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Anonymous wrote:There's no email from any club saying that DA is going away. There may be an email from a club responding to this BS "rumor" thread from DCUM, started by an admitted SoCal parent troll, repeating some random baseless tweet.

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Anonymous wrote:The biggest issue of discussion at this year's US Soccer AGM in February was the USWNT gender discrimination lawsuit, the botched and sexist legal challenge from the Federation, and the overwhelming negative PR backlash for organization from fans and sponsors. A short time later, Carlos Cordeiro abruptly resigned as President. US Soccer quickly installed Cindy Parlow Cone, the first female President, who is a two time Gold Medalist and a member of the fabled 1999 World Cup team.

They only national level soccer organization that has deep pockets, with multiple income streams, and is best positioned to weather this current CV situation--is the US Soccer Federation. In general, US Soccer will continue to have a DA in order to be the driving influence on US youth soccer development, just like it controls the national coaching license curriculum. US Soccer will keep having a DA.

USSF will not give up the girls DA, especially with a new female president. Cindy Parlow Cone, in her first few months as head of USSF, and under the heavy strain of CV on the entire world of soccer right now, will not make any big moves with GDA that would be detrimental to the investment and commitment of USSF to bring the girls side up equal to the boys--the reason for launchng the GDA.

Having an MLS-only boys DA league is a non-starter as being unfeasible. How could teenage boys travel all around the country to play weekly games throughout the year? They can't. It's logistically and financially impossible for so many reasons. There will always be a need for available local/regional competition.

So the legitimacy of this so-called anonymous and unsourced "rumor"--no matter how many times repeated--has no merit and does not make it true. There are a lot of ECNL'ers that will perpetuate this "rumor" ad infinitum, with desperate hopes of trying to will the DA out of existence. The only credible "rumor" people should be talking about is US Soccer buying out ECNL and folding it into the DA program. ECNL'ers can only hope that the ECNL mothership will advocate for no current ECNL club to be left behind by US Soccer in the merger.

Anonymous wrote:There's no email from any club saying that DA is going away. There may be an email from a club responding to this BS "rumor" thread from DCUM, started by an admitted SoCal parent troll, repeating some random baseless tweet.

I don't have a stake in the game nor know or believe any rumours are credible, but I can't for the life of me figure out how Soccer buys out ECNL. How would US Soccer have that much $? ECNL wouldn't give up the program cheap or a fire sale right now. Nor why would US Soccer take on that machinery to run . . .

Anonymous wrote:The biggest issue of discussion at this year's US Soccer AGM in February was the USWNT gender discrimination lawsuit, the botched and sexist legal challenge from the Federation, and the overwhelming negative PR backlash for organization from fans and sponsors. A short time later, Carlos Cordeiro abruptly resigned as President. US Soccer quickly installed Cindy Parlow Cone, the first female President, who is a two time Gold Medalist and a member of the fabled 1999 World Cup team.

They only national level soccer organization that has deep pockets, with multiple income streams, and is best positioned to weather this current CV situation--is the US Soccer Federation. In general, US Soccer will continue to have a DA in order to be the driving influence on US youth soccer development, just like it controls the national coaching license curriculum. US Soccer will keep having a DA.

USSF will not give up the girls DA, especially with a new female president. Cindy Parlow Cone, in her first few months as head of USSF, and under the heavy strain of CV on the entire world of soccer right now, will not make any big moves with GDA that would be detrimental to the investment and commitment of USSF to bring the girls side up equal to the boys--the reason for launchng the GDA.

Having an MLS-only boys DA league is a non-starter as being unfeasible. How could teenage boys travel all around the country to play weekly games throughout the year? They can't. It's logistically and financially impossible for so many reasons. There will always be a need for available local/regional competition.

So the legitimacy of this so-called anonymous and unsourced "rumor"--no matter how many times repeated--has no merit and does not make it true. There are a lot of ECNL'ers that will perpetuate this "rumor" ad infinitum, with desperate hopes of trying to will the DA out of existence. The only credible "rumor" people should be talking about is US Soccer buying out ECNL and folding it into the DA program. ECNL'ers can only hope that the ECNL mothership will advocate for no current ECNL club to be left behind by US Soccer in the merger.

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Anonymous wrote:About 1/2 the kids playing elite soccer will no longer be playing. Should be a very stressful time. It does not matter how good your kid is if another kid comes in who is better.

These elite teams are usually driven by 2-3 kids. Maybe this will get ride of the kids with little skill but are good athletes.

Another post from someone with no children playing elite sports.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a failed remedy to attempt to be like Europeans or South Americans; our culture is different and our players are different. An athlete that shows potential and promise with his technical skill will be infinitely better than a “footballer” that can’t hang on the field. Pressing, tackling... these are still important components of the game. It doesn’t matter if your kid can do 30 Cruyffs in a training drill, it matters if he can influence the game.

Stronger and faster people will always have the higher ceiling for development over the weaker and slower people. And the more those athletes play and compete, the more development they get. Regarding the gold analogy, go play golf.

Based on what I have seen on the boys side, most “athletes” on soccer fields here in NOVA cannot hang with football or basketball players athletically. That is why many of them are playing soccer. So it’s all relative. So I would tell the speedsters you go run track or play football, but they have already probably come up snake eyes on those. If you don’t believe me, try watching most athletes in soccer try to play those other sports. It is often painful. Not a lot of hand eye coordination and not a lot court speed. There are, of course, exceptions that prove the general rule.

We’re going to agree to disagree—it’s measurable and scientifically proven. There’s a reason why so many skillful technical players phase out: it’s their lack of strength and power.

I don’t think we disagree. But in the US, the athletes in boys and men’s soccer are not at the upper range of US athletes. Maybe that’s why we are underperforming internationally and relative to the size of our population and athletes. I don’t understand what you mean by measurable. Yes, speed and quickness are literally measurable, and one would expect to see faster players as you ascend the talent ladder. Was there a separate point that you were making?

“ Maybe that’s why we are underperforming internationally”... if you really mean that, no I don’t think we disagree. We are starting to get best athletes onto soccer field (and stay on it). I believe the age brought up was 2006 boys, meaning U14 this seasonal year. If coaches are rewarding athletes more playing time because they’re able to compete (2-2, being man down was the example), it will eventually not matter just how skilled a unathletic player and their style of play. Style of play is temporary. Yes, a clinical touch is needed but the U14 better athlete with horse hooves should be playing more, especially if more competitive than the unathletic kid. Get faster and stronger, but the genes dictate that.