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    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    One Jesuit. One Lincoln.
    Looks like a number of girls added through all the age groups.

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      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      Supplemental tryouts very poorly attended last night. Not looking good for the 03, 04 and 05 pools. 01/02 and 06 teams are fine.
      Struggling, but they are just little kids. Relax and have fun.

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        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        If you really care so much, lodge a complaint with the DA. Provide the girl's name, and evidence that she played high school ball, and demand she be booted from the Thorns' roster if the Thorns cannot justify why she should get an exemption. Be a spiteful ass.

        Especially if there is a Lincoln girl coming over--there's no way a student at a public school (even an upper class public school like Drinkin' Lincoln) can qualify for the DA's "private school exemption" to the no-HS rule.

        Of course, if the complaint is coming from an ECNL coach, I suspect US Soccer might choose to ignore it, especially since there are no other local DA teams that the Thorns would be gaining an unfair advantage over. But don't complain that the no-HS rule is stupid, then complain that the Thorns aren't honoring it.
        The GDA rules don’t allow for girls to play HS and then play GDA in the same season. “Supplemental tryouts” don’t get around the rule. Just let the CA, FL, etc soccer boards know and they will have a fit. Those CA girls really want to play high school! That’s if you care. I don’t.

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          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          The GDA rules don’t allow for girls to play HS and then play GDA in the same season. “Supplemental tryouts” don’t get around the rule. Just let the CA, FL, etc soccer boards know and they will have a fit. Those CA girls really want to play high school! That’s if you care. I don’t.
          Of course, nothing prevents a girl (if her soccer season is in the spring) from playing GDA, quitting mid-year, and playing HS, then rejoining DA the following season. So the rule, as structured, is a bit unfair to kids whose states play soccer in the fall (like girls in Washington, or both sexes in Oregon).

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            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            The GDA rules don’t allow for girls to play HS and then play GDA in the same season. “Supplemental tryouts” don’t get around the rule. Just let the CA, FL, etc soccer boards know and they will have a fit. Those CA girls really want to play high school! That’s if you care. I don’t.
            I'm sure they monitor this board carefully and are keeping tabs on all the happening. Nothing is going to happen until they win something, then they'll all claim that they should get an asterisk next to their win.

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              You could be in DA and not follow the DA rules. Try out fees. High school. Training schedules. Whatever. Do what you want.

              Nobody in the market place really cares. You can where flip flops, tank top and a sombrero at the DA events. You can use three balls in games a game simultaneously. You can have two keepers. Whatever.

              Nobody really cares.

              Is it a coincidence that this all coincides with the legalization of marijuana? I don't know, but don't really care either.

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                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                You could be in DA and not follow the DA rules. Try out fees. High school. Training schedules. Whatever. Do what you want.

                Nobody in the market place really cares. You can where flip flops, tank top and a sombrero at the DA events. You can use three balls in games a game simultaneously. You can have two keepers. Whatever.

                Nobody really cares.

                Is it a coincidence that this all coincides with the legalization of marijuana? I don't know, but don't really care either.
                Very funny.

                Are they really letting girls play high school? That would be a game changer. Make the Thorns free and allow high school and you get in business.

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                  Thorns have come full circle. They started with so many promises about how they would be different. How they were for the elite players seeking the "path to the pros" and not wanting to waste their time on high school sports. How they would move the game/practice ratio to the optimal level for development. How they would even the playing field by taking away the pay to play model in use by clubs and ECNL.

                  And here we are. Thorns charging fees comparable to other travel clubs. Girls allowed to opt out of fall league and play high school. Travel weekends with two games a weekend, and players allowed to practice as often or as little as they want.

                  So we are back to where we were before Thorns launched - some pay to play "elite" clubs, each claiming they are the definitive path to success, and a bunch of local clubs.

                  The only people I feel sorry for are the girls who bought in from day one. Like the proverbial frog a pot of hot water, they didn't notice that gradually, piece by piece, Thorns turned into every other club in Oregon.

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                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    Thorns have come full circle. They started with so many promises about how they would be different. How they were for the elite players seeking the "path to the pros" and not wanting to waste their time on high school sports. How they would move the game/practice ratio to the optimal level for development. How they would even the playing field by taking away the pay to play model in use by clubs and ECNL.

                    And here we are. Thorns charging fees comparable to other travel clubs. Girls allowed to opt out of fall league and play high school. Travel weekends with two games a weekend, and players allowed to practice as often or as little as they want.

                    So we are back to where we were before Thorns launched - some pay to play "elite" clubs, each claiming they are the definitive path to success, and a bunch of local clubs.

                    The only people I feel sorry for are the girls who bought in from day one. Like the proverbial frog a pot of hot water, they didn't notice that gradually, piece by piece, Thorns turned into every other club in Oregon.
                    DA Thorns are a branch of their NWSL mothership.

                    They have no structure or even affiliation that resembles your local neighborhood non profit kiddo club.

                    It's tough to understand when you are just plain clueless.

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                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      Thorns have come full circle. They started with so many promises about how they would be different. How they were for the elite players seeking the "path to the pros" and not wanting to waste their time on high school sports. How they would move the game/practice ratio to the optimal level for development. How they would even the playing field by taking away the pay to play model in use by clubs and ECNL.

                      And here we are. Thorns charging fees comparable to other travel clubs. Girls allowed to opt out of fall league and play high school. Travel weekends with two games a weekend, and players allowed to practice as often or as little as they want.

                      So we are back to where we were before Thorns launched - some pay to play "elite" clubs, each claiming they are the definitive path to success, and a bunch of local clubs.

                      The only people I feel sorry for are the girls who bought in from day one. Like the proverbial frog a pot of hot water, they didn't notice that gradually, piece by piece, Thorns turned into every other club in Oregon.

                      It’s just one more option for kids that want to have fun and play soccer. No better or worse than any other option.

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                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        It's tough to understand when you are just plain clueless.
                        Story of my life.

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                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          DA Thorns are a branch of their NWSL mothership.

                          They have no structure or even affiliation that resembles your local neighborhood non profit kiddo club.

                          It's tough to understand when you are just plain clueless.
                          You nailed it! This is what drives us insane and just isn't fair!!! Our local club cannot be marginalized by the DA of the local Professional Soccer team. When we registered and agreed to be road kill in the ole US Club League they told us we were joining the Elite

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                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            You nailed it! This is what drives us insane and just isn't fair!!! Our local club cannot be marginalized by the DA of the local Professional Soccer team. When we registered and agreed to be road kill in the ole US Club League they told us we were joining the Elite
                            The "Not fair" police have migrated into this thread now.

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                              Ecnl is a joke. Are we still talking about that league with mediocre Oregon teams?

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                                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                                Ecnl is a joke. Are we still talking about that league with mediocre Oregon teams?
                                Thanks Westside Timbers intern ... or whoever the hell runs the DA now.

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