Tired of hearing this……

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PDA develops more than MFA. Let’s be real here. PDA is the best place to develop in NJ. They are also the best for college placement. That’s why everyone goes there and wants to be there.

MFA does do either one of those. Way more college placements and better schools than MFA. Training is light years ahead of MFA also.

MFA loses their talent … pda retains talent and attracts more each year.

At some point they've sucked up most talent in a 40 mile radius. At some point there are only so many kids that can make a pda blue, once you hit freshman year it's a finite group of kids out there that can Crack top 6-7 on offense. Yes, retention rate is great, yes placement for colleges is best, yes you've monopolized the best talent, best athletes and best work ethics over a 4-5 year period. Rinse and repeat.

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At some point they've sucked up most talent in a 40 mile radius. At some point there are only so many kids that can make a pda blue, once you hit freshman year it's a finite group of kids out there that can Crack top 6-7 on offense. Yes, retention rate is great, yes placement for colleges is best, yes you've monopolized the best talent, best athletes and best work ethics over a 4-5 year period. Rinse and repeat.

And they did all this greatness as a club by being a great club, by offering a lot to their players. That’s why players keep coming

if MFA ran a better club and offered more to their players like better training, better retention rate, better coaches, better college placement… they wouldn’t lose good players every year.

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And they did all this greatness as a club by being a great club, by offering a lot to their players. That’s why players keep coming

if MFA ran a better club and offered more to their players like better training, better retention rate, better coaches, better college placement… they wouldn’t lose good players every year.

The best striker in a certain age group is leaving her CSA team to play for pda blue. CSA is actually the better team right now. But she’s still leaving for all the above reasons. Plus better competition than what Ga has to offer her.

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It’s not as if the PDA sites have a set curriculum. Each coach does their own thing so what is it about the training that is way above everyone else? What far outweighs their “development” model is their ability to just have a pipeline of players waiting to join. They have no issue there so there’s that sense of keeping your spot that fuels intensity and a cut throat environment where they have no issue letting players go. Is there anything magical that the coaches do? They have 180 minutes of training a week. Not developing anything with 3 hours of training and 1-2 games alone. They certainly benefit from the brand and they know how to make it appealing and elusive to continuously attract players. Other clubs just can’t replicate it.

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It’s not as if the PDA sites have a set curriculum. Each coach does their own thing so what is it about the training that is way above everyone else? What far outweighs their “development” model is their ability to just have a pipeline of players waiting to join. They have no issue there so there’s that sense of keeping your spot that fuels intensity and a cut throat environment where they have no issue letting players go. Is there anything magical that the coaches do? They have 180 minutes of training a week. Not developing anything with 3 hours of training and 1-2 games alone. They certainly benefit from the brand and they know how to make it appealing and elusive to continuously attract players. Other clubs just can’t replicate it.

They incorporate technical training which MFA doesn’t. MFA scrimmages. PDA does drills. PDA teaches skills to be used in games. MFA doesn’t.

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It’s not as if the PDA sites have a set curriculum. Each coach does their own thing so what is it about the training that is way above everyone else? What far outweighs their “development” model is their ability to just have a pipeline of players waiting to join. They have no issue there so there’s that sense of keeping your spot that fuels intensity and a cut throat environment where they have no issue letting players go. Is there anything magical that the coaches do? They have 180 minutes of training a week. Not developing anything with 3 hours of training and 1-2 games alone. They certainly benefit from the brand and they know how to make it appealing and elusive to continuously attract players. Other clubs just can’t replicate it.

Yes training is nothing special, these kids all getting outside help. I doubt one player on pda blue just showing up 2 practice 2x a week and letting pda do the developing. Let's stop with pda development. It's a combination of forces, mostly the drive of the individual player to be great, combined with the ecnl framework

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They incorporate technical training which MFA doesn’t. MFA scrimmages. PDA does drills. PDA teaches skills to be used in games. MFA doesn’t.

So MFA as an entire club’s philosophy tells their coaches to scrimmage for 90 minutes a practice while PDA tells their coaches to do “technical” work and teaching “skills”? Is tactical, decision making, and conditioning also covered?

Are those messages sent out via a memo each week or done via zoom? Just wondering how a blanket statement covers so many coaches, sites, and teams.

I get it that PDA is at the top of the food chain and others constantly chasing but let’s not oversimplify the problems between the 2 clubs by just referring to scrimmaging v technical training.

There is an obvious shortfall in leadership at MFA in the North that struggles with communication and consistency. The “they know best” mentality and approach doesn’t build any confidence for their paying customers since they fail to deliver on promises and services. the ECNL badge saves them. Without it, they would disappear. Perhaps Surf can replace leadership and find some order.

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The best striker in a certain age group is leaving her CSA team to play for pda blue. CSA is actually the better team right now. But she’s still leaving for all the above reasons. Plus better competition than what Ga has to offer her.

It's all good until the next best striker comes along

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So MFA as an entire club’s philosophy tells their coaches to scrimmage for 90 minutes a practice while PDA tells their coaches to do “technical” work and teaching “skills”? Is tactical, decision making, and conditioning also covered?

Are those messages sent out via a memo each week or done via zoom? Just wondering how a blanket statement covers so many coaches, sites, and teams.

I get it that PDA is at the top of the food chain and others constantly chasing but let’s not oversimplify the problems between the 2 clubs by just referring to scrimmaging v technical training.

There is an obvious shortfall in leadership at MFA in the North that struggles with communication and consistency. The “they know best” mentality and approach doesn’t build any confidence for their paying customers since they fail to deliver on promises and services. the ECNL badge saves them. Without it, they would disappear. Perhaps Surf can replace leadership and find some order.

PDA does more than technical. Their training is well rounded. Go see it and compare to MFA