I didn't blame the loss on GDA. You and several others are so quick to defend all that is GDA. Today's U20 loss had nothing to do with GDA or ECNL. If over the years you have truly been following the women's game at the youth and national team levels you would know that we are no longer the Kraken on the international stage. Watching today's game made that crystal clear. Countries that were years behind us in the support and advancement of women's soccer are now competing with and beating us. The blame is placed directly at the front door of the federation.I am a supporter but no I did not check the remainder of your results. Since GDA has only been in place for one year and almost all of the U20 team had played ECNL I am not sure how you can say this one loss is some sort of statement for the DA. Certainly some may say it says something about the whole of US Soccer but I would wait till more games are played.
Instead of fixing the problem, the federation has decided to create a national league which enabled DA clubs to suck hundreds of thousands of dollars from parents across the country. GDA should be for elite players only. Period! And all the GDA apologists who keep saying that's its only year one really don't understand the impact nationwide of the top clubs (who have a history of developing YNT and NT players) who have decided not to continue after only 1 year of DA competition.