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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just don't see another ECNL team in NoVA. If VDA implodes, FCV could take over that area if it moves closer. A FCV/BRYC merger makes some sense. I just don't see FCV sustaining itself as DA implodes. I imagine that DA will struggle to survive the CV. Arlington players are already looking for an exit [b]and MU is basically done. FCV has strong enough teams to remain relevant but that is not sustainable for rising age groups. Why risk you future in the DA when ECNL is a serious option. [/quote]

What does this mean? Arlington has fielded successful girls DA teams-why would they want to leave?[/quote]

Not the poster....but do you think clubs are leaving DA because they can’t field successful teams?

They’re leaving because the cost/benefit ratio doesn’t justify further participation.

If you are not aware, running a GDA is extremely expensive for the club to run.

USSF needs to bow out of the youth market and focus on a MLS/NWSL merger and focus on selecting the 1 percent as players mature and filter them into true MLS/NWSL academy...similar to England.

If you haven’t noticed, the BDA is about to take a major hit.

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All of you folks rooting against US Soccer and for this further fragmentation of soccer in the US are pissing in the wind.  These developments, if they lead to the dissolution of the DAs, will not help this country do any better.   The countries that do well have well developed culture and professional leagues around soccer.  The US doesn't.  US Soccer is trying to help with that gap via the DAs.   If clubs break that up because of their thirst for $$, it may help their packetbooks but will leave soccer in the US in a worse state.[/quote]

It does seem strange that people are hoping for a DA fail. Most of the ideas behind DA are intended to increase quality of training, staff and facilities. Yes, these will cost more for the club, but the player (and their family) will receive a much better (quality controlled) experience. The DA is truly player centered. Don’t believe for a second that the clubs choosing away from DA will be passing any savings on to their players. The players will continue to be paying just as much but with fewer product standards (and likely roster dilution) Also, the clubs Director will probably be driving a much nicer car.[/quote]

Name a top soccer country where the national governing body also runs the to top youth league. I’ll wait.[/quote]

Name a top country that dominates the soccer world without established soccer culture and a mature, very well funded professional and academy system, I’ll wait...

Which is why USSFs effort matters, and your rooting against DA is pissing directly into the wind. [/quote]

Even though what you say is true that does not mean it will result in success. On the men's side, there are only a handful of countries that have ever won or gotten to the final match of a World Cup, Copa America, or Euro Cup.  On the women's side even less (and we are the historical best, starting well before DA was ever conceived). So there are many more failure stories than success stories.  The keys on the men's side are: culture (obsessive, pervasive culture akin to what we have here in the states relative to football, basketball, and to a lesser degree baseball); and a world class professional league that pays millions to their top athletes (NFL, NBA, MLB, EPL, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, etc.) or lack of such a league and clear routes from the country into another set of leagues (re: Brazil/Argentina into the top notch UEFA leagues). The culture results in lots of dads (and moms) that know the sport and can teach the sport well outside of all the "pro" youth coaches as well as families watching and going to games - exposing youths to the right way to play.  The culture and dream of money (real money, not MLS salaries) also results in a small but important set of kids playing for hours, day after day until they become world class.  For every one C. Pulisic we have here there are 50+ in every soccer obsessed country.  So while we can talk about USSF and DA/ECNL, etc. they are not the keys to success.

On the women's side the pinnacle is getting a D1 scholarship and/or making the USWNT.  We are the best and have been the best due to our progressive women's rights and Title IX and many other country's second class citizen rating of women in general.  The progressive Euro countries are catching up, but we'll always be at or near the top as soccer is a part of female sports culture in this country and for women (athletically) has one of the most attractive financial pathways outside of WNBA (where we also dominate the world stage).

Culture and money.  That's all that matters.[/quote]

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