GDA Info Night Tonight

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You have zero credibility. The top 7 of 10 players in the 03 ages group are at GPS right now. Every ECNL coach and the GDA are doing their mightiness to draw these players away. Indicating that ECNL is above these players makes you look like, sound like and squirt like a dick.

The recruitment of GPS girls is actually getting a bit hilarious. They are good but no one person makes a team. GPS is a great team because all the players are good and work hard together.

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Originally Posted by Unregistered View Post
ECNL = 40 girls in college this year.
Timber Alliance clubs = 40+/-
Thorns = 0?


College is not for everyone.

Chose wisely.

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Enjoy your time as middle school wanna be's...in 5 years those will be times you can barely remember. If you do remember them fondly, then your time in soccer has already ended.

Truer words, never spoken.

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The 03s are young. Wait a couple years on a great team with many opportunities. If GDA, Ecnl or anything else takes off & starts really producing, switch in 2 or 3 years. Take the wise NorCal clubs and players good example. Good players and good clubs don't need to switch until it's a proven better option.

Truth

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Given the state of our local club options for girls in youth soccer; no club has any hold on players with the level of coaching offered, any record of achievement on the field- as it cannot be quantified since nobody plays for anything these day except book monies at obscure colleges. Throw-in airline travel costs and 4 day trips out of state.

Wouldn't it be nice if someone was willing to pay for this kind of experience for us and clear up the mess.

Can't wait for that day.

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The recruitment of GPS girls is actually getting a bit hilarious. They are good but no one person makes a team. GPS is a great team because all the players are good and work hard together.

Thanks, Coach!

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The 03s are young. Wait a couple years on a great team with many opportunities. If GDA, Ecnl or anything else takes off & starts really producing, switch in 2 or 3 years. Take the wise NorCal clubs and players good example. Good players and good clubs don't need to switch until it's a proven better option.

Oregon has no 'great teams' at any level today.

CU, FC P & GDA have taken off already and are getting filled up quickly with the area's best talent, the GDA has the advantage since it's paid for.

NorCal teams aren't relevant to us in dinky Oregon.

The best players are already switching to the GDA, the next layer to CU and FC P.

Wait a couple years to decide so you have absolutely no chance of making those evolved squads.

Sound Advice, or truth as you put it.

LOL

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There will have to be more than one van with 18 kids traveling and a coach.

Thats a long drive to Northern California.

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ECNL = 40 girls in college this year.
Timber Alliance clubs = 40+/-
Thorns = 0?

For some girls college is not the destination.

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Reality, we have no top clubs in Oregon Period..

Isn't it about time we have one?

Why don't we want to get better consolidate talent an represent the best Oregon has on a national platform.

We are more interested in playing HS soccer for the best of the best girls.

What the hell is wrong with us?

The problem is that DA doesn't "fit" as that best platform for many families who have a daughter who is a multisport athlete and who wants the social aspect of playing HS soccer. I get it for the boys since there are a lot more pro opportunities. The fact is we never should have had 2 ECNL teams in Portland metro and now with 2 ECNL and DA team everyone will be screwed.

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The problem is that DA doesn't "fit" as that best platform for many families who have a daughter who is a multisport athlete and who wants the social aspect of playing HS soccer. I get it for the boys since there are a lot more pro opportunities. The fact is we never should have had 2 ECNL teams in Portland metro and now with 2 ECNL and DA team everyone will be screwed.

40% of top girls will play ECNL
15% of top girls will try the thorns
the rest will play elsewhere.

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Oregon has no 'great teams' at any level today.

CU, FC P & GDA have taken off already and are getting filled up quickly with the area's best talent, the GDA has the advantage since it's paid for.

NorCal teams aren't relevant to us in dinky Oregon.

The best players are already switching to the GDA, the next layer to CU and FC P.

Wait a couple years to decide so you have absolutely no chance of making those evolved squads.

Sound Advice, or truth as you put it.

LOL

Most 03s will be in high school this fall. If you were planning on jumping in 2-3 yrs to ECNL or GDA, you're going to have to be exceptional to displace a current player. Not to mention 10th grade is the peak of recruiting season.

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The problem is that DA doesn't "fit" as that best platform for many families who have a daughter who is a multisport athlete and who wants the social aspect of playing HS soccer. I get it for the boys since there are a lot more pro opportunities. The fact is we never should have had 2 ECNL teams in Portland metro and now with 2 ECNL and DA team everyone will be screwed.

There should be one DA for the Soccer junkie elites. One ECNL for soccer junkies that play some other individual sports. OYSA for true multi sport athletes that play Lacrosse, Basketball, Track, etc. Several kids we know gave up basketball, track and softball to accommodate ECNL so careful to hype that up as the pathway for multi-sport kids. The only thing it really affords time for is HS Soccer.

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Most 03s will be in high school this fall. If you were planning on jumping in 2-3 yrs to ECNL or GDA, you're going to have to be exceptional to displace a current player. Not to mention 10th grade is the peak of recruiting season.

In Oregon 99 percent are not signed until end of Junior Year. Your dd will be no exception.

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Most 03s will be in high school this fall. If you were planning on jumping in 2-3 yrs to ECNL or GDA, you're going to have to be exceptional to displace a current player. Not to mention 10th grade is the peak of recruiting season.

The GPS players won't have any problem switching whenever they want. GDA & Ecnl will take the best players.