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The USSF needs to do a better job of monitoring which clubs are actually following the guidelines. The clubs will never fully be on board with the goals of the USSF because it will interfere with their bottom line. If profits were affected by not complying with the rules, then the clubs would try harder but they also may choose not to participate in the league. There are too many conflicting goals for this to ever really work. Both the USSF and the clubs hold responsibility for why this league is not doing as well as it could be.

its not about guidelines. It should be about which clubs are actually developing players

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16.

Anyone signing up for a club that puts 18 or more players on the sideline for gameday are fools.

11 starters 7 reserves can be rostered for a game. Of those 7 reserves, only 5 can play.

Sometimes no matter how many questions you ask, clubs lie. Sometimes when you sign up it is one way and over the course of a season it becomes something else. DA allows for up to 96 full time players across 4 teams. That number needs to be lowered to prevent clubs from having bloated rosters.

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which is fine, but the we dont need to hear about the development part then. Its a secondary consideration. Most players are not interested in the sacrifices required to make getting better at soccer a priority and most do not have the talent to make it worthwhile.

None of this is a problem other than it relies on a bunch of lies and half truths in order for Clubs to continue to charge what they do. It also takes customers who seem willing to overpay for years just to satisfy egos.

soccer is a white middle class sport in America because that is where the money is. I cant think of another country in the world where that is the case

Well said. GDA is out of sync with most players desired commitment to soccer.

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11 starters 7 reserves can be rostered for a game. Of those 7 reserves, only 5 can play.

Sometimes no matter how many questions you ask, clubs lie. Sometimes when you sign up it is one way and over the course of a season it becomes something else. DA allows for up to 96 full time players across 4 teams. That number needs to be lowered to prevent clubs from having bloated rosters.

Again, anyone who signs up for that are fools; don't care which league. Never seen so many on the sideline in a GDA game. We have rostered players who don't come on game day. If you are there, you will play.

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Well said. GDA is out of sync with most players desired commitment to soccer.

Which is sad, because what they target are players who are dedicated to improving.

If they got that wrong, then shame on the players who sign up for teams and leagues and don't committed.

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its not about guidelines. It should be about which clubs are actually developing players

The guidelines provide the structure. If the clubs are doing what they agreed to do when they joined the league, at least a minimum level of development should occur going back to the theory of more time spent generally results in some level of improvement. Obviously there are clubs/coaches that are better at making the time spent practicing more meaningful and that is hard to control. In order for the USSF's guidelines to be successful, the players also have to buy into the system therefore its not totally on the clubs but there are not enough players with the level of commitment required to make this experience what the USSF intended for it to be.

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Again, anyone who signs up for that are fools; don't care which league. Never seen so many on the sideline in a GDA game. We have rostered players who don't come on game day. If you are there, you will play.

How many are on your team?

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The guidelines provide the structure. If the clubs are doing what they agreed to do when they joined the league, at least a minimum level of development should occur going back to the theory of more time spent generally results in some level of improvement. Obviously there are clubs/coaches that are better at making the time spent practicing more meaningful and that is hard to control. In order for the USSF's guidelines to be successful, the players also have to buy into the system therefore its not totally on the clubs but there are not enough players with the level of commitment required to make this experience what the USSF intended for it to be.

another flawed belief that bureaucracy can make players. it takes PEOPLE to develop players not rules.

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Which is sad, because what they target are players who are dedicated to improving.

If they got that wrong, then shame on the players who sign up for teams and leagues and don't committed.

they dont target anyone. Parents pay to be a part of it. Parents target clubs that meet a wide variety of criteria - location, wins/status being very high. the real details like who coaches, how they coach, etc are usually NOT part of the process for most .

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another flawed belief that bureaucracy can make players. it takes PEOPLE to develop players not rules.

Then why do we even bother sending out kids to school? Just give 'em an encyclopedia, tell them to work on their own, and after a dozen years hand them a college application.

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they dont target anyone. Parents pay to be a part of it. Parents target clubs that meet a wide variety of criteria - location, wins/status being very high. the real details like who coaches, how they coach, etc are usually NOT part of the process for most .

Nobody should be considering involvement in GDA based on wins/losses.

As for the rest...yes...that is why we targeted our club. Don't necessarily care if it's GDA or ECNL, but what my daughter has asked several times is "why can't we just have a team who wants to play all the time".

Those are the players they want.

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they dont target anyone. Parents pay to be a part of it. Parents target clubs that meet a wide variety of criteria - location, wins/status being very high. the real details like who coaches, how they coach, etc are usually NOT part of the process for most .

Huh. The cost for quality teaching is almost the entire budget for a school as it should be. A great teacher is very valuable. Much more valuable then a fancy building or fancy field.

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How many are on your team?

Dress 15-16 and bring in 3-4 PT players if there are injuries or what have you.

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Dress 15-16 and bring in 3-4 PT players if there are injuries or what have you.

15 to 16 plus 3 to 5 equal 18 to 20 players. That is more then are Permitted to enter game.

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Correct; we carry 15-16 and have PT players to cover for injuries

These ECNL clubs carrying 22+ are mad.

That is because no one came to your tryouts and you had to take what you could get. If 100 kids showed up, your roster would be 22+ as well like all of the other GDA clubs that had so many insecure parents of HS or NPL players that couldnt make the local ECNL club rosters.