Pateadores Girls DA 03/04 - Observations

Soccer123 said:
Also, thinking about the off years. Is it crazy to go to a non ecnl da club and possibly play scdsl in the off years? If there is no new league formed by the off year, then a Da with ecnl affiliation is the way to go from the start? Does this play into the decision making for next season? Some ecnl clubs have already given out offers for da next season to their internal ecnl players, getting ahead of the May scramble.
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Good points. If I had to choose between a watered down ECNL team and a strong SCDSL team that plays CRL, National Cup and the big summer tournaments, or change SCDSL for intramural DA-II (but keeping CRL, National Cup and the summer tournaments), I would choose the latter (less miles in the car and money spent in travel).
 
Lightning Red said:
The only thing heard so far is that the combo age group piece won't be around very long.
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That sure would be a game changer to do away with the combo age thing! It would create consistency (players can be on the same team for more than 1 year), it poses the question about a fully funded da (for more than 1 year and if there are more than 3 da teams, how can clubs afford to be fully funded?), and would there be a need for "reserve" teams and a different league, I think not?
 
Soccer123 said:
I personally don't think there is enough uber talent to have a top Da / Ecnl team on a club, unless you are an 01 or 02 on Blues, this would be the exception. My personal opinion only.
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That makes sense because those teams mentioned are already on the radar in terms of recruitment.
Soccer123 said:
Some ecnl clubs have already given out offers for da next season to their internal ecnl players, getting ahead of the May scramble.
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Where?
 
mbeach said:
Good points. If I had to choose between a watered down ECNL team and a strong SCDSL team that plays CRL, National Cup and the big summer tournaments, or change SCDSL for intramural DA-II (but keeping CRL, National Cup and the summer tournaments), I would choose the latter (less miles in the car and money spent in travel).
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Of course you would. Being a company guy by the look of your screen name I wouldn't expect you to say anything else. I would just look here and go to those clubs with the largest number and best commitments if you are just looking for the best overall situation.

https://sites.google.com/site/soccerrecruits/
 
CaliKlines said:
Yeah, that is the crazy part. How can you commit to a team without knowing who the coach is, why style of play he/she teaches, and what kind of experience with women's soccer he/she has? If you are committing to a team because it's free, then it should be due to a financial hardship. Why risk your daughter's development unless you know who is running the DA program and what they're going to teach the players? Even with Legends, I wouldn't commit until you know who is in charge, and what type of experience they have...too much speculation and not enough concrete information.
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Oh my goodness Cali did I sense some pragmatic non-homerism coming out of you? There is hope for you yet.
 
Striker17 said:
PS not to be a Pats homer because I am not but if you look at the boys side of Pats you will see what game they play. In all honesty I would be careful about a perception of a club. They will be good, possession based almost like a Deanza where you won't see the full effect until 16.
They don't play "big fast athletes game". Cough cough...
Again new landscape guys. Who is the best now I would venture to say may have some competition in the next few years. DA changed the game and released the ECNL chokehold. Now we will actually see who develops vs who by default gets the most talented girls due to an ECNL status.
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I have found in my experience that those that do it best continue to do it best regardless of the label. A rose by any other name still smells as sweet. A jackass in a Lamborghini is still a jackass.
 
Okay, so round 2 of the Pats tryouts is done for the 03 and 04 age groups. I only saw the last ten minutes of the 04 tryouts, so nothing to share there. I do have some observations for the 03 age group:
  • More players at this tryout than the first tryout. I would say between 50-60 tonight. Strikers OC and Pats were represented well.
  • Weather was good for the first 70 of the 90 minutes. Then the rain came and made things a little different. Cold and windy at the end.

At the end of the tryout, NP gathered the parents and shared some more information......(I want to state that it was raining and my umbrella made it harder to hear NP, so I may have some of these details wrong - sorry)
  • He said that at the recent GDA meetings, the Academy II teams were sanctioned (I think that was the word he used) by US Soccer. Not sure what that means but I suspect it is good.
  • He said that 4 of the 13 GDA teams in the Southwest Division will not participate in the new Academy II League, so there will be 9 teams involved. He did not state the names of the 4 who will not participate.
  • As stated before, the Academy I teams will be fully funded, including travel for the players.
  • Only 4 GDA teams across the country will offer fully funded programs. Pats and LAG are the only ones on the West Coast. The other two are East Coast clubs (he did not say the names).
  • The cost for the Academy II teams will be $2300. This includes uniforms and practice gear.
  • There will be three showcase events with the GDA. One is in Arizona, another in Florida and the other is in Indianapolis. One was in April, one in June and the last in December. I think the April showcase will be April of 2018?
  • Dan Richards will coach the 03 Academy II team. I think NP will coach the 03 Academy I team. Remember that Pats will use a team of coaches throughout the year.
  • There will be more open tryouts in January and February. He encouraged all players to keep coming out to all future open tryouts.
  • Offers will start very soon for the Academy I and II teams.
  • Pats is in the process of developing a GDA page on their website with more information.

I hope this helps.
 
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