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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To get back to the topic of girls teams in the local area:  From our experience, the DA training has been stellar, and the 4th night is focused on either fitness or game intelligence. Both of which the girls can really use. Our DD is a 14, and I think the 14 pool is stronger than the older pools overall. So I think the younger years will be even stronger as they move into the system.  ECNL has been great for the girls game, particularly by consolidating college-bound talent, but I do think it's good for US Soccer to be filling that space so that there's less likelihood to default to athleticism and kick-and-run in the games.  So far, kick and run is not at all what the DA coaches are teaching my daughter's team (even if it is what some teams collapse into at this point given past training). It will take time to gel, but I bet the DA teams look far better to the casual watching in late spring than they do now. And one of the best parts about the DA overall is that they have focused on filling the senior ranks and the talent identification roles with experienced *women.* I love that for our daughters.   [/quote]

The DA training sounds right on, hopefully the girls have the capacity to digest and apply when it counts. into their 6th game soon, i would have hoped that these top girls were easier to gel earlier since they are clearly more attuned to what success could mean, and playing "selfishly" or in cliques doesn't help anyone develop in training or in games.

In a year i'd hope that all girls progress, regardless of team, league, etc. I was checking out the CCL and NPL standings since they are almost on to their 8th league game and have had some tournaments. looks fairly lopsided with the final scores and overall results. it really does make me wonder what good comes of having CCL and NPL separate. if you claim you want to do the best for a kids development, then i would think you need to not only train with the "best" but also "play with the best". clearly multi-goal (sometimes double digit) to zero or one, over a many game period indicates a mismatch in opponents. club bragging rights, and let's be realistic they do mean something to club recruiting and likely future successes, mean essentially nothing if you aren't playing competitively appropriate teams.

why the two leagues? it cant be all about money because the clubs probably see little difference as to who they are paying league fees, field conditions have been all over the place, so what keeps the best from wanting to play the best in league play?[/quote]

The two leagues existed because of ECNL. ECNL/NPL are under the U.S. Club soccer banner. CCL is under the USYS banner and both presented entirely different pathways. ECNL worked pretty well with the ability to move kids back and forth between ECNL and NPL as the players needed. It worked as a decent pyramid system and NPL knew its role as a feeder league. CCL demands the clubs A team where as NPL did not. While it would be good to merge the two I just don't see either organization giving up just yet the way WAGS eventually did.[/quote]

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