Say bye-bye-bye to Girls and Boys DA

@Ellejustus aka Soccer Helper


So from what I’m reading ECNL is going to be the path for girls soccer, what about this MLS league I’m hearing about. Is this for boys only? What about the La Galaxy girls team? Where are they going? Been practicing social distancing way too long from this forum and I have many questions now. Is my DD in the right club now? What’s the prized league we should be aiming for etc. Using a few of my free posts that I have left on this account. I need to clarify a few things so we know that we are on the right path.
Mr Luis is peaking his head out I see. Interesting free passes you got there. How many? It's only fair to let folks outside for a peak to see what the aftermath of the virus caused. Prisoners are being let out early to finish their time at home like the rest of us are already doing. Options and options and options for all. Be patient Luis. I have a few other "pills" you can check out if you PM me.........lol!!!! Stay safe Lou and good luck to your little goat #2.
 
Albion announced hiring Jen Lalor as their Girls Academy pathway and technical director yesterday, so it seems clear that they will be part of the new GA League, although that's not surprising. Now that the league has begun announcing its conference members, it will be interesting to see how the SW Conference shapes up. I'm mostly curious about which clubs that joined the ECRL will also place teams in the GA League.

Edit - Heh just as I submitted this post the SW Conference was announced.
 
@Luis Andres only so all others don't get all huffy and puffy for talking to Luis. I don;t PM too many folks here for obvious reasons. He's been on lock down too. I will say I'm impressed sweet Lou with how well behave you have been. Watch this video and especially towards the end. I feel like life and soccer has been one big, big foot chase. What do you think Luis only? This is not for anyone else, only my pal Lew :)

 
Albion announced hiring Jen Lalor as their Girls Academy pathway and technical director yesterday, so it seems clear that they will be part of the new GA League, although that's not surprising. Now that the league has begun announcing its conference members, it will be interesting to see how the SW Conference shapes up. I'm mostly curious about which clubs that joined the ECRL will also place teams in the GA League.
Go get em GALs!!!! I like this way better. Both leagues can have a champ and then play for all the marbles. Take the showcases and make them Bowl games. This is super cool.
 
Albion announced hiring Jen Lalor as their Girls Academy pathway and technical director yesterday, so it seems clear that they will be part of the new GA League, although that's not surprising. Now that the league has begun announcing its conference members, it will be interesting to see how the SW Conference shapes up. I'm mostly curious about which clubs that joined the ECRL will also place teams in the GA League.

Edit - Heh just as I submitted this post the SW Conference was announced.
Timing is everything lol

I'm curious what the non so cal team in this division do if we all can' fly in the fall for games. Could be a nightmare for them in terms of getting to games/playing enough. For so cal teams this is the next best option it seems after ECNL for now. Where those 4 so cal ECRL clubs play their first teams I think is the most interesting aspect of this.
 
Timing is everything lol

I'm curious what the non so cal team in this division do if we all can' fly in the fall for games. Could be a nightmare for them in terms of getting to games/playing enough. For so cal teams this is the next best option it seems after ECNL for now. Where those 4 so cal ECRL clubs play their first teams I think is the most interesting aspect of this.
My guess is keep an oversize team that does both leagues, but not everyone plays every game. You don’t need your top players for the weaker ECRL games, but you don’t want to embarass yourself by doing poorly there either.
 
My guess is keep an oversize team that does both leagues, but not everyone plays every game. You don’t need your top players for the weaker ECRL games, but you don’t want to embarass yourself by doing poorly there either.
Yeah. If they do that, I imagine 2nd teams would be upset but they may not care. I'm guessing most of those clubs 2nd teams are solid and need a decent league to play in. I'm not as familiar with the local league levels these days to know if that's solid or not. I guess if this league has a 2nd division they can go there
 
When my dd was in 8th grade I was told a big fat no for HS Soccer. Then waivers came and then a rumor started last year as a FR they would allow HS just like the private school kids this year. But the rumor fell flat and that is why:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
So I was told this rumor again that hs soccer is on the table for a rule change so the girls could have a choice with their lives. This was like 3 months ago from some folks I know. So they were going to allow freedom "three weeks before the virus came" but never told us? Maybe it was always about HS Soccer and_________________________________________________________________________________
 
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NWSL Louisville Academy is a brand new club. THey haven't even had tryouts. Who knows if they even will have tryouts?
And they got into ENCL? SMH. Unless they draw from KingsHammer and Cinci DA they are going to be weak.
Unless of course it is fully funded (free) then that changes everything.

I don’t know anything about that club or the KY soccer landscape but they are the only team between the TN & OH clubs so it certainly makes sense from a market share perspective and to bridge the travel gap in the OV conference which only had 9 teams this year.

The ECNL did the same thing a couple years ago in south Florida letting in Prime, which was a brand new club when it was admitted. Grabbed a valuable piece of the S. FL market that only had a DA team (Weston).
 
I don’t know anything about that club or the KY soccer landscape but they are the only team between the TN & OH clubs so it certainly makes sense from a market share perspective and to bridge the travel gap in the OV conference which only had 9 teams this year.

The ECNL did the same thing a couple years ago in south Florida letting in Prime, which was a brand new club when it was admitted. Grabbed a valuable piece of the S. FL market that only had a DA team (Weston).
Smart move on Prime picking up that Prime location for a fraction of the value today :) I remember when Sharks and Rebels joined ECNL and all these people making fun of them and mocking how they play ball. These are the clubs like the Beaches that got some of their top players taken when they were 13 or younger. The salt shaker timer that had unlimited salt has now been flipped over imo. Timing is everything sometimes :)
 
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