How did thornz acad end up such a mess?

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SoCal overwhelmingly put B team players in GDA and A team is still ECNL. Parents have a lot of power with the clubs *wealthy parents* and the girls still want to play high school.

NorCal passed on GDA and the clubs in DA are awful. Really bad.

Fantasy!

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SoCal overwhelmingly put B team players in GDA and A team is still ECNL. Parents have a lot of power with the clubs *wealthy parents* and the girls still want to play high school.

NorCal passed on GDA and the clubs in DA are awful. Really bad.

One of the NorCal teams in DA is so bad they can barely pick the ball out of the net before the shots start raining down on them again. 38 goals conceded in 5 games and 0 scored.

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One of the NorCal teams in DA is so bad they can barely pick the ball out of the net before the shots start raining down on them again. 38 goals conceded in 5 games and 0 scored.

Funny... sounds like one of the Crossfire Oregon teams.

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Funny... sounds like one of the Crossfire Oregon teams.

Faulty logic. CU has one admittedly terrible team. As surf cup demonstrated, every single team in Burlingame's GDA program is abysmal.

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Different poster. I support both GDA & ECNL. The other poster is correct though about Blues putting their B teams in GDA and keeping their A teams in GDA, at least for this year. Still not a knock on Thorns GDA to lose to them. Any other Oregon team would also lose. If not for GDA, Oregon wouldn't get a chance to play the Blues A or B team. GDA is providing additional opportunities and a different training philosophy to Oregon girls. Nice to have both options of GDA & ECNL now.

If this were true then why did the Blues 00/99 ECNL team play in the lowest division at surf: Super White?
They didn't make the semi's and lost to Forza in a showcase match-up.
Looks like the Blues Doge 00/99 DA team is their A team.

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One of the NorCal teams in DA is so bad they can barely pick the ball out of the net before the shots start raining down on them again. 38 goals conceded in 5 games and 0 scored.

Can anyone get a shot to play those teams? That sounds like fun.

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Can anyone get a shot to play those teams? That sounds like fun.

Sorry, DA only play other DA so as to only play other super elite teams. GDA is in its first year so it will take several years to weed out the not elite enough teams. In the meantime, there will be some crushing going on. Thorns should do well. Even after GDA gets stronger.

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One of the NorCal teams in DA is so bad they can barely pick the ball out of the net before the shots start raining down on them again. 38 goals conceded in 5 games and 0 scored.

I think GDA is open to any club to apply. Rumor has it Eastside and Clackamas are joining which will be exciting for Thorns so they won't have to travel as much.

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SoCal overwhelmingly put B team players in GDA and A team is still ECNL. Parents have a lot of power with the clubs *wealthy parents* and the girls still want to play high school.

NorCal passed on GDA and the clubs in DA are awful. Really bad.

The best teams will be in ECNL. GDA is just a 2nd tier side league.

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The best teams will be in ECNL. GDA is just a 2nd tier side league.

The tides are turning and your ship is sinking.

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The best teams will be in ECNL. GDA is just a 2nd tier side league.

At least for this year and maybe a few more but Gda will likely become the destination for the majority of top players just like on the boys side. However, there are way too many college spots for girls for the Gda to fill so Ecnl will remain a good option for many.

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One of the NorCal teams in DA is so bad they can barely pick the ball out of the net before the shots start raining down on them again. 38 goals conceded in 5 games and 0 scored.

This sounds like fun. GDA will be quite the spectacle.

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I think GDA is open to any club to apply. Rumor has it Eastside and Clackamas are joining which will be exciting for Thorns so they won't have to travel as much.

This would be fantastic. Less travel for Thorns. Hopefully PCU and Pacific are next into the GDA.

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SoCal overwhelmingly put B team players in GDA and A team is still ECNL. Parents have a lot of power with the clubs *wealthy parents* and the girls still want to play high school.

NorCal passed on GDA and the clubs in DA are awful. Really bad.

Burlingame conceded 38 goals in 5 games at surf. That's not bad considering they probably only had 3% of the possession.

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Burlingame conceded 38 goals in 5 games at surf. That's not bad considering they probably only had 3% of the possession.

I bet the keeper had 70-80 saves. Unbelievable. Yet hard to not want to watch.