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Eclipse has ties to the area's womens pro team. Pulling out does not send a good messageOriginally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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[QUOTE=Unregistered;2256882]Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
Free thorns tickets? You can get those with a fill up at participating 76 Stations.Comment
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[QUOTE=Unregistered;2257000]A homeless guy threw some at me when I handed him a five spot at the corner light.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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And there's the problem--the word "war".Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
ECNL and US Club view their competition with US Soccer and the GDA as warfare. That's the reason for the scorched-earth campaign, trying to sabotage US Soccer at every turn. That's the reason why the keyboard warriors are working overtime in this forum and many others, spreading lies and FUD and propaganda, ANYTHING to dissuade girls from considering Thorns Academy or other GDA programs.
It's youth soccer, folks. Let a hundred flowers bloom.
If ECNL's business model depends on it being the exclusive conduit for elite girl players, and it really views GDA as an existential threat that must be vanquished, then that right there speaks volumes.
GDA, for the most part, doesn't object to the existence of ECNL. But US Soccer certainly does object to ECNL attempting to corner the market.
Which is the best reason for GDA--warts and all--to continue: so girls will have a choice, and not be strong-armed into spending ridiculous sums of money to travel to cattle calls in order to be "noticed".Comment
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[QUOTE=Unregistered;2257009]Portland's homeless population must have them by the bucketfull, because the Thorns are averaging 17k a game.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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[QUOTE=Unregistered;2257000]Yeah but these are fun for every game plus you get to sit with your team. The girls also do train a lot a Prov Park which is a pretty awesome experience in and of itself. This (DA) is the top soccer experience in the area but if your daughter isn’t a 1-13 it can be tough. Same goes on the boys side.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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[QUOTE=Unregistered;2257013]It is pretty large group and they are not very dependable. Probably why their are about 9,000 empty seats at most games.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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[QUOTE=Unregistered;2257013]Seriously Bro you are kinda dumb. The Thorns are a baseball team in PDX away from being forgotten. D1 Soccer will be and should be the top of the pyramid for women’s soccer. Wish it was different but it is not.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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[QUOTE=Unregistered;2257021]Why would baseball affect the Thorns? A MLB team will get their own stadium; and probably a different fan base. People who like women's soccer aren't going to stop just because of another sport in the city; any more than Thorns fans aren't quitting the team for the Blazers, the Hawks, or any other local team.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
Now, there remains the risk of the NWSL folding--but the league is averaging over 6k fans per game, far more than D1 soccer gets (even the blue-chip programs have a hard time clearing that level). Many lower-division's mens leagues around the world have similar attendance figures--NWSL sells about the same number of seats as EFL League One (England's third division).
Just another sign of how desperate and twisted the ECNL honks are--many of them seem to be openly cheering for the US domestic women's pro league to fail, so women's soccer will once again be a shamateur sport for the country club set.Comment
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[QUOTE=Unregistered;2257013]17K per game but vast majority are freebies or less than $10 tickets. If Thorns charged the same ticket prices as the Timbers, the place would be a ghost town.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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[QUOTE=Unregistered;2257009]That is unnecessarily ugly. Thorns games, albeit slower pace of play than the men, generally involve my daughter getting to see some of the best female soccer players in the world -- Jodie Taylor was awesome last weekend, Sinclair remains a master passer and playmaker, Horan has come a long way with her technical skill, and the addition of Andressinha is really exciting. And why complain that tickets are affordable? That's a good thing. MLS/USMNT does not draw the same world-wide talent and sometimes looks more like wrestlemania than soccer. The men's game in the US all about pace and physicality (which is somewhat true for the USWNT, for that matter. Players like Heath excepted). Just be nice and celebrate that our kids get to play and watch soccer. It's better than Fortnite.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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[QUOTE=Unregistered;2257061]I think it was just to say that is should not be a determining factor when playing for the DA. It's a nice perk but certainly no a deal maker. All girls who play soccer enjoy watching the Thorns. Things are taken way too seriously on this sight that I really should just avoid.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Get out of town every once in a while....Animal Style.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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