Girls DA Scrambling for Teams in Nor Cal

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After a couple of clubs pulled out of DA in Nor Cal, De Anza looked to drop their spot as well.

Looks like Thorns are going to take their spot. Will be interesting to see.

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After a couple of clubs pulled out of DA in Nor Cal, De Anza looked to drop their spot as well.

Looks like Thorns are going to take their spot. Will be interesting to see.

Thorns have their own spot already.

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After a couple of clubs pulled out of DA in Nor Cal, De Anza looked to drop their spot as well.

Looks like Thorns are going to take their spot. Will be interesting to see.

NorCal might have the highest % of highly educated soccer parents.

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After a couple of clubs pulled out of DA in Nor Cal, De Anza looked to drop their spot as well.

Looks like Thorns are going to take their spot. Will be interesting to see.

Yeah, the top clubs in NorCal are choosing ECNL over GDA. Good for the Thorns, though, as they'll get to play teams more at their level, like in OYSA 3rd division.

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Thorns have their own spot already.

So are they adding a 2nd spot in California? The press release coming out tomorrow is kind of confusing.

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So are they adding a 2nd spot in California? The press release coming out tomorrow is kind of confusing.

No, the press release is exactly like every other piece of information released about GDA thus far. Vaguely and poorly worded, designed to be open to interpretation by gullible consumers who desperately want to believe they didn't throw away their kid's future on snake oil.

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Make no mistake.. if your kid wants to play outside of the pyramid of US Soccer.. stick with boutique elite clubs and if your kids are good enough and these clubs attend the right tournaments and showcases your child can contend equally in the college application process. If you can afford ECNL or EPNL you can go that path but scouts already have been notified to look elsewhere for classes graduating 2020 and beyond because the level of play has already begun to decline, espescially in teams from the PAC NW. GDA will new but there is a lot of excitement at higher levels to see what kinds of players this will bring as the ECNL model has been a giant turn off to many elite players.

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After a couple of clubs pulled out of DA in Nor Cal, De Anza looked to drop their spot as well.

Looks like Thorns are going to take their spot. Will be interesting to see.

GDA is crumbling.

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Make no mistake.. if your kid wants to play outside of the pyramid of US Soccer.. stick with boutique elite clubs and if your kids are good enough and these clubs attend the right tournaments and showcases your child can contend equally in the college application process. If you can afford ECNL or EPNL you can go that path but scouts already have been notified to look elsewhere for classes graduating 2020 and beyond because the level of play has already begun to decline, espescially in teams from the PAC NW. GDA will new but there is a lot of excitement at higher levels to see what kinds of players this will bring as the ECNL model has been a giant turn off to many elite players.

Seriously!!!??? Peddle your BS somewhere else we are all full of crazy here.

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Yeah, the top clubs in NorCal are choosing ECNL over GDA. Good for the Thorns, though, as they'll get to play teams more at their level, like in OYSA 3rd division.

Two ECNL clubs in CT said no thanks to GDA and are sticking with what works for them and their players - good soccer and a path to good college soccer. A state that small won't have many truly elite players that are NT or top D1 potential, but plenty who will do well at the abundant number of high quality academic schools on the East Coast. The club they gave GDA to will struggle to attract players - it's not a strong club (NPL now but they already have an ok BDA program) and the no high school rule is a deal breaker for many players. I suspect this scenario is playing out elsewhere. Now that there's clarity on the structure, competition, travel, costs, and most importantly player interest (or lack thereof) plenty of clubs are having 2nd thoughts. Even if GDA becomes the top league, it won't be a clear winner and things will vary at the local level. It's going to be a bumpy ride.

CT lurker

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Looks like it's on the verge of collapse:

What's interesting and bizarre is the fact the parent club of the Crossfire Utd contingent of girls in LOSC/THUSC (Crossfire Premier (n Washington has jumped to the GDA.)
Any idea why?

GIRLS DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY CLUB DIRECTORY 2017-2018
Club Name Club Location Club Website Division
Albion SC San Diego, Calif. www.albionsoccer.org Southwest
Beach Futbol Club Torrance, Calif. www.beachfutbolclub.com Southwest
Boca United Football Club Boca Raton, Fla. gbysa.org Southeast
Boston Breakers Academy Watertown, Mass. bostonbreakersacademy.com Northeast
Burlingame Soccer Club Burlingame, Calif. burlingamesoccerclub.org Northwest
California Storm Sacramento, Calif. www.calstormsoccer.com Northwest
Capital Area RailHawks Raleigh, N.C. www.capitalarearailhawks.com Southeast
Cedar Stars Academy - Monmouth Tinton Falls, N.J. www.cedarstars.com Northeast
Charlotte Soccer Academy Matthews, N.C. www.charlottesocceracademy.com Southeast
Cincinnati Development Academy Cincinnati, Ohio cincyda.com Mid-America
Colorado Rush Littleton, Colo. www.coloradorush.com Frontier
Concorde Fire Atlanta, Ga. www.concordefire.com Southeast
Crossfire Premier Redmond, Wash. crossfiresoccer.org Northwest
Dallas Texans Soccer Club Plano, Texas dallastexans.com Frontier
De Anza Force Campbell, Calif. www.deanzaforce.org Northwest
Eagles Soccer Club Camarillo, Calif. www.eaglessc.com Southwest
East Meadow SC Bellmore, N.Y. www.eastmeadowsoccer.com Northeast
Eastside FC Issaquah, Wash. www.eastsidefc.org Northwest
Eclipse Select Soccer Club Oak Brook, Ill. www.eclipseselect.org Mid-America
Empire United Soccer Academy West Henrietta, N.Y. empireunited.soccer Mid-America
FC Dallas Frisco, Texas www.fcdallas.com/youth Frontier
FC Fury NY Bay Shore, N.Y. TBD Northeast
FC Kansas City Prairie Village, Mo. www.fckansascity.com Frontier
FC Stars Acton, Mass. www.starsofma.org Northeast
FC United Northfield, Ill. fcuda.com Mid-America
FC Virginia Chantilly, Va. www.fcvirginia.com Northeast
Houston Dash Houston, Texas www.houstondynamo.com Frontier
IMG Academy Bradenton, Fla. www.imgacademy.com Southeast
Indiana Fire Academy Westfield, Ind. www.indianafirejuniors.com Mid-America
LA Galaxy Carson, Calif. www.lagalaxy.com Southwest
LA Galaxy San Diego Carlsbad, Calif. www.lagalaxysd.com Southwest
La Roca Futbol Club Kaysville, Utah www.larocafc.com Northwest
LAFC Slammers Costa Mesa, Calif. Slammersfc.org Southwest
Lamorinda Soccer Club Moraga, Calif. www.lamorindasc.com Northwest
Legends FC Chino, Calif. www.legendsfc.net Southwest
Los Angeles Premier Futbol Club La Canada Flintridge, Calif. www.lapremierfc.com Southwest
Michigan Hawks Wixom, Mich. www.michiganwolveshawks.com Mid-America
Midwest United FC Grand Rapids, Mich. www.midwestunitedfc.com Mid-America
Nationals Pontiac, Mich. www.nationalssoccer.com Mid-America
NTH Tophat Marietta, Ga. www.nasatophat.com Southeast
Oakwood Soccer Club Glastonbury, Conn. www.oakwoodsoccer.com Northeast
Orlando Pride Orlando, Fla. www.orlandocitysc.com/pride Southeast
PA Classics Manheim, Penn. www.paclassics.org Northeast
Pateadores Costa Mesa, Calif. www.pateadores.org Southwest
Penn Fusion Soccer Academy West Chester, Penn. www.pennfusion.org Northeast
Portland Thorns FC Portland, Ore. www.thornsfc.com Northwest
PSV Union Football Club Palo Alto, Calif. www.psvunion.org Northwest
Real Colorado Centennial, Colo. www.realcolorado.net Frontier
Real So Cal Woodland Hills, Calf. RealSoCal.org Southwest
San Diego Surf Soccer Club Del Mar, Calif. www.surfsoccer.com Southwest
San Jose Earthquakes San Jose, CA www.sjearthquakes.com/youth Northwest
SC del Sol Phoenix, Ariz. www.scdelsol.com Southwest
Seattle Reign Academy Seattle, Wash. www.reignfc.com Northwest
Shattuck-St, Mary's REV Faribault, Minn. ssmathletics.org/sports/soccer Mid-America
Sky Blue - PDA Bernardsville, N.J. www.pdasoccer.org Northeast
So Cal Blues Soccer Club Laguna Hills, Calif. www.scblues.com Southwest
Sockers FC Chicago Palatine, Ill. www.sockersfcchicago.com Mid-America
Solar Soccer Club Allen, Texas www.solarsoccerclub.com Frontier
SPORTING Blue Valley Overland Park, Kan. www.sportingbvsoccer.org Frontier
Sting Soccer Club Addison, Texas www.stingsoccer.com Frontier
Texas Rush Soccer Club Woodland Hills, Texas texasrush.com Frontier
United Futbol Academy Cumming, Ga. www.unitedfa.org Southeast
United Soccer Alliance Jacksonville, Fla. www.claycountysoccer.com Southeast
Virginia Development Academy Woodbridge, VA. www.vdasoccer.org Northeast
Washington Spirit Academy Maryland Boyds. MD. washingtonspirit.com Northeast
Washington Spirit Academy Virginia Fairfax, Va. washingtonspirit.com Northeast
West Coast Futbol Club Laguna Hills, Calif. www.westcoastfc.org Southwest
West Florida Flames Brandon, Fla. www.fcflames.com Southeast
Western New York Flash Academy Elma, N.Y. www.wnyflash.com Mid-America
Weston FC Weston, Fla. www.westonfc.org Southeast
World Class FC Orangeburg, N.Y. www.wcsocceracademy.org Northeast

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Several on your list are already cancelled. Like WNY Flash Academy, for instance. NWSL team moved to the Carolinas.

Crossfire Premier WA needed a place for it's "B" teams to play because they are too good for RCL / FWRL so they will be putting them in GDA. Same story for Seattle United Reign Academy. And now that Thorns have to field 4 teams instead of 2, the already low quality of the Thorns teams will only plummet lower...

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Several on your list are already cancelled. Like WNY Flash Academy, for instance. NWSL team moved to the Carolinas.

Crossfire Premier WA needed a place for it's "B" teams to play because they are too good for RCL / FWRL so they will be putting them in GDA. Same story for Seattle United Reign Academy. And now that Thorns have to field 4 teams instead of 2, the already low quality of the Thorns teams will only plummet lower...

Actually Reign is going to play "A" team in GDA. They are looking at GDA as the pipeline for the more serious year round players.

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Actually Reign is going to play "A" team in GDA. They are looking at GDA as the pipeline for the more serious year round players.

They are in the same position as Thorns Academy. They lose all their best players to Crossfire and WPFC, and that's not changing. Reign can go ahead and put their "A" teams in GDA - won't be any different than "B" teams from ECNL clubs.

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There have now been a number of clubs that were accepted to Girls DA that have publicly declined in North Cal, Midwest, and East Coast.

Not one existing ECNL club has said it is dropping ECNL to join Girls DA - not one.

That may change this Spring if ECNL gives clubs an ultimatum - they cannot do both ECNL and GDA unless they send 4 of 5 teams to ECNL playoffs.