ECNL $10,000/yr vs Thorns Academy $500/yr

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Again, I have said it before. This is simply not true.

I've lived reality, you must live in fantasy. Or have wishful thinking. Sorry lad, but tell me a Pac 12 program that isn't done. Or the top WCC programs. Or the other top conferences. Heck, many of the Mtn. West are done already. We've spoken with the coaches. But keep the dream alive if you must.

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For those whose intellect is closer to a rock than most, I was referring to ECNL Oregon. Maybe try following a string of comments together it might help you figure it out...

If Gavin would just go away, all would be fixed in record time. Hopefully Paulson fires him this winter.

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And the whole point of ECNL was so Tom could flash a finger at Gavin for pulling most of the OPL boys into OYSA and the Timber's academy.

Little boys trying to pretend to be men…Are we really going to let petty rivalries and anger be what determines the landscape of soccer in Oregon?

The whole point of ECNL is to give our best players better competition and better training to help them continue to improve and reach the goals they have set for themselves. What's the "whole point" of the Thorns Academy? A last ditch half-effort to save the sinking ship that is Timbers Alliance girls soccer?

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The whole point of the Thorns Academy is to give our best players better competition and better training to help them continue to improve and reach the goals they have set for themselves. What's the "whole point" of the the teams in the elite club league? A last ditch half-effort to save the sinking ship that is OPL?

The Thorns Academy will be very interesting as it ramps up.

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The Thorns Academy will be very interesting as it ramps up.

But it's already ramping down. Girls have already started jumping ship for ECNL teams. Academy is a 1-year wonder. Don't blink or you'll miss it.

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But it's already ramping down. Girls have already started jumping ship for ECNL teams. Academy is a 1-year wonder. Don't blink or you'll miss it.

Broken record. Enjoy paying $10K for twice monthly 5-0 beat downs with no coaches watching, unless they are covering their eyes.

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Broken record. Enjoy paying $10K for twice monthly 5-0 beat downs with no coaches watching, unless they are covering their eyes.

Might be a broken record but the few lyrics you can hear between skips are the truth. Academy is losing players, has no decent league to play in, has bottom of the barrel coaching, and will only be less expensive than ECNL because the team won't be able to get into the top tournaments that require travel. But I'm sure they'll put on a show for the NAIA coaches that attend the Tacoma and FCP showcases, if they still have a team by then...

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Might be a broken record but the few lyrics you can hear between skips are the truth. Academy is losing players, has no decent league to play in, has bottom of the barrel coaching, and will only be less expensive than ECNL because the team won't be able to get into the top tournaments that require travel. But I'm sure they'll put on a show for the NAIA coaches that attend the Tacoma and FCP showcases, if they still have a team by then...

And again, the Academy has more committed players to top programs than the combined ECNL rosters. You want the truth, but you can't handle the truth.

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And again, the Academy has more committed players to top programs than the combined ECNL rosters. You want the truth, but you can't handle the truth.

And they committed without any help from the Academy. So what value does the Academy provide again? Oh right, you get to play in FWRL just like every other half-baked TA club team.

I guess we'll see whether T.E. has the guts to put her "dream team" of former Usonians and Nemesis playups but against the ECNL teams. Didn't think so...

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And again, the Academy has more committed players to top programs than the combined ECNL rosters. You want the truth, but you can't handle the truth.

Back that statement up.

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Back that statement up.

They can't. It's just more of the same Academy hyperbolic propaganda.

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If Gavin would just go away, all would be fixed in record time. Hopefully Paulson fires him this winter.

Are we really going to let petty rivalries and anger be what determines the landscape of soccer in Oregon?

Baaaa

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... hyperbolic propaganda.

Is that something we learned about in geometry class?

hy·per·bo·le
hīˈpərbəlē
noun
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.


hy·per·bol·ic
ˌhīpərˈbälik/
adjective
of or relating to a hyperbola.

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Is that something we learned about in geometry class?

hy·per·bo·le
hīˈpərbəlē
noun
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.


hy·per·bol·ic
ˌhīpərˈbälik/
adjective
of or relating to a hyperbola.

Give me a second, I'm still looking for my graphing calculator.

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And again, the Academy has more committed players to top programs than the combined ECNL rosters. You want the truth, but you can't handle the truth.

That is amazing.