Thorns Academy Year 2

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Isn't it better to have 30 top players than what the Timbers teams have : zero

Get ready to see your dd sit. And get ready to pay thousands for trips to destinations that Tom wants to see. You do realize that you are paying for Tom's vacations. And all that to have Tom put out a team that performs poorly.

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Well, how about posting the ecnl pools of players who made it like Thorns Academy did? Being secretive makes folks think you have something to hide. The '02 thread keeps claiming only 30% of top 01s went out for ecnl. '02s are starting to plan for next year. They'd like to see if it's worth doing or not.

The ECNL season just completed. We don't publish rosters, ECNL post them

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Well, how about posting the ecnl pools of players who made it like Thorns Academy did? Being secretive makes folks think you have something to hide. The '02 thread keeps claiming only 30% of top 01s went out for ecnl. '02s are starting to plan for next year. They'd like to see if it's worth doing or not.

rosters, stats, matches are all posted on the national ECNL website genius.

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rosters, stats, matches are all posted on the national ECNL website genius.

Currently only the schedules are poster there "website genius."

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It is obvious that someone is creating posts and then replying to them. Half of it doesn't even make sense. I wish they required registering so that we could at least have normal arguments.

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It is laughable that you think there are 30 top players that will be on one team. Instantly I know that you have no experience with top.

Compared to what's on the Alliance teams they are all "Top".

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Well, how about posting the ecnl pools of players who made it like Thorns Academy did? Being secretive makes folks think you have something to hide. The '02 thread keeps claiming only 30% of top 01s went out for ecnl. '02s are starting to plan for next year. They'd like to see if it's worth doing or not.

Come out to practice and take a look. But that might be too much work since your DD doesn't have a shot anyway.

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Currently only the schedules are poster there "website genius."

Meant to say "posted".

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Serious question, it looks like most of last years Thorns academy team didn't return, where did they go and why didn't they return?

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Serious question, it looks like most of last years Thorns academy team didn't return, where did they go and why didn't they return?

Only one reason they didn't return. Can't fool them twice.

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Serious question, it looks like most of last years Thorns academy team didn't return, where did they go and why didn't they return?

Perhaps some of them aged out, others may have decided to try ECNL and others may have called it quits because they don't want to devote all of their time to soccer. High school age soccer players drop out in droves.

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Perhaps some of them aged out, others may have decided to try ECNL and others may have called it quits because they don't want to devote all of their time to soccer. High school age soccer players drop out in droves.

None aged out. Many went to ECNL. And no new top players joined. Relegation to OYSA 2nd div coming soon

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Serious question, it looks like most of last years Thorns academy team didn't return, where did they go and why didn't they return?

One or two went ECNL, most returned to their old clubs. WST restarted their old team where a number of the girls came from. Thorns is a great idea, but needed to be run better. There were a lot of good players on that team, many much better than what is sitting on ECNL teams.

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None aged out. Many went to ECNL. And no new top players joined. Relegation to OYSA 2nd div coming soon

Any why is it that you want to see this alternative fail? It is an option for those who elect to no go with ECNL for a number of reasons. I like ECNL (though think Oregon would be better with just one ECNL club), but don't quite understand your hatred for another alternative unless you think a lack of competition is good.

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One or two went ECNL, most returned to their old clubs. WST restarted their old team where a number of the girls came from. Thorns is a great idea, but needed to be run better. There were a lot of good players on that team, many much better than what is sitting on ECNL teams.

1 or 2, maybe, that could make a small impact on an ECNL team. Other than that, they're lucky their clubs took them back.