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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]GA is like the private school of club soccer.

Even more willing to take your money than ECNL programs are, and that's saying a lot.[/quote]

Eh, I agree with you that it's all about $$$, but I also think that there's so much of it floating around in youth sports that people vastly overrate the supremacy of ECNL. It won't last forever, because someone else will want a piece of that pie, and have the ability to pull it off eventually.[/quote]

Wishful thinking.  They tried with the DA and now with the DA.  So far, ECNL (girls) is undefeated.

There can only be one top dog.  Even in professional soccer, generally one league is ranked above all others.  In this case, ECNL reigns supreme and don't see that fact changing anytime soon.[/quote]

Does every NWSL team have an academy? Where do they play?

Regardless not enough NWSL teams to cover the country for their own youth league, but that's the only way I see ECNL losing out is if you get something similar to MLSnext but on the NWSL side.[/quote]

Believe there are 5 clubs that affiliate with youth academies.  3 play in ECNL (NC Courage, Racing Louisville, and Portland Thorns) and 2 in GA (Houston Dash and OL Reign).

There were more clubs affiliated to youth academies when the DA was around.[/quote]

NWSL has hinted recently that they would like to work on this, though I have my doubts.[/quote]

Does NWSL have the finances or will these be pay to play money makers? Academies, in the traditional sense, are expensive and NWSL is broke. League minimum salary is 35k, league average is 65k. Can they really afford to subsidize youth soccer? [/quote]

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