What Is Your Club Doing Tomorrow?

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Look at the teams from CA/FL/TX lists. And their success at the nationals. Only one team making it through is not a success for PDA. Again worst showing in the history of the club. So please make excuses again...covid, wind, rain, heat, boyfriend. Just own it and accept it and do better. DO BETTER.

The west coast has ALWAYS Been a stronger soccer region. Always.

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The west coast has ALWAYS Been a stronger soccer region. Always.

Yes exactly so why did OP ask to name more successful teams? Ummm?!

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Yes exactly so why did OP ask to name more successful teams? Ummm?!

How many clubs made it to National Finals?

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Playing in a tournament

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PDA a bad year. 1 team in the final 4. Every age group represented in the ECNL National Playoffs. If that is a bad year or a club in decline sign me up every day. I’m not one of the club bashers on this site. To each his own. That said you can’t argue with what PDA has accomplished and continues to accomplish on behalf of their girls.

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PDA a bad year. 1 team in the final 4. Every age group represented in the ECNL National Playoffs. If that is a bad year or a club in decline sign me up every day. I’m not one of the club bashers on this site. To each his own. That said you can’t argue with what PDA has accomplished and continues to accomplish on behalf of their girls.

what PDA has accomplished and continues to accomplish on behalf of their girls.

It is the girls who have put in the work and the reason the team/club was successful. The club didn't make the girls successful. What a weird take.

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what PDA has accomplished and continues to accomplish on behalf of their girls.

It is the girls who have put in the work and the reason the team/club was successful. The club didn't make the girls successful. What a weird take.

MF Shore will continue being awesome....

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PDA a bad year. 1 team in the final 4. Every age group represented in the ECNL National Playoffs. If that is a bad year or a club in decline sign me up every day. I’m not one of the club bashers on this site. To each his own. That said you can’t argue with what PDA has accomplished and continues to accomplish on behalf of their girls.

same reason why my kids signed up.

then we realized there whole bunch of kids that joined the same year.

then we realized that practices were not as technically focused

then we realized it was all about a inner-team competition for playtime

then we realized club just cancels practices, games etc

then we realized club adds optional practices to make extra money on the side (and still cancels them)

it was an eye opening experience. a lot of it is just constant recruiting and ability to charge parents at will because of the perceived prestige.

once you join, you'll realize that the club is just a pyramid scheme for making money. results way below its potential.

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same reason why my kids signed up.

then we realized there whole bunch of kids that joined the same year.

then we realized that practices were not as technically focused

then we realized it was all about a inner-team competition for playtime

then we realized club just cancels practices, games etc

then we realized club adds optional practices to make extra money on the side (and still cancels them)

it was an eye opening experience. a lot of it is just constant recruiting and ability to charge parents at will because of the perceived prestige.

once you join, you'll realize that the club is just a pyramid scheme for making money. results way below its potential.

so you left PDA and now whats your new club?

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so you left PDA and now whats your new club?

We went to MF Shore. Now we are at a club that cares about the kids, has amazing training, coaches and teams. Couldn't be happier and RT is one of the nicest and most honest people we have ever met. This guy is the real deal, not like that clown NH at PDA.

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PDA a bad year. 1 team in the final 4. Every age group represented in the ECNL National Playoffs. If that is a bad year or a club in decline sign me up every day. I’m not one of the club bashers on this site. To each his own. That said you can’t argue with what PDA has accomplished and continues to accomplish on behalf of their girls.

That's just a wrong way to look at it. PDA had a typical year.

The "winning year" anomaly was when PDA quit GDA, all while the best teams in the US remained in GDA. That was the only time PDA brought home decent silverware.

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same reason why my kids signed up.

then we realized there whole bunch of kids that joined the same year.

then we realized that practices were not as technically focused

then we realized it was all about a inner-team competition for playtime

then we realized club just cancels practices, games etc

then we realized club adds optional practices to make extra money on the side (and still cancels them)

it was an eye opening experience. a lot of it is just constant recruiting and ability to charge parents at will because of the perceived prestige.

once you join, you'll realize that the club is just a pyramid scheme for making money. results way below its potential.

PDA is a Ponzi Scheme

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PDA is a Ponzi Scheme

That can be said about every club in NJ.

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PDA is a Ponzi Scheme

Every soccer club in NJ fits this description. Soccer in NJ is an issue period.

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what PDA has accomplished and continues to accomplish on behalf of their girls.

It is the girls who have put in the work and the reason the team/club was successful. The club didn't make the girls successful. What a weird take.

To put it simpler, ECNL is the platform and the club is the vehicle. It’s up to each individual player to “drive their own individual bus”. A player getting recruited or identified at a camp/clinic/showcase/tournaments etc. is on the individual player. Yes, wearing the PDA kit gives the player the platform to be judged in front of a hundred or more college coaches per game but the player must showcase their talent. That’s right, that many coaches from every college has come to see PDA and/or their opponents. Also, Going to these events of having college coaches attending PDA league matches gives these players ample opportunity to impress. The point being haters are going to hate but what I just described just happened in this supposed down year that the haters keep talking about on all these posts.