Girls Academy 2 Finally Coming!

rainbow_unicorn said:
In the south bay it's Beach ECNL first. Second tier is Beach ECRL, Fram GA or players leave for Breakers/Slammers ECNL. Aspire and other teams are third tier.
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I agree 100%.... I do however think Beach retains RL players so well and make great RL teams and kids want a shot at NL and never get it. FRAM has picked up several ECRL kids that can compete in the GA and they have performed well since joining....

I just don't understand the additions of clubs to Aspire that have no history of performing or winning anything....
 
Carlsbad7 said:
If you take a step back and look at how things are going with GA it's obvious to me that girls ECNL could have easily setup a Socal only league without Vegas or AZ.

The good part about all this is that there's more options for kids to play. Also it will force clubs to actually develop their own players and be nicer to them so they don't get poached.
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There is never the need for any SO CAL team to leave the state for a good match....1 league game in Vegas for ECNL is mind blowing....
 
zags77 said:
There is never the need for any SO CAL team to leave the state for a good match....1 league game in Vegas for ECNL is mind blowing....
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I don't mind the travel every once in a while. But I agree overall it's dumb.

Imagine if you lived in Vegas or AZ and all (or almost all) your league games were a 5-6 hour drive. Would get old quick.
 
Carlsbad7 said:
I haven't looked at ECRL teams in a while. Last time I looked there were 2 AZ league games. But maybe things have changed.
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It’s within ECRL. It’s just another conference/division (with only Southern California teams) above and beyond the Southwest, which mirrors ECNL with the Arizona/Vegas teams.
 
zags77 said:
I agree 100%.... I do however think Beach retains RL players so well and make great RL teams and kids want a shot at NL and never get it. FRAM has picked up several ECRL kids that can compete in the GA and they have performed well since joining....

I just don't understand the additions of clubs to Aspire that have no history of performing or winning anything....
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I don’t think this is all about performance

I think one of the criteria are registration numbers for the clubs overall , and it’s future looking . This isn’t all about what the 11v11 teams look like right now at this moment

Sand and Surf is probably a top 30-40 program in Southern CA for girls at the youngers


Also, their customers have $$$$
 
Brav520 said:
I don’t think this is all about performance

I think one of the criteria are registration numbers for the clubs overall , and it’s future looking . This isn’t all about what the 11v11 teams look like right now at this moment

Sand and Surf is probably a top 30-40 program in Southern CA for girls at the youngers


Also, their customers have $$$$
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So thats the issue with US soccer...

Not about performance and about the dollars.....

Sounds about right!
 
zags77 said:
I agree 100%.... I do however think Beach retains RL players so well and make great RL teams and kids want a shot at NL and never get it. FRAM has picked up several ECRL kids that can compete in the GA and they have performed well since joining....

I just don't understand the additions of clubs to Aspire that have no history of performing or winning anything....
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doubt beach RL remains good or at least the 2010's. I don't know what other teams she had but I heard the 2010RL Coach became the 2010 Breakers ECNL coach over the winter break and took the best forwards with her.
 
LA Breakers is putting lipstick on a pig.....hiring new coaches and having them bring in their players to boost your program will only help in the short term, at some point you will the coaches to develop them and retain them. That club is a constant revolving door of players and families and the only thing keep them a float is the patch....
 
zags77 said:
LA Breakers is putting lipstick on a pig.....hiring new coaches and having them bring in their players to boost your program will only help in the short term, at some point you will the coaches to develop them and retain them. That club is a constant revolving door of players and families and the only thing keep them a float is the patch....
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Why is Breakers like this? I have always thought they have everything they need to actually be a good club. But all I ever hear is negative things and the constant revolving door of players and coaches means there must be something I am missing
 
justasoccerfam said:
Why is Breakers like this? I have always thought they have everything they need to actually be a good club. But all I ever hear is negative things and the constant revolving door of players and coaches means there must be something I am missing
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Honestly I think it is because they are under constant pressure to perform in a very difficult SW conference. All their college commits and players they post about are all from outside the west side. The patch attracts them at the older ages and they want results so they bring them in and they get recruited. They had a really good 2005 team recently and most of the team was from Pasadena. They are not making them at Breakers and retaining them.....
 
I actually hadn't look in sometime. This is where LA Breakers currently sit in the SW conference ECNL

SW Conference
2012 - 16th
2011 - 16th
2010 -11th
2009 -14th
2008 - 13th
2006/07 - 6th
 
zags77 said:
I actually hadn't look in sometime. This is where LA Breakers currently sit in the SW conference ECNL

SW Conference
2012 - 16th
2011 - 16th
2010 -11th
2009 -14th
2008 - 13th
2006/07 - 6th
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Pretty sure that 2007 team is the one that came from the Pasadena area. They originally formed at SoCal Academy and were part of the first incarnation of LA Surf, but when the merger happened with LA Premier and the difficult process of fielding DA teams happened, this very talented group didn’t get that nod (the 2004 and 2006 teams from SoCal Academy were the basis those respective DA teams but not the 2007 team). An opportunity at Breakers developed and they and their coach moved over there.
 
Yes you are right...So all their recent commits and success has been fueled from kids not in West LA....

Looks like they are trying to repeat the success by bringing the Beach RL coach who is bringing all her players over...

Rumors were SM Albion and LA Breakers were close to merging last year. SM ALbion has the resources with fields and strong player pool on boys and LA Breakers has the patch. LA Breakers apparently walked away in the 25th hour because they felt they were strong enough on their own
 
zags77 said:
I agree 100%.... I do however think Beach retains RL players so well and make great RL teams and kids want a shot at NL and never get it. FRAM has picked up several ECRL kids that can compete in the GA and they have performed well since joining....

I just don't understand the additions of clubs to Aspire that have no history of performing or winning anything....
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Phoenix & Tucson at least you get a 2 for 1....

SB just 1 game, see a lot of double header games in store for Aspire clubs which will help the NON GA clubs out....
 
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