Girls Academy Regional Showcase

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GA is a 3rd tier league

Dumb. It's second tier. What platform has more college commitments besides ecnl? If you want to say something like this, have information to back it

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Some mfa kids would go there too.

some mfa kids DO go there

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My daughter is a top player on an STA B Team. We live 5 min away from the facilities. We would tryout for NJP and drive the 45 min to training if they were in GA. STA wouldn’t lose its top players, PDA wouldn’t automatically get NJP’s top players, competition in NJ would level out a little. Their teams that are currently weak would get stronger. Would probably be a good thing for everyone involved if NJP were granted GA. Except ECNL as PDA white would get worse

maybe you should try out and see if your kid could make it. You kid will NOT get moved up to STA A, and at NJP at least you will have a chance to make GA (again, if your kid could make it, and it sounds like they might)

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NJP has one team, carries light rosters and you don't have to worry about A,B,C team politics across various locations. Just keeping players and gaining a few would make a huge difference. [/QUOTE]

yea, but if you are a non starter you always are worried that they will just pull in a new player at the last minute and you will be cut without a team. Hard t o keep players in that atmosphere. Wonder how they treat their very committed mid level players or if they get GA will it just be cut throat like the rest of the ECNL/GA teams

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Dumb. It's second tier. What platform has more college commitments besides ecnl? If you want to say something like this, have information to back it

things like this would be easily answered if PDA let it's white team play non ECNL teams. The bottom of ECNL is bad, and no matter what they say, they are NOT a feeder to D1 schools. These clubs are the ones that say 80% of D1 players are from ECNL, but the true fact is that 80% of D1 players are from the top 1/3 of ECNL teams

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Dumb. It's second tier. What platform has more college commitments besides ecnl? If you want to say something like this, have information to back it

STA this year looked better than MFA from recruiting perspective. It’s online for your reference and make sure to take out the girls who decided to stop playing and pursue a better education. MFA decided to list those on their website as well. See fine print.

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NJP has one team, carries light rosters and you don't have to worry about A,B,C team politics across various locations. Just keeping players and gaining a few would make a huge difference.

yea, but if you are a non starter you always are worried that they will just pull in a new player at the last minute and you will be cut without a team. Hard t o keep players in that atmosphere. Wonder how they treat their very committed mid level players or if they get GA will it just be cut throat like the rest of the ECNL/GA teams

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They won't typically sacrifice a roster spot for players that are not at a certain level. Having only one team, they can't park players unless you have a bunch of players leave. I think they could easily absorb a few new players and it wouldn't impact anything other than winning.

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A realignment is long overdue.

a division with

NYSC
LISC
Real
SJEB
CSA
STA
NJP
A few PA clubs

would be something every parent would sign up for. Real competitive games every week with travel less than 1:30. Save the Upstate and MA teams for Tourneys and Showcases. NJ Premiers success may take a couple years to get there but their development and retention will allow them to do so quickly unlike other programs.

Obviously you are in North Jersey as clubs like SJEB and Real are closer to more of the PA and MD clubs then NYSC, LISC, STA, NJP, and CSA Bergen.

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As far as club hopping… Do YOU! Don’t worry for 1 minute about these clubs because that’s about how much they worry about you. They move accordingly and most are horrible at communication. Most of these situations can be avoided but they are all run poorly by ppl who have never competed at a high level or know how to run a good business!!!!!!

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things like this would be easily answered if PDA let it's white team play non ECNL teams. The bottom of ECNL is bad, and no matter what they say, they are NOT a feeder to D1 schools. These clubs are the ones that say 80% of D1 players are from ECNL, but the true fact is that 80% of D1 players are from the top 1/3 of ECNL teams

True and bottom of GA is bad, the bottom of ecrl is bad. If you're in bottom of a bad ga team, the GA "pathway" won't help, similarly being on lower half of pda white won't get a top d1 achool

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Not from NJ Premier but according to YouthSoccerRankings App for girls clubs they are ranked 9th in NJ.

Only non-badge teams ahead of them are NJ Crush (ECRL) so if they are trying to get a badge it would be ECNL and FA, currently EDP and not aware if they are trying to get a badge. With STA and MFA as there neighbors they are in a tough spot.

Not sure if anyone deserves anything but these are a good place to start.

Reading adults fighting over which teams are good an bad is sad.

Here are the club rankings from the Soccer Rankings App for girls

1) PDA
2) MFA
3) Real
4) STA
5) SJEB
6) CSA
7) Crush
8) FA
9) NJ Nationals
10) NJP
11) NLSA
12) PSA

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Unfortunately not about who is good and bad. Fact is alot of things factor in. Not just how competitive the club is. Finances, facilities , location, politics, fields, and the board and who the board knows are all super important. I’m not making the rules just giving you some perspective