Two ECNL clubs in CT said no thanks to GDA and are sticking with what works for them and their players - good soccer and a path to good college soccer. A state that small won't have many truly elite players that are NT or top D1 potential, but plenty who will do well at the abundant number of high quality academic schools on the East Coast. The club they gave GDA to will struggle to attract players - it's not a strong club (NPL now but they already have an ok BDA program) and the no high school rule is a deal breaker for many players. I suspect this scenario is playing out elsewhere. Now that there's clarity on the structure, competition, travel, costs, and most importantly player interest (or lack thereof) plenty of clubs are having 2nd thoughts. Even if GDA becomes the top league, it won't be a clear winner and things will vary at the local level. It's going to be a bumpy ride.
CT lurker
This from bottom feeding ECNL Clubs... btw it was GDAP that said no thanks, they picked the right club in CT
meant to add I can't believe many GDA clubs are happy about this least minute team addition. Here they've been planning on three teams, now they need four, requiring more players, more resources, coaches, fields, expenses. All for something that's completely unproven and was already starting out with a heavy blanket of skepticism
Several on your list are already cancelled. Like WNY Flash Academy, for instance. NWSL team moved to the Carolinas.
Crossfire Premier WA needed a place for it's "B" teams to play because they are too good for RCL / FWRL so they will be putting them in GDA. Same story for Seattle United Reign Academy. And now that Thorns have to field 4 teams instead of 2, the already low quality of the Thorns teams will only plummet lower...
So they became the Carolina Flash instead? Big deal.
Huh, since the GDA is top shelf of US Soccer Development Academy structure, for the best of the best youth girls in the US going forward, why would Crossfire Premier send any 'b' team players onto this platform?
When they could instead just play locally and compete.
Also, given the rigid and high coaching requirements of the GDA what top coach at Crossfire premier would give up coaching the best players to coach a 'b' team. That's where your theory goes south.
Finally, Parents of 'B' team player are only gullible and naive enough to spend thousands and thousands of dollars only travel in the suburbs of Portland at clubs like FC PDX, LOSC/THUSC to be fodder.
Unlike educated and competitively savvy parents in the sound area.
I like your sense of humor, and as you know, all humor is sourced from extreme internal pain and suffering.
What's interesting and bizarre is the fact the parent club of the Crossfire Utd contingent of girls in LOSC/THUSC (Crossfire Premier (n Washington has jumped to the GDA.)
Any idea why?
GIRLS DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY CLUB DIRECTORY 2017-2018
Club Name Club Location Club Website Division
Albion SC San Diego, Calif. www.albionsoccer.org Southwest
Beach Futbol Club Torrance, Calif. www.beachfutbolclub.com Southwest
Boca United Football Club Boca Raton, Fla. gbysa.org Southeast
Boston Breakers Academy Watertown, Mass. bostonbreakersacademy.com Northeast
Burlingame Soccer Club Burlingame, Calif. burlingamesoccerclub.org Northwest
California Storm Sacramento, Calif. www.calstormsoccer.com Northwest
Capital Area RailHawks Raleigh, N.C. www.capitalarearailhawks.com Southeast
Cedar Stars Academy - Monmouth Tinton Falls, N.J. www.cedarstars.com Northeast
Charlotte Soccer Academy Matthews, N.C. www.charlottesocceracademy.com Southeast
Cincinnati Development Academy Cincinnati, Ohio cincyda.com Mid-America
Colorado Rush Littleton, Colo. www.coloradorush.com Frontier
Concorde Fire Atlanta, Ga. www.concordefire.com Southeast
Crossfire Premier Redmond, Wash. crossfiresoccer.org Northwest
Dallas Texans Soccer Club Plano, Texas dallastexans.com Frontier
De Anza Force Campbell, Calif. www.deanzaforce.org Northwest
Eagles Soccer Club Camarillo, Calif. www.eaglessc.com Southwest
East Meadow SC Bellmore, N.Y. www.eastmeadowsoccer.com Northeast
Eastside FC Issaquah, Wash. www.eastsidefc.org Northwest
Eclipse Select Soccer Club Oak Brook, Ill. www.eclipseselect.org Mid-America
Empire United Soccer Academy West Henrietta, N.Y. empireunited.soccer Mid-America
FC Dallas Frisco, Texas www.fcdallas.com/youth Frontier
FC Fury NY Bay Shore, N.Y. TBD Northeast
FC Kansas City Prairie Village, Mo. www.fckansascity.com Frontier
FC Stars Acton, Mass. www.starsofma.org Northeast
FC United Northfield, Ill. fcuda.com Mid-America
FC Virginia Chantilly, Va. www.fcvirginia.com Northeast
Houston Dash Houston, Texas www.houstondynamo.com Frontier
IMG Academy Bradenton, Fla. www.imgacademy.com Southeast
Indiana Fire Academy Westfield, Ind. www.indianafirejuniors.com Mid-America
LA Galaxy Carson, Calif. www.lagalaxy.com Southwest
LA Galaxy San Diego Carlsbad, Calif. www.lagalaxysd.com Southwest
La Roca Futbol Club Kaysville, Utah www.larocafc.com Northwest
LAFC Slammers Costa Mesa, Calif. Slammersfc.org Southwest
Lamorinda Soccer Club Moraga, Calif. www.lamorindasc.com Northwest
Legends FC Chino, Calif. www.legendsfc.net Southwest
Los Angeles Premier Futbol Club La Canada Flintridge, Calif. www.lapremierfc.com Southwest
Michigan Hawks Wixom, Mich. www.michiganwolveshawks.com Mid-America
Midwest United FC Grand Rapids, Mich. www.midwestunitedfc.com Mid-America
Nationals Pontiac, Mich. www.nationalssoccer.com Mid-America
NTH Tophat Marietta, Ga. www.nasatophat.com Southeast
Oakwood Soccer Club Glastonbury, Conn. www.oakwoodsoccer.com Northeast
Orlando Pride Orlando, Fla. www.orlandocitysc.com/pride Southeast
PA Classics Manheim, Penn. www.paclassics.org Northeast
Pateadores Costa Mesa, Calif. www.pateadores.org Southwest
Penn Fusion Soccer Academy West Chester, Penn. www.pennfusion.org Northeast
Portland Thorns FC Portland, Ore. www.thornsfc.com Northwest
PSV Union Football Club Palo Alto, Calif. www.psvunion.org Northwest
Real Colorado Centennial, Colo. www.realcolorado.net Frontier
Real So Cal Woodland Hills, Calf. RealSoCal.org Southwest
San Diego Surf Soccer Club Del Mar, Calif. www.surfsoccer.com Southwest
San Jose Earthquakes San Jose, CA www.sjearthquakes.com/youth Northwest
SC del Sol Phoenix, Ariz. www.scdelsol.com Southwest
Seattle Reign Academy Seattle, Wash. www.reignfc.com Northwest
Shattuck-St, Mary's REV Faribault, Minn. ssmathletics.org/sports/soccer Mid-America
Sky Blue - PDA Bernardsville, N.J. www.pdasoccer.org Northeast
So Cal Blues Soccer Club Laguna Hills, Calif. www.scblues.com Southwest
Sockers FC Chicago Palatine, Ill. www.sockersfcchicago.com Mid-America
Solar Soccer Club Allen, Texas www.solarsoccerclub.com Frontier
SPORTING Blue Valley Overland Park, Kan. www.sportingbvsoccer.org Frontier
Sting Soccer Club Addison, Texas www.stingsoccer.com Frontier
Texas Rush Soccer Club Woodland Hills, Texas texasrush.com Frontier
United Futbol Academy Cumming, Ga. www.unitedfa.org Southeast
United Soccer Alliance Jacksonville, Fla. www.claycountysoccer.com Southeast
Virginia Development Academy Woodbridge, VA. www.vdasoccer.org Northeast
Washington Spirit Academy Maryland Boyds. MD. washingtonspirit.com Northeast
Washington Spirit Academy Virginia Fairfax, Va. washingtonspirit.com Northeast
West Coast Futbol Club Laguna Hills, Calif. www.westcoastfc.org Southwest
West Florida Flames Brandon, Fla. www.fcflames.com Southeast
Western New York Flash Academy Elma, N.Y. www.wnyflash.com Mid-America
Weston FC Weston, Fla. www.westonfc.org Southeast
World Class FC Orangeburg, N.Y. www.wcsocceracademy.org Northeast
So they became the Carolina Flash instead? Big deal.
Huh, since the GDA is top shelf of US Soccer Development Academy structure, for the best of the best youth girls in the US going forward, why would Crossfire Premier send any 'b' team players onto this platform?
When they could instead just play locally and compete.
Also, given the rigid and high coaching requirements of the GDA what top coach at Crossfire premier would give up coaching the best players to coach a 'b' team. That's where your theory goes south.
Finally, Parents of 'B' team player are only gullible and naive enough to spend thousands and thousands of dollars only travel in the suburbs of Portland at clubs like FC PDX, LOSC/THUSC to be fodder.
Unlike educated and competitively savvy parents in the sound area.
I like your sense of humor, and as you know, all humor is sourced from extreme internal pain and suffering.
Can feel it.
Blah blah blah BS from a Timbers flunky. Next time you post maybe you should include a little truth.
What's interesting and bizarre is the fact the parent club of the Crossfire Utd contingent of girls in LOSC/THUSC (Crossfire Premier (n Washington has jumped to the GDA.)
Any idea why?
GIRLS DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY CLUB DIRECTORY 2017-2018
Club Name Club Location Club Website Division
Albion SC San Diego, Calif. www.albionsoccer.org Southwest
Beach Futbol Club Torrance, Calif. www.beachfutbolclub.com Southwest
Boca United Football Club Boca Raton, Fla. gbysa.org Southeast
Boston Breakers Academy Watertown, Mass. bostonbreakersacademy.com Northeast
Burlingame Soccer Club Burlingame, Calif. burlingamesoccerclub.org Northwest
California Storm Sacramento, Calif. www.calstormsoccer.com Northwest
Capital Area RailHawks Raleigh, N.C. www.capitalarearailhawks.com Southeast
Cedar Stars Academy - Monmouth Tinton Falls, N.J. www.cedarstars.com Northeast
Charlotte Soccer Academy Matthews, N.C. www.charlottesocceracademy.com Southeast
Cincinnati Development Academy Cincinnati, Ohio cincyda.com Mid-America
Colorado Rush Littleton, Colo. www.coloradorush.com Frontier
Concorde Fire Atlanta, Ga. www.concordefire.com Southeast
Crossfire Premier Redmond, Wash. crossfiresoccer.org Northwest
Dallas Texans Soccer Club Plano, Texas dallastexans.com Frontier
De Anza Force Campbell, Calif. www.deanzaforce.org Northwest
Eagles Soccer Club Camarillo, Calif. www.eaglessc.com Southwest
East Meadow SC Bellmore, N.Y. www.eastmeadowsoccer.com Northeast
Eastside FC Issaquah, Wash. www.eastsidefc.org Northwest
Eclipse Select Soccer Club Oak Brook, Ill. www.eclipseselect.org Mid-America
Empire United Soccer Academy West Henrietta, N.Y. empireunited.soccer Mid-America
FC Dallas Frisco, Texas www.fcdallas.com/youth Frontier
FC Fury NY Bay Shore, N.Y. TBD Northeast
FC Kansas City Prairie Village, Mo. www.fckansascity.com Frontier
FC Stars Acton, Mass. www.starsofma.org Northeast
FC United Northfield, Ill. fcuda.com Mid-America
FC Virginia Chantilly, Va. www.fcvirginia.com Northeast
Houston Dash Houston, Texas www.houstondynamo.com Frontier
IMG Academy Bradenton, Fla. www.imgacademy.com Southeast
Indiana Fire Academy Westfield, Ind. www.indianafirejuniors.com Mid-America
LA Galaxy Carson, Calif. www.lagalaxy.com Southwest
LA Galaxy San Diego Carlsbad, Calif. www.lagalaxysd.com Southwest
La Roca Futbol Club Kaysville, Utah www.larocafc.com Northwest
LAFC Slammers Costa Mesa, Calif. Slammersfc.org Southwest
Lamorinda Soccer Club Moraga, Calif. www.lamorindasc.com Northwest
Legends FC Chino, Calif. www.legendsfc.net Southwest
Los Angeles Premier Futbol Club La Canada Flintridge, Calif. www.lapremierfc.com Southwest
Michigan Hawks Wixom, Mich. www.michiganwolveshawks.com Mid-America
Midwest United FC Grand Rapids, Mich. www.midwestunitedfc.com Mid-America
Nationals Pontiac, Mich. www.nationalssoccer.com Mid-America
NTH Tophat Marietta, Ga. www.nasatophat.com Southeast
Oakwood Soccer Club Glastonbury, Conn. www.oakwoodsoccer.com Northeast
Orlando Pride Orlando, Fla. www.orlandocitysc.com/pride Southeast
PA Classics Manheim, Penn. www.paclassics.org Northeast
Pateadores Costa Mesa, Calif. www.pateadores.org Southwest
Penn Fusion Soccer Academy West Chester, Penn. www.pennfusion.org Northeast
Portland Thorns FC Portland, Ore. www.thornsfc.com Northwest
PSV Union Football Club Palo Alto, Calif. www.psvunion.org Northwest
Real Colorado Centennial, Colo. www.realcolorado.net Frontier
Real So Cal Woodland Hills, Calf. RealSoCal.org Southwest
San Diego Surf Soccer Club Del Mar, Calif. www.surfsoccer.com Southwest
San Jose Earthquakes San Jose, CA www.sjearthquakes.com/youth Northwest
SC del Sol Phoenix, Ariz. www.scdelsol.com Southwest
Seattle Reign Academy Seattle, Wash. www.reignfc.com Northwest
Shattuck-St, Mary's REV Faribault, Minn. ssmathletics.org/sports/soccer Mid-America
Sky Blue - PDA Bernardsville, N.J. www.pdasoccer.org Northeast
So Cal Blues Soccer Club Laguna Hills, Calif. www.scblues.com Southwest
Sockers FC Chicago Palatine, Ill. www.sockersfcchicago.com Mid-America
Solar Soccer Club Allen, Texas www.solarsoccerclub.com Frontier
SPORTING Blue Valley Overland Park, Kan. www.sportingbvsoccer.org Frontier
Sting Soccer Club Addison, Texas www.stingsoccer.com Frontier
Texas Rush Soccer Club Woodland Hills, Texas texasrush.com Frontier
United Futbol Academy Cumming, Ga. www.unitedfa.org Southeast
United Soccer Alliance Jacksonville, Fla. www.claycountysoccer.com Southeast
Virginia Development Academy Woodbridge, VA. www.vdasoccer.org Northeast
Washington Spirit Academy Maryland Boyds. MD. washingtonspirit.com Northeast
Washington Spirit Academy Virginia Fairfax, Va. washingtonspirit.com Northeast
West Coast Futbol Club Laguna Hills, Calif. www.westcoastfc.org Southwest
West Florida Flames Brandon, Fla. www.fcflames.com Southeast
Western New York Flash Academy Elma, N.Y. www.wnyflash.com Mid-America
Weston FC Weston, Fla. www.westonfc.org Southeast
World Class FC Orangeburg, N.Y. www.wcsocceracademy.org Northeast
Most of these clubs are so elite that have not even heard of them before!
They are in the same position as Thorns Academy. They lose all their best players to Crossfire and WPFC, and that's not changing. Reign can go ahead and put their "A" teams in GDA - won't be any different than "B" teams from ECNL clubs.
Did you know that SU has an ECNL team, in addition to the GDA team? Probably not.
It used to be SU girls when to XF or WPFC, b/c they had no choice. But now,
XF should be worried about SU and their draw. If you had any idea how the RCL
system works and feeder teams.
Eastside might be able to keep their best girls for GDA, especially with their connections with French.
SU will draw girls from Snohomish, Surf, and other north of Seattle clubs.
XF will need to compete for the same girls. Also ISC gunners can pick.
Probably PacNW can go either north or south to WPFC.
We shall see how it plays out for tryouts after state cup. And after our EPD teams
crush your ODP teams and alliance teams or whatever at friendship
Did you know that SU has an ECNL team, in addition to the GDA team? Probably not.
It used to be SU girls when to XF or WPFC, b/c they had no choice. But now,
XF should be worried about SU and their draw. If you had any idea how the RCL
system works and feeder teams.
Eastside might be able to keep their best girls for GDA, especially with their connections with French.
SU will draw girls from Snohomish, Surf, and other north of Seattle clubs.
XF will need to compete for the same girls. Also ISC gunners can pick.
Probably PacNW can go either north or south to WPFC.
We shall see how it plays out for tryouts after state cup. And after our EPD teams
crush your ODP teams and alliance teams or whatever at friendship
So Eastside Washington will be the powerhouse GDA team? The same Eastside club whose 01's got thumped 3:0 by the Salem Bootballers last weekend? Their 99's are good - but those girls are already recruited and aren't gonna throw away their final year of HS soccer on a debacle like GDA. Try again.
Blah blah blah BS from a Timbers flunky. Next time you post maybe you should include a little truth.
FC PDX & Crossife Utd (THUSC/LOSC) parents believe in, adhere to and pay for repeated, redundant doses of 'Blah, blah, Blah BS' weekly from their wannabe coaching staff flunkies.
Next time, before you POST date a check for travel costs...try this, conjuring up enough energy in your skull, sprinkle a little reality & sanity into your conscience before writing the dreaded check, even if this painful process seems to freeze all your cerebral senses. By breaking this trance, with momentary clarity or insight, magically your once finely honed penmanship skills will evaporate and you can be set free.
FC PDX & Crossife Utd (THUSC/LOSC) parents believe in, adhere to and pay for repeated, redundant doses of 'Blah, blah, Blah BS' weekly from their wannabe coaching staff flunkies.
Next time, before you POST date a check for travel costs...try this, conjuring up enough energy in your skull, sprinkle a little reality & sanity into your conscience before writing the dreaded check, even if this painful process seems to freeze all your cerebral senses. By breaking this trance, with momentary clarity or insight, magically your once finely honed penmanship skills will evaporate and you can be set free.
Outside of Southern Cal, Girls DA travel costs are going to be higher than ECNL - guaranteed. Clubs dropping is creating holes for DA.
So Eastside Washington will be the powerhouse GDA team? The same Eastside club whose 01's got thumped 3:0 by the Salem Bootballers last weekend? Their 99's are good - but those girls are already recruited and aren't gonna throw away their final year of HS soccer on a debacle like GDA. Try again.
You are talking about eastside wa which has been one of the top clubs in wa for past 15 years. More college placements then the Ecnl Oregon clubs way over. More state titles in a state where Oregon Ecnl teams wouldn't even make it to semi finals.
Eastside wa is 10x the club that either of the Ecnl Oregon clubs are and even those clubs wouldn't dispute that. How did you get so full of it?
Outside of Southern Cal, Girls DA travel costs are going to be higher than ECNL - guaranteed. Clubs dropping is creating holes for DA.
In the pay to play model--you do have to cover all your kids travel and club fees for sure.
In the US GDA model in Portland the costs are subsidized significantly by the Portland Thorns NWSL franchise and few other MLS/NWSL teams have taken this approach to ensure quality squads and quality coaching, which is beyond a miracle given it's girls soccer. So happy.
Did you know that SU has an ECNL team, in addition to the GDA team? Probably not.
It used to be SU girls when to XF or WPFC, b/c they had no choice. But now,
XF should be worried about SU and their draw. If you had any idea how the RCL
system works and feeder teams.
Eastside might be able to keep their best girls for GDA, especially with their connections with French.
SU will draw girls from Snohomish, Surf, and other north of Seattle clubs.
XF will need to compete for the same girls. Also ISC gunners can pick.
Probably PacNW can go either north or south to WPFC.
We shall see how it plays out for tryouts after state cup. And after our EPD teams
crush your ODP teams and alliance teams or whatever at friendship
Understand the SU/XF/WPFC world far better than you do, I'm sure. SU will continue to lose their best players to XF. It happened this year even though SU has ECNL. And Eastside is a shell of it's former self. It had 1 good team but they've graduated. Again, best players from Eastside move to XF. This is why XF will be one of the half dozen clubs in the nation with teams in both ECNL and GDA. The rest will have to decide this spring. SU will go the GDA route because they know they don't have the talent to play ECNL.
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