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Did the Boston Breakers GDA fold?

Not yet, but have to wonder what that looks like a year or 2 out from now. Ditto for Kansas City FC.

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If the Thorns were the last team standing in the NWSL, they still would finish last :)

....think about it!

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I thought I read a rumor on here that they are dumping thorns academy on westside timbers.

Highly doubt NWSL will be around much longer. League is really struggling. High school teams draw more than most NWSL teams.

GDA is struggling too. Burlingame and PSV union are -423 goal differential with no end in sight. That’s a sad representation of the league.

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Everything US Soccer touches dies. I give GDA 2 more years. Even if they allow high school the league will be so watered down by then. They should have worked with ECNL from the start.

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Everything US Soccer touches dies. I give GDA 2 more years. Even if they allow high school the league will be so watered down by then. They should have worked with ECNL from the start.

They did a great job on the men’s side. Took a dumping out of World Cup. US Soccer should probably be in hiding after that debacle.

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That's why it's called a rumor.

NWSL Thorns are viable in Portland, attendance marks are insane. GDA is now firmly entrenched as the platform for the top female youth clubs/teams across the US. See the turnaround in our local clubs results(ECNL) magically they are now competitive and better than the other states club defacto GDA 'B' team squads . The bigger question is how long will Oregon parents fund travel at these local clubs knowing they are paying to play 'b' teams?, these same local clubs use to try and sell they myth of exposure or 'being seen' vs the best clubs in the (ECNL), now those 'best' clubs have moved to the GDA. Can't win at our local clubs, golly gee they are trying their best! Hoping to be some type of relevant, in the face of the exclusive selection bestowed to the timbers/thorn in the US Development Academy.

Chasing their tale and having to pay for it.
Brilliant.

Getting 'W's for daddy! comes at a steep price these days.
Oh well. It's about choices, right?

Spot on!

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Highly doubt NWSL will be around much longer. League is really struggling. High school teams draw more than most NWSL teams.

GDA is struggling too. Burlingame and PSV union are -423 goal differential with no end in sight. That’s a sad representation of the league.

GDA sounds bad. NWSL doesn’t seem to get much attention.

Women’s pro sports in America just don’t get the same attention as men, as unfair as that may be. It would be nice to see that change in the future.

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Spot on!

GDA has done a good job of marketing themselves as the top tier league but the league as it stands has not proven itself. If you took the top 25% of GDA, ECNL, and 1% NPL/Other and had them play each other I bet you would find the overall talent of the top teams nearly equal. The same goes for the bottom 25%. Breaking it down even further, the very best teams, despite the league, typically are ones where more than 25% of the team (closer to 60-75%) are impact players where if you subbed someone out the level of play continued without disruption or decline. This is also true with college teams - look at the differences between a top 25 D1 program and a bottom 100 D1 program. This is why the best teams in the country are the ones where you see nearly the entire team recruited to top collegiate and D1 programs.

I find it amusing how much bickering happens on this board about which league is better when at the end of the day no one cares except the crazy parents who lives their dreams through their kids. Not everyone can be a top "elite" player and not everyone will get to play on a top level team or make the USYNT. Find a situation that works for your kid. Support them and their team because it will go by faster than you realize and when it's over it's over.

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They did a great job on the men’s side. Took a dumping out of World Cup. US Soccer should probably be in hiding after that debacle.

US Soccer really made a mess out of the men’s side. Why did they want to get involved on the girls side? Money? Hopefully they don’t do the same to the girls side.

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US Soccer really made a mess out of the men’s side. Why did they want to get involved on the girls side? Money? Hopefully they don’t do the same to the girls side.

Too late.

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Highly doubt NWSL will be around much longer. League is really struggling. High school teams draw more than most NWSL teams.

GDA is struggling too. Burlingame and PSV union are -423 goal differential with no end in sight. That’s a sad representation of the league.

The goal differential says a lot.

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NWSL just came out in support of Carter - won't split their votes, all in with MLS.

Going to be hard to spend another $ on the Thorns.

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NWSL just came out in support of Carter - won't split their votes, all in with MLS.

Going to be hard to spend another $ on the Thorns.

Seeing grassroots further split from pro game in this country.

In the short-term this is what is best for MLS (NWSL on life-support so it may not matter one way or another who US Soccer pres is for it); long-term no es bueno for US game.