U.S. U-14 GNT Roster Sept 6th, 2017
PLAYERS (24): Mikayla Abrenica (Legends FC; Temecula, Calif.),
Jordan Brown (
Heat FC; Las Vegas, Nev.), Maggie Cagle (SC Del Sol; Phoenix, Ariz.), Lindsey Chau (Legends FC; Highland, Calif.), Meka Doyle (San Jose Earthquakes; Berkeley, Calif.), Elise Evans (San Jose Earthquakes; Redwood City, Calif.), Jill Flammia (Richmond United; Manakin-Sabot, Va.),
Juliauna Hayward (
Real Colorado; Thornton, Colo.), Lumi Kostmayer (Oakwood SC; Southbury, Conn.),
Georgia Leb (Solar Chelsea; Colleyville, Texas), Bridgette Marin-Valencia (PSV Union; San Francisco, Calif.),
Molly Martin (FC Stars of Mass; Acton, Mass.), Ava Minnier (Penn Fusion; Downington, Pa.), Allison Montoya (MVLA SC; Los Altos, Calif.),
Olivia Moultrie (Beach FC; Canyon County, Calif.), Jordan Nytes (
Real Colorado; Aurora, Colo.), Kayla Reed (Sky Blue-PDA; East Brunswick, N.J.),
Jaedyn Shaw (
FC Dallas; Frisco, Texas), Evelyn Shores (
Tophat SC; Atlanta, Ga.), Emma Stransky (Internationals; Copley, Ohio), Maggie Taitano (
San Diego Surf; Carlsbad, Calif.), Alyssa Thompson (Real So Cal; Studio City, Calif.),
Teagan Wy (West Coast FC; Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.),
Ella Zimmerman (
Tophat SC; Cumming, Ga.)
This U14 List was from Sept 6th 2017, one day before the first season of the great GDA. It was the first List that had zero to do with ODP and more to do with getting top GOATs to the right clubs that GDA wanted them to be at. The Directors (some are owners too) of these GDA clubs also ran the Training Centers. Of the 6 socal girls, 5 of them played for another club the season before. No games to be played, just a list. No camp. No positions, just 24 players. I promise to God, my hand on the great book, my dd and I did not get mad or pout for her not making that first List that my dd gave up 16 months of her youth to try and make. It was like "America's Got Talent" back then but you had no idea who the judges were or what the criteria was. They stood behind a dark curtain and talked like Darth Vador when asking a question on how to improve and make the next List. Let's all remember that my dd team just came off winning Far West Regional, where she had the miracle goal, 5 goals in Semis, led all in scoring and got first goal in National Championship game that we won in August 2017. My dd only asked Director Spooner and Coach Pauly what she had to do to make the next one (came out in Mar 2018). Keep working hard they said and they will ask the scouts as well and get back to her. Never did
Since we had no playoffs for first year of DA (so stupid imho), my dd marked on her calendar two games, Legends and Earthquakes. The soccer landscape shifted in 2015 with announcement of birth year and GDA. This was a massive earthquake, 8.9 on the Richter Scale, with the epicenter in SoCal. It shook my soul to the core. Three years later, the tsunami is now on the horizon. We were also told, "The world is watching and that is why the rush for all these changes." Socal's top three clubs before GDA was Blues, Slammers and Surf. Today it's All the Surfs combine, Beach FC and Legends FC. Clubs that were top before are now getting marginalized (losing market share) because they don;t have the top players anymore. Why did they leave in the first place? They left, as I did for an obvious reason. Again, we all know who the top top players were in each age group back then. Most are still there. The top clubs today use these kids likeness and their individual hard work and act like they were the ones who developed them and then plaster their likeness on clubs FB and Twitter pages and all the online places. The truth is, it was the kids hard work at the risk of major injury and the parents sacrificing $$$ and driving all over socal. We also have to give credit to all the really good youth coaches like the Gaffer and Bobak and local coaches like coach Buck teaching 7-11 years old girls to love the game of soccer because it's fun to play the game with other girls and then do sleepovers and maybe go to the mall and shop