Two CT Girls High school teams ranked in top 50 nationaly

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From Top Drawer Soccer:

14 Glastonbury Glastonbury, CT 0-0-0
At 60 straight wins, Glastonbury owns the nation's longest active win streak. Expect the Tomahawks, winners of three straight state titles, to continue to roll as the favorite in Connecticut.

38 St. Joseph Trumbull, CT

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Well that's going to change....These ambiguous preseason lists are always based on the prior year, as well as trying rank the entire country with the knowledge of what's happening locally with returning players, or in this case GDA's impact on GHS.

That said it is awesome that for a small state we have two in the top 40

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Also from TDS:


In Transition

This will be the year of transition for girls soccer with the advent of the Girls Development Academy. Many of the GDA programs are requiring their players to stick exclusively to club soccer. However, a few GDA teams, including a New Jersey powerhouse, has made high school play optional for the upcoming school year. The first school to have its potential fortunes changed in a negative way through the GDA is Cumberland Valley (Pa.). This recent PIAA power had a potential lineup that included a North Carolina and two Tennessee commits. However, all three players confirmed to TopDrawerSoccer on Monday that they are skipping the high school season to play in the GDA, turning CV from a national Top 5 prospect into a big question mark for 2017.

If the GDA has the same affect on high school soccer as the DA, expect some or all of the following to happen: 1. Since DA/GDA programs are concentrated in the more densely populated and soccer talent-rich areas, high school programs in those areas could see a downgrade in quality (four GDA programs in the D.C. Metro area, four GDA programs in and around the New York City/Long Island area are sure to negatively impact the high school player pool. This will be even more drastic in the winter with 13 GDA programs in Southern California, a number that could pull upwards of 1,000 players out of the high school ranks in that area); 2. Suburban or rural schools that were once state quarterfinal/semifinal fodder may emerge as title contenders. (The best example of this has been in Texas where the Brownsville area, well outside the reach of the DA, has turned out more boys state champs in recent years than the perennial powerhouse Dallas-Fort Worth region.); 3. States without a GDA presence — and top teams in those states — that were considered “secondary” a decade ago could now find themselves on more even footing with the traditional “power” states. (This has become evident in boys spring soccer as programs from Alabama and South Carolina have claimed the past two SIMA FAB 50 national titles as many of the Georgia and Virginia powers have taken a backseat due to the loss of high-end talent.); 4. A competition gap may widen between strong private schools/excessively large public schools and their instate competition. Strong private school programs tend to have a better chance at pulling a DA player back into the high school game. The very large public schools have quantity and depth that can often help offset the loss of top-end quality, allowing it to remain competitive. (Just scanning the nation for the fall, Christian Brothers College (Mo.), the defending state champs, lured a pair of former DA players into the lineup this fall to complement an already strong lineup.)

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/high...b-50s_aid42175

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Only CT boys team is #45 EO Smith who lost to Barlow in state semifinals last year, but I think was undefeated up until then.

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The #1 ranked team in both boys and girls high school soccer is: "Who cares; it's HS soccer"

Garbage

#butthekidsloveit
#itbringsthecommunitytogether
#yayteam
#mydaughterisabetterpersonforhavngplayedhssoccer
#buildingmemories

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The #1 ranked team in both boys and girls high school soccer is: "Who cares; it's HS soccer"

Garbage

#butthekidsloveit
#itbringsthecommunitytogether
#yayteam
#mydaughterisabetterpersonforhavngplayedhssoccer
#buildingmemories

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Top Girls High School team in CT would man handle Jokewood.

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Top Girls High School team in CT would man handle Jokewood.

Well since many of them play at OW how do you propose that game to happen?

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Battle of misfit HS level played going into GDA? Ha! Let the beatings begin

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GDA will have no impact on Connecticut HS soccer. None. Too many homers. The TDS article was written with States like California in mind where, yeah, GDA will have a decent player pool. Not going to happen in good old CT.

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Top Girls High School team in CT would man handle Jokewood.

The Oakwood under 17 Academy team would beat Glastonbury hs by 4 goals and have the ball 85% of the game. Their under 19 team would win by 8 and have theball 95% of the game.

HS soccer is of very poor quality. Like very poor.

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The Oakwood under 17 Academy team would beat Glastonbury hs by 4 goals and have the ball 85% of the game. Their under 19 team would win by 8 and have theball 95% of the game.

HS soccer is of very poor quality. Like very poor.

Keep telling yourself that Dad. The best HS age players in CT don't wear the the Oakwood uniform.

Giving up the 2.5 month Season is flat out stupid.

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The Oakwood under 17 Academy team would beat Glastonbury hs by 4 goals and have the ball 85% of the game. Their under 19 team would win by 8 and have theball 95% of the game.

HS soccer is of very poor quality. Like very poor.

That poor hs quality was played by all those academy players just last year

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Gf

The Oakwood under 17 Academy team would beat Glastonbury hs by 4 goals and have the ball 85% of the game. Their under 19 team would win by 8 and have theball 95% of the game.

HS soccer is of very poor quality. Like very poor.

Rick D. you silly little fool.

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The Oakwood under 17 Academy team would beat Glastonbury hs by 4 goals and have the ball 85% of the game. Their under 19 team would win by 8 and have theball 95% of the game.

HS soccer is of very poor quality. Like very poor.

how's that koolaide? LMAO. GDA, GMAFB LOL