Clearly the West Coast is Ahead

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Cool story Bro

Why, today, does PDA have Blue and White and not another club. Try to stay on point

Because the ECNL is a private for profit league ( same as EDP) and business model is based on exclusively...that is the only keeping MF going.

But both PDA & MF have so many non ECNL branches now trying to make more $$$ (even with both supposed 501 non profits) the brand is getting watered down...both are using the carrot of possible ECNL "call up" to fill affiliate teams...

How else can they pay DOC huge salaries ???.

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Because the ECNL is a private for profit league ( same as EDP) and business model is based on exclusively...that is the only keeping MF going.

But both PDA & MF have so many non ECNL branches now trying to make more $$$ (even with both supposed 501 non profits) the brand is getting watered down...both are using the carrot of possible ECNL "call up" to fill affiliate teams...

How else can they pay DOC huge salaries ???.

How does ECNL's profits go down if there is another club vs. one having two teams?

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It is and isn't. People think having more spots in ECNL would allow players to move around closer and then NJ would be great. What people don't understand is that clubs seem to be in a race to the bottom here and until someone actually steps up and becomes a Tophat type club clubs in NJ will continue to pump out average players with the occasional gem.

With the 03 post from before. Just 6 kids left from 4 years ago. PDA coaches don’t even need to train. Kids need to train themselves and coaches are there only to babysit the 2x intra team scrimmages (thank god for 24 person rosters 🤣), select 6 kids that shouldn’t dress for the game, arrange 11 kids on the field.

Any decent gem kid who wants to play in college needs to try out at PDA anyway.

Any kids that joined any of the NT are kicked out as their skills under PDA deteriorate fast.

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I agree with this. The obvious choice definitely.

Sjeb would have been the better choice and I have no interest. You’re just being silly.

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People are led to believe that the ECNL and their member clubs are a necessity, the end all. Unfortunately the ECNL and their member clubs have destroyed soccer in NJ. Greed has taken control and we’ve lost sight of what is in the best interest of these girls. As a parent I am embarrassed by youth soccer in this area.

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It’s worth repeating one more time; “ECNL has reviewed the applications of these middle tier programs quite a few times and have rejected them”. Choosing a third PDA team is their answer to these clubs. Do you get it? These middle tier clubs went to the GDA as replacements for the ECNL Clubs that left and they still fell apart with them. What did they add? And now you think these same clubs are beneficial to ECNL? Take off the blinders, pull up the shades and get outside your too caught up in this imaginary world that you have created for yourself. Clubs like Tophat, FCV, Oakwood & NEFC have a better argument then these middle tier NJ Clubs.

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It’s worth repeating one more time; “ECNL has reviewed the applications of these middle tier programs quite a few times and have rejected them”. Choosing a third PDA team is their answer to these clubs. Do you get it? These middle tier clubs went to the GDA as replacements for the ECNL Clubs that left and they still fell apart with them. What did they add? And now you think these same clubs are beneficial to ECNL? Take off the blinders, pull up the shades and get outside your too caught up in this imaginary world that you have created for yourself. Clubs like Tophat, FCV, Oakwood & NEFC have a better argument then these middle tier NJ Clubs.

LOL, so clubs with their hands in ECNL's pockets benefit.

As mentioned, several times, if ECNL players were available for those clubs, they of course would be better. You still aren't coming up with a REASON they have two, only that the results of them having two reflect negatively on another.

"I keep pitching 'em, and you keep missin' 'em"

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People are led to believe that the ECNL and their member clubs are a necessity, the end all. Unfortunately the ECNL and their member clubs have destroyed soccer in NJ. Greed has taken control and we’ve lost sight of what is in the best interest of these girls. As a parent I am embarrassed by youth soccer in this area.

Really, USSF destroyed soccer by creating the GDA.

The NPL was a perfectly legitimate league, where clubs worked to earn that badge. GDA came in, confused things by getting big clubs to commit teams to it and then those clubs saw the lack of support and had to decide to jump back to ecnl or stay. Ask TopHat and NEFC how that worked out.

Also keep in mind PDA is not the only club with multiple teams in ecnl. Same case applies to FC Stars, Sting, Crossfire, Concorde, Slammers, Real Colorado. These clubs all have multiple entries

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Really, USSF destroyed soccer by creating the GDA.

The NPL was a perfectly legitimate league, where clubs worked to earn that badge. GDA came in, confused things by getting big clubs to commit teams to it and then those clubs saw the lack of support and had to decide to jump back to ecnl or stay. Ask TopHat and NEFC how that worked out.

Also keep in mind PDA is not the only club with multiple teams in ecnl. Same case applies to FC Stars, Sting, Crossfire, Concorde, Slammers, Real Colorado. These clubs all have multiple entries

I'd argue the opposite: US CLUB Soccer destroyed soccer by going completely their own route. That was where the division first started.

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Also keep in mind PDA is not the only club with multiple teams in ecnl. Same case applies to FC Stars, Sting, Crossfire, Concorde, Slammers, Real Colorado. These clubs all have multiple entries

And they all shouldn't. What's your point?

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More unrelated data.

A 2nd tier team is just that...a second tier team. You can dress it up all you want but the reality doesn't change the fact Keep diggin'

2nd tier to what? PDA Blue sure, rest of NJ not even close. Just because it is 1 clubs 2nd team doesn't mean they can't be good.

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2nd tier to what? PDA Blue sure, rest of NJ not even close. Just because it is 1 clubs 2nd team doesn't mean they can't be good.

But it's irrelevant. Are they good because of where they are? Would another be just as good if given the chance? Would everyone get better due to a level competitive field?

Clubs should be competing for players so they have an incentive to improve. PDA has no incentive, and the results bear that out.

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And they all shouldn't. What's your point?

Why not? Most of CO Real's two teams do well, same with many other clubs. Stars is probably the weakest of the two team clubs, but their weaker teams are still better than basement dwellers like FSA, who only have one team per age.

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Really, USSF destroyed soccer by creating the GDA.

The NPL was a perfectly legitimate league, where clubs worked to earn that badge. GDA came in, confused things by getting big clubs to commit teams to it and then those clubs saw the lack of support and had to decide to jump back to ecnl or stay. Ask TopHat and NEFC how that worked out.

Also keep in mind PDA is not the only club with multiple teams in ecnl. Same case applies to FC Stars, Sting, Crossfire, Concorde, Slammers, Real Colorado. These clubs all have multiple entries

USSF wanted to put ECNL out of business. If they'd cared about girls soccer they 1) would have started GDA years before, not long after they started BDA 2) built the league's credibility over time instead of going for market share. Now, 5 (6?) years later GDA is what NPL used to be, after all those years of turmoil that didn't improve the soccer landscape and created heaps of headaches for players, families and clubs.

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USSF wanted to put ECNL out of business. If they'd cared about girls soccer they 1) would have started GDA years before, not long after they started BDA 2) built the league's credibility over time instead of going for market share. Now, 5 (6?) years later GDA is what NPL used to be, after all those years of turmoil that didn't improve the soccer landscape and created heaps of headaches for players, families and clubs.

Except GA now is what NPL was while there's still an NPL and varying levels of EDP/USYS!