Oakwood

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Very true. CFC and FSaa will be at PdA showcase

Does OW even go to PDA?

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Very true. CFC and FSaa will be at PdA showcase

enjoy the 5 hour round trip drive through the biggest hell hole in the world, spending a ton of $$$ on over priced hotels and Jersey diners all to come home with a -15 goal differential and having no college coaches watch your games

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enjoy the 5 hour round trip drive through the biggest hell hole in the world, spending a ton of $$$ on over priced hotels and Jersey diners all to come home with a -15 goal differential and having no college coaches watch your games

Thanks, we will. Enjoy being a grouchy fûck with no friends.

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Does OW even go to PDA?

No. Their teams play at OPI .... There is no boys side at PDA and they couldn't care less about the girls .... See ya at NEWSS or Jeff Cup in the 5th bracket though.

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enjoy the 5 hour round trip drive through the biggest hell hole in the world, spending a ton of $$$ on over priced hotels and Jersey diners all to come home with a -15 goal differential and having no college coaches watch your games

hilarious. stupid blind sheep parents

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enjoy the 5 hour round trip drive through the biggest hell hole in the world, spending a ton of $$$ on over priced hotels and Jersey diners all to come home with a -15 goal differential and having no college coaches watch your games

#coaches @ OPI = 0.0
#coaches @ PDA = hundreds

OW is doing teams a huge disservice making them play that event

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hilarious. stupid blind sheep parents

What’s hilarious exactly? Going to a NJ tournament instead of OPI?

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#coaches @ OPI = 0.0
#coaches @ PDA = hundreds

OW is doing teams a huge disservice making them play that event

OPI was marginally relevant to coaches from Southern New England, ooohhh, about 20 years ago.

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#coaches @ OPI = 0.0
#coaches @ PDA = hundreds

OW is doing teams a huge disservice making them play that event

Interesting seeing a parent claim they know when and where college scouts will be.

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enjoy the 5 hour round trip drive through the biggest hell hole in the world, spending a ton of $$$ on over priced hotels and Jersey diners all to come home with a -15 goal differential and having no college coaches watch your games

Spoken like a loser who has never been to the showcase. This showcase is massive and the exposure is amazing. OW has sent a few teams here and there; but nothing substantial.

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Interesting seeing a parent claim they know when and where college scouts will be.

OPI never gets coaches. Where have you been??

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Interesting seeing a parent claim they know when and where college scouts will be.

Sorry if the truth hurts OW dad. OPI is a joke for anyone trying to get recruited; it's lower level teams and more for the younger teams. Teams with recruitable kids leave the state that weekend.

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enjoy the 5 hour round trip drive through the biggest hell hole in the world, spending a ton of $$$ on over priced hotels and Jersey diners all to come home with a -15 goal differential and having no college coaches watch your games

You must be new here or have little player. This might go down as the most informed and ignorant post of the year and that is a very high bar.

Oakwood's best team in the last decade which basically had every player recruited was accepted and played at PDA a few times. The event was hugely beneficial for the team even thought they weren't in the top flight. Those flights are typically reserved for the top dogs in the ECNL. There's only been one team in CT in recent years that played in those brackets.

The allure of the ECNL is the exposure through the showcase events. An automatic bid to PDA is alone is worth it for college bound athletes. That is without a doubt the very top showcase in the country. IF other teams from the club were accepted they'd go in a heartbeat especially with DA dissolved.

PDA gets 400+ coaches at their event. They represent every level and shop every level of talent. Is Duke coming to watch the two work U16 teams square off? Probably not but if one of them has a stud, they might. Being on the fields at PDA is prize, no one cares about results in a showcase.

While I realize you are defending you kids soccer club, why the need to make stupid and uninformed comments? It's a poor look and honestly not how the majority of us who actually understand this process feel about it.

_Another Oakwood Parent

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hilarious. stupid blind sheep parents

Yes, better to go to VA, FL, NC, or West Coast to play like OW does and then get contacted by Eastern and Endicott.

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Interesting seeing a parent claim they know when and where college scouts will be.

Darned right! Rick and Dave told us they will ALL be at OPI .... stupid sheep!