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    #31
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    Thorns GDA don't have a training complex like the male MLS pro Timbers , Youth Timbers Academy, T2 & PDL u23 have.

    The Thorns GDA will need to train on the best fields avaialbe in the local PDX market, looks like THPRD and Westside Timbers can provide them.

    Unlike the local clubs who have to cram upwards of 8 teams on a half of a field every weeknight (see THUSC/Crossfire Utd & FC PDX). The truly elite girls (GDA) will actually have space to train and develop.

    Thorns securing million dollar fields for the GDA is a great move for the Girls. Nice gesture by THPRD & WST investing in US Soccer's GDA Thorns program.

    Wow, that's impressive and appreciated!!

    Go Thorns!
    Thorns Academy were promised training at Providence Park with world class coaching. Since neither ever happened, why believe anything else the Timbers tell you.

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      #32
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      Why can't the Thorns Academy/GDA train where the Timbers Academy boys train? Where do the actual Thorns pros train? How about train there?
      The way the Thorns semi-pro team plays, I doubt they ever actually train.

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        #33
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        Why can't the Thorns Academy/GDA train where the Timbers Academy boys train? Where do the actual Thorns pros train? How about train there?
        I don't know if you question was really thought out,

        Why can't the Thorns Academy/GDA train where the Timbers Academy boys train? Because the Boys are on the field during the precious few hours available to HS aged kids. It's not like the local club situation where you just add more teams to limited space for the sake of getting coaches paid.


        Where do the actual Thorns pros train? Providence Park.

        How about train there? When they become Pros of course.


        With this logic you would ask the Rose Garden, where the Blazers play games to open up the arena for youth AAU basketball practice.

        Providence Park and the Rose Garden have to run the business of paying the bills for these facilities, donating time to the youth team 5 to 7 x a week while noble, wouldn't allow them to pay the freight and keep the lights on.

        I'm sure when an opening happenings at Providence Park they will give time to the Thorns GDA, but they still need a training home.

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          #34
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          I don't know if you question was really thought out,

          Why can't the Thorns Academy/GDA train where the Timbers Academy boys train? Because the Boys are on the field during the precious few hours available to HS aged kids. It's not like the local club situation where you just add more teams to limited space for the sake of getting coaches paid.


          Where do the actual Thorns pros train? Providence Park.

          How about train there? When they become Pros of course.


          With this logic you would ask the Rose Garden, where the Blazers play games to open up the arena for youth AAU basketball practice.

          Providence Park and the Rose Garden have to run the business of paying the bills for these facilities, donating time to the youth team 5 to 7 x a week while noble, wouldn't allow them to pay the freight and keep the lights on.

          I'm sure when an opening happenings at Providence Park they will give time to the Thorns GDA, but they still need a training home.
          Is AAU actually a Blazers Academy team, with leagues, camps & teams run by & partly funded by the Blazers under the direction and assistance of US Basketball?

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            #35
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            Thorns Academy were promised training at Providence Park with world class coaching. Since neither ever happened, why believe anything else the Timbers tell you.
            Where does the Thorns Academy train? Do they train 4x/week? Do they have a ten month season like GDA will have?

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              #36
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              Is AAU actually a Blazers Academy team, with leagues, camps & teams run by & partly funded by the Blazers under the direction and assistance of US Basketball?
              If the Blazers had youth teams, they would be the biggest draw for the elite Oregon youth basketball players. Just like the Timbers and Thorns have done with the Oregon Youth Soccer participants, Future Timbers and Thorns works.

              sucks to be part of another local club that hopes getting hammered in a 'national' league built on the whims of desperate parents and lazy college coaches is enough to stop them from joining the Timbers & Thorns US Soccer development program.

              Good luck with that.

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                #37
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                Thorns Academy were promised training at Providence Park with world class coaching. Since neither ever happened, why believe anything else the Timbers tell you.
                The big attraction is OYSA and playing down in FWRL. Plus bronze level vegas tournament.

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  Stop complaining. The schedule:


                  FWRL, which none of the games count.

                  OYSA, which none of the games count.

                  Beaverton cup silver division, which doesn't technically count.

                  I think westside timbers are the perfect team to train them.
                  Looks great!

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    Thorns GDA don't have a training complex like the male MLS pro Timbers , Youth Timbers Academy, T2 & PDL u23 have.

                    The Thorns GDA will need to train on the best fields avaialbe in the local PDX market, looks like THPRD and Westside Timbers can provide them.

                    Unlike the local clubs who have to cram upwards of 8 teams on a half of a field every weeknight (see THUSC/Crossfire Utd & FC PDX). The truly elite girls (GDA) will actually have space to train and develop.

                    Thorns securing million dollar fields for the GDA is a great move for the Girls. Nice gesture by THPRD & WST investing in US Soccer's GDA Thorns program.

                    Wow, that's impressive and appreciated!!

                    Go Thorns!
                    Good luck with that! Tax payers fun those fields. WST... I'm sorry, the thorns will have the same access everyone else has. Keep dreaming!

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      Thorns GDA don't have a training complex like the male MLS pro Timbers , Youth Timbers Academy, T2 & PDL u23 have.

                      The Thorns GDA will need to train on the best fields avaialbe in the local PDX market, looks like THPRD and Westside Timbers can provide them.

                      Unlike the local clubs who have to cram upwards of 8 teams on a half of a field every weeknight (see THUSC/Crossfire Utd & FC PDX). The truly elite girls (GDA) will actually have space to train and develop.

                      Thorns securing million dollar fields for the GDA is a great move for the Girls. Nice gesture by THPRD & WST investing in US Soccer's GDA Thorns program.

                      Wow, that's impressive and appreciated!!

                      Go Thorns!
                      THPRD can provide fields, and of course the Timbers' training ground is a THPRD facility. THPRD does, or has in the past, rent the field out to other clubs--I've seen Westside Warriors (rec) training there before, though it's been a while.

                      Westside doesn't have any fields of its own. During winter, when the only THPRD fields that are usable in the evening are Field #2 at Walker Road, and the turf fields at PCC, those fields do get crowded--with several Westside teams on half a pitch at once. (Don't think I've seen eight, but I've seen four or five). Frequently you'll see several Westside teams training on one half of THPRD #2, and THUSC on the other. Happens all the time.

                      Westside (and THUSC), being within the THPRD district, do get to rent THPRD fields (along with a few other clubs within the boundaries). Both clubs are required to levy a surcharge to out-of-district players for field access (this is a THPRD regulation).

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                        #41
                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        THPRD can provide fields, and of course the Timbers' training ground is a THPRD facility. THPRD does, or has in the past, rent the field out to other clubs--I've seen Westside Warriors (rec) training there before, though it's been a while.

                        Westside doesn't have any fields of its own. During winter, when the only THPRD fields that are usable in the evening are Field #2 at Walker Road, and the turf fields at PCC, those fields do get crowded--with several Westside teams on half a pitch at once. (Don't think I've seen eight, but I've seen four or five). Frequently you'll see several Westside teams training on one half of THPRD #2, and THUSC on the other. Happens all the time.

                        Westside (and THUSC), being within the THPRD district, do get to rent THPRD fields (along with a few other clubs within the boundaries). Both clubs are required to levy a surcharge to out-of-district players for field access (this is a THPRD regulation).
                        A majority of players on thorns are out of district. So, Thorns/Westside will just be charging the rest of Westside's regular players even more. At some point, will they mutiny? TA clubs already pay all Thorns share to play in oysa and tourneys run by Timbers. When will it end?

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                          #42
                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          A majority of players on thorns are out of district. So, Thorns/Westside will just be charging the rest of Westside's regular players even more. At some point, will they mutiny? TA clubs already pay all Thorns share to play in oysa and tourneys run by Timbers. When will it end?
                          The out of district fee is not large. Boys GDA often trains at the Timbers facility in Beaverton. What are the financial arrangements for that?

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                            #43
                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            Stop complaining. The schedule:


                            FWRL, which none of the games count.

                            OYSA, which none of the games count.

                            Beaverton cup silver division, which doesn't technically count.

                            I think westside timbers are the perfect team to train them.
                            Westside thorns copa. What's wrong with that?

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                              #44
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              Westside thorns copa. What's wrong with that?
                              Sounds like a real winner.

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                                #45
                                There is no way the Timbers are stupid enough to have WST run the GDA.

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