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    #16
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    The two best clubs in the country are probably the Michigan Hawks and PDA. If both of those clubs are only going to have teams in the ECNL, and there has been enough from reputable sources to believe that it is true, that is a pretty big statement about where the GDA is heading.
    Don’t worry the big clubs are staying, Boca, IMG, WFF and Weston 😂

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      #17
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      FIFY.....Kettle...are you black?

      Ask your wife. That smile you see on her face when you get home ain't from scoring big on the home shopping network.

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        #18
        It's the house of cards

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          #19
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          Don’t worry the big clubs are staying, Boca, IMG, WFF and Weston 😂
          Just happy only one more year of this BS, so ready as is her coach for her to get to college. Greed is destroying youth soccer..,

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            #20
            https://www.socceramerica.com/public...ree-major.html

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              #21
              As it is stated in the Soccer America article, the USSF's ban on high school soccer participation, its prohibition on players participating in competitions outside of DA-sanctioned events, the strict substitution rules (eg: no re-entry), strict guidelines on how to coach, and stringent coaching license requirements, are the big points of contention.

              In the Midwest, where Michigan is located, high school soccer is huge. It isn't like HS soccer that we have in Florida. Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois have high school teams that are loaded with high level club players. We all know that club soccer teams are better than high school teams but a good number of those teams can beat good club teams. The same is true for a lot of high schools in the East. The advantages that the girls living in those states get by giving up HS soccer are negligible and not worth it to many. Also, girls are totally different social animals compared to guys. The HS experience means a lot more to them.

              I think that the USSF can salvage the GDA if it is willing to compromise in some areas. If not, and the USSF is insistent on keeping some of those requirements, the GDA will be a laughingstock within a few years.

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                #22
                Do not see a US soccer backed league collapsing. ECNL was a good product, but GDA in its start-up year has been surpringly good, there have been issues, but far fewer than I expected with a new league. I think it is all about money and control. US soccer requirements for licensure and coaching are certainly positive as is their scholarship program. ECNL was lax in these areas. ECNL gives more control to the local clubs and for hawks and pda, they will be fine, but other weaker programs in ECNL are not as capable of supporting player development and nay mandates placed on them better serve the players. It will be interesting to see if players leave PDA as I think those players have regional options, not sure if there is a GDA club near hawks.


                QUOTE=Unregistered;2238275]As it is stated in the Soccer America article, the USSF's ban on high school soccer participation, its prohibition on players participating in competitions outside of DA-sanctioned events, the strict substitution rules (eg: no re-entry), strict guidelines on how to coach, and stringent coaching license requirements, are the big points of contention.

                In the Midwest, where Michigan is located, high school soccer is huge. It isn't like HS soccer that we have in Florida. Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois have high school teams that are loaded with high level club players. We all know that club soccer teams are better than high school teams but a good number of those teams can beat good club teams. The same is true for a lot of high schools in the East. The advantages that the girls living in those states get by giving up HS soccer are negligible and not worth it to many. Also, girls are totally different social animals compared to guys. The HS experience means a lot more to them.

                I think that the USSF can salvage the GDA if it is willing to compromise in some areas. If not, and the USSF is insistent on keeping some of those requirements, the GDA will be a laughingstock within a few years.[/QUOTE]

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                  #23
                  Three confirmed clubs and rumors of several others, mostly in the NE. That entire division could collapse because there's not really many good clubs to fill geographic gaps. Competition was already very uneven there as well. Losing that region is survivable but there's also rumors of a few TX teams, possibly OR leaving also. It sends a very bad message at tryout time. Families don't want to spend all that time and money for a poor product that might not last. Clubs won't want to join with the league in flux. USSF PR machine is in full panic mode.

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                    #24
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post

                    I think that the USSF can salvage the GDA if it is willing to compromise in some areas. If not, and the USSF is insistent on keeping some of those requirements, the GDA will be a laughingstock within a few years.
                    What can they compromise on? they already compromised on the quality of some clubs they initially admitted, which weakened the product from the get go. There aren't many others that will want to join now. Cave on the no HS rule? Then they're just ECNL. Making it much smaller is needed from a talent standpoint but makes travel and cost even worse than it already is.

                    Most of this was predicted - the no HS rule, sub rules, trying to compete against a well entrenched ECNL, the fact that 99.9% of players only care about college not making the NT all factors that would be very difficult to fight. They should have figured out a way to do something different for the nation's true top talent, not try to divide the soccer pyramid into smaller pieces with another unnecessary national league. Kids/families are the ones getting trapped in this cluster-fu*k.

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                      #25
                      Collapsing? Thinning out the herd more like it, they accepted too many teams from the get go. Less is more in elite sports, especially girls soccer where the real , division one , NT talent, is few far and between.

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                        #26
                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        Collapsing? Thinning out the herd more like it, they accepted too many teams from the get go. Less is more in elite sports, especially girls soccer where the real , division one , NT talent, is few far and between.
                        Thinning out the herd would be getting rid of a WFF, BU or IMG.
                        Michigan Hawks, PDA are stalwarts of youth soccer for the last 30 years.
                        Those are HUGE defections & no amount of spin will fix it.

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                          #27
                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          Collapsing? Thinning out the herd more like it, they accepted too many teams from the get go. Less is more in elite sports, especially girls soccer where the real , division one , NT talent, is few far and between.
                          I would believe your "thinning the heard" argument a bit more if the clubs that are leaving weren't some of the most elite clubs.

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                            #28
                            If that’s true , look at the ecnl teams hawks will play next season , wowzee !

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                              #29
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              If that’s true , look at the ecnl teams hawks will play next season , wowzee !
                              So the Hawks U14 DA girls can miss the chance to pound the Braden River U14 team..excuse me, the IMG U14DA team...not sure they will be missing much..

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                                #30
                                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                                So the Hawks U14 DA girls can miss the chance to pound the Braden River U14 team..excuse me, the IMG U14DA team...not sure they will be missing much..
                                The fact is GDA in Florida is awful. With the Pride gone and the players heading back to ECNL what’s left is 😂

                                Tophat have agreed to play cross over games and not travel to Florida next season

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