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To whom?
1) The player 2) The parent 3) prospective college coach
To whom?
1) The player 2) The parent 3) prospective college coach
USSDA is progressing boys development, college is the depriment to american soccer, we have plenty of good young soccer players that are left behind in the ages of 18 and 22 not 10 to 17 in pure soccer development, I already said that, and I stand by it. and US soccer happens to agree, hence they are in repair mode.
our u23 team is made up of mostly what? college players? players who have to subsidise their own trg and hope they can catch on to a pdl team close by to get additional playing time and exposure during A LOT of soccer down time? Our u23 compete against international teams who have you know academy and professional players?
My assumptions are closer to reality than your assumptions of a womens league that will supposedly never prosper.
With only 10 teams in the NWSL 6 now have a direct player pipeline through DA, that is 60% and it will grow as will the league. it is only a matter of time before more young men sign pro contracts at 18 and bypass college and that dumb draft and women will follow suit, it is the natural progression. MLS and NWSl will grow, they will create jobs, they will create even more soccer interest, it will create soccer minds and with that will come more player opportunities. Expansions will come and with that new academies will form. how do you know what goes on behind the scenes and what new affiliations are being formed? How do we know what the actuall criteria were to be selected into DA, one would assume a path to professional soccer is one.
I'm not stretching this discussion more by adding additional topics such as you wanting to play for free and the history of german soccer academies. I played in Germany until 1996 and yes it was free.
That is it for me my man, this discussion with you is going nowhere because you do not have an open mind and you don't believe in growth and creating additional opportunities for others.
Good luck with your outlook.
Intrinsically it just does.I get that it matters to the player. Not sure why it would matter to the parent or the college coach. Parents should support their kids regardless of whether they are on a championship team or not. College coaches recruit players not teams.
Yawn, didn't even finish reading your post! Especially, when it takes you a day to reply.USSDA is progressing boys development, college is the depriment to american soccer, we have plenty of good young soccer players that are left behind in the ages of 18 and 22 not 10 to 17 in pure soccer development, I already said that, and I stand by it. and US soccer happens to agree, hence they are in repair mode.
our u23 team is made up of mostly what? college players? players who have to subsidise their own trg and hope they can catch on to a pdl team close by to get additional playing time and exposure during A LOT of soccer down time? Our u23 compete against international teams who have you know academy and professional players?
My assumptions are closer to reality than your assumptions of a womens league that will supposedly never prosper.
With only 10 teams in the NWSL 6 now have a direct player pipeline through DA, that is 60% and it will grow as will the league. it is only a matter of time before more young men sign pro contracts at 18 and bypass college and that dumb draft and women will follow suit, it is the natural progression. MLS and NWSl will grow, they will create jobs, they will create even more soccer interest, it will create soccer minds and with that will come more player opportunities. Expansions will come and with that new academies will form. how do you know what goes on behind the scenes and what new affiliations are being formed? How do we know what the actuall criteria were to be selected into DA, one would assume a path to professional soccer is one.
I'm not stretching this discussion more by adding additional topics such as you wanting to play for free and the history of german soccer academies. I played in Germany until 1996 and yes it was free.
That is it for me my man, this discussion with you is going nowhere because you do not have an open mind and you don't believe in growth and creating additional opportunities for others.
Good luck with your outlook.
Sure. deucesYawn, didn't even finish reading your post!"
Intrinsically it just does.
Cool Cool.......Yours truly - JulesFair enough. I love your avatar!
USSDA is progressing boys development, college is the depriment to american soccer, we have plenty of good young soccer players that are left behind in the ages of 18 and 22 not 10 to 17 in pure soccer development, I already said that, and I stand by it. and US soccer happens to agree, hence they are in repair mode. apples and oranges, I believe you brought Jordan Morris into this discussion?
our u23 team is made up of mostly what? college players? players who have to subsidise their own trg and hope they can catch on to a pdl team close by to get additional playing time and exposure during A LOT of soccer down time? Our u23 compete against international teams who have you know academy and professional players?
My assumptions are closer to reality than your assumptions of a womens league that will supposedly never prosper.
With only 10 teams in the NWSL 6 now have a direct player pipeline through DA, that is 60% and it will grow as will the league. it is only a matter of time before more young men sign pro contracts at 18 and bypass college and that dumb draft and women will follow suit, it is the natural progression. MLS and NWSl will grow, they will create jobs, they will create even more soccer interest, it will create soccer minds and with that will come more player opportunities. Expansions will come and with that new academies will form. how do you know what goes on behind the scenes and what new affiliations are being formed? How do we know what the actuall criteria were to be selected into DA, one would assume a path to professional soccer is one.
I'm not stretching this discussion more by adding additional topics such as you wanting to play for free and the history of german soccer academies. I played in Germany until 1996(not saying I was any good) and yes it was free.
That is it for me my man, this discussion with you is going nowhere because you do not have an open mind and you don't believe in growth and creating additional opportunities for others.
Good luck with your outlook.
Here is post on the subject on another forum that I follow from member chch:
from best I can tell GDA is basically a big power play to crush ECNL club based control.
Mallory Pugh's ex coach and director of her ECNL team basically said as much. US soccer had a camp (not a game) during an ECNL showcase/playoff for no apparent reason other than to pull out the ECNL players.
http://www.soccerwire.com/news/club...lorado-coach-rips-ussfs-ecnl-scheduling-snub/
Also, the game amount/schedule seems identical to current ECNL per year.
The only differences seem actually potentially "bad" for the players and families. (1) Only 5 substitutions with no re-entry on rosters with 23 players. (2) A mandated 4th practice a week - balancing School is vitally important for girls since they have no chance of making decent income in soccer. 3 practices a week that are far enough away in addition to occasionally missing a Friday of school are bad enough. (3) mandated no high school soccer. I hope GDA is stupid enough to start with everyone banned from high school but I predict they will be savvy enough to grandfather it in.
I will take this all back if (1) GDA is basically free or close to it and (2) teams must have at least 5 players rostered whose household income is <$100,000
I am curious how Surf puts together a good team. The population of SD country is about the same as the Phx metro area. I assume there are a lot of other clubs in the SD area as well.I love the Arizona/CA discussion. The only problem with AZ is that it takes an entire state to put a decent team together. Imagine what SoCal would do if it only had 2 or 3 clubs to choose from!
And of course if CA put together an all star team...it would be better vs the best in AZ.
You didn't hear it from me...but....They're probably not getting girls DA anytime soon.Anyone have inside info on Freedom FC?
That is so rude and since you haven't seen her play. You should NEVER stereotype a player. Fact is her DD is very good on the ball and passes the ball well and yes I have seen her play.
Rose Lavelle plays for Wisconsin (Big10) and she is as technically as it gets! I have also seen Northwestern play on cable and they also knock the ball on the ground.