Michigan Hawks back to ENCL FC Stars and PDA soon to follow

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Hawks
Eclipse
Stars
PDA
Sting
Crossfire
Slammers

More to follow.

Tophat is rumored to be going as well

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Don't forget LISC as well (as they should be). NE division in collapse. I wonder how the folks in Portland are spinning this one.

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Don't forget LISC as well (as they should be). NE division in collapse. I wonder how the folks in Portland are spinning this one.

To be clear, there’s only one team in the NE division rumored to be leaving. How is that “in collapse”.

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To be clear, there’s only one team in the NE division rumored to be leaving. How is that “in collapse”.

Isn't PDA and Stars in the NE?

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Isn't PDA and Stars in the NE?

PDA is in Atlantic division, and Stars is in the Northeast.

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To be clear, there’s only one team in the NE division rumored to be leaving. How is that “in collapse”.

but we only have just begun. GDA is expensive for the club. It's an albatross that clogs and mucks up prudent decisions. It's an ungangly onus to carry and you will see clubs begin to climb out from under GDA and go to the more profitable and alot less baggage models of ecnl/npl. It's as simple as that

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but we only have just begun. GDA is expensive for the club. It's an albatross that clogs and mucks up prudent decisions. It's an ungangly onus to carry and you will see clubs begin to climb out from under GDA and go to the more profitable and alot less baggage models of ecnl/npl. It's as simple as that

I agree, and my kid is with CFCU, but the GDA collapse is simply rumors and innuendo right now. Who really cares anyway? Let the OW folks deal with their decisions...it doesn’t affect us one bit.

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Isn't PDA and Stars in the NE?

In GDA, the split between NE and Atlantic was at NJ. So, Stars is in NE and PDA in Atlantic.

In ECNL, they are both in NE.

It's in collapse when you realize what is left and compare it to ECNL in NE...there were only 8 teams in NE to begin with:

Stars
BBA
NYCFC
FC Fury
Oakwood
NYSC -Sky Blue
LISC
Empire

LISC and Empire are absolute disasters. NYSC was not very competitive either. So, as a league, you only have 3-4 decent teams in the division. You play each team 3x, so it's been ridiculous to spend so much $$ in travel to literally have 9-0 games.

The whole league should be smaller so hopefully USSF doesn't rush out to replace these clubs.

If you want ECNL then go to an ECNL club -- if you want GDA, then go to a GDA club.

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https://www.socceramerica.com/public...ree-major.html

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https://www.socceramerica.com/public...ree-major.html

The collapse is happening before our eyes. Good news for CT ECNL clubs, no so good for OW.

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In GDA, the split between NE and Atlantic was at NJ. So, Stars is in NE and PDA in Atlantic.

In ECNL, they are both in NE.

It's in collapse when you realize what is left and compare it to ECNL in NE...there were only 8 teams in NE to begin with:

Stars
BBA
NYCFC
FC Fury
Oakwood
NYSC -Sky Blue
LISC
Empire

LISC and Empire are absolute disasters. NYSC was not very competitive either. So, as a league, you only have 3-4 decent teams in the division. You play each team 3x, so it's been ridiculous to spend so much $$ in travel to literally have 9-0 games.

The whole league should be smaller so hopefully USSF doesn't rush out to replace these clubs.

If you want ECNL then go to an ECNL club -- if you want GDA, then go to a GDA club.

Not sure what you mean about $$ on NE division travel? They’re not spending any significant $$ on travel in the NE division (the only far team is Empire). No worse than when they were an NPL team. The big $$ is traveling to the showcases, but that’s true of ECNL as well.

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The collapse is happening before our eyes. Good news for CT ECNL clubs, no so good for OW.

it's merely a fleshwound

here comes the OW black night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAW6D21ICdg

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Not sure what you mean about $$ on NE division travel? They’re not spending any significant $$ on travel in the NE division (the only far team is Empire). No worse than when they were an NPL team. The big $$ is traveling to the showcases, but that’s true of ECNL as well.

Hotel stays the night before are still required for early starts. There is only 1 game per weekend so you have twice as many trips. So, yes hundreds of $$ were spent to watch a team that could not even compete. It is embarrassing to the league.

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In GDA, the split between NE and Atlantic was at NJ. So, Stars is in NE and PDA in Atlantic.

In ECNL, they are both in NE.

It's in collapse when you realize what is left and compare it to ECNL in NE...there were only 8 teams in NE to begin with:

Stars
BBA
NYCFC
FC Fury
Oakwood
NYSC -Sky Blue
LISC
Empire

LISC and Empire are absolute disasters. NYSC was not very competitive either. So, as a league, you only have 3-4 decent teams in the division. You play each team 3x, so it's been ridiculous to spend so much $$ in travel to literally have 9-0 games.

The whole league should be smaller so hopefully USSF doesn't rush out to replace these clubs.

If you want ECNL then go to an ECNL club -- if you want GDA, then go to a GDA club.

Is it fair to say that the teams you mention above will never get better in GDA? Things change quickly. Remember the league just launched and has not completed its first year. Growing pains are typical of any start-up.

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Is it fair to say that the teams you mention above will never get better in GDA? Things change quickly. Remember the league just launched and has not completed its first year. Growing pains are typical of any start-up.

Umm, allowing a club with zero prior teams to compete in what was supposed to be a high-end league showed how USSF was just going after market share, without regards to the end product.