Girls Development Academy

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....
 
Kicknit22 said:
That is not a fact. That is your presumption, and that is a fact. Lol[/QUOTE
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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Name one player on a tournament team that was a starter or key contributor that played for a non ECNL club other than Tavia Leachman?
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It is very interesting being from Norcal and reading the Socal Forums. Seems like all top players in Socal are going to DA. But, here in Norcal, it seems like all ECNL all the way. Who knows what will go on in the next few months, but as of now, it seems as though the level of DA teams in Norcal will be very low!
 
EastBaySoccerFan said:
It is very interesting being from Norcal and reading the Socal Forums. Seems like all top players in Socal are going to DA. But, here in Norcal, it seems like all ECNL all the way. Who knows what will go on in the next few months, but as of now, it seems as though the level of DA teams in Norcal will be very low!
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Baahaa, no one cares what the level of DA teams in Norcal will be! Good luck with ECNL!
 
EastBaySoccerFan said:
It is very interesting being from Norcal and reading the Socal Forums. Seems like all top players in Socal are going to DA. But, here in Norcal, it seems like all ECNL all the way. Who knows what will go on in the next few months, but as of now, it seems as though the level of DA teams in Norcal will be very low!
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NorCal's club soccer market will be interesting to follow the next few years. That region will be a battleground between ECNL vs Girls DA. The clubs up there are apparently squared off against each other.
 
MakeAPlay said:
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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How did ECNL develop your daughter? Surf is a great club with some real good coaches that I am sure developed your daughter; but, what did ECNL do other than provide the competition platform? I am trying to be educated in what ECNL offers - no lies just questions and observations.
 
LadiesMan217 said:
How did ECNL develop your daughter? Surf is a great club with some real good coaches that I am sure developed your daughter; but, what did ECNL do other than provide the competition platform? I am trying to be educated in what ECNL offers - no lies just questions and observations.
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You are punch drunk with Girls DA Kool-aid. #sheep, #sucker
 
The DA vs ECNL debate won't be decided by Northern CA. Its a bit bigger than bay area and sacra-tomato. Now if SoCal defected and everyone dropped DA, then maybe you would have an issue early on, but even then if the rest of the US moved to DA SoCal ECNL would get bored playing themselves all the time.
 
Bananacorner said:
The DA vs ECNL debate won't be decided by Northern CA. Its a bit bigger than bay area and sacra-tomato. Now if SoCal defected and everyone dropped DA, then maybe you would have an issue early on, but even then if the rest of the US moved to DA SoCal ECNL would get bored playing themselves all the time.
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You're looking at the small picture. The bigger picture is, if NorCal ECNL outperforms NorCal's Girls DA clubs. Such as more YNT player invites and college commits. It could reverberate nationally.

As for SoCal getting bored playing each other, that wasn't the case with CSL Premier League and Surf dominating the Presidio League prior the ECNL's birth. Truth be told, ECNL and Girls DA needs the best SoCal clubs than the clubs needing either leagues. The college coaches all know how deep the talent is here!
 
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