New Additions to Leagues Check Up (ECNL & GA)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Finally some substantive conversation. I do think the first league that takes that focus will prevail in the long run. The other option is sort of what Gotham FC has done by enlisting a bunch of clubs from both leagues as feeders. That forces the clubs to actually focus on development in theory. Unlikely, but we can all wish right?

Gotham FC have been recruiting players as young as 2010 to train with the club. It’s an interesting way of doing things, I wonder how much pressure they put on players to miss the college step so they can sign them. If they go to college they have to go the draft route and may not get the players they want and have identified.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Finally some substantive conversation. I do think the first league that takes that focus will prevail in the long run. The other option is sort of what Gotham FC has done by enlisting a bunch of clubs from both leagues as feeders. That forces the clubs to actually focus on development in theory. Unlikely, but we can all wish right?

Gotham FC have been recruiting players as young as 2010 to train with the club. It’s an interesting way of doing things, I wonder how much pressure they put on players to miss the college step so they can sign them. If they go to college they have to go the draft route and may not get the players they want and have identified.

NWSL doesn’t have a draft.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Finally some substantive conversation. I do think the first league that takes that focus will prevail in the long run. The other option is sort of what Gotham FC has done by enlisting a bunch of clubs from both leagues as feeders. That forces the clubs to actually focus on development in theory. Unlikely, but we can all wish right?

Gotham FC have been recruiting players as young as 2010 to train with the club. It’s an interesting way of doing things, I wonder how much pressure they put on players to miss the college step so they can sign them. If they go to college they have to go the draft route and may not get the players they want and have identified.

NWSL doesn’t have a draft.

Some of the people that post here need to get with the times. Being a know it all about womens pro soccer and not knowing that NWSL got rid of the draft gets annoying quick.

Its like they're taking whatever knowledge they've learned watching college football and basketball and applying it to Soccer. Soccer is a different world because leagues like NWSL pull players internationally. Also internationally training and development for pro players is much different than America.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Finally some substantive conversation. I do think the first league that takes that focus will prevail in the long run. The other option is sort of what Gotham FC has done by enlisting a bunch of clubs from both leagues as feeders. That forces the clubs to actually focus on development in theory. Unlikely, but we can all wish right?

Gotham FC have been recruiting players as young as 2010 to train with the club. It’s an interesting way of doing things, I wonder how much pressure they put on players to miss the college step so they can sign them. If they go to college they have to go the draft route and may not get the players they want and have identified.

NWSL doesn’t have a draft.

Some of the people that post here need to get with the times. Being a know it all about womens pro soccer and not knowing that NWSL got rid of the draft gets annoying quick.

Its like they're taking whatever knowledge they've learned watching college football and basketball and applying it to Soccer. Soccer is a different world because leagues like NWSL pull players internationally. Also internationally training and development for pro players is much different than America.

You just said a bunch of nothing... And yes the NWSL got rid of their draft, but it's not because they pull players internationally. The NBA and NHL pulls players internationally, and they have a draft.

[Anonymous]

NBA and NHL are inherently american sports models copied from NFL and MLB. You are proving previous poster point corrrect. Have a seat bud, get back to college football and golf

[Anonymous]

What's the latest news, anything interesting lately? What's the deal with PDA & MatchFit Surf , are they getting further punishment? Scott Gallagher up to anything? SoCal Blues have any interesting news?...

[Anonymous]

Regardless of GA or ECNL affiliation, i wish these leagues would start doing something about college coaches pulling verbal offers from their kids. There are certain coaches who are infamous for doing this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of GA or ECNL affiliation, i wish these leagues would start doing something about college coaches pulling verbal offers from their kids. There are certain coaches who are infamous for doing this.

Agree. I wish they would at least be named and outed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Regardless of GA or ECNL affiliation, i wish these leagues would start doing something about college coaches pulling verbal offers from their kids. There are certain coaches who are infamous for doing this.

Agree. I wish they would at least be named and outed.

How about the players who pull their verbal commitments from colleges to commit somewhere else? It happens on both sides. Everyone should know that verbal offers are not set in stone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of GA or ECNL affiliation, i wish these leagues would start doing something about college coaches pulling verbal offers from their kids. There are certain coaches who are infamous for doing this.

Care to share any hints? Terrible of them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of GA or ECNL affiliation, i wish these leagues would start doing something about college coaches pulling verbal offers from their kids. There are certain coaches who are infamous for doing this.

Agree. I wish they would at least be named and outed.

How about the players who pull their verbal commitments from colleges to commit somewhere else? It happens on both sides. Everyone should know that verbal offers are not set in stone.

Which is why (on both sides) trolling insta for committment announcements is ridiculous. The only thing that should be counted is when players sign.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of GA or ECNL affiliation, i wish these leagues would start doing something about college coaches pulling verbal offers from their kids. There are certain coaches who are infamous for doing this.

Agree. I wish they would at least be named and outed.

How about the players who pull their verbal commitments from colleges to commit somewhere else? It happens on both sides. Everyone should know that verbal offers are not set in stone.

That happens far less often on the players side and generally just when there is a coaching change. To most kids the commitment is what they have been striving for and to take it away from them is particularly cruel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of GA or ECNL affiliation, i wish these leagues would start doing something about college coaches pulling verbal offers from their kids. There are certain coaches who are infamous for doing this.

Agree. I wish they would at least be named and outed.

How about the players who pull their verbal commitments from colleges to commit somewhere else? It happens on both sides. Everyone should know that verbal offers are not set in stone.

Which is why (on both sides) trolling insta for committment announcements is ridiculous. The only thing that should be counted is when players sign.

Bingo, iamyouthsoccers hasn't figured this out yet. His next big epiphany will be that a large number of D1 players transfer in their first year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of GA or ECNL affiliation, i wish these leagues would start doing something about college coaches pulling verbal offers from their kids. There are certain coaches who are infamous for doing this.

Agree. I wish they would at least be named and outed.

How about the players who pull their verbal commitments from colleges to commit somewhere else? It happens on both sides. Everyone should know that verbal offers are not set in stone.

That happens far less often on the players side and generally just when there is a coaching change. To most kids the commitment is what they have been striving for and to take it away from them is particularly cruel.

This is untrue. Often players use verbal committments at lesser schools to leverage into a committment at a better school. Again its why counting verbal commitments is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of GA or ECNL affiliation, i wish these leagues would start doing something about college coaches pulling verbal offers from their kids. There are certain coaches who are infamous for doing this.

Agree. I wish they would at least be named and outed.

How about the players who pull their verbal commitments from colleges to commit somewhere else? It happens on both sides. Everyone should know that verbal offers are not set in stone.

That happens far less often on the players side and generally just when there is a coaching change. To most kids the commitment is what they have been striving for and to take it away from them is particularly cruel.

This is untrue. Often players use verbal committments at lesser schools to leverage into a committment at a better school. Again its why counting verbal commitments is ridiculous.

Talking out of your a**. This VERY rarely happens. It is an actual business practice at some of these schools to over offer. And it needs to stop. And it is only going to get worse. Good coaches hold back a certain amount of availability for late signees, they dont offer 120% of capacity to kids. And the coaches know they kids wont go scorched earth because they dont want the reputation. But people in the know know exactly who these schools are.