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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How does anyone at this point not understand that a "pathway" is complete bogus marketing BS?[/quote]

So true. Unless it’s a direct pathway internal to the club or where the club is the major partner in an alliance, a “pathway” in an alliance just means you get to try out and go to a few practices. Of course everyone else has that same “pathway.” It’s just marketing. Did the NVA “alliance” actually help GFR or its players? Did anyone make a team they wouldn’t have made anyway by trying out at ID/practice sessions? Come on people, why so focused on this? If your DC is going to play RL, probably better to do so at a club where it’s the top team and not the second team. And if they’re good enough for NL/MLS, what’s stopping them?[/quote]

Not all "pathways" are the same and we don't know anything about what GFR is working on (or with who), so let's pump the brakes a bit. Having a pathway just to say you have a pathway is, of course, marketing. But there are certainly benefits to having a well-defined alliance/pathway/relationship if done right. Joint trainings, tournament teams, secondary leagues, play-ups, etc. before U13 get coaches familiar with players and can give pathway players a leg up on equivalent competition from outside. Alliances also often have soft quotas for team spots from their member clubs. Alliances can also provide double-rostering options that would not be available for kids outside the alliance. And the lack of a pathway can't be used against GFR in recruiting upper end RL kids.   [/quote]

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