GAL Mid Atlantic

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Dude, you really need to stop with this. Go back to your CSA thread and brag about the 09 team. The team is ok, not their top team. Not going to sit here and debate you, I have a life. Just saying, enough with this horse ****. Start your own thread and post as much as you want about how amazing you giirls team is. Everyone seems have their own opinion on the team, and then theirs yours. Next time you get together with your team, you could all stand around and tell each other stories about how awesome you are. Untill them, no one on this thread cares...

Honestly, if the OP is from that 09 CSA team then they have a valid question. Good players at former DA clubs like CSA and STA need to understand their options instead of just going along with the marketing pitch these clubs are making to their current rosters to keep them. I don't think the full implications of GAL will be known until the full rules are released, such as what a schedule will look like. I think the one clear thing is that ECNL is the top girls league in NJ and the rest of the country. Unless there is a new entry (such as the potential MLS-sponsored girls league) or GAL attracts back the former DA teams that left for ECNL, then GAL is clearly not the same as ECNL. I don't have a kid in either, just calling it like it is right now.

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Honestly, if the OP is from that 09 CSA team then they have a valid question. Good players at former DA clubs like CSA and STA need to understand their options instead of just going along with the marketing pitch these clubs are making to their current rosters to keep them. I don't think the full implications of GAL will be known until the full rules are released, such as what a schedule will look like. I think the one clear thing is that ECNL is the top girls league in NJ and the rest of the country. Unless there is a new entry (such as the potential MLS-sponsored girls league) or GAL attracts back the former DA teams that left for ECNL, then GAL is clearly not the same as ECNL. I don't have a kid in either, just calling it like it is right now.

Just to clarify about schedule - I meant about cross-conference games. If your season can have a lot of those types of games, then at least you'll have more local options (such as STA and NY clubs) instead of the Maryland/Virginia runs that will have to be made in the mid-atlantic conference as it seems now.

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Will the second pda south teams be ECRL or alliance league?

sjebrush second teams be EDP?

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Lol. 1hr+ Drive for girls soccer. Lololol. You people need to get a life. These club owners have to be laughing at you suckers. Some born every minute they say.

Just because you may live near several good clubs doesn't mean everyone does. There are people that have to travel 30-45 min just to get to A club, not necessarily a good one.

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Logistics plays such a big part and it is always amazing when people dont account for this. Current club was DA, going GA and we arent ecstatic about it but the reality is that between two working parents and other children in the house, we have no idea how we will get our duaghter to the club we would like to move to. Maybe in a year or so when she ages up into when they practice at night but right now, when they are practicing at 6-630pm, there's simply no way to get there 3x per week.

Yes, i do account for the fact that it is just girls soccer. If it was for a boy and IF (jumbo sized 'if' here) i thought he had a reasonable chance at pro, I would make some sort of arrangement at work but is that effort worth it to move a girl to an ECNL team when my gut feeling is that 50% at a NE school is a realistic hope, 3-4 years from now? She's a very good player, top 3-4 on her team last year, but that extra time and effort to play ECNl could be used to help keep her grades up and, done correctly a little soccer $ and a little academic and we'd be where we want, anyway. No idea if this is correct and i might change my mind tomorrow, though.

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This was very well said

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Logistics plays such a big part and it is always amazing when people dont account for this. Current club was DA, going GA and we arent ecstatic about it but the reality is that between two working parents and other children in the house, we have no idea how we will get our duaghter to the club we would like to move to. Maybe in a year or so when she ages up into when they practice at night but right now, when they are practicing at 6-630pm, there's simply no way to get there 3x per week.

Yes, i do account for the fact that it is just girls soccer. If it was for a boy and IF (jumbo sized 'if' here) i thought he had a reasonable chance at pro, I would make some sort of arrangement at work but is that effort worth it to move a girl to an ECNL team when my gut feeling is that 50% at a NE school is a realistic hope, 3-4 years from now? She's a very good player, top 3-4 on her team last year, but that extra time and effort to play ECNl could be used to help keep her grades up and, done correctly a little soccer $ and a little academic and we'd be where we want, anyway. No idea if this is correct and i might change my mind tomorrow, though.

Very well said wish more PDA parents would think this way, instead that think all other players teams and leagues that are not ECNL are trash.

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Very well said wish more PDA parents would think this way, instead that think all other players teams and leagues that are not ECNL are trash.

America. The Land of the Arrogant. That's how the rest of the world views us because of people like that.

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Very well said wish more PDA parents would think this way, instead that think all other players teams and leagues that are not ECNL are trash.

The people that think other leagues/teams are trash are idiots, but to not say that PDA/ECNL are positioned as the top club and league in NJ is ignoring what happened with the DA.

That being said, if the kid is young enough (i.e. not ready for U13 and above) then waiting to make the switch due to the circumstances you described seems fine. Of course there is always the fear of missing the initial run to get on one of the ECNL rosters, but if your kid is good enough they should be okay trying next later or later. I'd focus on keeping them on a competitive team, facing competitive competition, and in an environment that actually develops your kid. If you have to put your kid in a bunch of outside training because the current coach basically just scrimmages, then I would get them out of there.

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Will the second pda south teams be ECRL or alliance league?

sjebrush second teams be EDP?

I would imagine PDA South 2nd team would be ECRL and SJEB will be EDP.

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I would imagine PDA South 2nd team would be ECRL and SJEB will be EDP.

Is PDA South, Shore or are they different?

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Logistics plays such a big part and it is always amazing when people dont account for this. Current club was DA, going GA and we arent ecstatic about it but the reality is that between two working parents and other children in the house, we have no idea how we will get our duaghter to the club we would like to move to. Maybe in a year or so when she ages up into when they practice at night but right now, when they are practicing at 6-630pm, there's simply no way to get there 3x per week.

Yes, i do account for the fact that it is just girls soccer. If it was for a boy and IF (jumbo sized 'if' here) i thought he had a reasonable chance at pro, I would make some sort of arrangement at work but is that effort worth it to move a girl to an ECNL team when my gut feeling is that 50% at a NE school is a realistic hope, 3-4 years from now? She's a very good player, top 3-4 on her team last year, but that extra time and effort to play ECNl could be used to help keep her grades up and, done correctly a little soccer $ and a little academic and we'd be where we want, anyway. No idea if this is correct and i might change my mind tomorrow, though.

Same boat here but I already have worked it out with work about being able to take her to practice. The costs between the GDA club and ECNL club is really negligible. She isn't really happy at her current club, hasn't been since we moved actually due to travel time. One of the biggest issues she has at her current club is that instead of working and training her to be a player she got pigeon holed into a position by the coach ( who has every girl playing 1 position and a few 2) that she doesn't mid but he is grooming her to be a support player as he is doing with others as he constantly yells at girls for one thing but not others for doing the exact same thing. He allows certain players to do whatever they want and others to be robots. It's hard to watch her play when the chosen few can take a ball from back field to goal and not even get a stern look but if others touch the ball more than 2x they get pulled. Even worse when one of the non-chosen score they get yanked. She wants out and we even had plans to leave mid year BUT she said she made a commitment and will see it through.

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Is PDA South, Shore or are they different?

Completely different. They are run out of different towns/facilities.

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Is PDA South, Shore or are they different?

PDA South is in Westhampton and PDA Shore is near Toms River

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Logistics plays such a big part and it is always amazing when people dont account for this. Current club was DA, going GA and we arent ecstatic about it but the reality is that between two working parents and other children in the house, we have no idea how we will get our duaghter to the club we would like to move to. Maybe in a year or so when she ages up into when they practice at night but right now, when they are practicing at 6-630pm, there's simply no way to get there 3x per week.

Yes, i do account for the fact that it is just girls soccer. If it was for a boy and IF (jumbo sized 'if' here) i thought he had a reasonable chance at pro, I would make some sort of arrangement at work but is that effort worth it to move a girl to an ECNL team when my gut feeling is that 50% at a NE school is a realistic hope, 3-4 years from now? She's a very good player, top 3-4 on her team last year, but that extra time and effort to play ECNl could be used to help keep her grades up and, done correctly a little soccer $ and a little academic and we'd be where we want, anyway. No idea if this is correct and i might change my mind tomorrow, though.

Great point and I would say that for many this is the case. My D is in a similar situation. She is a really good player , top 3 on her team, but most importantly my she is happy with her team and coach. We chose a DA club due those same logistics. This craziness with DA shutting down took many of us by surprise and I don't think we should all panic and jump ship if we have a good alternative that fits our needs. Of course that may change with us but not looking to change now.

I also have to add that you won't get many folks posting logical statement on TS. Its like parents turn into a bunch of rude kids on here. Just classless. Everyone needs to do what is right for their family and situation. I for one believe there are some positive aspects with this new GAL league. I would love to see it work out. And I don't care if its better than ECNL. If my daughter can continue to develop and get seen by collage coaches then thats all we want.