GIRLS DAII

Striker17 said:
It's not the set up we were told. We are allowed to have her play the other sports until high school- that's a long way away anyway so tons can change.
Interestingly I listen to my daughters perspective about this and she's pretty insightful. She says the thing that is really weird is that the summer is usually the ramp up to the pinnacle for her which was always Surf Cup- then CRL and league. The energy is different now- and she's having some adjustment because it's a slow ramp up to Aug 1, then shift to 4 days a week, and rather than tapering off in Dec when basically tryouts would start and coaches would start calling her, it will then grind through the next summer.
For her that will affect her Spring sport because she usually has that soccer downtime (because honestly State Cup was a culmination and they always did well but it never stressed her out) so essentially she will possibly start having her Spring sport affected. We have options to do more of a club one in Fall but that's her main concern at this time.
Her friends on ECNL aren't happy - they say "their team sucks". The little middle schoolers are funny!
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So times have changed but they remain the same. What you are describing is how the ECNL season was organized. August to the first week of December. ODP and HS soccer until March and then the Player's Showcase and San Diego ECNL Showcase and the second half of league until the playoffs in June. A month off and then it starts all over again.

I don't have a comment on the energy as I have no player in club. I can say it sounds like GDA is copying ECNL and adding an extra day of film study on the weekend, along with restricting substitutions to international rules (which 99% will never play an international game) and messing with any spring sports. My player was a multisport athlete like yours and spring was always her toughest time of year. Honestly the time management that she learned from 4 years of having to juggle two sports along with a bunch of AP and IB classes has helped her. I hope that the new way works as well for your player and that she finds the balance she will need to be successful wherever her athletic/academic career takes her.
 
Although the experience has been good thus far I can see how a bubble player would reconsider the commitment after this year. In simplified terms it's almost as if we are rushing the eventual drop off of players by 15 years. I guess US Soccer should not care anyway if they are truly attempting to retain the committed players. The danger is losing the multisport athlete or late bloomers.
In all honesty most ECNL teams , save two maybe off the top of my head, are composed of a strong 1-8 but there is little difference between 8-15 and the top player on the next team down. Now maybe those girls who are either politically on a team, or not really "in it" will drop off and the more committed player can break in.
 
Lionel Hutz said:
Honest question--Is LAGSD DAII G2004 team playing in CRL?

Looking at the CRL Play-in Tables, Albion DAII team isn't going to make it in and there is a real possibility that Legends DAII team is not going to make it into CRL as well.
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According to Cal South Rules:
1 - Top 4 from prior year CRL are in
2- 4 Semi-finalists from National Cup are in, now remove any duplicates as they become "open"
3 - Balance/open from play ins
http://media.calsouth.com/data/Down...17_APPENDIXCQualificationProcess.pdf?rev=3621
That said it appears that in the '05s Cal South offered automatic bids to top 6 in CRL. As per page #4 of the rules, they can do whatever they want. It is a rapidly evolving landscape & everyone is trying to stay relevant, but in my opinion if you didn't qualify 1-4 in CRL or as a semi-finalist in National Cup then you should have to play your way in.
 
Striker17 said:
Although the experience has been good thus far I can see how a bubble player would reconsider the commitment after this year. In simplified terms it's almost as if we are rushing the eventual drop off of players by 15 years. I guess US Soccer should not care anyway if they are truly attempting to retain the committed players. The danger is losing the multisport athlete or late bloomers.
In all honesty most ECNL teams , save two maybe off the top of my head, are composed of a strong 1-8 but there is little difference between 8-15 and the top player on the next team down. Now maybe those girls who are either politically on a team, or not really "in it" will drop off and the more committed player can break in.
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Anyway you slice it you are doing the right thing by focusing on your player and it will payoff for her. Again, good luck to you and her.
 
NoGoal said:
I agree some will strive and some will wilt, but adding 2 additional days with limited substitution...will unfortunately accelerate it. Especially, when the girls hit HS age and start thinking for themselves.[/QUOTE
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gkrent said:
I personally know one talented young man who quit soccer altogether after playing DA for three years. Sad.
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Burnout happens in all sports across all levels.
 
MyDaughtersAKeeper said:
According to Cal South Rules:
1 - Top 4 from prior year CRL are in
2- 4 Semi-finalists from National Cup are in, now remove any duplicates as they become "open"
3 - Balance/open from play ins
http://media.calsouth.com/data/Down...17_APPENDIXCQualificationProcess.pdf?rev=3621
That said it appears that in the '05s Cal South offered automatic bids to top 6 in CRL. As per page #4 of the rules, they can do whatever they want. It is a rapidly evolving landscape & everyone is trying to stay relevant, but in my opinion if you didn't qualify 1-4 in CRL or as a semi-finalist in National Cup then you should have to play your way in.
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I agree - we play our last play in tomorrow and competition has been spotty. Given how uneven things are, you should have to play your way in. Rumor is that a team we just scrimmages and beat was given an auto bid - C team at the club they are with. Not right IMO. We just have to play our game and get it done but competition will be an issue all year for CRL and CSL.
 
Night Owl said:
What is the actual benefit of playing in a DA team or DA team I, II or III in a club?
Is it bragging rights and do all DA players have a guarantee they will have a college scollarship vs staying on your current team?
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I suggest if you really want an answer to the first question you pose, you ask a parent of a Boys DA player.

As for the second part of your post, this topic has been discussed ad nauseam. You can find plenty of discussion on these boards if you want to check.
 
Night Owl said:
What is the actual benefit of playing in a DA team or DA team I, II or III in a club?
Is it bragging rights and do all DA players have a guarantee they will have a college scollarship vs staying on your current team?
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bababooey makes a great point. It always seems to me that Club Soccer parents don't venture out of their own bubble. If they did, they may find that they would do things differently or make different decisions. In other words, it seems that generally, Girl's parents don't interact with Boy's parents, with the exception of parents with both playing.

If you spoke with parents of the boys who are, or have, played DA, you would start to get a much different picture of what it is and what it does for them, rather than what a lot of the posters on this board seem to think it is, or is going to be.

Why would someone ask other people with no experience when there are thousands of people that have gone through it. Experiences will run the spectrum from great to terrible with most, I bet, being somewhere in the middle. Parents with daughters are doing themselves a great DIS-SERVICE by not talking to that valuable resource. Listen with an open mind to what they have to say, access how it relates to your daughter and her situation (with out biased blinders) and it may just change your entire outlook on the DA and what it means to you and your child, today and tomorrow.
 
Sandypk said:
Sounds just like SCDSL

I love your put downs when you have no insight to give. You're right, I will stop posting when my dd decides to stop playing and if/when she goes to college. I won't be mocking younger's parents when my dd is in college.
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Are No Goal and MAP being a nuisance again? I swear these 2 are a couple. And very old too.

The redundancy of posts pertaining to lil DD's college success and blah blah blah.

Funny thing is, they're Mr. and Mrs. Know It All when it comes to College and Scholarships but little to nothing about the sport.
 
So if you play DA2, what is the promise the programs are using to recruit? that you have a "better chance" to make the DA program if someone leaves or drops out? Better exposure vs playing on a ECNL team? Cheaper? Better training?
 
Well to start their is no ECNL teams anywhere near Real or Eagles. So their second teams might just end up being the next best teams in the area.
 
SIMONMAGUS said:
Are No Goal and MAP being a nuisance again? I swear these 2 are a couple. And very old too.

The redundancy of posts pertaining to lil DD's college success and blah blah blah.

Funny thing is, they're Mr. and Mrs. Know It All when it comes to College and Scholarships but little to nothing about the sport.
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Funny seeing CaliKlines and Kicker4life, liking a SimonMagnus post who is a male chauvinistic pig, dumbass and a poster who also doesn't think individuals with mental disabilities are human. #getaclueyou2
 
NoGoal said:
Funny seeing CaliKlines and Kicker4life, liking a SimonMagnus post who is a male chauvinistic pig, dumbass and a poster who also doesn't think individuals with mental disabilities are human. #getaclueyou2
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Great work CaliKlines and Kicker4life. Enjoy yourselves with SimonCromagnon #3losers
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NoGoal said:
Great work CaliKlines and Kicker4life. Enjoy yourselves with SimonCromagnon #3losers
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Liked the post not the persona. But let's stay in task as it seems when you get called out, you go digging....inbox still empty.

PS - thx MaP for going back and hitting "dumb" on our last civil conversation that occurred weeks ago. How come it wasn't "dumb" when it actually happened? (Rhetorical question no need to answer on this thread but Pm me if you feel the need)
 
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Simisoccerfan said:
Well to start their is no ECNL teams anywhere near Real or Eagles. So their second teams might just end up being the next best teams in the area.
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Simisoccer, I suspect the second teams for those clubs will be no better or worse than they are today. In that region in the older age group the two top Non-ECNL teams are from "independent" smaller clubs.
 
NoGoal said:
Funny seeing CaliKlines and Kicker4life, liking a SimonMagnus post who is a male chauvinistic pig, dumbass and a poster who also doesn't think individuals with mental disabilities are human. #getaclueyou2
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name calling + short story = he mad lol
 
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