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    Is the GAL going to expand next year?

    #2
    Better idea would be to assess some current clubs and boot them for replacements, including allowing some teams in on a rare basis rather than needing entire clubs. Total #'s shouldnt be the goal, improving quality should be and the league will have a healthier future.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      Is the GAL going to expand next year?
      Don't really see the need, at least here in N'East. Potentially some areas in the West that are pretty spread out.

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        #4
        They are expanding and looking to add Long Island teams

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          #5
          Expand what? They'll be lucky if they're still around next year. Once a few more top clubs move to ECNL it's over. ECNL won the war. GAL = the old NPL

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            #6
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            Expand what? They'll be lucky if they're still around next year. Once a few more top clubs move to ECNL it's over. ECNL won the war. GAL = the old NPL
            The poster has a point. How many GAL clubs would switch to ECNL if they actually had the chance? Almost any of them. The recruiting landscape is going to be impacted the next year, and college travel budgets have been slashed. Coaches will need to make some choices about which events they attend.

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              #7
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              The poster has a point. How many GAL clubs would switch to ECNL if they actually had the chance? Almost any of them. The recruiting landscape is going to be impacted the next year, and college travel budgets have been slashed. Coaches will need to make some choices about which events they attend.
              Similarly familes will be looking for the most bang for their buck and that isn't in GAL.

              Granted covid shutdowns aren't their fault, but the league was weak before that. There's a few top clubs ECNL wants to cherry pick but it will have a big impact. There are no other quality clubs left to fill in the gaps. GDA filled gaps with weaker and weaker clubs resulting in the current mess

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                #8
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                Expand what? They'll be lucky if they're still around next year. Once a few more top clubs move to ECNL it's over. ECNL won the war. GAL = the old NPL
                Most GAL teams cannot even compete with the strongest USYS EDP teams. GAL should have just been folded into USYS, the unnecessary greed to “stand out” will doom this league if it isn’t doomed already. Always a money grab instead of doing the right thing, that’s what youth soccer has become.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  Most GAL teams cannot even compete with the strongest USYS EDP teams. GAL should have just been folded into USYS, the unnecessary greed to “stand out” will doom this league if it isn’t doomed already. Always a money grab instead of doing the right thing, that’s what youth soccer has become.
                  USSF made that very clear when they rolled out GDA - they went for volume instead of quality. GDA 2.0 (GAL) is now several steps down the quality ladder from year 1. Almost all the quality clubs have bailed out and the last few decent ones will this spring.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    Expand what? They'll be lucky if they're still around next year. Once a few more top clubs move to ECNL it's over. ECNL won the war. GAL = the old NPL
                    The thing is though the old NPL was a very solid league before GDA came along. In the time since 2016 GDA came and pulled clubs from NPL and EDP had success on the younger ages and in offering competition for clubs that do not field teams at every age.

                    USYS should have absorbed back in the DA clubs and integrated the one off teams at various ages into the conferences, like philly copa or real NJ. Then a slight rebrand and you would have a very viable alternative to ECNL (which would probably stay the clear #1 but the gap wouldnt be that huge).

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                      #11
                      GAL is not as bad as anyone making it out to be. Yes in our region NYSC and LISC are not top teams nationally, but NEFC, South Shore and Oakwood can all compete with top teams in country. They all have National players in their clubs and have done well in the old DA league. DA needs t keep expanding and gobble up more top USYS clubs and would be a very solid second league

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        USSF made that very clear when they rolled out GDA - they went for volume instead of quality. GDA 2.0 (GAL) is now several steps down the quality ladder from year 1. Almost all the quality clubs have bailed out and the last few decent ones will this spring.
                        Let’s be real, the league is still a major work in progress and many of the top clubs will look to jump to ECNL ASAP. Best hope for GAL is for ECNL to keep saying NO to those desperate clubs looking to jump ship. As for backfilling with the likes of Ukrainian Natl, Sporting Delaware etc not a great move for quality and depth in the league.

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                          #13
                          Didn't GAL join USYS a few weeks ago? I thought they put themselves as the top division of USYS. That seems to assure their survival. I also agree that the clubs that can, will join ECNL which probably means a surviving GAL as the second national league.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            Didn't GAL join USYS a few weeks ago? I thought they put themselves as the top division of USYS. That seems to assure their survival. I also agree that the clubs that can, will join ECNL which probably means a surviving GAL as the second national league.
                            If one had to venture a guess, GAL will be the Club v Club version of the National League, FKA NPL.

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              If one had to venture a guess, GAL will be the Club v Club version of the National League, FKA NPL.
                              Will never happen as they will then lose the opportunity to constantly pitch that they are better than USYS EDP.

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