NYCFC DA - Gender Inequality?

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I just looked at the NYCFC website and in the FAQ section they state that the Boys DA is free of charge....and when I look at the Girls DA FAQ section they are talking about financial assistance for hardship.

So the boys DA is free? and the girls DA is 'pay for play'? How do they get away with that?

Wait I have a great idea, this is America, don't join NYCFC Girls DA. Problem solved.

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Both rose substantially to pay for GDA .... As did their u-littles fees.

"Substantially"?:

GIRL'S YTL (U8) $1,800
GIRL'S U9 2009 $2,200
GIRL'S U10 2008 $2,400
GIRL'S U11 2007 $2,400
GIRL'S U12 2006 $2,600
GIRL'S U13 2005 $2,600
GIRL'S U14 ACADEMY 2004 $2,600
GIRL'S U15 ACADEMY 2003 $2,600
GIRL'S U16 2002 NPL $1,950
GIRL'S U17/16 01/02 ACADEMY $1,950
GIRL'S U19/18 ACADEMY 99/00 $1,950
GIRL'S U18 00/01 NPL $1,950

ALL CLUB DUES include:
NIKE EQUIPMENT PACKAGE ($380 VALUE): 3 FULL UNIFORMS
SHORTS, SOX, TOPS & TRAINING TOP
NIKE TRAINING SUIT, TOP & BOTTOM, BACK PACK
YTL & U9 EQUIPMENT PACKAGE IS MODIFIED
3-4 TRAININGS PER WEEK AT OAKWOOD SOCCER PARK PORTLAND
& OAKWOOD SPORTS CENTER GLASTONBURY AS NEEDED;
THIS GUARANTEES TEAM PRACTICES REGARDLESS OF WEATHER.
LAST YEAR OUR U14 TEAMs PLAYED OR TRAINED/PLAYED 170 DAYS OVER 10 MONTHS.

All this for 10 months. 10, not 6-7.

No other club comes even close in terms of value.

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Wait I have a great idea, this is America, don't join NYCFC Girls DA. Problem solved.

Do you think if your town travel program offered soccer for free to boys, and charged the girls that would be OK?

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"Substantially"?:

GIRL'S YTL (U8) $1,800
GIRL'S U9 2009 $2,200
GIRL'S U10 2008 $2,400
GIRL'S U11 2007 $2,400
GIRL'S U12 2006 $2,600
GIRL'S U13 2005 $2,600
GIRL'S U14 ACADEMY 2004 $2,600
GIRL'S U15 ACADEMY 2003 $2,600
GIRL'S U16 2002 NPL $1,950
GIRL'S U17/16 01/02 ACADEMY $1,950
GIRL'S U19/18 ACADEMY 99/00 $1,950
GIRL'S U18 00/01 NPL $1,950

ALL CLUB DUES include:
NIKE EQUIPMENT PACKAGE ($380 VALUE): 3 FULL UNIFORMS
SHORTS, SOX, TOPS & TRAINING TOP
NIKE TRAINING SUIT, TOP & BOTTOM, BACK PACK
YTL & U9 EQUIPMENT PACKAGE IS MODIFIED
3-4 TRAININGS PER WEEK AT OAKWOOD SOCCER PARK PORTLAND
& OAKWOOD SPORTS CENTER GLASTONBURY AS NEEDED;
THIS GUARANTEES TEAM PRACTICES REGARDLESS OF WEATHER.
LAST YEAR OUR U14 TEAMs PLAYED OR TRAINED/PLAYED 170 DAYS OVER 10 MONTHS.

All this for 10 months. 10, not 6-7.

No other club comes even close in terms of value.

Boys DA fees used to be below $2K. They had no choice but to raise fees to support the costs of GDA. They had to keep NPL really low just to try and attract players - very few are left on those teams and I'm not sure they will survive long term.

[Unregistered]

Do you think if your town travel program offered soccer for free to boys, and charged the girls that would be OK?

Apples and oranges. Go protest somewhere else.

[Unregistered]

Do you think if your town travel program offered soccer for free to boys, and charged the girls that would be OK?

As has been said there is no obligation for MLS clubs to even participate in GDA let alone charge nothing for it. Don't like it, don't go there. Your kid probably wouldn't even have made the squad, but that's neither here nor there.

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As has been said there is no obligation for MLS clubs to even participate in GDA let alone charge nothing for it. Don't like it, don't go there. Your kid probably wouldn't even have made the squad, but that's neither here nor there.

What does my kid have to do with this? You are losing the argument. Keep it classy.

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Do you think if your town travel program offered soccer for free to boys, and charged the girls that would be OK?

They are a Men's professional soccer team.

If any of the below ever come close to parity then you might have a point

1. The number of colleges that offer men's soccer aren't equal to the women's.
2. The number of men's fully funded soccer scholarships arent equal to the women's

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"Substantially"?:

GIRL'S YTL (U8) $1,800
GIRL'S U9 2009 $2,200
GIRL'S U10 2008 $2,400
GIRL'S U11 2007 $2,400
GIRL'S U12 2006 $2,600
GIRL'S U13 2005 $2,600
GIRL'S U14 ACADEMY 2004 $2,600
GIRL'S U15 ACADEMY 2003 $2,600
GIRL'S U16 2002 NPL $1,950
GIRL'S U17/16 01/02 ACADEMY $1,950
GIRL'S U19/18 ACADEMY 99/00 $1,950
GIRL'S U18 00/01 NPL $1,950

ALL CLUB DUES include:
NIKE EQUIPMENT PACKAGE ($380 VALUE): 3 FULL UNIFORMS
SHORTS, SOX, TOPS & TRAINING TOP
NIKE TRAINING SUIT, TOP & BOTTOM, BACK PACK
YTL & U9 EQUIPMENT PACKAGE IS MODIFIED
3-4 TRAININGS PER WEEK AT OAKWOOD SOCCER PARK PORTLAND
& OAKWOOD SPORTS CENTER GLASTONBURY AS NEEDED;
THIS GUARANTEES TEAM PRACTICES REGARDLESS OF WEATHER.
LAST YEAR OUR U14 TEAMs PLAYED OR TRAINED/PLAYED 170 DAYS OVER 10 MONTHS.

All this for 10 months. 10, not 6-7.

No other club comes even close in terms of value.

HS Soccer at OW last year was $1,200 for boys and girls teams. SUBSTANTIALLY!!! The U-Littles were mostly $2100 or less. SUBSTANTIALLY!!!

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As has been said there is no obligation for MLS clubs to even participate in GDA let alone charge nothing for it. Don't like it, don't go there. Your kid probably wouldn't even have made the squad, but that's neither here nor there.

The reason NYCFC is entering girls DA (voluntarily) is that they are exploring launching a women's team in the NWSL. Manchester City is the blueprint.

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HS Soccer at OW last year was $1,200 for boys and girls teams. SUBSTANTIALLY!!! The U-Littles were mostly $2100 or less. SUBSTANTIALLY!!!

You're no too smart eh?

First off, Oakwood doesn't have "HS soccer" boys teams. Secondly, the increase in price for the HS aged girls teams is because they added AN ENTIRE SEASON, THE FALL!

Hellooooooooo!!!

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You're no too smart eh?

First off, Oakwood doesn't have "HS soccer" boys teams. Secondly, the increase in price for the HS aged girls teams is because they added AN ENTIRE SEASON, THE FALL!

Hellooooooooo!!!

Poster probably just mis-named. DA boys were much cheaper before; other prices up as well with the exception of the girls npl teams they have on life support

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You're no too smart eh?

First off, Oakwood doesn't have "HS soccer" boys teams. Secondly, the increase in price for the HS aged girls teams is because they added AN ENTIRE SEASON, THE FALL!

Hellooooooooo!!!

Prices went up because there are now less teams .... Helllllloooo

[Unregistered]

Do you think if your town travel program offered soccer for free to boys, and charged the girls that would be OK?

Crackhead Democrat, this is not town travel. This is a professionally coached team. Should you expect for free? Wake up.

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Crackhead Democrat, this is not town travel. This is a professionally coached team. Should you expect for free? Wake up.

Also, the MLS teams are trying to develop home grown players to benefit their own teams (or own bottom line if they can somehow profit off of them). That's their incentive to run free programs. NYCFC isn't a women's team. Maybe they have something someday, but they don't now. Running programs costs MLS clubs a great deal of money. Most spend in the $2-$3M range and many as high as $4M. You only do that if you see a payout at the end. Even if they started a women's team, women's pro soccer can barely afford to pay its meager salaries.