ECNL to see the same fate as OPL

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Same ideals. Same people. Like minded dinosaurs

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It is clear the unethical crooks at the Timbers are desperate. Just look at the number of anti ECNL posts on this forum. It has been overrun by you fools. Keep trying.

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Same ideals. Same people. Like minded dinosaurs

Seriously they have a track record of screwing things up for their membership why would this endeavor have any other outcome but failure.

These local clubs have never won anything at any level at any time in history they aren't the destination of Oregon's best players never have been never will be, slapping a label like opl or ecnl on their clubs will not change what they actually are a local Club with local families and local delusions of grandeur.

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Seriously they have a track record of screwing things up for their membership why would this endeavor have any other outcome but failure.

These local clubs have never won anything at any level at any time in history they aren't the destination of Oregon's best players never have been never will be, slapping a label like opl or ecnl on their clubs will not change what they actually are a local Club with local families and local delusions of grandeur.

And yet still 1000% better than your Gresham neighborhood Timbers club. Imagine that.

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Same ideals. Same people. Like minded dinosaurs

You fools are great entertainment. Dinosaurs is doing the same thing for decades. ECNL changed everything for girls. Now USYSA is merely imitating a proven model.

Silly fool.

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"But wait, we just got accepted. You mean it's all going away? Whaaaaaaaaaaa"

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At least OPL lasted longer than two years in Portland.

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It is clear the unethical crooks at the Timbers are desperate. Just look at the number of anti ECNL posts on this forum. It has been overrun by you fools. Keep trying.

Please be more specific.

Who are the Timbers "crooks" that you mention in your post?

Once you identify these people, tell us how they are unethical and give specific examples to back your comment.

How do you know that these people are posting anti-ECNL posts? How can you blame them for all the posts? People not related to Timbers post here too. Not everyone thinks it necessary to belong to either an ECNL or TA club. Some of those people could be coaches or parents. How can you be sure?

Should we turn the table and make the same conclusion about you and your anti-Timbers Alliance posts?

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At least OPL lasted longer than two years in Portland.

Of course they did (the OPL) had WSM, ESU, PCU, SSC, LOSC, FC PDX & THUSC as there BOD. It was a united coalition standing against a depleted OYSA, GW then seized control of the OYSA operation while they were on life support and the OPL members in their infinite wisdom decided to boot out WSM, ESU & PCU. This forced migration back to the OYSA gave life to the nearly dead OYSA and sealed the fate of the OPL. Guess what clubs in Medford, Vancouver, Bend, Eugene, Salem and Eugene were re named Timbers to ensure victory for the regenerating OYSA.

As the OPL began to rot and dissolve over the course of a couple of years, the OPL came to the realization they were toast and decided to close up shop in Oregon as there members grew tired of playing just themselves week after week.

Then for an extra measure of stupidity and insolence they opted to form or merge from the remaining OPL founding members '2 girls only' clubs called CU and FC Pdx and signed them up to play in the Mountain Division of the Northwest Conference of the ECNL joining newbie clubs from Idaho and Utah, this way the Washington teams in the ECNL could now play teams that weren't thousands of miles away. What a great plan, they thought we found a way to rebel and avoid the OYSA to the bitter end!

Then US Soccer decided to form a GDA and the hopes of the valiant OPL hanger on's were extinguished.

May the force be with you.

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Of course they did (the OPL) had WSM, ESU, PCU, SSC, LOSC, FC PDX & THUSC as there BOD. It was a united coalition standing against a depleted OYSA, GW then seized control of the OYSA operation while they were on life support and the OPL members in their infinite wisdom decided to boot out WSM, ESU & PCU. This forced migration back to the OYSA gave life to the nearly dead OYSA and sealed the fate of the OPL. Guess what clubs in Medford, Vancouver, Bend, Eugene, Salem and Eugene were re named Timbers to ensure victory for the regenerating OYSA.

As the OPL began to rot and dissolve over the course of a couple of years, the OPL came to the realization they were toast and decided to close up shop in Oregon as there members grew tired of playing just themselves week after week.

Then for an extra measure of stupidity and insolence they opted to form or merge from the remaining OPL founding members '2 girls only' clubs called CU and FC Pdx and signed them up to play in the Mountain Division of the Northwest Conference of the ECNL joining newbie clubs from Idaho and Utah, this way the Washington teams in the ECNL could now play teams that weren't thousands of miles away. What a great plan, they thought we found a way to rebel and avoid the OYSA to the bitter end!

Then US Soccer decided to form a GDA and the hopes of the valiant OPL hanger on's were extinguished.

May the force be with you.

Nice narrative. Clearly written by a Timbers lemming. Not an ounce of truth in the whole thing but the Timbers have never been about truth anyway, have they? If they were, they wouldn't advertise their Thorns Academy as being for "elite" players only.

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Nice narrative. Clearly written by a Timbers lemming. Not an ounce of truth in the whole thing but the Timbers have never been about truth anyway, have they? If they were, they wouldn't advertise their Thorns Academy as being for "elite" players only.

And they wouldn't have posted the truly comical lie on their website that 100% of OYSA teams support sending their best players to Thorns academy.

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Nice narrative. Clearly written by a Timbers lemming. Not an ounce of truth in the whole thing but the Timbers have never been about truth anyway, have they? If they were, they wouldn't advertise their Thorns Academy as being for "elite" players only.

Actually, it is pretty darn accurate. Which surprises me because I've been wondering who the writer is that struggles with writing "their' in place of "there" but no more of that for now.

Anyhow, the part left out of the post was that Gavin originally was still with Eastside and was convincing the clubs to steer clear of OYSA events. Then the Timbers put pressure on him as it would not look good for the MLS club not to have a working relation with youth soccer in the area.

You are saying that not an ounce of what was said is true. If you say so then tell me where the OPL meetings were originally held? What room? What DOCs were there? Who was elected president? Where were the meetings moved to? I can go on? Can you?

Cudos to the poster for explaining things well and shame on you for continuing to perpetuate your hatred for a considerable number of people. Why? Why do you exaggerate so?

You never answered the questions asked of you before and you continue to post rhetorical responses. So if you want to call posters liars and call entire memberships, 'lemmings," perhaps you should consider coming clean on a few things and answer the questions asked of you before.

You enjoy using the term lemming often. My assumption is that you mean so as the creatures who follow one another, committing mass suicide. Perhaps in your anger and angst, you see anyone outside your scope of youth soccer enjoyment as going down that path. I just need to share something with you.

The lemmings mass suicide instinct is a myth sensationalized in the making of a 1958 Disney film, White Wilderness. The film makers actually threw the creatures off the cliff.
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm...articles_id=56

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Nice narrative. Clearly written by a Timbers lemming. Not an ounce of truth in the whole thing but the Timbers have never been about truth anyway, have they? If they were, they wouldn't advertise their Thorns Academy as being for "elite" players only.

Troll?? I am guessing you are.

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And they wouldn't have posted the truly comical lie on their website that 100% of OYSA teams support sending their best players to Thorns academy.

Any team that does not support contributing their best players to the academy are definitely not operating in the best interest of the player. Nothing new but coaches should not be trying to hold players back.

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Any team that does not support contributing their best players to the academy are definitely not operating in the best interest of the player. Nothing new but coaches should not be trying to hold players back.

Totally agree. The point is the leaders of OYSA clubs do not trust the leadership of thorns academy to do right by their players. There is a long history of this happening and nothing to indicate anything has changed.

The doc of my local club said "when Thorns demonstrates that they can provide an equal product to what they are doing for the boys - at the same cost to families - I will happily support it. But they haven't done that and I see no indication that girls DA will do that."