CaliKlines
Well-Known Member
It is not my contention that every state should have a GDA. It is my contention that ECNL definitely reaches far more players and successfully. There are some excellent players in Hawaii, Nevada, Ohio. There are no GDA clubs.
There are more than three girls from Vegas playing in SoCal but hey you said 90% of girls will be servicesd by GDA. Secondly, your map reading skills aren't up to par. Perhaps a geography course would help.
Sorry Shales, but here was your original contention:
Certainly not the nail in the coffin. As is most of the country is not participating in GDA. 3/4 of the country not able to participate in GDA.
I can't believe that I am having this discussion with you...My map reading skills are phenomenal, and geography is a hobby. Maybe your comprehension of population concentration is off, or maybe you are just trying to promote ECNL over the United States Soccer Girls Development Academy. Either way, you can't be so naive to think that 75% of the country is not able to participate in the GDA. (75% is a fancy way of saying 3/4.) Capeesh? Do you really think that only 25% of the country is exposed to the GDA? Isn't that exactly what you said? Or "most of the country is not participating in GDA"? Just to help you out, again, way more than half of the US population is being serviced by GDA clubs, and colloquially, I would say it is reaching 90% of the population.
There are some excellent players in Hawaii, Nevada, Ohio. There are no GDA clubs.
There is 1 GDA club in Ohio, 1 in Indiana, 3 in Michigan, and 3 in Illinois. Yes, unfortunately, there are a few good players in some unrepresented areas, but to say that "most of the country", or 75% of the country, is not able to participate in the GDA is blatantly false and completely disingenuous.
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