GPS Coming to CT

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GPS are locked and loaded in Westerley. They will be playing this Spring and will undoubtedly impact the SE border of CT. Another oversaturated marketplace. Southeast used to be the dominant player in this area. Doca football is not their equal but has taken players away at every age level. Now each club is operating at less than 100%. GPS will now come in and further dilute an already weak pool.

Is GPS still partnering with Shoreline FC? There only seems to be a Greenwich Shoreline. Has the New Haven branch folded?

Doca? They take anyone with a heartbeat. Doca gets mopped up by crappy travel teams. GPS isn't going to take any of their players

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Doca is definitely a poor club. What they do offer is lots of training (large groups) at the younger ages. Their Premier teams are very poor but they always have 1-2 players that are pretty good and usually unhappy. They are also about $800 cheaper than competing Premier programs, so that is another reason they keep numbers up and retain some of the quality players. GPS, as well as other competing clubs, will always be happy to take players of quality. Some clubs will even take players who will write bigger checks.

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Haha. GPS will never affect Oakwood. CFC or FSA in CT.

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Haha. GPS will never affect Oakwood. CFC or FSA in CT.

If they're over in the SE not even FSA. They'd pick off players from the other small lower level operations in the area

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Haha. GPS will never affect Oakwood. CFC or FSA in CT.

Yes because OW is so good. The kids hate the coaches, their facilities stink and now that GDA is going down the crapper, they are hardly a top three club. The great fizzle is underway.

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In the big picture GPS is somewhere below Rush. Far less of a national presence. Rush can claim Lindsay Horan. I dont think GPS can say the same thing.

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Haha. GPS will never affect Oakwood. CFC or FSA in CT.

What people sometimes forget is that CT is a tiny little tidal pool in American Youth Soccer. GPS will absolutely affect these clubs. They are the largest youth organization in the U.S. Rush is second largest. Oakwood will remain strong with DA. FSA and CFC will now have to pivot now that ECNL is losing status nationally. ECNL will likely be another NPL league in next two years.

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What are you talking about? In CT the GDAP with never take off. They are not pulling players from FSA or CFC. Oakwood is the wrong club to have the DA for it to be successful.

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Oakwood will be fine. Key is to have one team in CT. Others can drive to MA or NY. I think most players who are already at ECNL clubs decided to stay because quality will be strong this year and strong enough next year. Other states and regions are leaving ECNL in droves. As quality diminishes so will supply to FSA and CFC. These clubs will still be ok but they will be average teams playing in an average ECNL. No better than other Regional NPL leagues. Elite players will gravitate to DA.

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What people sometimes forget is that CT is a tiny little tidal pool in American Youth Soccer. GPS will absolutely affect these clubs. They are the largest youth organization in the U.S. Rush is second largest. Oakwood will remain strong with DA. FSA and CFC will now have to pivot now that ECNL is losing status nationally. ECNL will likely be another NPL league in next two years.

Best kids are still playing ECNL. OW has bench warmers starting. Give it some time. OW will surely F this all up. Their arrogance will get the best of them. Stupid parents thinking OW will deliver

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The Oakwood crowd is out in force today. The GDA isn't working locally.

Whether it does remains to me seen. If your kid is in HS or even 8th grade you'd be far better off in the ECNL. CFC will continue to pile up college placements.

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Best kids are still playing ECNL. OW has bench warmers starting. Give it some time. OW will surely F this all up. Their arrogance will get the best of them. Stupid parents thinking OW will deliver

The problem with Oakwood is Oakwood.

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What are you talking about? In CT the GDAP with never take off. They are not pulling players from FSA or CFC. Oakwood is the wrong club to have the DA for it to be successful.

I think that despite years and years of complaints on here regarding High School soccer, and the lack of an alternative for " elite girls " , I find it interesting that now that a League is available, there is minimal interest. Indeed, the entire " elite " platform , ECNL and GDA, represent a very small percentage of HS age players in the state There are over 4000 , and yet, less than 5 % participate in the " elite" platforms. I guess the potential customers are just not interested in it.

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I think that despite years and years of complaints on here regarding High School soccer, and the lack of an alternative for " elite girls " , I find it interesting that now that a League is available, there is minimal interest. Indeed, the entire " elite " platform , ECNL and GDA, represent a very small percentage of HS age players in the state There are over 4000 , and yet, less than 5 % participate in the " elite" platforms. I guess the potential customers are just not interested in it.

There's nothing Earth shaking. CT has a lot of really good high schools, large number of college bound players and limited national team players. ECNL serves that clientele the best.

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There's nothing Earth shaking. CT has a lot of really good high schools, large number of college bound players and limited national team players. ECNL serves that clientele the best.

Out of 4000 plus HS age girl players in the state , how many play in College ? 10 % ?
So 1000 or so Seniors, and 100 play in College? Out of 20,000 graduates. Is that a " large number " ?