All top Girls Soccer players leave RI

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Why do all the top girls leave RI and play for soccer clubs in MA or CT? It seems like our RI soccer clubs are failing the girls in RI. Maybe we’ve been to focused on the boys? Seems backwards.

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Follow the patches.

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Follow the patches.

Follow the better players and better competition

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This is true. The better players realize that they need to play better competition to improve if interested in pursuing soccer in college. None of the RI clubs play in a top girl's league like ECNL or GA. So, the better players leave. It's too bad, but this is the current state of affairs in RI girls soccer.

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This is true. The better players realize that they need to play better competition to improve if interested in pursuing soccer in college. None of the RI clubs play in a top girl's league like ECNL or GA. So, the better players leave. It's too bad, but this is the current state of affairs in RI girls soccer.

The MA clubs collude to keep any RI club from entering GA or ECNL. If either Surf or Bayside got in one of those leagues, the players that they help develop will stay. It's all about money and power. The MA clubs have it and the RI clubs don't.

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Adding RI Surf Elite teams to the GA would be a good thing. It’s not like the GA is overloaded with highly competitive teams. The Surf Elite teams could probably do well in that league.

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Adding RI Surf Elite teams to the GA would be a good thing. It’s not like the GA is overloaded with highly competitive teams. The Surf Elite teams could probably do well in that league.

I agree, but only if the RI girls that are currently in Mass came back to RI. They would have very strong teams across most age groups.

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I agree, but only if the RI girls that are currently in Mass came back to RI. They would have very strong teams across most age groups.

How many RI girls per age group do you know of that actually play for a top-level (ECNL, GA, whatever) MA team?

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How many RI girls per age group do you know of that actually play for a top-level (ECNL, GA, whatever) MA team?

Let's say 2 - 4 per age group, Scorpions, Stars, Select, NEFC. That's 1 per team average for 4 clubs. I would say 2 - 4 in each age group coming back to RI would boost those Surf teams quite a bit. And if you sprinkle a few Bayside players in the mix, you would have teams that possibly would do really well in ECNL or GA.

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Let's say 2 - 4 per age group, Scorpions, Stars, Select, NEFC. That's 1 per team average for 4 clubs. I would say 2 - 4 in each age group coming back to RI would boost those Surf teams quite a bit. And if you sprinkle a few Bayside players in the mix, you would have teams that possibly would do really well in ECNL or GA.

But it wouldn't be a team of 11 let alone 16 top-team players. How could those teams compete with full squads of ECNL or GA players?

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Trying to merge those players would be no good as the playing style at those top clubs in MA is far superior than the kickball style of Surf.

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But it wouldn't be a team of 11 let alone 16 top-team players. How could those teams compete with full squads of ECNL or GA players?

Not every ecnl and ga team has 16 "top-team players". I didn't say they would win national championships, but they would be just as good if not better than the middle of the pack ga or ecnl teams.

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The GA was in RI when NEFC was there. Then all the coaches had a tantrum because their top players would leave their team to get the opportunity to play GA. Most of them are now at RI Surf. You really think Surf will get GA now. RI has a small state small town mentality. Too many towns prefer dad coaches and playing with their friends from school and call it premier.

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The GA was in RI when NEFC was there. Then all the coaches had a tantrum because their top players would leave their team to get the opportunity to play GA. Most of them are now at RI Surf. You really think Surf will get GA now. RI has a small state small town mentality. Too many towns prefer dad coaches and playing with their friends from school and call it premier.

Stop it, GA was never in RI, NEFC SE was, which was not GA. Tell me when there was 1 GA training session or game in RI? The point is, if all the RI talent stayed in RI, there would be enough talent for a GA or ECNL club in RI. Your post was simply made to target the RI Surf staff for whatever your personal reasons are. Agree with the dad coaches and small state mentality. Parents currently should not want GA or ECNL for RI Surf unless all the RI players in Mass return, as was previously suggested in a post above. Then the parents would probably want it as the teams would be much more competitive in those 2 leagues.

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Not every ecnl and ga team has 16 "top-team players". I didn't say they would win national championships, but they would be just as good if not better than the middle of the pack ga or ecnl teams.

Every player on an ECNL or GA team in NE is a "top team" player by definition. These are players who were chosen for the top team over 3 to 5+ other teams full of players at the same big clubs who didn't make the top team.