Harsh criticism for Girls DA yesterday from a New York-based sports reporter who's covered soccer for 20 years... http://www.democratandchronicle.com...old-bill-goods-development-academy/594677001/
All U.S. Soccer has to do is make a statement that DA will take a High School break between December to March. But if they do that then they would have to change the league name to ECNL...just sayin.Harsh criticism for Girls DA yesterday from a New York-based sports reporter who's covered soccer for 20 years... http://www.democratandchronicle.com...old-bill-goods-development-academy/594677001/
Harsh criticism for Girls DA yesterday from a New York-based sports reporter who's covered soccer for 20 years... http://www.democratandchronicle.com...old-bill-goods-development-academy/594677001/
The most telling line in the article...
"News flash: If you're good enough, recruiters will find you. Trust me."
That's the crux of the problem though. From what I can tell, in So Cal anyway, you have a couple of types that are buying into the hype of DA.
1. Those at clubs that have been shut out of the "Elite Players" group..
2. Those that know that their players aren't good enough for the recruiters to "find" them so they literally buy into anything that portends a shot at a scholarship for their child
3. Those that incredibly think that their player is the next Mia Hamm and the DA will deliver them to the promise land.
I wonder how many more parents there are, like a dear friend of mine, who has essentially forced the DA issue onto their child and now brags to strangers about how it was his daughter's choice and she is doing it for....insert whole list of BS reasons.
Just how much are parents willing to make their children give up so they those kids can pursue their parent's dreams? If you are wondering who those parents are, just look below and see who clicked "dumb" on this post.
Are rosters published somewhere? Or is it up to each club to put them on their own website.Back to the topic -- Girls Development Academy
Rosters are "due" this Friday, Aug 18th (although names can be added after), we should be able to see the rosters up on the DA site shortly thereafter. I know some clubs have been scrambling last minute to add 1-2 players, so should be interesting.
Are rosters published somewhere? Or is it up to each club to put them on their own website.
Very interesting. So I just pulled up the DA rosters for several SCDSL clubs:http://www.ussoccerda.com/all-clubs
Click the club of interest and then the team of interest. They are at the top before the schedule.
Many aren't up, but Here is an example
http://lefc.ussoccerda.com/sam/teams/index.php?team=3951420
I think you are all kidding yourselves if you don't believe that the girls playing DA or ECNL will have way more exposure to college coaches than those not. At the end of the day I fully believe it should be the kids decision to play in those leagues and not the parents. If you look at the recruiting classes for every major college most players played ECNL. I heard their was an insane amount of coaches on the sidelines at Chicago. I personally have seem dozens and dozens of coaches on the sidelines of DA games at the summer showcases and way less coaches for all other teams. So if your kid wants to maximize their chances of playing in College, DA/ECNL is clearly the way to go. I believe you can make it playing on a CSL/SCDSL team but you better be working extra hard at getting seen by writing/calling coaches and attending camps.
I agree for this next season at least.My guess is that right now it is probably better to be very top of the bench at an ECNL or top flight 1 team than bottom of the bench at DA to get looks
San Diego Surf ECNL's Catarina Macario is a freshman at Stanford and has already scored 3 goals in her first 2 games (the first a mere 7 minutes after being subbed in). Perhaps not a surprise though. She's the all-time top ECNL scorer.ECNL's Instagram posted a picture of a side by side ECNL alumni roster for the Standford vs Florida game. 40 total ECNL alumni between the 2 schools. That's impressive. We will have wait and see if DA can match that type of success.
ECNL's Instagram posted a picture of a side by side ECNL alumni roster for the Standford vs Florida game. 40 total ECNL alumni between the 2 schools. That's impressive. We will have wait and see if DA can match that type of success.
I wonder how many more parents there are, like a dear friend of mine, who has essentially forced the DA issue onto their child and now brags to strangers about how it was his daughter's choice and she is doing it for....insert whole list of BS reasons.
Just how much are parents willing to make their children give up so they those kids can pursue their parent's dreams? If you are wondering who those parents are, just look below and see who clicked "dumb" on this post.
Yup. Similar situation. Players can get the "best of ECNL, HS and DA worlds" if they have really thought it through. At least the 2017-2018 season IMHO....unless the girl really really wants to play high school-- that is the one big reason I am hearing for a girl staying ECNL over DA....
San Diego Surf ECNL's Catarina Macario is a freshman at Stanford and has already scored 3 goals in her first 2 games (the first a mere 7 minutes after being subbed in). Perhaps not a surprise though. She's the all-time top ECNL scorer.
How many goals would be a good season for a D1 striker?Those were against tomato cans. Let's see what she does at 2pm PST today against a real team...
I think that she is an amazing player but you can't tell much from playing teams that aren't tournament quality.
How many goals would be a good season for a D1 striker?
You are making a whole lot of assumptions.The most telling line in the article...
"News flash: If you're good enough, recruiters will find you. Trust me."
That's the crux of the problem though. From what I can tell, in So Cal anyway, you have a couple of types that are buying into the hype of DA.
1. Those at clubs that have been shut out of the "Elite Players" group..
2. Those that know that their players aren't good enough for the recruiters to "find" them so they literally buy into anything that portends a shot at a scholarship for their child
3. Those that incredibly think that their player is the next Mia Hamm and the DA will deliver them to the promise land.
I wonder how many more parents there are, like a dear friend of mine, who has essentially forced the DA issue onto their child and now brags to strangers about how it was his daughter's choice and she is doing it for....insert whole list of BS reasons.
Just how much are parents willing to make their children give up so they those kids can pursue their parent's dreams? If you are wondering who those parents are, just look below and see who clicked "dumb" on this post.
Thank you, how is the knee?9+ is good. 13+ is great, 17+ is leading the nation.