Say bye-bye-bye to Girls and Boys DA

When my dd was in 8th grade I was told a big fat no for HS Soccer. Then waivers came and then a rumor started last year as a FR they would allow HS just like the private school kids this year. But the rumor fell flat and that is why:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
So I was told this rumor again that hs soccer is on the table for a rule change so the girls could have a choice with their lives. This was like 3 months ago from some folks I know. So they were going to allow freedom "three weeks before the virus came" but never told us? Maybe it was always about HS Soccer and_________________________________________________________________________________
 
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NWSL Louisville Academy is a brand new club. THey haven't even had tryouts. Who knows if they even will have tryouts?
And they got into ENCL? SMH. Unless they draw from KingsHammer and Cinci DA they are going to be weak.
Unless of course it is fully funded (free) then that changes everything.

I don’t know anything about that club or the KY soccer landscape but they are the only team between the TN & OH clubs so it certainly makes sense from a market share perspective and to bridge the travel gap in the OV conference which only had 9 teams this year.

The ECNL did the same thing a couple years ago in south Florida letting in Prime, which was a brand new club when it was admitted. Grabbed a valuable piece of the S. FL market that only had a DA team (Weston).
 
I don’t know anything about that club or the KY soccer landscape but they are the only team between the TN & OH clubs so it certainly makes sense from a market share perspective and to bridge the travel gap in the OV conference which only had 9 teams this year.

The ECNL did the same thing a couple years ago in south Florida letting in Prime, which was a brand new club when it was admitted. Grabbed a valuable piece of the S. FL market that only had a DA team (Weston).
Smart move on Prime picking up that Prime location for a fraction of the value today :) I remember when Sharks and Rebels joined ECNL and all these people making fun of them and mocking how they play ball. These are the clubs like the Beaches that got some of their top players taken when they were 13 or younger. The salt shaker timer that had unlimited salt has now been flipped over imo. Timing is everything sometimes :)
 
Albion announced hiring Jen Lalor as their Girls Academy pathway and technical director yesterday, so it seems clear that they will be part of the new GA League, although that's not surprising. Now that the league has begun announcing its conference members, it will be interesting to see how the SW Conference shapes up. I'm mostly curious about which clubs that joined the ECRL will also place teams in the GA League.

Edit - Heh just as I submitted this post the SW Conference was announced.
I'm sorry if this has been answered before, but will the "academy" clubs put their best teams in this league or ecnl 2?
 
NWSL Louisville Academy is a brand new club. THey haven't even had tryouts. Who knows if they even will have tryouts?
And they got into ENCL? SMH. Unless they draw from KingsHammer and Cinci DA they are going to be weak.
Unless of course it is fully funded (free) then that changes everything.

I believe somebody posted previously that this club was Kentucky Fire, rebranded.
 
@Luis Andres only so all others don't get all huffy and puffy for talking to Luis. I don;t PM too many folks here for obvious reasons. He's been on lock down too. I will say I'm impressed sweet Lou with how well behave you have been. Watch this video and especially towards the end. I feel like life and soccer has been one big, big foot chase. What do you think Luis only? This is not for anyone else, only my pal Lew :)

Master of the Wilderness, we can’t compete. Best tracker in the world that’s why he’s so elusive fooling the best human trackers in the world.
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I'm sorry if this has been answered before, but will the "academy" clubs put their best teams in this league or ecnl 2?
From what I understand most are rolling the dice on ECRL for next season and making their DPL teams the "academy" team. This may only be for next season pending the outcome of ECNL expansion (or lack thereof). It also appears this may be unique to the SW region.
 
From what I understand most are rolling the dice on ECRL for next season and making their DPL teams the "academy" team. This may only be for next season pending the outcome of ECNL expansion (or lack thereof). It also appears this may be unique to the SW region.

I’ve got to imagine these clubs will take the approach of trying to destroy every team they face in the ECNL regional al league so they can say to the ECNL, “Look, we clearly belong in ECNL.” Putting their A teams elsewhere and not finishing near the top of the table in every ECNL regional league age group isn’t a good look.
 
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I’ve got to imagine these clubs will take the approach of trying to destroy every team they face in the ECNL regional al league so they can say to the ECNL, “Look, we clearly belong in ECNL.” Putting their A teams elsewhere and not finishing near the top of the table in every ECNL regional league age group isn’t a good look.

Winning ECRL means making the ECNL playoffs. Then making some noise in the ECNL playoffs in several age groups would make for a strong argument for full inclusion in 2021-22.
 
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Winning ECRL means making the ECNL playoffs. Then making some noise in the ECNL playoffs in several age groups would make for a strong argument for full inclusion in 2021-22.
Do you have to come in first place to make playoffs? I think they should have those teams with us now. I know four teams right now in the new ECRL SW 04 teams that would be the favorite to win ECNL this year. The madness of this is lame. Let's add the four teams now so we have 18 in SW. The GA League winner can get a seat at 2021-2022 ECNL League and ECRL winner too. Drop two last place teams. Just a thought I had just now.
 
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