DA is dead

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Okay. So the Small girl from SK who played in the midfield, I thought she committed to PC and plays for Bayside not sure her name.

At least four players from Bayside 02 Girls NPL team going D1, including this one.

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Walk-ons from NPL who received no money and don’t get play time... maybe. Any decent female player from RI went to DA or ECNL. Not like RI is a producer of talent either... look at the commits from RI per age group.

Bashing RI pure Pitty

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Soccer is about to completely change in our country.
1. Talks of going back to grade do away with birth year. This is good for seniors especially.
2. Club soccer will barely survive the economic shutdown. Clubs will close.
3. Town soccer will become a priority again. Cheaper and easier to crowd control.
4. Club soccer teams that don’t close will no longer play at big venues like Forekicks too crowded.
5. College coaches will start connecting with high school coaches again.
6. Out of work club coaches will start applying for high school coaching jobs.
7. DA and ECNL will also no longer be the only pathway to D1.
8. Parents have no money now so again town soccer will prevail.
9. The joy of playing the game will come back as the win at all costs coaches lose jobs.
10. Finally, all of our priorities will shift after this virus. The need for tournaments to validate teams will go away. We might actually get back to the love of the game.

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Soccer is about to completely change in our country.
1. Talks of going back to grade do away with birth year. This is good for seniors especially.
2. Club soccer will barely survive the economic shutdown. Clubs will close.
3. Town soccer will become a priority again. Cheaper and easier to crowd control.
4. Club soccer teams that don’t close will no longer play at big venues like Forekicks too crowded.
5. College coaches will start connecting with high school coaches again.
6. Out of work club coaches will start applying for high school coaching jobs.
7. DA and ECNL will also no longer be the only pathway to D1.
8. Parents have no money now so again town soccer will prevail.
9. The joy of playing the game will come back as the win at all costs coaches lose jobs.
10. Finally, all of our priorities will shift after this virus. The need for tournaments to validate teams will go away. We might actually get back to the love of the game.

I agree with some of what you’ve outlined, but it all depends on one thing: what colleges do about restarting classes, sports, and scholarships. Much of the professionalization of youth sports has been driven by competition for college scholarships. That is the pivot point. If that doesn’t change, I doubt you’ll see much difference. In fact, for the girls at least, we’re back to what life was like 3-4 years ago, before GDA. ECNL being the top league for girls soccer players and a 1-stop shop for college coaches. No one is going to try and usurp them now given US Soccer couldn’t win against them.

For those posting about not needing ECNL and using an NPL player at PC as an example, please go look at the rosters of the local D1 schools and see where 95% of players were playing previously. It isn’t NPL. The info is there, whether you choose to investigate or not is a different question.

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For those posting about not needing ECNL and using an NPL player at PC as an example, please go look at the rosters of the local D1 schools and see where 95% of players were playing previously. It isn’t NPL. The info is there, whether you choose to investigate or not is a different question.[/QUOTE]


Don't think anyone was posting about not needing ECNL. It's the top league, but not the only pathway to D1. I do think people take offense to a previous poster stating, "An decent female player from RI went to DA or ECNL." When they challenged others to name one current NPL player going D1, "at least four" were noted.

Just give credit to RI girls where it is due. The info is there, whether you choose to accept facts or not is a different question.

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For those posting about not needing ECNL and using an NPL player at PC as an example, please go look at the rosters of the local D1 schools and see where 95% of players were playing previously. It isn’t NPL. The info is there, whether you choose to investigate or not is a different question.

Don't think anyone was posting about not needing ECNL. It's the top league, but not the only pathway to D1. I do think people take offense to a previous poster stating, "An decent female player from RI went to DA or ECNL." When they challenged others to name one current NPL player going D1, "at least four" were noted.

Just give credit to RI girls where it is due. The info is there, whether you choose to accept facts or not is a different question.[/QUOTE]

We must be friends 🤣 thank you