LAFC Slammers Leaving DA
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futboldad1
PREMIER
I wonder if Southern California will follow the lead of the rest of the country with some more big guns dropping out over the next 12 months......will be interesting to see how it all ends.
jpeter
PREMIER
When blues drop out also ecnl will back where things started.
Ussda is out of touch and cost way to much in terms of what has to be given up vs what girls clubs are looking for.
Big loss. Let the dominoes fall.
Weird how that played out with Slammers leaving first and essentially creating another club to compete with.
Blues was never all in in the first place. Their top players/top teams in 01 and 02 stayed ECNL this past year.
Wow this is a huge blow to GDA. With Slammers and LAFC both joining the other powerhouse clubs that left (PDA, Hawks, Eclipse, FC Stars) it's hard not to see that GDA isn't going as planned. Those clubs have history of placing girls in top college programs and on national teams. I know it's only been one year but the boys side didn't have this when it was created.
GoWest
GOLD
Is Crossfire Premier (NW) a dual or GDA only club?
The boys side didn’t have a competing, established, elite league (Ie- ECNL)
Is there an additional reason why the clubs can't play in both leagues? Is it that USSF is asking "all in" or is it ECNL asking for "all in".
For example, last year, when NYCFC was being formed, ECNL supposedly disallowed DOC of World Class from coaching in the games.
This year, the clubs in the NE have done a lot of math, and switching from GDA to ECNL meant way more money for the club, and significantly less oversight from anyone:
- coaches involved for 6 months instead of 10 (big issue for those who double as college coaches)
- basically 2 training sessions in ECNL a week instead of 3-4 in GDA (for many clubs it was just 3 mandatory sessions)
- clubs leaving GDA were given an allocation of having an extra ECNL team per age group
Lambchop
GOLD
They stayed because they all played high school for their coach at a private school. Most of them will be gone in one year.
gefelchnik
SILVER
Setting aside everything else (each league has some pros/cons) - it all comes down to what you have in your list.....the financial impact on the clubs.
There are other added expenses of DA, but the main ones have to do with the additional time commitment for coaches, which ultimately costs money.
If a club (which is a business) can retain customers with ECNL (with lower expenses), they will do this. I think the open question is can the clubs retain customers offering ECNL instead of DA. I think it will take a few years for this to shake out so this question can be answered.
ChipShot
BRONZE
I think these defections have more to do with club finances than an indictment of GDA. There are pros and cons to both leagues as has been debated on this board. After one year I don't think you can really tell how GDA will shake out but what you can tell is whether your club can afford to continue in the league, especially when the trend is going towards fully funding the teams and possibly expanding at two age groups.
GoWest
GOLD
Some good points. I wonder though if LAFC Slammers, with LAFC $$$$ backing, is really an issue?
gefelchnik
SILVER
To fully fund the program it costs about $750,000 per year. Its a lot of money, regardless of who is backing it.
If you can have the same customers, and they are just as happy with ECNL, then that's the decisions we are seeing.
I wonder if it will continue to be Fully Funded
Penalty Kicks Stink
SILVER ELITE
The issue was exposure, ECNL had 3x the college coach exposure than DA did. Coaches want to see the key match ups like Michigan Hawks vs. Slammers not Slammers vs. LA Premier or Pats.
If your going to sacrifice playing HS and training 4 days a week for barely any exposure whats the point
If your going to sacrifice playing HS and training 4 days a week for barely any exposure whats the point
I hear no. Other thing I hear is LAFC Slammers was going to be forced to have the teams practice in LA by DA.
LadiesMan217
GOLD
Was never fully funded.