Shaun Tsakiris is doing an amazing job at LGU. I've been following their instagram and they are making a lot of smart moves. (E.G. FT Strength and Conditioning Coach; Dedicated Futsal training, etc. ) Their 09s girls went quite far in State Cup (top bracket) and their 09 boys won State Cup. (top bracket) That said, they have a ways to go before fielding any elite teams. They need more players and yes fields are an issue.
Damn, I "lost" another year.
Most importantly, where are they playing? Can they get into nor cal after all the new clubs were announced a few weeks ago. Get into NPL? Maybe GA if there are nor cal teams doing that. I think that's the biggest question to answer at this point. Those are some expensive field fees at twin creeks but nice to have many fields to train on.
If it's via BBA, agree. This sounds like it may be separate though otherwise why the new club name? If applying as a new club, it's not as simple as you may think. If simply saying BBA with new staff/players, then yes since BBA is a NPL club already.
I believe BBA and BAFC are two different clubs.
I believe it is BBA & LLC working together. We have seen a few of these types of club cooperations recently, whatever you want to call them. So they will probably have one of those clubs transfer over their NPL designation. However, the window for new clubs to apply for this season is long gone and it probably wouldn't be well received by the other clubs if this new club was given special treatment based on having someone on the NorCal staff. My guess would be that because of the circumstances, COVID and GDA being cut, NorCal would allow it based on the unusual circumstances, which would seem reasonable to me.
no placer? Are they getting ECNL, or are they going straight NPL?
NPL
More teams will be announced 2nd round I'm sure.
No ECNL! Placer's a great club and has good teams. Placer applied for ECNL but was denied! Pretty sad!
Yes, unfortunate. Good enough to be there but with San Juan and Davis in their region already that didn't help. I imagine SJ was heavily against them joining from a competition standpoint. Dominate NPL and try to get in next year.
I think you have a clear top 4:
New club is fcbayarea.org. This is the former Quakes GDA entity. It is AD led and will have all the same coaches. They have agreements with BBA and Liverpool who I assume will get some level of training and the chance to be feeder clubs. They are playing in NPL and have been pointing out that leagues don't matter. The challenge is whether they can make a go of it. Will they have the money and interest? They want to train at Twin Creeks, but it is super expensive. So, if they don't get enough players they won't be able to afford Twin Creeks. Also who is to say that AD doesn't get this off the ground and leave in a year. His daughter could finish college and he could go anywhere. Or somebody could offer him a high-profile DOC/leadership role and he could bail. Still a lot to iron out.
