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Anonymous wrote:DA and DPL...both have the word Development in the name...The former DA club in my area has been recruiting at more of my daughters' games than some parents show up for

I would be embarrassed for the DA/DPL coaches that have to spend more time recruiting from other clubs

Sounds like they are doing a part of their jobs. Which club?

What Part of coaching and developing are you talking about in youth soccer? Unless your a DA parent

Club name doesn't matter as all their players are scrambling for new homes

Wow, you sound desperate. Doesn’t look good on you.

Anonymous wrote:I wish the best to the clubs that are in DPL, if that is the direction of the ex DA teams are going. Love that high school soccer is going to make out in this whole deal. It really is fun to watch and the atmosphere for the students is pretty cool.

+1

I wish the best to the clubs that are in DPL, if that is the direction of the ex DA teams are going. Love that high school soccer is going to make out in this whole deal. It really is fun to watch and the atmosphere for the students is pretty cool.

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Anonymous wrote:DA and DPL...both have the word Development in the name...The former DA club in my area has been recruiting at more of my daughters' games than some parents show up for

I would be embarrassed for the DA/DPL coaches that have to spend more time recruiting from other clubs

Sounds like they are doing a part of their jobs. Which club?

What Part of coaching and developing are you talking about in youth soccer? Unless your a DA parent

Club name doesn't matter as all their players are scrambling for new homes

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Anonymous wrote:I think that is ultimately the best outcome for strong female soccer talent. Both leagues are/were very flawed but having two was destructive to consolidating competitive soccer players to play with and against one another

Highly likely the split will continue. The reasons GDA was taking on water aren’t there for GAL.

Does not address the main problem which is splitting up the competitive talent and weakening the overall landscape with dilution.

IMO almost all these deluxe top clubs are corrupt money grubbing con artists across ALL leagues.

But consolidating the players is progress .

Regardless...always watch you players back and those of her team mates at all these places

I know - dilution, dilution, dilution - But the exDA are backed into a corner with their livelihoods (money grubbers or not) on the line, so I’d anticipate they’ll be very aggressive to keep what they can and grow where they can. And, the fact of the matter is, there are clubs out there they can add who can compete. Beach FC was mentioned in the ECNL discussion. In CCL play, their 02-08 girls have a combined 4 losses across 7 teams (out of like 70-80 games) and have more than held their own against ECNL teams. Win some, tie some, lose some - but always compete. There is no ECNL close by so they would become the ‘Elite’ option in their area, so they’d probably be willing to bite.

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Anonymous wrote:Main reason is talent consolidation. Quicker mastery of and execution of high level play with deep rosters

ECNL could have consolidated talent in a controlled fashion. Instead they took their foot off the snake. Now they’ll have to hope consolidation happens by player choice which becomes a harder sell with every DA signing on to DPL or GAL.

And if they fly under USYS’s flag think of the openness of State Cup, the infrastructure of the still not dead ODP and the huge number of USYS clubs.

This is now far from over and is about to get very ugly.

Again, pro/rel, less travel, HS and a potential for a true pyramid among 100’s of clubs and showcasing? Exactly what will ECNL have that is better again?

Huh? Girls soccer is always about player choice. Where have you been? Girls soccer is pay to play from ecnl or gda on down.

Only place where that is not true is at the funded MLS academies and they are only for boys. Sorry.

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Anonymous wrote:FCV is going to the newly formed Girls Academy League, so all of your kid's spots are safe. FCV will continue to thrive in the new league. In a couple of years the ECNL will now that they made a huge mistake not allowing FCV in.

So the the DPL only appears to have a division in the Southeast, Frontier. and West. Will they add a Mid-Atlantic or Northeast? The letter says nothing about that.

According to their social media. The formal rollout will happen later next week. Hopefully the announcement will include all committed clubs and league formations. In the current press release they did mention that the league will be the same as the DA except they will allow girls to play high school soccer and the substitution rule has changed to allow more substitutions.

DA was already taking on water before it was terminated. They then lost two of the best teams in the country when SD Surf and Real So Cal went to ECNL. It is a pipe dream that GAL will be anywhere close to the same level of competition as the old DA, but I know those clubs will try to sell it to the current players.

The reality is that it is over. The best players from FCV, Arlington, MU, and BA will all go to ECNL clubs, and any remaining girls will play with some new, but lesser quality, teammates in a lesser league.

I think it is a bit delusional to think that all the top players are going to come over to the current ECNL clubs. If they do then some of the talent current ECNL players will defect to the new league. This is how it has always worked and how it will always work.

Anonymous wrote:DA and DPL...both have the word Development in the name...The former DA club in my area has been recruiting at more of my daughters' games than some parents show up for

I would be embarrassed for the DA/DPL coaches that have to spend more time recruiting from other clubs

Sounds like they are doing a part of their jobs. Which club?

DA and DPL...both have the word Development in the name...The former DA club in my area has been recruiting at more of my daughters' games than some parents show up for

I would be embarrassed for the DA/DPL coaches that have to spend more time recruiting from other clubs

Anonymous wrote:^^ Exactly people forget ECNL is nothing more than a shiny league which can easily fall

And as US soccer proved, no league is to big to fail.

^^ Exactly people forget ECNL is nothing more than a shiny league which can easily fall

Anonymous wrote:Main reason is talent consolidation. Quicker mastery of and execution of high level play with deep rosters

ECNL could have consolidated talent in a controlled fashion. Instead they took their foot off the snake. Now they’ll have to hope consolidation happens by player choice which becomes a harder sell with every DA signing on to DPL or GAL.

And if they fly under USYS’s flag think of the openness of State Cup, the infrastructure of the still not dead ODP and the huge number of USYS clubs.

This is now far from over and is about to get very ugly.

Again, pro/rel, less travel, HS and a potential for a true pyramid among 100’s of clubs and showcasing? Exactly what will ECNL have that is better again?

Anonymous wrote:ECNLers really freaking out over this. Love it!!

So, what do you pick...

a) Stay with your DA club and have a roster of 18 or less

b) Take an offer from an ECNL club with a roster of 30

Pros and cons, people.

The ecnl freak out if any is over tough competition for spots when the gda players that could take one, come to get it. And that is how it should be.

ECNLers really freaking out over this. Love it!!