PDA Blue 2009 ECNL social media pages announced that, as the 2023 ECNL National Champions, they have been invited to represent the USA in the 2024 @Nike Premier Cup. They will be competing against representative teams from Australia, Japan, Mexico, England, ltaly, Ghana/ Denmark, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Brazil, and South Korea. After winning a National Championship in the States, it's time to test their skills on the global stage. They head to Nike Headquarters in Portland, Oregon tomorrow to begin this adventure!
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This is so cool! Best of luck! Make us proud! -
Lol, what a joke. There are much better teams in this area that should have gotten this opportunity. I guess it's true what they say, money buys you anything, even when talent doesn't exist. Everyone knows NJ Blaze has the best 09 team in the state. They just don't need to buy championships.Comment
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A PDA parent I know said Nike is paying all expenses and is outfitting the players with new cleats and kits for the event.Comment
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Sorry for being ignorant here, my d plays for a younger age group and a different club. I just checked Rankings and couldn’t substantiate your claim…. but I was filtered to USA. So I went to NJ to look. Again had to do come scrolling.Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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This has been known for months now. Stop acting as if this is new. Is Nike paying for the flight?Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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They said the hotel, flight, all meals and transportation are paid for by Nike.Originally posted by Guest View Post
You must follow the team more closely because I didn’t know about it before today so I asked for some details.Comment
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Wow that’s great provided Nike is actually footing the bill for everything and not just some cleats and sweatshirts.Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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For the players only…let’s not get carried away here. Maybe they can win a game or two!Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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Nike has been putting this tournament on for 25+ years. It is cool to be invited but let’s be clear… this tournament is for Nike clubs only. Having worked at Nike in the past, they select the rising GU16 team at the biggest club that is in the final year of their Nike contract. That is how the each country’s representative is selected.
This is solely a business decision for Nike and has nothing to do with this team’s past success. That being said, it is amazing for all the players that get to go because they really do get spoiled, and the soccer is pretty decent.Comment
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Why didn’t they take this years champ?Comment
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They get to go next year when new players are added who had nothing to do with the championship and the end of the bench players are recruited over have left just like this year’s team that goes. Who knows maybe the kids getting bounced from roster get to go as well as a parting gift from the club via Nike.Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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First off because this was decided way before ENCL/GA/USYS nationals and I’m sure this is a ploy for Nike to keep PDA in the family.Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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