Girls Development Academy
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Biology
Blood tests, estrogen/ testosterone levels??
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MakeAPlay
DA
i will check this game out now. Thank you.
Not sure. Any one have any connections down in Texas that can give us an update on this?
#17 on Blues is a joy to watch. I love her swag.
Also - Blues has an outside left back who plays like Marcelo (Real Madrid). She isn't on the roster this game. I believe she was with the Mexican National Team. Their rhythm isn't the same without her.
Blues updated their website. Seems to confirm their participation in DPL is limited to the 03 pilot program and ECNL 03 is a separate team.
Removed Baker from the DA program huh. Wouldn't be surprised if that was by choice.
InTheValley
SILVER
I would also love to know how this went. My guess is a couple of kids played up, a couple kids played down, and US Soccer walked away with “valuable information” that will ultimately lead to nothing at all. US Soccer got the PR it wanted and can now proclaim it’s on the “cutting edge” of “soccer innovation” without having to do a single bone density scan. If US Soccer truly wants to be “cutting edge”, though, it should start by actually reading the data from the GPS trackers they slapped on Altidore and Bradley. Then they’d know why the MNT stinks.
In the end, no one is going to play down in competitive matches. If you can’t get things done in your own age group by the time you’re 14 or 15, you’re just never going to be great, and being forced to swim laps in the kiddie pool certainly isn’t going to help. Rather, you’re only going to cause a riot when the other team finds out they’re getting steamrolled because their opponent is using overage players.
Also by the age of 14-15, kids know if they are playing just for fun, i.e. the reason they started to play soccer in the first place before adult medding. To take away the ability for them to play with their peers would be a sure fire way to get them to immediately quit. But hay, on the positive side of them quitting, there would be more available fields (sarcasm).
Hard to be cutting edge three years late to the dance!
https://southamptonfc.com/news/2015-08-25/saints-hosts-worlds-first-biobanded-tournament
MakeAPlay
DA
I know who Marcelo is. Somewhere on the college thread from last season I posted a pic my player and a couple of her teammates took with him when they trained on their field last year.
Is this the mandated style of play for the GDA? I know these are both top 5 in the standings so they are much better than average teams for this age group.
Sons of Pitches
SILVER ELITE
If this is the mandated style of play it is terrible. These are two top 4 teams for the strongest division in the USSDA and they never once completed 6 passes in a row. Not once. I watched the entire game, the longest streak of passes was 5.
That said, these are all very gifted athletes. They are aggressive, fast and they could be GREAT players but they are not playing the mandated style of play.
It is a failure of our system in the USA.
MAP you posted a clip of UCLA passing out of the back, switching fields from the back, and a few short passes later a UCLA goal about 3 months ago. These two teams could learn from that.
What club soccer is doing to these young players is a travesty and will lead to further decline of soccer in our country.
As other posts have said, when is enough, enough? Or DA vs ECNL. Or promotion vs relegation. How could we get this so wrong?
Again, I want to make this clear this is not an indictment of the kids. They are chasing their dream, and using the platforms that are available, but we have this wrong.
We as a soccer community are wasting talent.
Rant over.
Amen! Couldn’t agree more. I wish what we saw in this game was an exception to the rule but unfortunately it isn’t. We are in trouble....
Agree 100%.
meatsweats
SILVER ELITE
By choice? Whose choice? Baker hasn't been to very many DA games this season. Doesn't seem very vested.
This was my first DA-anything as far as watching any games goes. Everything up until now has been just what I've seen on paper. I must say I was disappointed. I clicked on the link thinking I was going to see some really great soccer, especially from these two teams given their records, and especially from the #1 team in the Southwest. While there were some nice moves here and there..I saw plenty of bad touches that I didn't expect to see throughout the game. As a GK dad..another observation possibly overlooked by many:
1) LAGSD 1st-half GK was the best of the two from her side. Played out of the back multiple times/quickly
2) LAGSD 2nd-half GK played out of the back ONCE if memory serves me correct.
3) Blues GK didn't play out of the back EVER. There were many opportunities but every time she got her hands on the ball she punted. Either it's not being taught/enforced/guided/insert whatever works for you here/etc. or they just want her to send it to midfield and let the chips fall where they may. I was just expecting more possession out of the back but didn't see it. Just my .02 (Which doesn't count for much here in DA forum)
1) LAGSD 1st-half GK was the best of the two from her side. Played out of the back multiple times/quickly
2) LAGSD 2nd-half GK played out of the back ONCE if memory serves me correct.
3) Blues GK didn't play out of the back EVER. There were many opportunities but every time she got her hands on the ball she punted. Either it's not being taught/enforced/guided/insert whatever works for you here/etc. or they just want her to send it to midfield and let the chips fall where they may. I was just expecting more possession out of the back but didn't see it. Just my .02 (Which doesn't count for much here in DA forum)
Im not a huge soccer guy so I don't really know what to watch tactically. I was there just watching and thought the same thing. LAGSD looked much more like playing with a plan the other was horrible.....my 2 pesos