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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]GDA will not collapse any time soon. US Soccer won't allow it. Will GDA be the superior league with superior talent? Def not the case currently and likely won't be the case next year or probably the following year. [/quote]

I don't think US Soccer will allow it to collapse either.  The one thing that I find confusing is why it hasn't done more for its own league.  When the DA came out, US Soccer ensured it would succeed.  And it forced the beware scheme on all teams - even rec - although I remain convinced that was a huge error.  Now we have biobanding that is repositioning kids who often wouldn't have needed it with the former school age based method.

I know GDA doesn't encompass the top talent in America or in our region, but before GDA, my DD played ECNL and before that CCL.  I have a son who plays EDP and before that he did NPL.  I have seen and continue to see a fair amount of youth soccer.  The GDA has enough talent not to be second tier, although some clubs have girls who don't belong there.  They are easy to spot precisely because it contains girls who do belong there and are equals to the ECNL girls.  It would be incredibly easy to go back to the ECNL, as that's less travel for us both.  So why haven't we with all these announcements?  She has gone so much further with the full year of high level soccer than she could have staying half year and then doing high school.

If anyone is in a league for status, you are in it for the wrong reasons.  Go where your daughter is happiest and where she benefits the most.  Plenty of GDA girls - along with their ECNL counterparts - will ALL play D1.

Finally, all over the world, GDA style leagues have formed.  Give it 10 years (or less) and see where we fit in when their kids train a full year with their clubs while our girls do half years.   [/quote]

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