Originally posted by Unregistered
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With Burlingame & PSV out of GDA, the league the Thorns play in gets stronger too. Last year’s 01/02 team was thought to be the strongest Thorns Academy team and they finished 7th out of 10. If the ranking results are the same this year, Thorns will end up 7th out of 8. If some of the other teams get weaker and they end up 4th out of 8, that is a perfect level of competition for development so I think your argument is flawed anyway.
Agree that an argument could be made about whether or not any 02 is better served leaving GDA altogether. I think not for the top players but it is an individual decision. I think it is better competition for most to play other GDA teams even if they’re somewhat watered down than play in the extremely watered down OYSA. However, I personally think Oregon girls soccer would be better if there was no GDA or ECNL. For now we have all 3 leagues to choose from. Basically it’s a choice of the least bad.
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