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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is strategic, not something that will happen overnight.

When DA folded, ECNL was there, established, and had positioned themselves to take over the girls game.

That is the position GA is in right now. No one knows where college will be in the next 3+ years. Last I heard they were wanting to be governed by US Soccer as well…

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1000% true.

Eventually NWSL is going to need to focus on the quality of the product they put on the  field. Once this happens GA MLSN and US Soccer will be where they turn.[/quote]

Lol. Why the GA? [/quote]

Firstly because they are self sanctioned now, less red tape compared to ECNL.

Second, NWSL will get more of what it wants. ECNL doesn’t need a pro pathway, and they’re not setup for it, easier to set the pathway up from GA than a platform that is largely a scholarship program.

Third, have you seen women’s college soccer? It’s awful. Watch the national championship, first touches bouncing 8 yards like a u-little match. That is what academy soccer produces for NCAA. If you were NWSL wouldn’t you want a platform that you can shape almost ground up vs current brick-touch Academy soccer?
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I assumed the atrocious technical skills at the “top” local clubs was a reflection of the DMV ECNL-G programs and things were different in the bigger US soccer markets, but, after watching several women’s games in the NCAA tournament a few weeks ago, it seems to me we have a universal and systemic problem in the US. I don’t watch much NWSL, but it’s not like this in the pro women’s leagues in England and Spain. I’m not commenting on overall quality as it goes without saying that a pro in one of those leagues should be a better player than someone playing even in a top college program.  I’m commenting on basic skills, like receiving the ball, that young adults should have developed years ago. But I don’t see how GA is any better positioned to fix things—there just aren’t enough good coaches in the US. [/quote]

Outside of Real Madrid and Barcelona, NWSL teams are better than teams in the Spanish league. NWSL is also a better league than the English League based on quality of players and teams.

Nobody on UNC or Wake Forest could “receive the ball”? Please stop.

Tell me you know nothing about women’s sports without telling me you know nothing about women’s sports.

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Did you watch the match? The best ECNL teams could compete against either WFU or UNC. Neither UNC nor WFU could hold a candle to the Houston Dash.

The college soccer technical skills is seriously lacking. It is no longer a stepping stone or development stage for pro-soccer. They just aren’t doing the right sort of work at that level to create pro-level talent. If you can’t see that, you know nothing about soccer.[/quote]
College sports has never been a developmental stage for pros in any sport. Just because it’s where players sometimes go first does not make it developmental. College coaches are just trying to win games. That is their job and they’ll lose it otherwise. Every coaching decision they make is to win games. As it should be. Rosters, playing time, positions, game strategy, recruiting.

The only ones with any vested interest in true development for the pros would be the pro teams themselves. Not because they love the game of soccer but because they want to win games. [/quote]

That's the weird thing. Both college and pro coaches are just trying to win + development means nothing to either. However women's college soccer for the most part is just bad soccer. You'd think that eventually some of the top youth coaches that do play very good soccer would eventually filter up to college levels but they don't.

I think the issue with college sports is that it's all a who you know type of environment. Wins are important but knowing the dean on a first name basis is more important. This type of mentality trickles down into who gets recruited and which divisions colleges play in, etc etc etc.

Hopefully NCAA blowing up will bring a new  environment.[/quote]
What does bad soccer even mean to a college coach? There is only winning and losing. Winning is good for them.
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Bad soccer is wins from playing a style that won't scale up. Yes you can win against terrible teams playing bootball. But no you will never beat good teams with bootball.

I agree with you at the end of the day wins are all that matter. If you can see a team that's winning but they're doing something that won't work against better teams that is bad soccer. [/quote]

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