How did thornz acad end up such a mess?

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Thorns Academy did very well playing in oysa & fwrl last year. Thorns Academy will do better now that they have a better league and tournaments to play in. Some of the 16 returning Thorns Academy players might skip college and go pro. The rest will play in college. Many are among the best from their TA teams and would have gone to college anyway but will get more exposure now. Concentrating on Academy soccer all year and not wasting time on HS soccer & other sports will really bump up their soccer skills too.

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Thorns Academy did very well playing in oysa & fwrl last year. Thorns Academy will do better now that they have a better league and tournaments to play in. Some of the 16 returning Thorns Academy players might skip college and go pro. The rest will play in college. Many are among the best from their TA teams and would have gone to college anyway but will get more exposure now. Concentrating on Academy soccer all year and not wasting time on HS soccer & other sports will really bump up their soccer skills too.

Thanks for the laugh!

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Just look at the kids on the Thornz Asylum rosters. None of them are going to college to play soccer.

Come on. NONE? That is a bit of a stretch.

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Just look at the kids on the Thornz Asylum rosters. None of them are going to college to play soccer.

O--K--A--Y, let's tell it to you slowly; Thorns Academy is not GDA.

"Just look at the kids on the Thornz Asylum rosters. None of them are going to college to play soccer."

Kids here. You are an adult targeting kids.

You are, as others have posted, a stalker. You are warped.

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Thorns Academy did very well playing in oysa & fwrl last year. Thorns Academy will do better now that they have a better league and tournaments to play in. Some of the 16 returning Thorns Academy players might skip college and go pro. The rest will play in college. Many are among the best from their TA teams and would have gone to college anyway but will get more exposure now. Concentrating on Academy soccer all year and not wasting time on HS soccer & other sports will really bump up their soccer skills too.

Agree. Don't understand the bashing of Academy/ECNL/Gps. All good options. Club too.

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Come on. NONE? That is a bit of a stretch.

I know the Thorns have gotten a few college signings over the years.

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I know the Thorns have gotten a few college signings over the years.

Clackamas CC doesn't count.

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I know the Thorns have gotten a few college signings over the years.

Why does it matter to you? How about minding your own business.

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In years?

Why does it matter to you? How about minding your own business.

Thorns Academy has only been going 2 years...

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Thorns Academy has only been going 2 years...

Try 3 years. And getting worse every year.

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Wrong!

Try 3 years. And getting worse every year.

This was the end of the second year, but why let facts get in the way?

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This was the end of the second year, but why let facts get in the way?

Started in 2014, same year as ECNL in Oregon.

Here's the link to the 2015 Winter league schedule. I think you'll find the Portland Thorns Academy in there.

But why let the facts get in the way?

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Old Thorns Academy and US Soccer Girls Development Academy that is launching this fall are not one in the same.

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Old Thorns Academy and US Soccer Girls Development Academy that is launching this fall are not one in the same.

I may be wrong, but with the exception of the oldest team aren't the rosters 90% the old thorns players? Old Thorns would let them play HS

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Thorns Academy has only been going 2 years...

So that makes the couple college signings they've gotten look not so bad.