Girls Academy League unveils Mid-Atlantic Conference member clubs

[Anonymous]

The Girls Academy League revealed the eight member clubs that will be competing in the Mid-Atlantic Conference for the inaugural season.

Eight clubs representing the states of Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia have solidified their spots for the 2020-2021 season.

Seven of the eight Mid-Atlantic Conference clubs are former Girls DA members: Arlington Soccer (VA), Baltimore Armour (MD), The St. James FC Virginia (VA), Cedar Stars Academy – Monmouth (NJ), PA Classics (PA), SJEB Rush (NJ) and Metro United (VA). One of the top Eastern Pennsylvania clubs, Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals, is featured in the conference as well.

https://www.soccerwire.com/news/girls-academy-league-unveils-mid-atlantic-conference-member-clubs/

There you have it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The Girls Academy League revealed the eight member clubs that will be competing in the Mid-Atlantic Conference for the inaugural season.

Eight clubs representing the states of Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia have solidified their spots for the 2020-2021 season.

Seven of the eight Mid-Atlantic Conference clubs are former Girls DA members: Arlington Soccer (VA), Baltimore Armour (MD), The St. James FC Virginia (VA), Cedar Stars Academy – Monmouth (NJ), PA Classics (PA), SJEB Rush (NJ) and Metro United (VA). One of the top Eastern Pennsylvania clubs, Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals, is featured in the conference as well.

https://www.soccerwire.com/news/girls-academy-league-unveils-mid-atlantic-conference-member-clubs/

There you have it.

Where you been? Old news.

[Anonymous]

EDP or National League would be better for Northern Virginia teams

[Anonymous]

Probably can play EDP in the spring if this league is just in the fall. Pretty good group of teams there and not horrific travel.

[Anonymous]

League is basically same as DA with better backing. I was surprised they could pull it off because I am a skeptic but they did. The smartest move was about hs and why DA was so insistent on that rather then letting parents decide was their downfall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:League is basically same as DA with better backing. I was surprised they could pull it off because I am a skeptic but they did. The smartest move was about hs and why DA was so insistent on that rather then letting parents decide was their downfall.

You say better backing. The fed mismanaged the DA for sure, but one thing they did was spend money on it. It's not clear to me where that money comes from for GAL, and if the same niceties will be there. I will be curious to hear what our club fees come out to be including showcases. It is hard to gauge the relative value at this point in GAL development.

[Anonymous]

Time will tell but this league seems to have better EIQ. They have already made better decisions that work for kids. I hated the sub rules. Was so hard to breakthrough and created bad feelings on the team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:League is basically same as DA with better backing. I was surprised they could pull it off because I am a skeptic but they did. The smartest move was about hs and why DA was so insistent on that rather then letting parents decide was their downfall.

You say better backing. The fed mismanaged the DA for sure, but one thing they did was spend money on it. It's not clear to me where that money comes from for GAL, and if the same niceties will be there. I will be curious to hear what our club fees come out to be including showcases. It is hard to gauge the relative value at this point in GAL development.

Maybe they should copy ECNL business model and create a GAL2 league?