GA 2008 Showcase Dominated by FRAM DPL
- Thread starter South Bay Baller
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SoccerLocker
SILVER ELITE
Thank you for giving me a reason to check in on this board more.
Want some popcorn?
silverback
SILVER
This is all so much gold…
“Blues beat the crap out of us but our style was much better” is a story as old as time…
Also Albion not dropping GA. Albion IS GA. They will certainly go down with the ship.
“Blues beat the crap out of us but our style was much better” is a story as old as time…
Also Albion not dropping GA. Albion IS GA. They will certainly go down with the ship.
what-happened
GOLD
Yes...to go along with the highlight reel of an 08 team.
South Bay Baller
BRONZE
It is almost as if they are trying to sweep FRAMS performance under the rug.
site hasnt been this good since Luis Andres was at Ole. keep it going
I mean…this could get ugly LOL. In all fairness, they are making a case for promotion to GA next season, should that be a possibility for the team/club. Them and SD Force (who is ahead of FRAM at the other age groups).
fight clean, no low blows and keep the girls out of it…
FRAM G08 is on par with any 08 team. Never underestimate any of coach Tino's teams.
Desert Hound
DA
On the bright side it is the first time someone has talked about GA on the forum since July
rainbow_unicorn
PREMIER
GA and DPL need to join forces while allowing promotion of top Discovery teams to join their ranks.
what-happened
GOLD
The plot thickens..
met61
GOLD
...there is only 5 GA teams left in SoCal and with the MW move to Sharks, he'll draw top Albion players, not to mention GA players from SDSC & City, and probably Surf ECRL...I don't see a way GA survives in SoCal, and if by chance it does , it'll be weak.
You can see whos in GA Southwest (2009 level) here...
GotSport
system.gotsport.com
Socal needs more ECNL options.
SDSC is Surfs way of keeping one foot in GA. WCFC needs to continue getting things together after the OC Surf days but I believe they used to be ECNL before going to DA. City has Duggan and he's guaranteed to go down with the GA ship. For the big socal teams this leaves Albion who just lost MW to Sharks. There's blood in the water and clubs are looking for a way out.
ECNL just needs to wave the golden ticket to 1 or 2 of the big GA Southwest clubs and it will collapse locally.
Another option would be for GA to take on some of the lesser teams in Socal so there's more local games. Problem with this approach is that GA would be admitting second tear status.
met61
GOLD
...you forgot a dog ate the goalies gloves and the striker had a hang nail.
Socal needs more ECNL options.
SDSC is Surfs way of keeping one foot in GA. WCFC needs to continue getting things together after the OC Surf days but I believe they used to be ECNL before going to DA. City has Duggan and he's guaranteed to go down with the GA ship. For the big socal teams this leaves Albion who just lost MW to Sharks. There's blood in the water and clubs are looking for a way out.
ECNL just needs to wave the golden ticket to 1 or 2 of the big GA Southwest clubs and it will collapse locally.
Another option would be for GA to take on some of the lesser teams in Socal so there's more local games. Problem with this approach is that GA would be admitting second tear status.
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GA could take the play in approach (like CRL did) for all teams and create a higher level of local play. They would actually put a dent in ECNL as this may help local clubs retain local talent and help GA fill a gap currently not available.
SDSC is Surfs way of keeping one foot in GA. WCFC needs to continue getting things together after the OC Surf days but I believe they used to be ECNL before going to DA. City has Duggan and he's guaranteed to go down with the GA ship. For the big socal teams this leaves Albion who just lost MW to Sharks. There's blood in the water and clubs are looking for a way out.
ECNL just needs to wave the golden ticket to 1 or 2 of the big GA Southwest clubs and it will collapse locally.
Another option would be for GA to take on some of the lesser teams in Socal so there's more local games. Problem with this approach is that GA would be admitting second tear status.
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GA could take the play in approach (like CRL did) for all teams and create a higher level of local play. They would actually put a dent in ECNL as this may help local clubs retain local talent and help GA fill a gap currently not available.
met61
GOLD
...such as Frame and SD Force, not many options for GA in SoCal... probably best they concede Cali.
met61
GOLD
GA could take the play in approach (like CRL did) for all teams and create a higher level of local play. They would actually put a dent in ECNL as this may help local clubs retain local talent and help GA fill a gap currently not available.
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...clubs are welcome to go down with the ship, it's a business decision...but most of the talent on GA teams will eventually gravitate towards ECNL clubs as they approach the college window... GA will either fold or become weak... ECNL could sink GA in SoCal if they wanted to, we'll see what they choose to do.
Desert Hound
DA
GA in So Cal is already close to dead. There are only 6 clubs in So Cal that are in it. That isn't much of a division, and looking at the clubs that are in it, none really stand out.
Outside of this thread that just started a day or so ago, the last time ANYONE posted about GA was in July.
There appears to be other areas of the country where GA is stronger.
That said it seems most have come to the conclusion it is a 2nd tier national league.
Why?
Don't get me wrong, I think ecnl will add some clubs next year and/or the year after, but I don't think they need to. No rational person thinks ecnl isn't the top girls league in SoCal and the country. Players continue to look to move from the other leagues to ecnl. And there are still plenty of bad ecnl teams at the bottom of each age group that can take talented players.