Girls Development Academy
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LadiesMan217
GOLD
Every post about DA the people complain about 'that is only in SoCal', now you are the first to reverse the trend
. I gave GDA statistics. You should state SoCal lol.... You were correct for 'GDA in SoCal for U16/17'.
Lambchop
GOLD
A lot of rumors out there, there may be more changes coming, stay tuned.
Sheriff Joe
DA
Why does everything need to be so fricken complicated?
Blues doesn't follow the national trend. They aren't balanced. They decided to keep their 2002 and 2001 ECNL teams mostly in tact and make their former '02 SCDSL Champions team the core of the DA team. It should set them up well to have so many experienced 02 players with the 02/03 grouping next season. Take out Blues and your numbers get even worse.
Here are the starts by birth year for each U16/17 team. I don't know if you can call clubs "offenders" if pretty much everyone is doing it. Slammers and Beach are really the only balanced teams.
ALBION SC 253
2001 183
2002 70
BEACH FUTBOL CLUB 274
2001 136
2002 125
2003 13
EAGLES SOCCER CLUB 219
2001 188
2002 31
LA GALAXY 244
2001 224
2002 20
LA GALAXY SAN DIEGO 264
2001 225
2002 39
LAFC SLAMMERS 213
2001 102
2002 111
LEGENDS FC 243
2001 167
2002 68
2003 8
LOS ANGELES PREMIER FC 264
2001 202
2002 62
PATEADORES 260
2001 225
2002 35
REAL SO CAL 261
2001 188
2002 59
2004 14
SAN DIEGO SURF 241
2001 221
2002 20
SC DEL SOL 267
2001 199
2002 68
SO CAL BLUES SOCCER CLUB 275
2001 107
2002 168
WEST COAST FUTBOL CLUB 248
2001 209
2002 39
*Edited to correct the LAGSD numbers.
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Lambchop
GOLD
Sheriff Joe
DA
YIKES.
I just checked the 3 big Dallas clubs and they show the same trend. Wonder if this might be common to large urban areas. Perhaps areas with large talent pools are less likely to need '02s to fill out the rosters?
Total Starts:
DALLAS TEXANS 220
2001 190
2002 30
FC DALLAS 219
2001 184
2002 35
SOLAR SOCCER CLUB 209
2001 186
2002 23
Simisoccerfan
PREMIER
It makes total sense that the older age dominates the roster spots.
Not apples to apples. The Frontier Conference (and Dallas) currently has 02 DA teams as a pilot program. The Frontier this past year has single age groups for 05s through 01s. Specific U13, U14, U15, U16, U17 DA teams exist and the only combined age is U18/19. The U13 and U16 teams were pilot programs this year in the Frontier, and have been confirmed to be in place again next year. Those clubs each have six DA teams, not four like most of the country.
So, of course the Dallas teams don't have a lot of 02s on the 01 DA team. Most 02s play on the U16 DA team and most 01s play on the U17 DA team.
The FC Dallas DA webpage shows they have a combined u16/17 team this year. Same thing for all of the other teams in that division. Those plans for the pilot u16 teams are for next year.
http://fcdl.ussoccerda.com/home.php
Thanks everyone for all the excellent, in-depth research. It's crazy how much different than the rest of the country we are here in So Cal. Guess Dallas area too.
So like I said. The combined age groups are older player heavy. This means as situated, a lot of 03 girls have serious decions to make.
I know tons of 03s felt like they missed out on high school this year, so playing DPL or ECNL and practicing 3 days a week may be a welcoming call to many.
I just don't see how the DA thrives with the younger ages in combo groups having girls out of the system for a year. Are they expected to want to return? I'm not sure about the thought process.
Anyways, I think if you really want them developing you have to keep them in the system. The pilot program in the Frontier group sounds like a good idea mostly. No matter how they do it, the dedication, talent and coaching has to be there.
So like I said. The combined age groups are older player heavy. This means as situated, a lot of 03 girls have serious decions to make.
I know tons of 03s felt like they missed out on high school this year, so playing DPL or ECNL and practicing 3 days a week may be a welcoming call to many.
I just don't see how the DA thrives with the younger ages in combo groups having girls out of the system for a year. Are they expected to want to return? I'm not sure about the thought process.
Anyways, I think if you really want them developing you have to keep them in the system. The pilot program in the Frontier group sounds like a good idea mostly. No matter how they do it, the dedication, talent and coaching has to be there.
Word is the pilot program is coming to So Cal for the 2003 age group. DA structure, no high school and same showcases.
My girl would like to play in the combo group, but I still think this is a wonderful idea. May be what the girls need to break years of habits and cultivate the ones needed to succeed with this style of play.
And where can we find out more on this?
You would of had to be at the meeting yesterday here in NC. It will come out next week in a presentation re-cap.
I should add, the 03 is not nationwide. Only So Cal and Frontier. Might add one more.
Ok. I'm glad they didn't ignore the issue of players being left out in if they kept the grouping system status quo. How was the reaction during the meeting?
Looking at the numbers, So Cap is a gigantic reason the national percentage of olders vs youngers on the team is at 68%.
Thank goodness, now maybe Lambchop will stop whining that life is not fair.
For So Cal will it be both combo 02/03 and 03 pilot or no combo.