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    #16
    At least the soccer is better in Idaho... yea really.

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      #17
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      I overheard a bunch of parents on the sidelines talking about a new league for the area's premier teams in Portland that would replace OYSA. Is this just sideline chatter?
      US Club ECNL it's a substitute for competition, re branded as Premier.

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        #18
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        Yes, and he helped to blow it up too. Whether this was a case of him coming to his senses, sucking up to the Timbers, or simply being himself, I'll let others decide.

        Interesting question--since BECNL Washington couldn't combine with a BECNL Oregon due to the different boys high school seasons, how many teams would have to leave OYSA to form a viable league. Oregon DA was barely viable with six teams last season, less than that would be too small. (Playing the same five opponents year round got to be old).
        Yeah because playing the same 8 is better? If I am Driving 2+ hours each way to play I would rather drive to Seattle to play good competition instead of a ****ty team in a great city (bend) next....

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          #19
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          I'm sure the usual suspects are considering BECNL, for the same reasons that they formed OPL and other splinter leagues in the past. (Dissatisfaction with OYSA and the Timbers, and to avoid travel to Bend or Eugene, mainly. Along with trying to increase their cachet and bolster their recruitment numbers, by saying "we're better than those OYSA schlubs", a dubious claim when it's largely the same clubs they played the year before.)

          Be certain that if FC, UPDX, ADF, OPFC, etc. do move to BECNL, that Eugene, Bend, Rogue Valley, and Capitol (let alone Latino clubs like Cuervos, LAFC/IFC, or the various things that have arisen out of the ashes of 4H) will NOT be invited to join. Whether Eastside, Westside, or PCU joins in will participate is a good question. (Cony, after all, managed to help blow up both the OPL and the Oregon DA, taking WT into both leagues originally, and then leaving when he realized than neither any better than OYSA)

          And US Club seems to be eager to admit any USYSA team, or at least skim the cream off of the top. And given the lack of a non-profit rule, don't be surprised if SCA gets to join, too!

          Fun times.
          BECNL has already stated that they will not expand into Oregon. They are open to adding 1-2 more clubs to the Washington League though. I know this because our director has already has been in communication with BECNL.

          BECNL has no desire in growing too big that they can’t manage the quantity while failing on quality.

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            #20
            Oysa

            OYSA is the league for the foreseeable future. We are better together than some USDA or OPL or BECNL.

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              #21
              OYSA Thunder dome

              Stop running from the OYSA Thunder dome to the BECNL and USDA.

              Happy Thanksgiving !

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                #22
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                Stop running from the OYSA Thunder dome to the BECNL and USDA.

                Happy Thanksgiving !
                There are no clubs that can run to the USSDA or BECNL. Only individual players can run to the Portland Timbers or the Washington Timbers.

                What’s really going to chap everyone’s hide is when another Girls ECNL Club joins the area. There are plenty of players to do so

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                  #23
                  ha

                  Why would a another Portland girls team join the ECNL? The two we have suck.

                  For the boys teams parents want their Johnny to play DA and BECNL because is sounds good. Stop running from the Thunder dome !

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                    #24
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    Why would a another Portland girls team join the ECNL? The two we have suck.

                    For the boys teams parents want their Johnny to play DA and BECNL because is sounds good. Stop running from the Thunder dome !
                    ECNL wanted GPS. Do they want OUFC now?

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                      #25
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      ECNL wanted GPS. Do they want OUFC now?
                      Looks like psycho GPS mom is drunk posting again.

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                        #26
                        The enduring weirdness of Portland soccer is that you could put a very good team together of TA rejects and holdouts capable of competing regionally, but everyone insists on playing for one of 3-5 garbage clubs.

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                          #27
                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          ECNL wanted GPS. Do they want OUFC now?
                          GPS doesn’t come close to qualifying for ECNL. Being a good recruiter as your only strength does not get you into ECNL

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                            #28
                            Gps

                            Yes ECNL wanted these players but not the Mickey Mouse nightmare BSC HSC GPS now Oregon FC (or something) registered under LAFC (or something) no one wants to deal with that nightmare.

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                              #29
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              The enduring weirdness of Portland soccer is that you could put a very good team together of TA rejects and holdouts capable of competing regionally, but everyone insists on playing for one of 3-5 garbage clubs.
                              Not weird at all. Everyone wants to be The Club that has all the talent. Nobody wants to see their players go to another club, especially if it's just another pay-to-play. At least with Timbers Academy, it somewhat resembles a professional academy (it's free, and you might get a contract at the end of the day), even if poorly executed. But why should Westside, UPDX, ADF, FC, OPFC, WashT... send their top players to any of the others on this list?

                              "Competing regionally" is a piss-poor reason. Nobody really cares that occasionally a local club makes USYS Finals, especially if it's a rival club. Having all the top talent training together ("steel sharpens steel") is a somewhat better reason, but there's still the problem that if you DO assemble a superteam, then they have to travel (or play up in age) to find a worthy opponent.

                              What do you mean by a "garbage club", anyway? Do you mean one that simply hasn't assembled a superteam, and has players on the roster that aren't TA candidates? Or is this a way of casting aspersions at the coaching staffs of the other clubs in town, other than the one that you think should get the superteam?

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                                #30
                                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                                GPS doesn’t come close to qualifying for ECNL. Being a good recruiter as your only strength does not get you into ECNL
                                ECNL generally wants full-service clubs, ones with multiple teams at each age group, a solid business and development plan, and a track record of having good coaches and fielding competitive teams at multiple age groups.

                                Not a one-ring circus led by a clown, one who has worn out his welcome in several states already, and probably will leave Oregon once the 03s age out.

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