Girls Development Academy

MakeAPlay said:
Like I said a long time ago there are about 25-35 elite players per age group in all of SoCal. That is enough for 2-3 teams max. The remaining 8-10 teams worth of players are good but they hold back the elite players and really defeat the "purpose" of GDA.
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How are you defining elite? Div I quality? If so, I would think the number would be over 100. I've seen 30 Div. I commits for the Class of 2018 from Slammers (12), Blues (11) and Strikers (7) alone.

Though, even with Div. I quality as the definition, I admit you'd need closer to 300 to support consistently elite soccer for the 13 girls DA and 7 ECNL teams per age group currently in SoCal.
 
SocalPapa said:
How are you defining elite? Div I quality? If so, I would think the number would be over 100. I've seen 30 Div. I commits for the Class of 2018 from Slammers (12), Blues (11) and Strikers (7) alone.

Though, even with Div. I quality as the definition, I admit you'd need closer to 300 to support consistently elite soccer for the 13 girls DA and 7 ECNL teams per age group currently in SoCal.
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Not D1 quality. I have seen a group of 17 year olds beat a D1 team. Very few D1 teams are elite. Most are kickball teams. I truly believe that any kid that wants to play college soccer at some level can do it. At the same time there are only about 25-35 players per age group that make you go wow. That is elite.
 
Sheriff Joe said:
west coast 10 psv union 0
legends 9 Burlingame 0
lafc 6 la galaxie 1
beach 4 albion 0
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U16/U17 I see...

The kicker on the LAFC game is they were looking flat until this game so they brought in 2 younger U15 DPs and one scored 5 goals in the last 35 minutes LOL.

Burlingame's U16/U17 defensive players run a 7.5 second 40 and get run over like a snail crossing the freeway - the team moves the ball OK - offense has speed issues also.

Haven't seen PSV Union yet but I can't fathom anyone losing by 10 goals to West Coast U16/U17.

Beach is a good team - haven't seen Albion play yet.
 
LadiesMan217 said:
U16/U17 I see...

The kicker on the LAFC game is they were looking flat until this game so they brought in 2 younger U15 DPs and one scored 5 goals in the last 35 minutes LOL.

Burlingame's U16/U17 defensive players run a 7.5 second 40 and get run over like a snail crossing the freeway - the team moves the ball OK - offense has speed issues also.

Haven't seen PSV Union yet but I can't fathom anyone losing by 10 goals to West Coast U16/U17.

Beach is a good team - haven't seen Albion play yet.
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That's why LAFC #11 is on the national team; 5 goals from a 2003 playing up for only 5o or so minutes.

Funny thing is LAFC Slammers has 5 or so players on the U16/17 teams that played for the Galaxy SB affiliate including #7 the other scorers & #11 but they where late to party and couldn't hang on to them.
 
Sheriff Joe said:
west coast 10 psv union 0
legends 9 Burlingame 0
lafc 6 la galaxie 1
beach 4 albion 0
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There is a local So Cal DA team that has had some trouble this year too.
They are 1-1-10 across all of their age groups. Allowed 34 goals and scored 10.
Their coach is a u19 NT scout. Did they just not get the players that other teams did this year?
 
timbuck said:
There is a local So Cal DA team that has had some trouble this year too.
They are 1-1-10 across all of their age groups. Allowed 34 goals and scored 10.
Their coach is a u19 NT scout. Did they just not get the players that other teams did this year?
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If his plan was to use the GDA moniker to recruit talented players in order to compete, then that is never a good plan.
 
SoccerLife75 said:
Interesting site. What is the selection process to getting on the list of Top Drawer Players.
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I'm not sure. They seem to insert themselves anywhere they think that "elite" soccer is going on and they rank it. It's basically click bait but it works. I have had a subscription for 3 years even though I think most of what they right is absolute drivel.
 
MakeAPlay said:
I'm not sure. They seem to insert themselves anywhere they think that "elite" soccer is going on and they rank it. It's basically click bait but it works. I have had a subscription for 3 years even though I think most of what they right is absolute drivel.
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Agree...but it's nice to see your kid with some stars next to their name;)
 
SocalPapa said:
I been wondering why the Blues '02 ECNL team has lost some of their punch this fall. Her moving to LAFC Slammers DA seems to explain it.

What does it say about DA though that one player can dominate a game to that extent?
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Pretty sure she was a dominant player in ECNL too. I do know her commute got a whole lot shorter by switching to LAFC.
 
SocalPapa said:
I been wondering why the Blues '02 ECNL team has lost some of their punch this fall. Her moving to LAFC Slammers DA seems to explain it.

What does it say about DA though that one player can dominate a game to that extent?
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I saw it happen a couple of times in ECNL games but those players are truly elite. One is on the full USWNT at 19 years old. This looks simply like talent dilution.
 
timbuck said:
There is a local So Cal DA team that has had some trouble this year too.
They are 1-1-10 across all of their age groups. Allowed 34 goals and scored 10.
Their coach is a u19 NT scout. Did they just not get the players that other teams did this year?
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Which club? I am too lazy to look but will give you thoughts...
 
Bananacorner said:
DPs can come on board in 6. Look for some interesting changes in the rosters and playing time.
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I don't see how that will be possible as DP rosters an Academy rosters on most teams are very low. Unless they plan on swapping Academy players with DP players. Taking 2-3 players from most DP teams will hurt the DP teams tremendously.
 
DPs are Developmental Players who can continue to play on their previous roster (whether it be DPL or another team) in addition to playing with the DA team. I already know one club who has picked their DP players and will have them start practicing with DA immediately (in addition to continuing to play with their previous team).
 
How does the DP role work in academy? Can a player be pulled from any team within the same club? Or from any team in Cal-South?
Are they able to play Academy and SCDSL (or other league) at the same time or once they get "Called up" are they frozen?
 
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