2004 ECNL girls left TBU?

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Be very, very happy your daughter is not a WFF, as this would definitely not be the case if she was playing there.
Good luck to your daughter & be happy she is not at this crappy ass club.

You couldn’t be more wrong. My daughter is on the 03 WFF team, there were over 60 D1 coaches watch her team play these games, including all of the ones she had previously contacted.

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You couldn’t be more wrong. My daughter is on the 03 WFF team, there were over 60 D1 coaches watch her team play these games, including all of the ones she had previously contacted.

Yep, sure..

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I heard Yo-Yo offered them to play at WFF "all expenses paid" so they will pay nothing to play at WFF. You get what you pay for. Good luck with that. Short sighted parents. WFF can dupe the parents of younger children. Any of the parents that have been around the sport for a few years know that there are drastic differences between the two clubs. Should have talked to some of the parents of older players (at both clubs).

Is TBU knocking WFF for offering "all expense paid" to players.??? TBU has done the same thing in the 06 girls age group.

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Keep deflecting.... we are not at either club but do play in DA. TBU lost several top tier girls to DA which speaks volumes to ECNL's relegation to 2nd tier which is decided by families such as mine who have a stud.

The whole ECNL/DA thing stinks and is a disservice to all of us but it is what it is. We are at a Florida DA club and every D1 college coach that my daughter requested came to see her in Oceanside.

".....which is decided by families such as mine who have a stud." Did you really type that? You exactly fit the profile of the deranged, delusional, GDA parent.

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Is TBU knocking WFF for offering "all expense paid" to players.??? TBU has done the same thing in the 06 girls age group.

Completely different situation.....

TAMPA, FL (April 10, 2018) – As a result of an anonymous grant to the Tampa Bay United (TBU) Rowdies, the players selected for the U13 Girls ECNL and Premier teams will have their Club Registration Fees waived for the 2018-19 season. This grant will affect thirty 2006 (birth year) girls players. This is a test/experiment beginning with this age bracket with the ultimate goal to do this with all competitive age groups in the next few years.

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Completely different situation.....

TAMPA, FL (April 10, 2018) – As a result of an anonymous grant to the Tampa Bay United (TBU) Rowdies, the players selected for the U13 Girls ECNL and Premier teams will have their Club Registration Fees waived for the 2018-19 season. This grant will affect thirty 2006 (birth year) girls players. This is a test/experiment beginning with this age bracket with the ultimate goal to do this with all competitive age groups in the next few years.

They forgot the ‘to keep them away from GDA’ part.

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Completely different situation.....

TAMPA, FL (April 10, 2018) – As a result of an anonymous grant to the Tampa Bay United (TBU) Rowdies, the players selected for the U13 Girls ECNL and Premier teams will have their Club Registration Fees waived for the 2018-19 season. This grant will affect thirty 2006 (birth year) girls players. This is a test/experiment beginning with this age bracket with the ultimate goal to do this with all competitive age groups in the next few years.

Someone is paying a bunch of money to get their kid on the team.

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".....which is decided by families such as mine who have a stud." Did you really type that? You exactly fit the profile of the deranged, delusional, GDA parent.

Yes I wrote and stand by it, and no I am not deranged, just aware of my daughter's place in the landscape. This is an anonymous site and I obviously would not say she is a stud to your face, as I do have some modesty, but her performance, play time, stats, peer group rankings, and top D1 college program interest make my assessment anything but delusional. The delusion is to think that other families such as mine that have top players are choosing ECNL as their platform. It simply is not true. The "studs" at Concorde fire and Michigan Hawks have all voted with their feet as it seems the TBU crowd has. I have nothing against TBU. They are a for profit club chasing profits and ECNL at this point is more profitable but don't kid yourself that ECNL is where the top talent is going.

Also, I highly doubt anyone is playing at WFF for free. This is just deflection because the idea that these players decided to move on for better opportunities is too painful. It is funny that the management at TBU is trying to stem off the tide of top players leaving for DA by offering their incoming ECNL age team free registration. This should tell you everything unless of course you are delusional.

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Yep, sure..

I believe it. The attention KW and SS recieved was very impressive, they couldn’t walk the length of a field without someone stopping to talk to them.

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I believe it. The attention KW and SS recieved was very impressive, they couldn’t walk the length of a field without someone stopping to talk to them.

What age group is KW coaching?

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What age group is KW coaching?

u15 and u17

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u15 and u17

She has quite the resume.

Weird how she bounces around so much though, and compared to her last few gigs...you have to wonder what her end game is in mind at WFF?

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She has quite the resume.

Weird how she bounces around so much though, and compared to her last few gigs...you have to wonder what her end game is in mind at WFF?

Agreed, nice resume. The gig at WFF still keeps her in the US Soccer circle.

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She has quite the resume.

Weird how she bounces around so much though, and compared to her last few gigs...you have to wonder what her end game is in mind at WFF?

She has here work cut out for here. Maybe with lots of hard work and a little luck she can help WFF climb over Boca and IMG into the 59th spot. Then it's a straight shot to the YNT!

This is copied from the socalsoccer forum, but a member used the college soccer RPI formula on the GDA standings 2017-18 and came up with GDA club rankings. Is that the best measure? (Using College Soccer RPI formula) I do not know, but the topic was more of a Southern Caifornia clubs vs. Other states/regions, so not necessarily the typical GDA vs. ECNL bashing that is spouted on all these threads. ECNL teams leaving GDA represented with asterisks *

1 NTH Tophat (1, 6, 3, 5) Avg: 3.75
2 FC Dallas (3, 1, 1, 25) Avg: 7.5
3 Solar Soccer Club (23, 2, 8, 4) Avg: 9.25
4 Legends FC (6, 8, 14, 14) Avg: 10.5
5 Penn Fusion Soccer Academy (5, 22, 6, 11) Avg: 11
*6 Sky Blue - PDA (20, 11, 9, 7) Avg: 11.75
7 San Diego Surf (4, 7, 32, 6) Avg: 12.25
*8 LAFC Slammers (21, 26, 4, 1) Avg: 13
9 Real Colorado (2, 30, 10, 12) Avg: 13.5
*10 Concorde Fire (19, 14, 12, 13) Avg: 14.5
*11 Eclipse Select Soccer Club (17, 9, 25, 10) Avg: 15.25
12 Beach Futbol Club (7, 3, 31, 23) Avg: 16
13 Cincinnati Development Academy (10, 19, 13, 27) Avg: 17.25
14 Crossfire Premier (36, 29, 5, 2) Avg: 18
15 NC Courage (14, 28, 33, 3) Avg: 19.5
16 LA Galaxy San Diego (13, 16, 21, 29) Avg: 19.75
16 Lonestar SC Academy (37, 13, 7, 22) Avg: 19.75
*18 Michigan Hawks (29, 10, 24, 17) Avg: 20
18 Real So Cal (11, 44, 17, 8) Avg: 20
20 Nationals (16, 27, 2, 40) Avg: 21.25
21 FC Virginia (25, 33, 19, 18) Avg: 23.75
22 Midwest United FC (28, 41, 11, 16) Avg: 24
22 San Jose Earthquakes (9, 12, 15, 60) Avg: 24
24 Reign Academy (8, 21, 30, 42) Avg: 25.25
25 Charlotte Soccer Academy (31, 15, 29, 28) Avg: 25.75
26 So Cal Blues Soccer Club (35, 5, 49, 15) Avg: 26
27 SC del Sol (22, 20, 55, 9) Avg: 26.5
28 New York City FC (27, 23, 28, 36) Avg: 28.5
29 La Roca Futbol Club (45, 18, 35, 21) Avg: 29.75
30 Boston Breakers Academy (32, 43, 27, 20) Avg: 30.5
31 West Coast Futbol Club (39, 35, 23, 35) Avg: 33
32 California Thorns FC (30, 24, 44, 43) Avg: 35.25
33 Placer United SC (24, 32, 50, 37) Avg: 35.75
34 Dallas Texans (50, 4, 36, 55) Avg: 36.25
35 Houston Dash (34, 34, 47, 34) Avg: 37.25
36 FC Fury NY (33, 40, 22, 57) Avg: 38
37 SPORTING Blue Valley (47, 42, 34, 30) Avg: 38.25
38 Orlando Pride (15, 47, 53, 39) Avg: 38.5
39 Colorado Rush (18, 54, 38, 46) Avg: 39
40 Lamorinda Soccer Club (46, 46, 39, 26) Avg: 39.25
41 FC United Soccer Club (48, 31, 26, 53) Avg: 39.5
41 LA Galaxy (26, 36, 48, 48) Avg: 39.5
43 Sockers FC (56, 38, 52, 19) Avg: 41.25
44 Indiana Fire Academy (54, 25, 42, 45) Avg: 41.5
44 Oakwood Soccer Club (49, 39, 40, 38) Avg: 41.5
46 Cedar Stars Academy - Monmouth (12, 51, 60, 44) Avg: 41.75
47 Eagles Soccer Club (38, 58, 41, 32) Avg: 42.25
48 Albion SC (41, 17, 64, 51) Avg: 43.25
49 United Futbol Academy (43, 48, 51, 33) Avg: 43.75
50 Portland Thorns FC (52, 61, 43, 24) Avg: 45
51 Weston FC (42, 45, 37, 67) Avg: 47.75
52 Pateadores (44, 49, 59, 41) Avg: 48.25
52 United Soccer Alliance (55, 66, 16, 56) Avg: 48.25
54 Washington Spirit Academy - Virginia (60, 68, 20, 47) Avg: 48.75
*55 FC Stars (57, 37, 56, 49) Avg: 49.75
56 Los Angeles Premier Futbol Club (53, 55, 46, 54) Avg: 52
57 Washington Spirit Academy - Baltimore Armour (58, 62, 58, 31) Avg: 52.25
58 PA Classics (51, 56, 54, 52) Avg: 53.25
*59 Virginia Development Academy (40, 52, 65, 58) Avg: 53.75
60 IMG Academy (67, 67, 18, 65) Avg: 54.25
61 Boca United Football Club (63, 59, 45, 62) Avg: 57.25
62 Shattuck - Saint Mary's (, 60, 63, 50) Avg: 57.67
63 Sky Blue - NYSC (61, 50, 61, 64) Avg: 59
64 West Florida Flames (62, 57, 62, 61) Avg: 60.5
*65 FC Kansas City (65, 63, 57, 59) Avg: 61
*65 PSV Union Football Club (59, 53, 69, 63) Avg: 61
67 Burlingame Soccer Club (66, 64, 66, 68) Avg: 66
68 Long Island SC (64, 69, 68, 66) Avg: 66.75
69 Empire United (68, 65, 67, 69) Avg: 67.25

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College Commitments

These threads are always so amusing...are none of the parents that argue back and forth business people? How about using some real metrics in order to judge what is a better choice for your kid?

I don't know much about the WFF's actual college commitments, but as a '04 TBU parent, I am looking very closely at the older girls at our club. This should give any parent a better idea of what to expect once their daughter is a sophomore or junior in HS. So far it's promising. Here are the actual commitments for the ECNL '00, '01 and '02s at TBU (per their Facebook Page). If you feel that WFF is just as good or better, and your daughter's ultimate goal is to play in college, then stay!

USF
Wake Forest
UAB
UCF
Columbia University
Bryn Mawr
Eckerd College
University of Florida
Lipscomb
University of Pennsylvania
Florida Tech
Florida College
Florida Atlantic University
Ohio State University
Palm Beach Atlantic University
University of Massachusetts
American University
Northeastern Univesity
Probably more that I have missed.

Stop arguing like petulant children! It's embarrassing. Instead, study the facts and do what's right for you and your family.