Say bye-bye-bye to Girls and Boys DA

I guarantee that clubs with teams in ECNL and ECNL RL will move players from the ECNL team to the RL team so they can pound teams.
Will these leagues publish rosters and playing time like DA? I'd love to be able to track and see how players move between the leagues.
And I assume that the GAL/DPL league will be sanctioned by a different governing body (US Club vs US Youth) so players can play multiple games in a day without any issues. And then they can probably also play on SCDSL teams to help with "development" of their 3rd tier team.

I want to get back to playing ASAP. But for the sake of these people making up their own leagues for selfish reasons- I hope they all run out of money before we can start up again.
I hate to say it but unfortunately you are right. Just like ECNL teams did to help their second teams get in CRL.
 
Have they posted any teams that got accepted to the new youth MLS league? I am trying to see what clubs are included in this new league.
Not yet. From what I hear it may be a little while since MLS weren't prepared to give all details on a academy league on US Soccer abruptly terminated the DA. They need to get everything organized and then will release lists of clubs I'd imagine. That being said, I'm sure clubs have been invited.
 
Often times ECNL and ECRL games are played on the same day at the same fields.
I slept in this morning guys :) What did I miss? My thoughts ((vision)) based on what I can see today.

Sometime in October 2020 at The Great Park with a cool breeze around 9am ((perfect time to play my dd says))

Final Results just came in from my vision
Field 12- OC Strikers 04' ECNL vs LA Breakers 04' ECNL Final score, Strikers wins 2-1 ((Sorry LA))
Field 13- Strikers 04' ECNR vs Beach FC ECNR (Former #1 GDA in Socal) Beach FC wins 13-0
 
I slept in this morning guys :) What did I miss? My thoughts ((vision)) based on what I can see today.

Sometime in October 2020 at The Great Park with a cool breeze around 9am ((perfect time to play my dd says))

Final Results just came in from my vision
Field 12- OC Strikers 04' ECNL vs LA Breakers 04' ECNL Final score, Strikers wins 2-1 ((Sorry LA))
Field 13- Strikers 04' ECNR vs Beach FC ECNR (Former #1 GDA in Socal) Beach FC wins 13-0
That’s another point- have these leagues locked down fields? Will Silverlakes or Great Park be the “exclusive home” to ecnl, ecnl, gal, dpl, mls?
 
Do you think these additions will cause GAL/DPL to fold?
Classic prisoners' dilemma. If all clubs band together and leverage the strength of Socal talent, then the league might turn into something. But each of the four ECRL-only clubs are trying to be the first ones to leave for ECNL ASAP. If/when they do leave, they will take their A and B teams with them. What would this league look like without Legends and Beach?
 
I slept in this morning guys :) What did I miss? My thoughts ((vision)) based on what I can see today.

Sometime in October 2020 at The Great Park with a cool breeze around 9am ((perfect time to play my dd says))

Final Results just came in from my vision
Field 12- OC Strikers 04' ECNL vs LA Breakers 04' ECNL Final score, Strikers wins 2-1 ((Sorry LA))
Field 13- Strikers 04' ECNR vs Beach FC ECNR (Former #1 GDA in Socal) Beach FC wins 13-0
13-0... in my opinion, there lies the mistake ECNL made pushing so many top DA teams down two notches. Maybe you meant to write 3-0?
 
13-0... in my opinion, there lies the mistake ECNL made pushing so many top DA teams down two notches. Maybe you meant to write 3-0?
Actually, the way some of these dads feel, double the score to 23-0 bro. "Revenge of The Soccer Dad" will be in full force this fall.
 
That’s another point- have these leagues locked down fields? Will Silverlakes or Great Park be the “exclusive home” to ecnl, ecnl, gal, dpl, mls?
I don’t think anyone has the cash to lock down so many fields that other clubs can’t play. Even if you tried, that just makes the anti-trust case harder to defend. You might be able to lock down the big venues, but those are less valuable than distributed small ones during corona.
 
That’s another point- have these leagues locked down fields? Will Silverlakes or Great Park be the “exclusive home” to ecnl, ecnl, gal, dpl, mls?
Leagues don’t lock down fields. Clubs do. Remember too that DPL is gone. It’s been replacement by GAL. After seeing the list of ECRL clubs released yesterday who is left in SoCal to play in GAL? Albion, Carlsbad, LA Surf? Are they trying to salvage the league those 3 DOC’s created by renaming it and calling it national? They have no grip on reality and if parents buy into this sham it would truly be sad. GAL has nothing to offer. They have a graphics person that is great at prettying things up and making the league seem legit but I would ask 1. Who is going to play in the Southwest Conference? 2. What are we playing for? then after you get the answers to 1 and 2 question 3 would be You’re kidding me right?
 
Leagues don’t lock down fields. Clubs do. Remember too that DPL is gone. It’s been replacement by GAL. After seeing the list of ECRL clubs released yesterday who is left in SoCal to play in GAL? Albion, Carlsbad, LA Surf? Are they trying to salvage the league those 3 DOC’s created by renaming it and calling it national? They have no grip on reality and if parents buy into this sham it would truly be sad. GAL has nothing to offer. They have a graphics person that is great at prettying things up and making the league seem legit but I would ask 1. Who is going to play in the Southwest Conference? 2. What are we playing for? then after you get the answers to 1 and 2 question 3 would be You’re kidding me right?
DPL didn’t disappear. Those exDA clubs that are now in ECRL had DPL teams that will continue to play in DPL or promote to GAL this coming season.
It’s really the 21/22 season that could break DPL/GAL.
 
Don’t fear the Dad, fear the DD’s....Dads don’t play the game. I’m my case, it isn’t me with the chip on their shoulder, it’s both my DD’s.
ok, I thought you said something in the lines of, "Bring it, game on." Sorry, I took at more from you but I see your point. This is all about the girls. My dd wouldn;t like a grunge match like that and in fact would stay home and let others play those games. One of the reason she was so bored with the first year of GDA. She only had two competitive games in the GDA all year.
 
Leagues don’t lock down fields. Clubs do. Remember too that DPL is gone. It’s been replacement by GAL. After seeing the list of ECRL clubs released yesterday who is left in SoCal to play in GAL? Albion, Carlsbad, LA Surf? Are they trying to salvage the league those 3 DOC’s created by renaming it and calling it national? They have no grip on reality and if parents buy into this sham it would truly be sad. GAL has nothing to offer. They have a graphics person that is great at prettying things up and making the league seem legit but I would ask 1. Who is going to play in the Southwest Conference? 2. What are we playing for? then after you get the answers to 1 and 2 question 3 would be You’re kidding me right?
Who can play in GAL or some other competing structure? All the talent in clubs outside ECNL. ( ECRL doesn’t count, unless the DA clubs were stupid enough to promise to never play non-ECRL teams. )

There are a lot of talented players outside ECNL. The whole power play by the ECNL relies on the existence of a large non-ECNL talent pool whose parents are willing to pay extra to buy slots at clubs inside ECNL.

Put another way, if there wasn’t a lot of talent outside ECNL, this thread wouldn’t exist.
 
Leagues don’t lock down fields. Clubs do. Remember too that DPL is gone. It’s been replacement by GAL. After seeing the list of ECRL clubs released yesterday who is left in SoCal to play in GAL? Albion, Carlsbad, LA Surf? Are they trying to salvage the league those 3 DOC’s created by renaming it and calling it national? They have no grip on reality and if parents buy into this sham it would truly be sad. GAL has nothing to offer. They have a graphics person that is great at prettying things up and making the league seem legit but I would ask 1. Who is going to play in the Southwest Conference? 2. What are we playing for? then after you get the answers to 1 and 2 question 3 would be You’re kidding me right?
SCDSL Discovery League division had all of their league games at Silverlakes.
I’m willing to be that at least 2 of these venues silverlakes, so cal complex, polo fields,San Bernardino and great park are actively working to lock something down for the fall season.
 
I don’t think anyone has the cash to lock down so many fields that other clubs can’t play. Even if you tried, that just makes the anti-trust case harder to defend. You might be able to lock down the big venues, but those are less valuable than distributed small ones during corona.
I didn’t mean “lock down” as in “everyone else will be “locked out”. I mean lock down as in “all of our games will be played at x venue”.
Im sure the field costs, parking costs, videographer rights, concession stand commission and ez-up/bench contracts are all part of the discussion.
 
I didn’t mean “lock down” as in “everyone else will be “locked out”. I mean lock down as in “all of our games will be played at x venue”.
Im sure the field costs, parking costs, videographer rights, concession stand commission and ez-up/bench contracts are all part of the discussion.
All of these discussions are interesting but may be irrelevant for the upcoming season. Colleges are considering extending digital/distance learning until 2021. If that happens, bye bye soccer this fall. Things could get even crazier if that happens.
 
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