LA Galaxy launch fully funded teams

Kicker4Life said:
Is that so? Other than Pateadores, who else is advertising Fully Funded in the SouthWestern region?
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I did not know Pats were advertising free girls DA but that was on my list. Not my place to spread who - once I see them release information I have no issue discussing.
 
timbuck said:
Since I assume most of the funds to make a group "fully funded" will come from the fees from the rest of the players, will "B" team players be more likely to play at a non-DA club? Or will it be a carrot to get more players to try and play for the "B" team with hopes of moving up someday?
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I'm guessing the latter.
 
timbuck said:
Since I assume most of the funds to make a group "fully funded" will come from the fees from the rest of the players, will "B" team players be more likely to play at a non-DA club? Or will it be a carrot to get more players to try and play for the "B" team with hopes of moving up someday?
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The budgets clubs produced with their applications showed a $200,000 - $250,000 per year cost to run the academy, so I understand. Without sponsorship, that would imply the other 500-700 paying players in these clubs (not including the Blues, who have far fewer players) need to pay $300-$400 more each to fully fund an Academy.

Word is LAFC secured sponsorship pre-application and can scholarship most (if not all) players. Pats making theirs fully funded would provide another reason why they might have been invited.

The lure of the academy may help justify higher fees to pre-academy families, who believe being in the club might give them a leg-up once academy begins, but B team player getting promoted is less frequent when the A teams are "elite."
 
Real Deal said:
It'd just be nice if they seek out some truly underprivileged players to fully fund.
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DA has a scholarship program based in economic need. Players apply and if approved those funds are send to the member club. These funds are available to all members.
 
Kicker4Life said:
Now, will either one of the MLS Clubs involved pony up for a Women's Pro Team?

As a father of 2 girls who play, I'm excited to see the pro teams getting involved and growing the women's game.
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You read my mind. I sincerely hope this is an indication of future plans for a pro league for women.
 
Kicker4Life said:
Now, will either one of the MLS Clubs involved pony up for a Women's Pro Team?

As a father of 2 girls who play, I'm excited to see the pro teams getting involved and growing the women's game.
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Galaxy owners operated the Los Angeles Sol in the WPS for three years until they gave back the team to the WPS in 2010 and folded. Marta was on this team in 2009.

The current 10 team http://www.nwslsoccer.com/ league has some MLS clubs involved with Orlando Pride being the newest expansion club in this year. Lost leaders so those MLS clubs are keeping them afloat despite the $ drain.

I sort of doubt we will see the galaxy owners get back into the womens pro league but maybe LAFC?

In either case , there is very little $ in the WPS and most players have to do something else to get by. Making the min of 7k to a round 40k for most non-allocated players, the salary cap for those entire teams are about the same cost as two mens pro sub's like Mike Magee & Alan Gordon for example.
 
Kicker4Life said:
The girls in the LA area will certainly have some choices for DA. Looking forward to hearing more about the coaching staffs, which begs the question, what is more important the caliber of the staff or Fully Funded. Heck, some could end up with the perfect storm of both!
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Yes it's great that the LA area is now looking to be well served, with Beach, LA Premier, Real SoCal, Galaxy, and LAFC. So much population there, so much talent, and it would be a shame for central LA players to be excluded due to distance/traffic (no homer bias here at all ;)) Does anyone know where LAFC/Slammers DA will train? Seems the youth club is mostly based around the Cerritos area but the pro club will be up near USC.
 
ajaxahi said:
Yes it's great that the LA area is now looking to be well served, with Beach, LA Premier, Real SoCal, Galaxy, and LAFC. So much population there, so much talent, and it would be a shame for central LA players to be excluded due to distance/traffic (no homer bias here at all ;)) Does anyone know where LAFC/Slammers DA will train? Seems the youth club is mostly based around the Cerritos area but the pro club will be up near USC.
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Also hopeful that some of that talent that has been limited due to finances now is able to participate due to geographic and financial barriers being lifted. Exciting times ahead for the region
 
ajaxahi said:
Yes it's great that the LA area is now looking to be well served, with Beach, LA Premier, Real SoCal, Galaxy, and LAFC. So much population there, so much talent, and it would be a shame for central LA players to be excluded due to distance/traffic (no homer bias here at all ;)) Does anyone know where LAFC/Slammers DA will train? Seems the youth club is mostly based around the Cerritos area but the pro club will be up near USC.
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I hear LAFC is building out a training facility at CSULA, I would think they would have their Academies train there. Maybe someone from Slammers can chime in.
 
I guess if you can afford to fully fund an Academy you might consider it? The end goal is confusing. There's no tangible benefit that I can see for the LA Galaxy in hosting a girls Academy. Even if they were to add a Pro-team to the mix I would expect that girls would still leave for college when they reach that age. On the boys side, I can see the increasing appeal to turn professional at a younger age given the improving opportunities and financial model. I get that fully funded appeals to parents, but clubs run the risk of alienating their families by bumping up the costs to attract and accommodate a tiny amount of their players. I think the Academy will push a number of clubs towards economic ruin. It was a really smart move by US Soccer to get the clubs to pay for a program which in the long run will probably only really benefit them. I can't believe clubs haven't pushed back on US Soccer to commit more to the program much beyond giving the kids a "DA Patch." They can't do it without the clubs. You have to coach their way, play their way, under their parameters and oh btw pay for the privilege.
 
The tangible benefit for the LA galaxy is that they might attract a few more fans. Might sell some more merchandise. Might get more viewers on TV.
22 players x 3 teams = 66 families.
They probably aren't going to spend the $6k a year that they would to play ECNL, but might make a bit of a dent.
 
timbuck said:
The tangible benefit for the LA galaxy is that they might attract a few more fans. Might sell some more merchandise. Might get more viewers on TV.
22 players x 3 teams = 66 families.
They probably aren't going to spend the $6k a year that they would to play ECNL, but might make a bit of a dent.
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I don't think so. I would think that a perk of playing for the Academy would be that you go to the games for free? Ticket revenue plays such a tiny role in clubs budgets.
 
ajaxahi said:
Yes it's great that the LA area is now looking to be well served, with Beach, LA Premier, Real SoCal, Galaxy, and LAFC. So much population there, so much talent, and it would be a shame for central LA players to be excluded due to distance/traffic (no homer bias here at all ;)) Does anyone know where LAFC/Slammers DA will train? Seems the youth club is mostly based around the Cerritos area but the pro club will be up near USC.
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There was mention "somewhere" of LAFC building a training site in Tustin.
 
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