Girls Development Academy

Bananacorner said:
Mustang dropped first, then Burlingame/MVLA became just Burlingame (MVLA was hedging by partnering with Burlingame, and then dropped?)
DeAnza is hard to figure out what they are doing, sounds like their DA will be part of Portland Thorns (called California Thorns)
Davis Legacy got DA, then got ECNL, then seemed to drop DA and instead there is "California Storm" DA up there.
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Thanks.
 
MakeAPlay said:
All of the NorCal ECNL clubs pulled out of the DA. In NorCal it is going to be a bunch of less successful clubs (other than PSV Union) leading development. What a crazy turf war.
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PSV is going to have problems competing outside of NorCal in the DA. Their coach is really abrasive and rubs many people the wrong way. Many players and parents can't handle him and end up leaving the club. Because of this, they never have enough players to form a full team at each age group. Their teams usually have many girls that are rostered on multiple teams across age groups and are playing 1 or 2 years up so that their teams can have enough players. That is not a good recipe for success, especially at the younger ages, when they will now have to compete nationally. The rest of the NorCal DA clubs haven't had much history of success and 2 of them are brand new, created just for the DA. I don't hear much talk from ECNL families in NorCal of moving their players to the DA. It looks to me that NorCal DA teams are going to be in a world of hurt when they compete out of NorCal next year.
 
LadiesMan217 said:
What club(s) backed out? What is the indication of success and why can't the GDA clubs meet, or reach/exceed the same success? If ECNL/YNT/ODP/D1 are a measure of success, I am sure many of the NorCal kids that got to that level came from what you categorize as less successful clubs before they moved to an ECNL club (since ECNL was the highest level).



Many of the best girls will most likely leave ECNL clubs for GDA clubs. Same question - which ECNL clubs declined GDA in NorCal?
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What makes you so sure that they came from less successful clubs? ECNL has done a great job of developing players in SoCal. In the most recent two graduating classes very few players who are having success post club are from non-ECNL clubs and that is a fact.
 
MakeAPlay said:
What makes you so sure that they came from less successful clubs? ECNL has done a great job of developing players in SoCal. In the most recent two graduating classes very few players who are having success post club are from non-ECNL clubs and that is a fact.
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That is not a fact. That is your presumption, and that is a fact. Lol
 
MakeAPlay said:
What makes you so sure that they came from less successful clubs? ECNL has done a great job of developing players in SoCal. In the most recent two graduating classes very few players who are having success post club are from non-ECNL clubs and that is a fact.
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I don't because I don't believe in your definition of what makes a less successful club. I do know many ECNL players joined ECNL from non-ECNL clubs.

ECNL develops nothing - it provides a competition platform (maybe it's iD program does 'some' development). Yes, of course successful players are on ECNL clubs because that is (was) the top tier so best players play there to play against the best. What standards does ECNL enforce on clubs other than competition rules?
 
LadiesMan217 said:
I don't because I don't believe in your definition of what makes a less successful club. I do know many ECNL players joined ECNL from non-ECNL clubs.

ECNL develops nothing - it provides a competition platform (maybe it's iD program does 'some' development). Yes, of course successful players are on ECNL clubs because that is (was) the top tier so best players play there to play against the best. What standards does ECNL enforce on clubs other than competition rules?
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I get it now, your DD must play for one of those non-ECNL clubs which was awarded Girls DA.
 
Bananacorner said:
Mustang dropped first, then Burlingame/MVLA became just Burlingame (MVLA was hedging by partnering with Burlingame, and then dropped?)
DeAnza is hard to figure out what they are doing, sounds like their DA will be part of Portland Thorns (called California Thorns)
Davis Legacy got DA, then got ECNL, then seemed to drop DA and instead there is "California Storm" DA up there.
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The GDA clubs for 2017-2018 have already been listed by US Soccer. There are 5 clubs listed in NoCal. Have any of these been dropped? http://www.ussoccerda.com/girls-academy-club-directory De Anza did announce a partnership with the Thorns for its GDA program. I would imagine De Anza is all in on GDA if they are announcing this partnership. http://nocalsoccer.com/index.php?th...area-by-partnering-with-force.982/#post-13027
 
MarkM said:
The GDA clubs for 2017-2018 have already been listed by US Soccer. There are 5 clubs listed in NoCal. Have any of these been dropped? http://www.ussoccerda.com/girls-academy-club-directory De Anza did announce a partnership with the Thorns for its GDA program. I would imagine De Anza is all in on GDA if they are announcing this partnership. http://nocalsoccer.com/index.php?th...area-by-partnering-with-force.982/#post-13027
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You have to read the entire thread in the link you posted from the Nocal site to get the entire picture. DeAnza announced the partnership on their website, then scrubbed all references to the partnership a couple of weeks after it was announced.
 
davin said:
You have to read the entire thread in the link you posted from the Nocal site to get the entire picture. DeAnza announced the partnership on their website, then scrubbed all references to the partnership a couple of weeks after it was announced.
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I totally missed that. Thanks for point that out!
 
MarkM said:
The GDA clubs for 2017-2018 have already been listed by US Soccer. There are 5 clubs listed in NoCal. Have any of these been dropped? http://www.ussoccerda.com/girls-academy-club-directory De Anza did announce a partnership with the Thorns for its GDA program. I would imagine De Anza is all in on GDA if they are announcing this partnership. http://nocalsoccer.com/index.php?th...area-by-partnering-with-force.982/#post-13027
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Burlingame (without MVLA), De Anza/Thorns, PSV, LaMorinda, California Storm, and San Jose Earthquakes are presumably all still "in."
 
LadiesMan217 said:
I don't because I don't believe in your definition of what makes a less successful club. I do know many ECNL players joined ECNL from non-ECNL clubs.

ECNL develops nothing - it provides a competition platform (maybe it's iD program does 'some' development). Yes, of course successful players are on ECNL clubs because that is (was) the top tier so best players play there to play against the best. What standards does ECNL enforce on clubs other than competition rules?
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That is a flat out lie. My daughter was developed by the ECNL. What does the DA plan to do? Trust the same clubs.

Baa baaa. I here sheep....
 
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