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Anonymous wrote:Spirit will drop both DA in VA and Maryland. Does not make sense to keep it if it costs money to manage/etc and they don't get a cut if it actually does make money...

That said, some club in Maryland will get DA. I would agree with previous poster about Baltimore Armour or another conglomerate being created between Pipeline/SAC similar to Armour. They have some time to figure it out. Just depends on the egos involved...

Virginia is already saturated with ECNL/DA. I would be surprised if Great Falls could keep it going after '19/'20.

Moving on.

Why would they cut it if it is self sufficient and not really affecting Spirit's bottom line in a negative sense?

Anonymous wrote:Spirit will drop both DA in VA and Maryland. Does not make sense to keep it if it costs money to manage/etc and they don't get a cut if it actually does make money...

That said, some club in Maryland will get DA. I would agree with previous poster about Baltimore Armour or another conglomerate being created between Pipeline/SAC similar to Armour. They have some time to figure it out. Just depends on the egos involved...

Virginia is already saturated with ECNL/DA. I would be surprised if Great Falls could keep it going after '19/'20.

Moving on.

Anonymous wrote:No. But your sense of entitlement is impressive.

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Anonymous wrote:If anything, money paid by DA parents is partially being used to subsidize the pro team. Not vice-versa.

I would love it if you could actually itemize this and breakdown the costs and expenses so that this truth can truly be exposed.

I'll wait.

NWSL slapped spirit ownership on the wrist because this was happening and not allowed. NWSL is setup like the nba or nfl with profit sharing. The youth soccer revenue did not go into the central pot which is not allowed.

Spirit owner and CEO have no say if US Soccer kicks Spirit VA out of the DA. It’s not their decision. It’s USSDA’s.

Anonymous wrote:Ask your Spirit coach or the TD if the pro team uses its revenue to subsidize Spirit's youth operations, or if revenue from the youth operations subsidize the pro team operations.

Or just use your common sense: why would any business that is operating on razor-thin margins continue to subsidize a loss-leading operation?

I wish the state of the women's professional league was otherwise, and that Spirit was making money hand-over-fist and could sink serious funds into a true youth academy, like some of the MLS teams are doing on the men's side and like clubs do in Europe. But that unfortunately is not yet the case for Spirit. The Washington Post and other publications have written stories about Spirit's finances. If its various youth programs were not helping Spirit's bottom line, then any sane business person would cut those youth programs and focus on improving profitability of the pro team's operations.

However, that is not the case, and Spirit's youth programs are currently helping the bottom line. And that is a good thing. Both for the future viability of the pro team, as well as the continuation of Spirit's DA youth operations.

Untwist your linens and realize that not every comment about Spirit is negative or a troll job.

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Anonymous wrote:If anything, money paid by DA parents is partially being used to subsidize the pro team. Not vice-versa.

I would love it if you could actually itemize this and breakdown the costs and expenses so that this truth can truly be exposed.

I'll wait.

NWSL slapped spirit ownership on the wrist because this was happening and not allowed. NWSL is setup like the nba or nfl with profit sharing. The youth soccer revenue did not go into the central pot which is not allowed.

Spirit owner and CEO have no say if US Soccer kicks Spirit VA out of the DA. It’s not their decision. It’s USSDA’s.

Still waiting on your itemization of the expenses.

while you completely ignore everything else accurate about it. the "itemization" is irrelevant.

DA is dropping Spirit in MD, and Baltimore Armour will take on the Girls DA. Id bet on it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If anything, money paid by DA parents is partially being used to subsidize the pro team. Not vice-versa.

I would love it if you could actually itemize this and breakdown the costs and expenses so that this truth can truly be exposed.

I'll wait.

NWSL slapped spirit ownership on the wrist because this was happening and not allowed. NWSL is setup like the nba or nfl with profit sharing. The youth soccer revenue did not go into the central pot which is not allowed.

Spirit owner and CEO have no say if US Soccer kicks Spirit VA out of the DA. It’s not their decision. It’s USSDA’s.

Still waiting on your itemization of the expenses.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If anything, money paid by DA parents is partially being used to subsidize the pro team. Not vice-versa.

I would love it if you could actually itemize this and breakdown the costs and expenses so that this truth can truly be exposed.

I'll wait.

NWSL slapped spirit ownership on the wrist because this was happening and not allowed. NWSL is setup like the nba or nfl with profit sharing. The youth soccer revenue did not go into the central pot which is not allowed.

Spirit owner and CEO have no say if US Soccer kicks Spirit VA out of the DA. It’s not their decision. It’s USSDA’s.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If anything, money paid by DA parents is partially being used to subsidize the pro team. Not vice-versa.

I would love it if you could actually itemize this and breakdown the costs and expenses so that this truth can truly be exposed.

I'll wait.

Anonymous wrote:If anything, money paid by DA parents is partially being used to subsidize the pro team. Not vice-versa.