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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][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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Oh the irony in your last sentence.

It is pretty clear that there are 8-10 teams in Europe that would win the NWSL year in and year out. The NWSL has parity, which is great, but no team in NWSL would win England, France, Spain league at this point.

Of the top 50 best womens footballers in the world. 10 play in the NWSL. 40 play in Europe…………

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I think that's pretty wrong, but let's say you are right, what does that say about the current state of girls youth soccer in the U.S.? ECNL getting it done? Switching to SY going to change things? Title IX and the college system gave us a head start but is it good enough now?[/quote]

I did not just make it up. You can quibble that it is Eurocentric list but I dont have much to argue against its accuracy.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2024/dec/03/the-100-best-female-footballers-in-the-world-2024

The WSL is an Academy structure. They start playing the club style at u12/u13 and they focus on technical as well as team play.

There is nothing fundamentally wrong with US style of soccer but it is still trying to “out athlete” or “send Trinity” style, which will work against the 2nd tier of nations. But what is more likely,  that the US dominated womens soccer on the world stage for years because A) for some reason the US understood womens soccer better than Europe or B) that nobody in Europe cared about womens soccer?

Now that there is investment in the womens side of things (coaching, facilities, salaries) in Europe my bet is that the US will still be competitive but it wont dominate ever again.

I love the athlete that Rodman is but I could have made a 15 minute lowlight reel of her first touch in the Gold Cup games.

I am being a little facetious but I would take 11 Rose Lavelles over 11 Trinity Rodmans all day every day.

But that is just my opinion having been a coach, referee and dad to high level girls soccer players.

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I like Trinity, you have to keep in mind that she's a huge natural talent that's a product of a US youth development process.

She could have been much much more. But what's to complain about she made it to the USWNT and NWSL.

Why shoot for perfection when good enough pays the bills.[/quote]

This tangent started with a comment about GA paired with NWSL on a MLSN model potentially being able to develop players who are better prepared to play the evolving women’s professional game, which clearly is different than college kickball. Is there any reason to think the coaches in GA are suited to this?  And don’t you need to start developing these technical skills much younger than U13?[/quote]

Zero chance either ECNL or GA, regardless of affiliation, could ever standardize a curriculum. Too many egos, profit motives and conflicts of interest. USSF is honestly a joke. Might not be their fault because they dont get funded like other nations but it is the Wild West out there in girls youth soccer.  Even the US ID scouts are all over the place. There is simply no standardization anywhere in the pyramid. [/quote]

Do you think academies in England and Spain are following curriculums from their national governing body? It’s club by club.

DCUM. Full of “knowledgeable” parents.
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So confidently incorrect……….

Yes, clubs have a club curriculum, but if you dont think the FA has MUCH more influence over the strategy for womens soccer development in the UK than USSF does in the US, you are 100% wrong.

I just laugh that you think USSF actually holds sway over Lavers/ECNL? He is openly contemptuous  of USSF as is evidenced by almost everything he says on his podcast.

Just as one example of FA. They actually have a multi year strategy for development of women’s soccer.  Rather than take shots at DCUM parents knowledge, try doing just the bare minimum of research before you clown yourself.

https://www.thefa.com/news/2024/sep/27/women-and-girls-stratgy-progress-inspiring-positive-change-20242709

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I just laughed at you.

Thr FA should try to develop girls and womens soccer in England.  After all, thry banned females from being able to play.  They kind of need to do right by females.[/quote]

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