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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let’s put things into perspective here.

Let’s look at SD Surf. Great ECNL program on the boys and girls side. Dominant.

New MLS club down the road, SD FC. Surely they will have a SD FC academy that plays in MLS Next. Guess where SD Surfs best boys will go?

Now, what if MLS Next says hey SD Surf..you can keep all your kids if you go MLS Next/GA.
Oh and by the way, If the girls go GA, that will be the feeder team to SD Wave.

See how that works[/quote]

Except is does not because most of the girls on Surf are not going to want to go to SD Wave or pro anywhere.  SD Surf has a Sophie's choice.  Lose the boys or lose the girls.  Same as Arlington.  They can't go MLSN.  Hurts their boys program.  They made the choice to stay top on the girls' side.  That is the same choice 90% of clubs would make.

Pathway to the pros is not a selling point on the girls side.  It is college placement.  In your example you would be offering nothing because their top girls that want to go pro already have a pathway.[/quote]

Because it hasn’t been an option in the past. When DA was around they had it all wrong.

Why would one turn down
a chance to play on a pro academy
A chance to play against top teams and international academies
A chance to go pro
A chance to still go to college if you don’t want to go pro
You still get to play high school

Women’s soccer is growing at a fast rate. [/quote]

Because they do not want to play pro --- sure if they were at the top but you are talking about a handful of girls each year.  Not enough for a team.  Your best point (for me) is -- a chance to still go to college if you don't want to go pro -- they do not want a chance to still go.  They want to go.  Almost every ECNL girl gets recruited.  There is no still a chance involved.  [/quote]

I believe 100% of an NWSL academy team would go pro or go to college.

You are talking about potentially the best girls in each state playing for a singular team. The pathway to college is still there. Not sure what you are getting at. [/quote]This marketing vaporware of MLSN and GA aligning is bad news for a potential NWSL Academy.

US Soccer/MLS is choosing the cheap route of a coaching webinar and a basic tournament with GA rather than building a top flight girls league.[/quote]

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