GDA Info Night Tonight

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They, and others, can get away with not following the rules because US Soccer knows that this whole GDA project is so extremely close to being stillborn that they will turn a blind eye to almost anything. Holding clubs to the published rules would guarantee GDA fails miserably.

NWSL might be around next year but might not. They are being smart paying players very low and using unpaid players.


From the Oregonian March 18, 2016 "National Women's Soccer League continues to rely on unpaid amateur players"

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NWSL might be around next year but might not. They are being smart paying players very low and using unpaid players.


From the Oregonian March 18, 2016 "National Women's Soccer League continues to rely on unpaid amateur players"

Exactly why it's so important to continue to support subsidized programs for our young female athletes.

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Exactly why it's so important to continue to support subsidized programs for our young female athletes.

Until the women's game is as exciting to watch as the men's game, very few will watch. My DD plays at a "high" level with a local club and can't stand to watch Thorns games - she says they are too slow and most of the players have very little skill with the ball.

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Until the women's game is as exciting to watch as the men's game, very few will watch. My DD plays at a "high" level with a local club and can't stand to watch Thorns games - she says they are too slow and most of the players have very little skill with the ball.

And that doesn't stop her from playing though does it? My daughter only watches a lot of La Liga..but that doesn't stop her from playing at a regional level and also attending Thorns games in support of the NWSL. If we want our female soccer athletes to play better than we need to start training them better. Thorns GSA isn't just "Thorns" .. it's a new National Soccer Academy. The absolute LAST thing we want to see happen is for this program to fail. That would be a failure to all of the young girls out there.

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And that doesn't stop her from playing though does it? My daughter only watches a lot of La Liga..but that doesn't stop her from playing at a regional level and also attending Thorns games in support of the NWSL. If we want our female soccer athletes to play better than we need to start training them better. Thorns GSA isn't just "Thorns" .. it's a new National Soccer Academy. The absolute LAST thing we want to see happen is for this program to fail. That would be a failure to all of the young girls out there.

We don't have to want the GDA to fail - it'll do that on it's own. There is no market demand for the product - that's why all the GDA shills have to be online 24/7 selling selling selling. If it had value everyone would buy it immediately.

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NWSL might be around next year but might not. They are being smart paying players very low and using unpaid players.


From the Oregonian March 18, 2016 "National Women's Soccer League continues to rely on unpaid amateur players"

Portland is the only team that gets support.

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We don't have to want the GDA to fail - it'll do that on it's own. There is no market demand for the product - that's why all the GDA shills have to be online 24/7 selling selling selling. If it had value everyone would buy it immediately.

If you are so convinced and wishful that it will fail, why come on an online forum and repeatedly post vitriol about GDA when you could be spending your time teaching your daughter submisiveness and arranging a marriage for her?

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NWSL might be around next year but might not. They are being smart paying players very low and using unpaid players.


From the Oregonian March 18, 2016 "National Women's Soccer League continues to rely on unpaid amateur players"

Unpaid players? $6000 per year players? Sounds like they are being frugal.

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And that doesn't stop her from playing though does it? My daughter only watches a lot of La Liga..but that doesn't stop her from playing at a regional level and also attending Thorns games in support of the NWSL. If we want our female soccer athletes to play better than we need to start training them better. Thorns GSA isn't just "Thorns" .. it's a new National Soccer Academy. The absolute LAST thing we want to see happen is for this program to fail. That would be a failure to all of the young girls out there.

Well my daughter watcher Pretty Little Liars and some crap on MTV and doesn't watch La Liga, Thorns or any other soccer and has a D1 ride and plays ECNL. So there.

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Has anyone called the thorns and asked why they are charging an exorbitant try out fee and are only doing 2-3 trainings per week, when both contradict what US Soccer lays out on their website?

US Soccer says minimum four trainings a week but they don't really mean that. They are talking about something different.

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Well my daughter watcher Pretty Little Liars and some crap on MTV and doesn't watch La Liga, Thorns or any other soccer and has a D1 ride and plays ECNL. So there.

How does one play(s) ECNL?

Is that like play(s) OSAA? or play(s) FWRL? or play(s) Mt. Hood Challenge?

Usually kids play for a named club or a named school. Sorry you have been taken for a ride.

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US Soccer says minimum four trainings a week but they don't really mean that. They are talking about something different.

What the heck does that mean?

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How does one play(s) ECNL?

Is that like play(s) OSAA? or play(s) FWRL? or play(s) Mt. Hood Challenge?

Usually kids play for a named club or a named school. Sorry you have been taken for a ride.

Well the trick is your DD has to get off the bench to "play" any of it. So don't concern yourself with such trivial details; you may hurt yourself.

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Since you mentioned college ID camp I will post my question here. This is my oldest and she is an 03. We have received an email from a d1 college coach to come to an elite ID camp this summer. She went to Regionals in Arizona in January, is it possible that this coach saw her there or is it more likely that it's just a mass email? Just an honest question hoping for honest replies, as unlikely as that is on this site.

Be prepared for many more mass emails in your future. Even lousy players get them. Camps help fluff the budgets of college; the more players the better. the better camps are very small and one day only. Go to ones at schools she's interested in. Stay away from the giant ones that go on forever (no one show well playing 8 hours a day for 3 days). She's still a bit young. Have her try a camp or two next summer to get some experience.

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So they aren't following the US Soccer Girls DA rules. That is ok but they should be upfront about ignoring those rules.

lol since when are club upfront about anything?