Sheriff Joe
DA
Great minds think alike. Check out my earlier post #1837
Girls Development Academy
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chargerfan
GOLD
Your best response is a pivot to a guy that hasn't been president in almost 20 years? Lightweight. As Striker17 suggested, take it to the politics section. Maybe someone there will actually take you seriously.
Coocoo.
And this is from loser joe, who has declared on multiple occasions that his purpose here is just to post lie to piss people off.
Sheriff Joe
DA
It's spelled lies, you should know how to spell it, you do it with every post. Now go change your diaper, you old, lying curmudgeon.
MakeAPlay
DA
Did you get beat up a lot as a kid?
MakeAPlay
DA
Let's hope that your daughter takes after her mom. Or the cable guy.
MakeAPlay
DA
Were you dropped on your head as a kid?
NoGoal
DA
She had a good year. Thanks for asking. She was coming back from an injury, but has recovered nicely and playing well.
Is your DD playing HS next year or going all in with Girls DA?
Sheriff Joe
DA
Sheriff Joe
DA
Sheriff Joe
DA
Cool, mine missed 4 or 5 months last year with injuries. We will see where she lands after the season ends, she really wants to play HS though.
Sheriff Joe
DA
MAP, you are my new friend, I am going to be extra nice to you. Who knows, you and I might end up together, forever.
Anomaly
SILVER
I am going to refer back to page 91 where people were discussing DP's, just to clear up some confusion and possibly be corrected if I am wrong.
DP's in ECNL and DA are different. In ECNL, it is a Discovery Player. The team can have up to 2, they don't need to live a certain amount of miles within the team, doesn't need to practice with the team*, etc.
In the DA, a DP is a Developmental Player. A team can have up to 10 of them, can only play a certain amount of games with the team, comes within the same club, obiovusly has to attend the club's practices, etc.
So the DA clubs are exclusive to those living within the designated area, whereas ECNL players could DP where they please. Last season, a lot of Vegas kids DP'd with teams out of state. In the DA, this won't be possible as all players have to be live in the vicinity.
As discussed, US Soccer awarded DA to areas deemed fit. It makes sense to load the SoCal area with DA teams and not give one to NV, NM, etc. However, I agree with Pooka in that the top talent of these areas shouldn't be ignored and that the cream of the crop won't necessarily gravitate towards DA teams, in both the younger and older ages.
This opens a new topic of discussion. Boys' DA teams have residencies and host families to bring in out-of-state players and allow them to play DA. There were two from the boys' side of my DD's club that have done this, one at a resedential academy and the other with a host family. Several other boys from other clubs have also gone down that route and stay with host families.
Will some of DA teams on the girls' side offer this as well? Will the DA be an option for the kids that don't live in the area? Parents already sacrifice enough to allow their kids to play club soccer. There would be a very, very small percentage of parents that would move their family out of state just to play DA. However, is residency or host families become an option, will the top girls' talent in neighboring states move in with a host family to play at what is being argued as the next top level of competition for girls' soccer? There's no doubt SoCal, along with some other areas (Texas, some east coast states, etc.), are already loaded with top talent. But some of their top talent won't opt for DA. It will be interesting to see if the Girls' side does begin to mimic the Boys', in that players and parents that live in neighboring states will sacrifice even more and allow their kids to move just to play soccer.
At the end of the day, what makes your kid happy is the priority (and what is feasible for your wallet) as I stated in a separate thread.
*I believe in the old forum, it was discussed that DP's would have to make half the practices or something like that, but I didn't include it because there was no true way for that to be enforced.
DP's in ECNL and DA are different. In ECNL, it is a Discovery Player. The team can have up to 2, they don't need to live a certain amount of miles within the team, doesn't need to practice with the team*, etc.
In the DA, a DP is a Developmental Player. A team can have up to 10 of them, can only play a certain amount of games with the team, comes within the same club, obiovusly has to attend the club's practices, etc.
So the DA clubs are exclusive to those living within the designated area, whereas ECNL players could DP where they please. Last season, a lot of Vegas kids DP'd with teams out of state. In the DA, this won't be possible as all players have to be live in the vicinity.
As discussed, US Soccer awarded DA to areas deemed fit. It makes sense to load the SoCal area with DA teams and not give one to NV, NM, etc. However, I agree with Pooka in that the top talent of these areas shouldn't be ignored and that the cream of the crop won't necessarily gravitate towards DA teams, in both the younger and older ages.
This opens a new topic of discussion. Boys' DA teams have residencies and host families to bring in out-of-state players and allow them to play DA. There were two from the boys' side of my DD's club that have done this, one at a resedential academy and the other with a host family. Several other boys from other clubs have also gone down that route and stay with host families.
Will some of DA teams on the girls' side offer this as well? Will the DA be an option for the kids that don't live in the area? Parents already sacrifice enough to allow their kids to play club soccer. There would be a very, very small percentage of parents that would move their family out of state just to play DA. However, is residency or host families become an option, will the top girls' talent in neighboring states move in with a host family to play at what is being argued as the next top level of competition for girls' soccer? There's no doubt SoCal, along with some other areas (Texas, some east coast states, etc.), are already loaded with top talent. But some of their top talent won't opt for DA. It will be interesting to see if the Girls' side does begin to mimic the Boys', in that players and parents that live in neighboring states will sacrifice even more and allow their kids to move just to play soccer.
At the end of the day, what makes your kid happy is the priority (and what is feasible for your wallet) as I stated in a separate thread.
*I believe in the old forum, it was discussed that DP's would have to make half the practices or something like that, but I didn't include it because there was no true way for that to be enforced.
ESPNANALYST
SILVER ELITE
US soccer ended their residency program for boys at IMG last Friday.
Specifically they stated that with the DA in place it is accomplishing the goals that the residential academy had.
I would love to meet the person who wanted a residential or out of state option for their daughter. With no livable wage at the pros what a horrible future. Not sugar coating it.
Education education education!
Specifically they stated that with the DA in place it is accomplishing the goals that the residential academy had.
I would love to meet the person who wanted a residential or out of state option for their daughter. With no livable wage at the pros what a horrible future. Not sugar coating it.
Education education education!
Anomaly
SILVER
Sorry, I didn't specify. I'm not talking about the national team residency, but residencies offered in Casa Grande (RSL Academy), LA Galaxy residency, and I'm sure some other MLS-affiliated DA clubs have it also.
ESPNANALYST
SILVER ELITE
Casa Grande and the LAG one have always intrigued me but again the boys are very different! I know several who attended the Dominguez Hills one and then went on to a UC FULLY paid for and now play MLS. Their salaries range from 59k to 180k a year and both are sponsored. They truly at 24-25 would like to move past MLS.
I would be shocked if they offered this for girls and even more shocked if girls actually attended this.
Anomaly
SILVER
I think it's an interesting dynamic if offered on the Girls' side, but I agree that, at least right now, it wouldn't fare as well as it does on the Boys' side.
However, to play at the "top" level, some may consider allowing their kids to stay at least with a host family and attend school out of state. It depends on how people view the future and fate of the Girls' DA I guess.
ESPNANALYST
SILVER ELITE
Agree. I know three families that have opted out of Club entirely and work with a private trainer and also an agility formal program. They also homeschool. These are three girls who WILL be on a YNT list. Coaches know them parents don't.
Then we all know the most special of all- the 05 who plays Boys DA. Homeschooled I believe. Already visiting colleges. Our very own OM. Again hays an example of a special player.
My point with this the kids who will be wearing the crest one day are already putting in these hoirs, trainings, nutrition etc. They are not relying on a club or a coach- they are putting in the work themselves. Can a residential facility help them- yes probably but the majority of us don't have that special player and I would be happy if my DD could avoid Snapchat for a day. I would probably stroke out if she came to me with nutritional guidelines for post recovery.
Dos Equis
GOLD
Does the "M" in "OM" stand for Marinovich?
Opting out of club entirely? No one informed them that soccer is a team sport? Working well with others is actually a benefit?
They will look great in college ID and YNT training camps, where passing the ball is rarely seen nor valued. Then they will get selected to our USWNT, and the public will wonder why our terrific athletes, who have devoted their entire youth to perfecting their individual skills, get their shorts handed to them by teams from France and Japan. U.S. Soccer will blame it on bad habits they developed in college, and encourage all to skip the future impairing practice of getting a college education.