share in a short 3 years