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[quote=Anonymous]All that was said initially was that the partnership didn't seem to make sense. You all are projecting that the team is mocked as being stupid or the decision ridiculed or that an anonymous parent is being mean. No one said that.

Help us understand the reason for the partnership. If Metro bought training curriculum, great. The press release said nothing of the sort, but that would be a reasonable explanation. Maybe other clubs would buy the same curriculum, too.

From all appearances, the partnership doesn't make sense on its face - one team is in Virginia, the other all the way across the country; one team is NWSL, the other GAL; Thorns is an ECNL franchise, while DC Metro is GAL, etc. What does a NWSL team have to gain by affiliation with a GAL team from across the country when there are hundreds of teams closer geographically or better run or larger in size or in existence longer or part of ECNL or with better staff or with consistent production of better players? Is it a co-branding thing? Is it an attempt to generate interest in NWSL as a league? Is it to bring kids and pros into contact with one another? Is it because the coaches know one another? Is it because Tobin Heath is moving to Virginia because there is so much money spent here on soccer? Is it a money thing? If so, who pays who and for what? The question "Why?" seeks explanation, not judgment. [/quote]

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