Girls Development Academy

Perhaps girls need to go through a combine like college football players go through.

The current system is so subjective. Why copy Europe, do something different. We've been trying to copy them and it's not working.
 
Perhaps girls need to go through a combine like college football players go through.

The current system is so subjective. Why copy Europe, do something different. We've been trying to copy them and it's not working.
It's not necessarily the act of mimicking that is the issue, but the motives and intentions that come along with it. When you have the wrong people in charge of what is otherwise a "successful" system, the results aren't favorable. Until soccer in the United States becomes less about money and more about development, and more importantly, the KIDS, no system can be successfully implemented.

But that's just my 2 cents.
 
Agree but we also shoulder the blame for being uninformed and not caring about what matters.
Just now on the other forum some parent "can't believe that highly competitive people are not supposed to care about scores".
Ummmm yeah.
Again another person missing the actual point.
On the 04 we have a standings guy- everyone loves him. I think standings and tracking them is a joke
 
I hear rumor out of Chicago is that today US soccer decided to have a U13 GDA age group for next fall.
Can anyone confirm?!
 
Eventually I'm sure that will happen. Will they add another age group already? Who knows

I agree until the u8-12 is being looked after to make sure kids are developing, coming in at u12/13 only helps so much. Easy to argue a big reason why the US 17 and 20's have struggled recently is because their not taught the technical side consistently or mandated to play a certain way. Now that some countries are catching up to us in results and style, we're all of sudden worried we need to change to be clearly the number 1 again. Let's not forget USSF staff have the full power to call up which kids they want. If they aren't bringing in the skilled and intelligent but go for average skill, speed, and power they only can blame themselves when Korea, Japan, France, etc look better and sharper on the ball vs us. Do we need more of these skilled players? yes, many to choose from in order form a team or at least large portion of a team....should they choose
 
Folks unless this is free and subsidized by someone this is just another league with a different patch. Same old coaches, different clubs.

Maybe it takes over, maybe not. I envision a spilt based on the needs of each individual player. ECNL ran a good business model and executed where others did not. The question is can US Soccer execute their plan as ECNL operates well simultaneously. I suppose it's good to have some competition because it makes both raise their game to attract customers....
 
Agree it's a matter of if and when US soccer actually enforces what they say they will. I don't have high hopes but on paper I am optimistic.
I can't do much until after Aug 1. Then I can pass judgement
 
http://www.ussoccerda.com/20170324-...ership-with-seattle-united-fc-and-eastside-fc

In Washington State. Not really DA2, but...is it? Blessings from US Soccer it appears.

"Reign Academy2 teams, which are overseen by Reign Academy, provide a pathway for players with the potential to make the leap to the DA level of play. Players in the Reign Academy2 program will train under the Reign Academy curriculum, can be called up as Developmental Players to the full DA teams, and are permitted to play with their high school teams."
 
http://www.ussoccerda.com/20170324-...ership-with-seattle-united-fc-and-eastside-fc

In Washington State. Not really DA2, but...is it? Blessings from US Soccer it appears.

"Reign Academy2 teams, which are overseen by Reign Academy, provide a pathway for players with the potential to make the leap to the DA level of play. Players in the Reign Academy2 program will train under the Reign Academy curriculum, can be called up as Developmental Players to the full DA teams, and are permitted to play with their high school teams."
Don't read to much into it. It's simply Reign DA naming their B teams Reign Academy2. No different than other clubs using colors to distinguish their B teams. Example: Slammers Maroon = B team
 
http://www.ussoccerda.com/20170324-...ership-with-seattle-united-fc-and-eastside-fc

In Washington State. Not really DA2, but...is it? Blessings from US Soccer it appears.

"Reign Academy2 teams, which are overseen by Reign Academy, provide a pathway for players with the potential to make the leap to the DA level of play. Players in the Reign Academy2 program will train under the Reign Academy curriculum, can be called up as Developmental Players to the full DA teams, and are permitted to play with their high school teams."
I don't see any "blessing"at all in the article. Notice how Reign simply calls the team "Reign Academy2" not DA2. That team will likely continue to play in the same leagues as they always have, tournaments, showcases, etc.
 
Fine print.....
"While we don't feel, at this time, your player is at the level of DA, we would like to retain you as a paying customer, however (with a slight increase), and offer you a spot on our DAII team. When or where this team will play has yet to be determined, but we can assure you it exists......kinda. Upon receipt of your payment, your player will have the opportunity to train extra days, play less games, and maybe play up to six (6) games with the DA team (assuming payments are current). Your player will also be able to play HS soccer, as DA will be taking that time to rest the full DA players. So to clarify, your player will continue Soccer as usual, except without the summer tournaments or showcases, National/State Cup, but will be able to tell thier friends that they play DA-II. We thank you for your patronage "
 
San Diego area GDA tryouts.

Albion appears to be the first to have official tryouts starting this Friday, March 24th (see bottom of page).
http://www.albionsoccer.org/tryoutinfo/161391.html?1490121233

LA Galaxy San Diego has been having kick-arounds and some open practices depending on age group. It appears that there are tryouts for the 2001/2002's starting March 29th.
http://lagalaxysd.com/tryout/

Surf does not have any tryout dates listed yet, but they do have a very good FAQ page.
http://www.surfsoccer.com/ussda-girls/

Updates:
Albion already had some GDA tryouts (see above link). Anybody go and care to give a report?

LA Galaxy San Diego
2002-1999 (all levels)
  • GIRLS 2002 – Tue, 05/02, Wed, 05/03 & Thur, 05/04 from 4:00-5:30pm @Poinsettia Park
  • GIRLS 2001 – Tue, 05/02, Wed, 05/03 & Thur, 05/04 from 5:30-7:00pm @Poinsettia Park
  • GIRLS 2000 – Tue, 05/02, Wed, 05/03 & Thur, 05/04 from 7:00-8:30pm @Poinsettia Park
  • GIRLS 1999 – Tue, 05/02, Wed, 05/03 & Thur, 05/04 from 7:00-8:30pm @Poinsettia Park
  • BOYS 2002 – Mon, 05/01 & Wed, 05/03 from 4:00-5:30pm @Aviara Park
  • BOYS 2001 – Tue, 05/02 & Thur, 05/04 from 4:30-6:00pm @Aviara Park
  • BOYS 2000 – Tue, 05/02 & Thur, 05/04 from 6:00-7:30pm @Aviara Park
  • BOYS 1999 – Wed, 05/03 from 5:30-7:00pm & Thur, 05/04 from 7:30-9:00pm @Aviara Park
If you wish to come out and practice with any of our older teams please email:
GIRLS – Email 2002-99 Girls HOPD Courtney Drummond at: courtney@lagalaxysd.com
BOYS – Email 2002-99 Boys HOPD Sean Gurley at: sean@lagalaxysd.com

LAGSD WOMEN’S WPSL TEAM
  • Monday, May 8, 7:30-9:00pm @ Pine Avenue Park
  • Wednesday, May 10, 7:30-9:00pm @ Poinsettia Community Park
Surf:
I can't find any tryout information. Does anyone know anything about tryouts?
 
Couldn't find anything on Surf DA tryouts but I'm sure one of the good folks at Surf DA listed here with email addresses might be able to help?

http://surf.ussoccerda.com/club-staff

Cheers
Thanks, I was just trying to get official information for San Diego county out to the public. It does not matter for my players. With Albion and LAGSD having publicly announced tryouts, I would expect Surf to announce soon. If not there will be plenty of conspiracy theories.
 
Recent article on DA vs. ECNL...

How youth teams are straddling the ECNL, Development Academy divide
Written by Will Parchman
Once the initial shockwaves subsided, we were left wondering exactly how the newly announced Girls Development Academy from U.S. Soccer would divide the elite girls youth soccer landscape in the U.S. And now we might have some semblance of an idea.

The ECNL, of course, has been the top girls club soccer league in the country since its foundation in 2009. It was a spin-off of US Club Soccer’s, an institution that shares a step in the U.S. development pyramid with US Youth Soccer. The ECNL was always a set-apart entity from U.S. Soccer, although USSF did heavily recruit out of its ranks for USYNT players. Pretty much every girls player of record in the current U17 and U20 setups, as well as the vast majority of the top women’s college players in the country, spent more time in the ECNL as teens than anywhere else.

That meant that U.S. Soccer’s Girls DA, which opens its doors to games for the first time this fall, was a direct competitor with ECNL. This, needless to say, did not sit well with everyone.

The broadest questions in the aftermath of the initial shock were how exactly the split would happen. Both U.S. Soccer and the ECNL have been adamant that a club would not have to devote the entirety of its resources to one league or the other. A number of the biggest clubs in the country currently have teams that compete in a variety of leagues in different associations. So while the ECNL and DA wouldn’t directly share teams – i.e., a single U17 team couldn’t compete in both leagues – they could set up different U17 teams with the express purpose of allocating one to one league and one to the other.

But we didn’t have confirmation of that fact. Until now.

ECNL and DA rosters similar in age will be different teams with their own identities, both will compete at high levels #DAandECNLTryoutspic.twitter.com/c6zlHS6o1Q

— Eclipse Select SC (@EclipseSelectSC) April 5, 2017

Eclipse Select is annually one of the ECNL’s heavy hitters, and it’s pumped out youth national team talent like Zoe Redei and full national teamers like Amy LePeilbet. So what it does matters, and it’s likely a course other major talent producers with the means to do so will follow; clubs like PDA, So Cal Blues and Dallas Sting. While smaller clubs with more focused talent pools will likely have to choose one over the other (and some already have), the big ones can afford to segment.

What this means, essentially, is that Eclipse Select (and presumably others like them) will create two tracks for its players: either go DA or go ECNL. And in the present climate, it’s hard to imagine the ECNL track not suffering for it.

For one, U.S. Soccer is the behemoth in the equation, and it can easily brush aside the ECNL in the matter of resources. One of the primary reasons the ECNL was so attractive to top players wasn’t necessarily that it was particularly competitive from top to bottom. It wasn’t, as a number of regional scorelines can attest. Rather, the biggest value was in the national team pipeline and the college scouting. The ECNL offered unparalleled access to both college coaches and national team coaches at showcase events.

That probably won’t dry up entirely at ECNL events, at least not initially. But the migration will likely be noticeable as U.S. Soccer’s WNT scouts cannibalize their own events (they have financial reasons to do this, too) and increasingly turn away from ECNL’s spate of showcases and playoffs. And while the ECNL will still be a respectable place to play your soccer, and will still provided a pipeline to college soccer, it’s hard not to see that pipeline narrowing significantly with a direct competitor fronting vastly superior resources.

The question now in front of young girls soccer players in America is no longer about which college to choose, or even which academy. It’s which team in that academy. So clubs like Eclipse Select will open up two distinct tracks for its top players: DA or ECNL. This might not hinder overall development – it might even help it. But it’ll certainly muddy the waters as the nation’s top recruits puzzle through their next steps in an uncertain future.
 
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