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    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    The players who sign up for Thorns, or ecnl or any travel team really, do it by choice. If the parents want to pay and the children want to do it, why shouldn’t they? I have never understood the anger aimed at gda & ecnl for offering a service that, no matter how flawed, people are buying into. Each individual gets to decide which paths they go down and which sacrifices they’ll make. Good luck to all the Oregon girls no matter which league they play in!
    In pay to play soccer, the market decides and the Oregon market has spoken. Gda & Ecnl are both here to stay until not enough players sign up to field teams. Pros & cons to each league. Pick one and enjoy.

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      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      In pay to play soccer, the market decides and the Oregon market has spoken. Gda & Ecnl are both here to stay until not enough players sign up to field teams. Pros & cons to each league. Pick one and enjoy.
      OYSA/UYSA is the winner if the Oregon Market decides since only 10 teams in the state play in US Club ecnl.

      The DA doesn't compete with USYS or US Club leagues and the NWSL/MLS Timbers have the only DA in Oregon and they fund it for the players they choose. Why would this even be an issue or market choice, the Timbers/Thorns aren't selling to the masses of recreational players in Oregon.

      Why does US Club want to be compared to something they are not? A US Soccer DA?.

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        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        NWSL Thorns Academy members just like the MLS Timbers Academy members are not competing on the field in any way shape or form with youth amateur level provided by USYS or US Club leagues or HS Leagues. Anyone can play USYS or US Club or HS literally just sign up, register and pay! Guess what there is a spot for your kid.

        Timbers/Thorns DA are an entirely different animal overseen by US Soccer and highly selective bringing in players from the local area, the state, the region, the nation and internationally. They are designed to feed there u23, T2 and first team Thorns/Timbers.

        Not sure parents understand the difference between DA & USYS/HS/US Club league for our local kids.
        "Highly selective". You're joking right? Maybe the boys DA is highly selective but the Thorns is an outright mess and attracts only a fraction of the best players. The teams from U14-U17 are riddled with players who made the team because they went to tryouts and they needed warm bodies. Look, I don't begrudge the platform, or the the Thorns, or any of it, but you can't just claim to be "highly selective" when the facts say otherwise.

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          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          In pay to play soccer, the market decides and the Oregon market has spoken. Gda & Ecnl are both here to stay until not enough players sign up to field teams. Pros & cons to each league. Pick one and enjoy.
          Right now ECNL has the most talent in Oregon. That might change in future.

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            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            Right now ECNL has the most talent in Oregon. That might change in future.
            If think there is a talent treasure chest at CU & FC these days, it makes sense why you stay out of Oregon and play rec HS. Thanks for best laugh i a long time.

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              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              Right now ECNL has the most talent in Oregon. That might change in future.
              Nationally this is true.

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                Why don't we have a ECNL vs Thorns tournament? Annual bragging rights granted.

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                  Because Ecnl and thorns don’t comprise the best players or teams in Oregon.

                  It’s just the facts. Maybe 50-60% and that’s generous.

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                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    Why don't we have a ECNL vs Thorns tournament? Annual bragging rights granted.
                    I think this would be a good experience. So much talk gets old. Let's solve it in real life.

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                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      Why don't we have a ECNL vs Thorns tournament? Annual bragging rights granted.
                      This would be too risky.

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                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        Nationally this is true.
                        No, it’s not. Not even remotely close to being true.

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                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          Because Ecnl and thorns don’t comprise the best players or teams in Oregon.

                          It’s just the facts. Maybe 50-60% and that’s generous.
                          You take out Salmon Creek 00's and it is more like 90%.

                          Very unlikely anyone playing outside of Thorns or ECNL will play beyond D2 soccer.

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                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            ECNL
                            Local travel teams
                            High school teams top ten
                            Thorns
                            Recreational
                            I dint get why elite players want to play for their high school. Seems stupid.

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                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              I dint get why elite players want to play for their high school. Seems stupid.
                              It's confusing for Oregonians absolutely, without any elite players to query i Oregon. Great point.

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                                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                                I dint get why elite players want to play for their high school. Seems stupid.
                                Most people are smarter than you. That’s why.

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