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Love how Ecnl (joke in Oregon) parents are worried because their crap league and experience can't even stand up to a coming program that probably will end up being crap like Ecnl in Oregon.

Of course it will. Best thing for all Oregon girls would be no Ecnl or GDA. One premier league with all players. The one or two actually elite girls can be discovery players w/good WA teams. Back in the day Oregon placed more girls in college and spent a lot less time & money doing it.

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Of course it will. Best thing for all Oregon girls would be no Ecnl or GDA. One premier league with all players. The one or two actually elite girls can be discovery players w/good WA teams. Back in the day Oregon placed more girls in college and spent a lot less time & money doing it.

Difference today is that the Alliance clubs and Thorns Academy aren't developing girls and getting them into college anymore. CU and FCP can only do so much - about 40 per year - the rest of the state needs to put up or shut up.

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The RTC coaches are doing a full court press on GDA this year. It's pretty bad. They are concerned about not getting numbers out for try outs.

t isn't just about numbers but more so WHO tries out. Most GDA clubs will be able to fill rosters. But many will be lower level players - say an ECNL player that gets no PT. The top players, the ones GDA wants, aren't jumping into it. This is especially true of HS aged players who are already recruited or have started the process.

I'm speaking in generalities mostly because OR is in a different dynamic, but some is still relevant

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Oregon soccer will simply be even more spread out and watered down. Most of the better players will stay put. NorCal top teams decided to stay with Ecnl for now. Our GDA league won't be good. Yet another reason to wait a few years on GDA. GDA, or something completely new might end up being king in 5 years but in the meantime Oregon soccer will be a complete mess.

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It's very weak and if the top players get spread out across GDA and ECNL it's a bust for all. FC Portlands 04 team isn't even in the top OYSA bracket. Imagine what that group will look like to the rest of the region once an ECNL patch goes on the jersey.

This applies to almost every age group, putting a patch on a sleeve is akin to putting lipstick on a pig

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FC's 05 and 06s are very strong. Adding NEU's 04s, 05s, and 06s (all top 5 in the state) to pipeline.

FC's ECNL program has never looked stronger!

Thems the facts!

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Zero reason to do GDA's first year, especially as a 7th/8th grader. Decent players can wait till they are sophomores, then jump in if it has panned out.

Same with ECNL. Traveling the 7th graders like that with 4 Day per week practices is absurd.

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FC's 05 and 06s are very strong. Adding NEU's 04s, 05s, and 06s (all top 5 in the state) to pipeline.

FC's ECNL program has never looked stronger!

Thems the facts!

FC Portland ECNL 2001 finished fourth in OYSA a little over a year ago. So they're better now? Third place OYSA maybe?

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FC's 05 and 06s are very strong. Adding NEU's 04s, 05s, and 06s (all top 5 in the state) to pipeline.

FC's ECNL program has never looked stronger!

Thems the facts!

Why would a top NEU 04 or 05 spend $8k a year on ECNL and drive 40 minutes each way to Liberty HS for practices when they could spend $2k all-in for GDA and drive 15 minutes each way to practices? GDA. Like the boys DA, will be the top program for girls in the country in the next two years. GDA for an 04 or 05 is a no brainer.

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FC Portland ECNL 2001 finished fourth in OYSA a little over a year ago. So they're better now? Third place OYSA maybe?

FC Portland does not even have a premiere level OYSA team of 04s. They have had that group of girls for years and just cannot develop them to a higher level of play. They are counting on better developed NEU and BSC players to join. Coach has been heavy recruiting 04s from several clubs already.

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Put out a little bait and the timbers coaches come out to peddle their snake oil. Ha, ha, ha, ha

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Why would a top NEU 04 or 05 spend $8k a year on ECNL and drive 40 minutes each way to Liberty HS for practices when they could spend $2k all-in for GDA and drive 15 minutes each way to practices? GDA. Like the boys DA, will be the top program for girls in the country in the next two years. GDA for an 04 or 05 is a no brainer.

Maybe because GDA will be worse than staying at NEU?