Boston Breakers cease operations

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End of story? You wont know the impact of GDA in college recruiting for another 5 or 10 years. You daughter will be long gone by then. GDA is going through growing pains. It will be in turmoil for some time. College recruiting at OW will not change any time soon, third tier.

As a point of reference - BDA has been around for ten years. Look at where that's gone.

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A great College/University is my daughters ultimate goal, and she will be better suited for any college program because of her years in DA. She will be a better footballed than any ECNL player, end of story.

Footballed?
Michigan state? I knew it!!!!!

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That is not good news for Women's soccer, ugh. So what happens to the Breakers youth club, do they change their name?

So much for equal pay for woman. they cant even maintain a pro league when they are getting paid nothing.

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So much for equal pay for woman. they cant even maintain a pro league when they are getting paid nothing.

Pay scale is determined by revenue production
Fir whtver reason americans see professionl sports as a male thing

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A great College/University is my daughters ultimate goal, and she will be better suited for any college program because of her years in DA. She will be a better footballed than any ECNL player, end of story.

Yes, with EB as her coach for 4 years or the new girls from UCONN. Yeah, right.

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Hell Boston is tough for the men's game too. Granted the Revs suck and Kraft doesn't spend a nickel on them. But Boston is a sports city made up of generations of Sox, Pats, Bruins and Celtic fans. Women's soccer? Not going to happen. They don't have a WNBA team - closest is CT Sun and their games are empty. But even outside of Boston a women's soccer league is going to struggle. Female sports doesn't hold broad appeal. Large evens like Olympics, World Cup, but tennis matches get some attention. But if you're going to try and run a league you need constant tv revenues, ticket and merch sales. WNBA only has 12 teams in total and it struggles.

The Casino is a drive. Women sports can do ok in Connecticut. Remember the Blizzards when they played in Hartford. USA women do pretty well at Rent. Is it possible to pay soccer in the Yard Goats baseball stadium? Aetna, now that they are staying in Hartford, could be the corporate sponsor.