Anonymous wrote:An technically, GAL is not a rival national elite league to ECNL for girls.

Its another league that rivals EDP.

facts over emotions

Anonymous wrote:An technically, GAL is not a rival national elite league to ECNL for girls.

Its another league that rivals EDP.

facts over emotions

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Anonymous wrote:I wish I understood the point of the GLA. Youth soccer does not need more leagues. That was one of the reasons US Soccer removed itself from the DA. They couldn't work with US Youth Soccer to create a league. These teams would hve fit nicely within EDP. Our parents and club leadership that stupid that they feel the need to create another DA league that actually removed two of the rules (no HS and limited subs) that set it apart from other leagues. Why?

You want someone to blame this on, blame ECNL. In this area, it is obvious that clubs like FCV and Arlington belong in that league - more so than several other clubs who are already in. Had the ECNL taken in clubs like these two, and done the same in other areas of the country, there would be no GA today. I’m guessing you could make a list of 30 or so DA clubs that are at least as good as the average ECNL club. Instead, you have some very good clubs that had a place to play with DA, and when not offered entry into the other comparable place to play, went about replicating their previous platform, new and improved.

The thought that quality clubs were just going to roll over, and that quality players on those clubs would be dying to leave clubs, coaches and teammates with whom they were very happy, that was hubris on the part of the ECNL. And the ECNL boosters on this board hoping for all of these happy young athletes to have to move are kind of sad. You could have taken these teams in with no damage to your current clubs because the players weren’t there anyway, and without damage to your platform because the top 2/3 of the DA would make ECNL a stronger league, not a weaker one. They had the chance and they blew it, at least for now.

Couldn't agree more!!! 100% on the ECNL. What were all of these players and coaches supposed to do, take their ball and go home. The ECNL had the chance to consolidate everyone under one umbrella, but they chose to turn their back and hold grudges against DA clubs. ECNL had every right to act in the way they did, but that doesn't make it right and now you have the GA. Every action as a reaction. GO GA!!

Actually it does make it right . But it does NOT make it smart. ECNL - or perhaps just some of the member clubs - got greedy and/or vindictive. Or maybe they just had a decision making process which was too slow/cumbersome to adapt to a fast changing situation.

ECNL was here before the DA
ECNL was here during the DA
ECNL is here after the DA

90 percent of the ECNL clubs that went DA have been excepted back. The EDP filler clubs that turned DA to fill in holes have not been offered a bid.

Facts over emotions

Don't understand your point. There are two leagues "TODAY" because the ECNL didn't take in all of the DA clubs or at least enough to prevent them changing the D to a G and moving on. Those are the facts. It's not up to me to decide what they should or shouldn't have done. I am just stating that their actions are the reason for the GA.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish I understood the point of the GLA. Youth soccer does not need more leagues. That was one of the reasons US Soccer removed itself from the DA. They couldn't work with US Youth Soccer to create a league. These teams would hve fit nicely within EDP. Our parents and club leadership that stupid that they feel the need to create another DA league that actually removed two of the rules (no HS and limited subs) that set it apart from other leagues. Why?

You want someone to blame this on, blame ECNL. In this area, it is obvious that clubs like FCV and Arlington belong in that league - more so than several other clubs who are already in. Had the ECNL taken in clubs like these two, and done the same in other areas of the country, there would be no GA today. I’m guessing you could make a list of 30 or so DA clubs that are at least as good as the average ECNL club. Instead, you have some very good clubs that had a place to play with DA, and when not offered entry into the other comparable place to play, went about replicating their previous platform, new and improved.

The thought that quality clubs were just going to roll over, and that quality players on those clubs would be dying to leave clubs, coaches and teammates with whom they were very happy, that was hubris on the part of the ECNL. And the ECNL boosters on this board hoping for all of these happy young athletes to have to move are kind of sad. You could have taken these teams in with no damage to your current clubs because the players weren’t there anyway, and without damage to your platform because the top 2/3 of the DA would make ECNL a stronger league, not a weaker one. They had the chance and they blew it, at least for now.

Couldn't agree more!!! 100% on the ECNL. What were all of these players and coaches supposed to do, take their ball and go home. The ECNL had the chance to consolidate everyone under one umbrella, but they chose to turn their back and hold grudges against DA clubs. ECNL had every right to act in the way they did, but that doesn't make it right and now you have the GA. Every action as a reaction. GO GA!!

Actually it does make it right . But it does NOT make it smart. ECNL - or perhaps just some of the member clubs - got greedy and/or vindictive. Or maybe they just had a decision making process which was too slow/cumbersome to adapt to a fast changing situation.

ECNL was here before the DA
ECNL was here during the DA
ECNL is here after the DA

90 percent of the ECNL clubs that went DA have been excepted back. The EDP filler clubs that turned DA to fill in holes have not been offered a bid.

Facts over emotions

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Anonymous wrote:I wish I understood the point of the GLA. Youth soccer does not need more leagues. That was one of the reasons US Soccer removed itself from the DA. They couldn't work with US Youth Soccer to create a league. These teams would hve fit nicely within EDP. Our parents and club leadership that stupid that they feel the need to create another DA league that actually removed two of the rules (no HS and limited subs) that set it apart from other leagues. Why?

You want someone to blame this on, blame ECNL. In this area, it is obvious that clubs like FCV and Arlington belong in that league - more so than several other clubs who are already in. Had the ECNL taken in clubs like these two, and done the same in other areas of the country, there would be no GA today. I’m guessing you could make a list of 30 or so DA clubs that are at least as good as the average ECNL club. Instead, you have some very good clubs that had a place to play with DA, and when not offered entry into the other comparable place to play, went about replicating their previous platform, new and improved.

The thought that quality clubs were just going to roll over, and that quality players on those clubs would be dying to leave clubs, coaches and teammates with whom they were very happy, that was hubris on the part of the ECNL. And the ECNL boosters on this board hoping for all of these happy young athletes to have to move are kind of sad. You could have taken these teams in with no damage to your current clubs because the players weren’t there anyway, and without damage to your platform because the top 2/3 of the DA would make ECNL a stronger league, not a weaker one. They had the chance and they blew it, at least for now.

Couldn't agree more!!! 100% on the ECNL. What were all of these players and coaches supposed to do, take their ball and go home. The ECNL had the chance to consolidate everyone under one umbrella, but they chose to turn their back and hold grudges against DA clubs. ECNL had every right to act in the way they did, but that doesn't make it right and now you have the GA. Every action as a reaction. GO GA!!

Actually it does make it right . But it does NOT make it smart. ECNL - or perhaps just some of the member clubs - got greedy and/or vindictive. Or maybe they just had a decision making process which was too slow/cumbersome to adapt to a fast changing situation.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish I understood the point of the GLA. Youth soccer does not need more leagues. That was one of the reasons US Soccer removed itself from the DA. They couldn't work with US Youth Soccer to create a league. These teams would hve fit nicely within EDP. Our parents and club leadership that stupid that they feel the need to create another DA league that actually removed two of the rules (no HS and limited subs) that set it apart from other leagues. Why?

You want someone to blame this on, blame ECNL. In this area, it is obvious that clubs like FCV and Arlington belong in that league - more so than several other clubs who are already in. Had the ECNL taken in clubs like these two, and done the same in other areas of the country, there would be no GA today. I’m guessing you could make a list of 30 or so DA clubs that are at least as good as the average ECNL club. Instead, you have some very good clubs that had a place to play with DA, and when not offered entry into the other comparable place to play, went about replicating their previous platform, new and improved.

The thought that quality clubs were just going to roll over, and that quality players on those clubs would be dying to leave clubs, coaches and teammates with whom they were very happy, that was hubris on the part of the ECNL. And the ECNL boosters on this board hoping for all of these happy young athletes to have to move are kind of sad. You could have taken these teams in with no damage to your current clubs because the players weren’t there anyway, and without damage to your platform because the top 2/3 of the DA would make ECNL a stronger league, not a weaker one. They had the chance and they blew it, at least for now.

Couldn't agree more!!! 100% on the ECNL. What were all of these players and coaches supposed to do, take their ball and go home. The ECNL had the chance to consolidate everyone under one umbrella, but they chose to turn their back and hold grudges against DA clubs. ECNL had every right to act in the way they did, but that doesn't make it right and now you have the GA. Every action as a reaction. GO GA!!

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Anonymous wrote:I wish I understood the point of the GLA. Youth soccer does not need more leagues. That was one of the reasons US Soccer removed itself from the DA. They couldn't work with US Youth Soccer to create a league. These teams would hve fit nicely within EDP. Our parents and club leadership that stupid that they feel the need to create another DA league that actually removed two of the rules (no HS and limited subs) that set it apart from other leagues. Why?

You want someone to blame this on, blame ECNL. In this area, it is obvious that clubs like FCV and Arlington belong in that league - more so than several other clubs who are already in. Had the ECNL taken in clubs like these two, and done the same in other areas of the country, there would be no GA today. I’m guessing you could make a list of 30 or so DA clubs that are at least as good as the average ECNL club. Instead, you have some very good clubs that had a place to play with DA, and when not offered entry into the other comparable place to play, went about replicating their previous platform, new and improved.

The thought that quality clubs were just going to roll over, and that quality players on those clubs would be dying to leave clubs, coaches and teammates with whom they were very happy, that was hubris on the part of the ECNL. And the ECNL boosters on this board hoping for all of these happy young athletes to have to move are kind of sad. You could have taken these teams in with no damage to your current clubs because the players weren’t there anyway, and without damage to your platform because the top 2/3 of the DA would make ECNL a stronger league, not a weaker one. They had the chance and they blew it, at least for now.

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Anonymous wrote:There will be three national Girls Academy showcases.

So at this “national event” all GAL clubs will come together 3 times a year and they will play each other? There is 44 clubs correct? ECNL has 94 clubs correct? How many National events dies ECNL have a year? Where is the funding for GAL coming from? How are they going to pull these events together? Lots of questions I have, not getting much from MU can anyone help?

GA currently sits at 45 with their largest conference yet to be announced. I guessing there will be 57 clubs. Every single club that plays in a league pays league fees. You have league fees, sponsorships, entry fees, etc... This is the same for every league in the country. The DA didn’t fail. US Soccer decided to pull out of youth sports.

And they get funding... lots for GAL to do, who is heading this league? who is sitting on the board?

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Anonymous wrote:There will be three national Girls Academy showcases.

So at this “national event” all GAL clubs will come together 3 times a year and they will play each other? There is 44 clubs correct? ECNL has 94 clubs correct? How many National events dies ECNL have a year? Where is the funding for GAL coming from? How are they going to pull these events together? Lots of questions I have, not getting much from MU can anyone help?

GA currently sits at 45 with their largest conference yet to be announced. I guessing there will be 57 clubs. Every single club that plays in a league pays league fees. You have league fees, sponsorship, entry fees, etc... This is the same for every league in the country. The DA didn’t fail. US Soccer decided to pull out of youth sports.

Yet they blamed the coronavirus pandemic!

"This was an incredibly difficult decision to make, but the extraordinary and unanticipated circumstances around the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in a financial situation that does not allow for the continuation of the Development Academy program into the future. We know that suddenly discontinuing a program that has been with U.S. Soccer for many years is shocking, but these unprecedented times required acting now."

Definition of financial FAILURE.

Anonymous wrote:I wish I understood the point of the GLA. Youth soccer does not need more leagues. That was one of the reasons US Soccer removed itself from the DA. They couldn't work with US Youth Soccer to create a league. These teams would hve fit nicely within EDP. Our parents and club leadership that stupid that they feel the need to create another DA league that actually removed two of the rules (no HS and limited subs) that set it apart from other leagues. Why?

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Anonymous wrote:There will be three national Girls Academy showcases.

So at this “national event” all GAL clubs will come together 3 times a year and they will play each other? There is 44 clubs correct? ECNL has 94 clubs correct? How many National events dies ECNL have a year? Where is the funding for GAL coming from? How are they going to pull these events together? Lots of questions I have, not getting much from MU can anyone help?

GA currently sits at 45 with their largest conference yet to be announced. I guessing there will be 57 clubs. Every single club that plays in a league pays league fees. You have league fees, sponsorship, entry fees, etc... This is the same for every league in the country. The DA didn’t fail. US Soccer decided to pull out of youth sports.