Girls DA/ECNL in VA: who will survive?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They caught up fast because of the soccer cultures. It makes complete sense. If you take a soccer culture like Brazil, Spain or Germany and provide opportunities to women, the women's game will take off because of the institutional knowledge that is leveraged.

Japan is a better case. I honestly don't know enough about Japan to comment but the country does not seem to be as focused on sports as the rest of the world yet has competitive men's and women's soccer. My guess is that Japan's success is driven by the fact that there is limited competitio for the player pool and that the entire nation is focused on soccer.

institutional knowledge

You're exactly right. This is the problem.

I have been trying to get someone to finally say it. Its not about the league. It's not about the population. Its about the ability to develop the kids we have into world class players.

Truth being. WE CAN NOT.

We have enough players. They are athletic enough. We dont need a bigger pool. We need a better system.

The USSDA is a crutch. Good for college bound kids. Inferior for international level kids.

The USSF = fat lazy old man picking at the low hanging fruit.

USSDA is not an academy. It's a league bearing the name Academy.

Until the proper incentives exist to develop players, nothing will change. Too much EASY money being made the way it is set up now and too much arrogance throughout the sport including the federation, mls (unfortunately same as federation), leagues, clubs and coaches that all believe their way is the right way even though all the evidence says otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Just in case you think what's going on now is unprecedented. Or you think you can predict what this all looks like in a few years. Have a read through all the bad takes from just 5 to 6 years ago. This stuff is circular and ever evolving and if you've been part of it long enough you can see it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just in case you think what's going on now is unprecedented. Or you think you can predict what this all looks like in a few years. Have a read through all the bad takes from just 5 to 6 years ago. This stuff is circular and ever evolving and if you've been part of it long enough you can see it.

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