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    Thorns Academy $8000 / Year? Really??

    $8000 per year? Really? To play FWRL and OYSA? What a rip off. Can't believe people actually think this isn't a huge income stream for the Timbers.

    Horrible coaching, horrible leagues, very low level tournaments, and still $8000 per YEAR!!!
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      ?????

      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      $8000 per year? Really? To play FWRL and OYSA? What a rip off. Can't believe people actually think this isn't a huge income stream for the Timbers.

      Horrible coaching, horrible leagues, very low level tournaments, and still $8000 per YEAR!!!
      Not sure where you got that from:
      What is the cost of the Thorns Academy season?
      For the nine-month program which includes training, leagues, tournaments, gear, etc., players
      will have a $1,250 state fee that will cover a list of items included below. Travel costs will be
      on a per-event basis and there is no question the value of this program will be greater than
      any girls program we have ever seen in Oregon and the affordability was always priority
      number one for our players. Payment plans, camp working opportunities and scholarships
      will also be available for all players.
      Fee Structure
      Academy State Fee: $1,250
      (Covers coaching fees, fields, league entry, uniform, Thorns FC Sport Science,
      Sports Psychology, access to Thorns first-team staff, 3 training sessions per
      week, athletic trainer, access to first-team players.)
      Travel Costs: (Cost is based on per-event basis; If a player played in every
      event, they would pay no more than $3,600 for the season.)
      (Covers flights, hotel, transportation, etc.)

      http://www.timbers.com/sites/portlan...ormation_0.pdf
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        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        Not sure where you got that from:
        What is the cost of the Thorns Academy season?
        For the nine-month program which includes training, leagues, tournaments, gear, etc., players
        will have a $1,250 state fee that will cover a list of items included below. Travel costs will be
        on a per-event basis and there is no question the value of this program will be greater than
        any girls program we have ever seen in Oregon and the affordability was always priority
        number one for our players. Payment plans, camp working opportunities and scholarships
        will also be available for all players.
        Fee Structure
        Academy State Fee: $1,250
        (Covers coaching fees, fields, league entry, uniform, Thorns FC Sport Science,
        Sports Psychology, access to Thorns first-team staff, 3 training sessions per
        week, athletic trainer, access to first-team players.)
        Travel Costs: (Cost is based on per-event basis; If a player played in every
        event, they would pay no more than $3,600 for the season.)
        (Covers flights, hotel, transportation, etc.)

        http://www.timbers.com/sites/portlan...ormation_0.pdf
        Just a bunch of Timbers propaganda hooey! We all know it's $8000 per year. Just ask anybody. Maybe even $10000 per year. Maybe more!!! Oh the humanity!!!!
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          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          Just a bunch of Timbers propaganda hooey! We all know it's $8000 per year. Just ask anybody. Maybe even $10000 per year. Maybe more!!! Oh the humanity!!!!
          Ah the scheming minds of OPL have come up with their latest gambit. Try to throw the same claims made about ECNL back at thorns...turnabout is fair play, yet the argument seems unbelievably artificial when it is made in response to the same argument going the other way...Best advice - listen to only half of what is posted on here, and only believe about half of that.
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            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            Ah the scheming minds of OPL have come up with their latest gambit. Try to throw the same claims made about ECNL back at thorns...turnabout is fair play, yet the argument seems unbelievably artificial when it is made in response to the same argument going the other way...Best advice - listen to only half of what is posted on here, and only believe about half of that.
            And Thorns Academy is playing all the worst teams!!!!!!!!
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              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              And Thorns Academy is playing all the worst teams!!!!!!!!
              huh.. i guess the worst show up here:

              January 16-18 PAC Northwest College Showcase Seattle, WA
              March 20-22 Las Vegas Showcase Las Vegas, NV
              March 27-29 Far West Regional Weekend Boise, ID
              May 15-17 Tacoma Showcase Tournament Tacoma, WA
              May 22-25 Colorado Showcase Denver, CO
              June Far West Regionals (If we qualify) Boise, ID
              July Surf Cup (Unless we qualify for Regionals) Calif
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                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                huh.. i guess the worst show up here:

                January 16-18 PAC Northwest College Showcase Seattle, WA
                March 20-22 Las Vegas Showcase Las Vegas, NV
                March 27-29 Far West Regional Weekend Boise, ID
                May 15-17 Tacoma Showcase Tournament Tacoma, WA
                May 22-25 Colorado Showcase Denver, CO
                June Far West Regionals (If we qualify) Boise, ID
                July Surf Cup (Unless we qualify for Regionals) Calif
                Besides the Far West Reigionals, everyone one of those events are where almost all of the HS A teams from OPL are already going.
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                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  huh.. i guess the worst show up here:

                  January 16-18 PAC Northwest College Showcase Seattle, WA
                  March 20-22 Las Vegas Showcase Las Vegas, NV
                  March 27-29 Far West Regional Weekend Boise, ID
                  May 15-17 Tacoma Showcase Tournament Tacoma, WA
                  May 22-25 Colorado Showcase Denver, CO
                  June Far West Regionals (If we qualify) Boise, ID
                  July Surf Cup (Unless we qualify for Regionals) Calif
                  I love how they put down Surf Cup, they haven't even put out a list of accepted teams yet. Do they think just because their using the Thorns name that Surf Cup is going to accept them.
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                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    Besides the Far West Reigionals, everyone one of those events are where almost all of the HS A teams from OPL are already going.
                    I know that our THUSC team is going to just about everyone of those, including Surf.
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                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      huh.. i guess the worst show up here:

                      January 16-18 PAC Northwest College Showcase Seattle, WA
                      March 20-22 Las Vegas Showcase Las Vegas, NV
                      March 27-29 Far West Regional Weekend Boise, ID
                      May 15-17 Tacoma Showcase Tournament Tacoma, WA
                      May 22-25 Colorado Showcase Denver, CO
                      June Far West Regionals (If we qualify) Boise, ID
                      July Surf Cup (Unless we qualify for Regionals) Calif
                      Pac NW College Showcase is crap. Looks like an OYSA mini tournament.
                      Las Vegas Showcase - Who from Oregon isn't going to this???
                      FWR - OYSA
                      Tacoma Showcase - don't know the teams yet but it should be an OK tournament
                      FWR - OYSA if you qualify, which shouldn't be that difficult (looking at the rest of the comp)
                      Surf Cup - I think every NPL team in OPL is going this year.
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                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        I know that our THUSC team is going to just about everyone of those, including Surf.
                        Your team sounds like a good option for the current ECNL players who will get displaced next year when better players come along and take their spots.
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                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          huh.. i guess the worst show up here:

                          January 16-18 PAC Northwest College Showcase Seattle, WA
                          March 20-22 Las Vegas Showcase Las Vegas, NV
                          March 27-29 Far West Regional Weekend Boise, ID
                          May 15-17 Tacoma Showcase Tournament Tacoma, WA
                          May 22-25 Colorado Showcase Denver, CO
                          June Far West Regionals (If we qualify) Boise, ID
                          July Surf Cup (Unless we qualify for Regionals) Calif
                          Except that PacNW Showcase is really just the last 3 games of FWRL against mediocre teams, there is no Far West Regional weekend in Boise for this age group, the Thorns have yet to qualify for Far West Regionals, and are a long shot to be accepted into Surf Cup. So that leaves them with 3 lower to mid-level tourneys that anybody can enter...
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                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            Your team sounds like a good option for the current ECNL players who will get displaced next year when better players come along and take their spots.
                            Where are these better players? Certainly not on OYSA teams. Maybe a bunch of CalSouth girls relocating to Oregon?
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                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              $8000 per year? Really? To play FWRL and OYSA? What a rip off. Can't believe people actually think this isn't a huge income stream for the Timbers.

                              Horrible coaching, horrible leagues, very low level tournaments, and still $8000 per YEAR!!!
                              Yeah and aren't there like 25 girls on the roster plus another 25 on the "reserves" roster. When do any of them get to play when they only have 15 games scheduled?
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