Eastside now the Thorns?

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Along with a 1/2 million to fund it. Generous pro club for sure. Well done!

Dumped the team on Eastside to coach and provide fields while Westside handles the money and the cold calls trying to fill rosters. And Peregrine kept all the money.

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I don't think there is any value to the rights of selling female soccer players.

Exactly. No transfer fees as players are a dime a dozen. So why invest if there is no return?

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Exactly. No transfer fees as players are a dime a dozen. So why invest if there is no return?

Timbers & Thorns are always giving to our local youth.
I wish all the local kiddo clubs would follow their lead.

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Timbers & Thorns are always giving to our local youth.
I wish all the local kiddo clubs would follow their lead.

That’s funny!

The daycare camps they run are probably be very profitable. Don’t they take profits from OYSA league and cups too?

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Dumped the team on Eastside to coach and provide fields while Westside handles the money and the cold calls trying to fill rosters. And Peregrine kept all the money.

Eastside is a powerhouse girls club at high school ages.

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That’s funny!

The daycare camps they run are probably be very profitable. Don’t they take profits from OYSA league and cups too?

Club sponsored daycare camps are the most profitable since they claim non profit status and get fields for pennies on the dollar...tricky..tricky.

Clubs run local leagues and tournaments which have massive profits.

Yet they dont fund the elite kids at their own💰 clubs, like the local Pro club does, different priorities.
Of course.

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Timbers & Thorns are always giving to our local youth.
I wish all the local kiddo clubs would follow their lead.

Giving what? Communicable diseases?

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Eastside is a powerhouse girls club at high school ages.

You bet they are! If they had HS girls teams, that is.

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Big changes happening. Eastside is now the Eastside Thorns.

Never saw this coming.

I didn’t realize Eastside has high school girls teams. Well, I guess they are the Thorns now.

Good luck to all kids competing. The journey is short.

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Deflecting

You know you are doing something right when you see threads like this.

It is well documented that Eastside branded its girls club the Thorns to align itself with the boys branding of the Timbers. Neither the Eastside Timbers (boys) and Throns (girls) have anything to do with the US Develop Academy program, except many players do advance from Eastside to the DA.

The Portland Timbers/Thorns maintain complete control of the coaching of general over site of the program. Coaches are Laura Schott (sorry FC she moved on) Chris Thurley, and Tracy Nelson. Asst coaches are Sophie Clough and Kat Tarr.

Administrative duties were off loaded to Westside Timbers to take advantage efficiencies of Westside already processing players etc. Unlike other area program the Timbers/Thorns would like their money to go to the kids, that is why there is no charge for the boys and the girls is half of what other national travel leagues charge.

Eastside, Westside and Washington do offer field space for training. All three have multi million dollar youth training soccer complexes. The Thorns will also be using the Timbers training center and Jeld Wen as primary training facilities.

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You know you are doing something right when you see threads like this.

It is well documented that Eastside branded its girls club the Thorns to align itself with the boys branding of the Timbers. Neither the Eastside Timbers (boys) and Throns (girls) have anything to do with the US Develop Academy program, except many players do advance from Eastside to the DA.

The Portland Timbers/Thorns maintain complete control of the coaching of general over site of the program. Coaches are Laura Schott (sorry FC she moved on) Chris Thurley, and Tracy Nelson. Asst coaches are Sophie Clough and Kat Tarr.

Administrative duties were off loaded to Westside Timbers to take advantage efficiencies of Westside already processing players etc. Unlike other area program the Timbers/Thorns would like their money to go to the kids, that is why there is no charge for the boys and the girls is half of what other national travel leagues charge.

Eastside, Westside and Washington do offer field space for training. All three have multi million dollar youth training soccer complexes. The Thorns will also be using the Timbers training center and Jeld Wen as primary training facilities.

Man, this is dumb and dumber. DA is Schotting itself in the foot if you think FC P 'lost' anything! Its a desperation move in desperate times for a program that is now saying that 'winning is the new losing' because winning doesn't teach for improvement!! (serious)
FC P has felt NO impact as in Zero, nada!

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I for one think that Timbers Alliance clubs are right place for thorns academey. I don't know why all the negativity and mocking. They are just kids and everyone deserves to play.

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You know you are doing something right when you see threads like this.

It is well documented that Eastside branded its girls club the Thorns to align itself with the boys branding of the Timbers. Neither the Eastside Timbers (boys) and Throns (girls) have anything to do with the US Develop Academy program, except many players do advance from Eastside to the DA.

The Portland Timbers/Thorns maintain complete control of the coaching of general over site of the program. Coaches are Laura Schott (sorry FC she moved on) Chris Thurley, and Tracy Nelson. Asst coaches are Sophie Clough and Kat Tarr.

Administrative duties were off loaded to Westside Timbers to take advantage efficiencies of Westside already processing players etc. Unlike other area program the Timbers/Thorns would like their money to go to the kids, that is why there is no charge for the boys and the girls is half of what other national travel leagues charge.

Eastside, Westside and Washington do offer field space for training. All three have multi million dollar youth training soccer complexes. The Thorns will also be using the Timbers training center and Jeld Wen as primary training facilities.

So Peregrine still rakes in all the money from OYSA, State Cups, ODP, RTC, etc but has farmed out the Thornz Asylum to Eastside and Westside? Sounds about right. Put the worst teams in the worst clubs for HS girls soccer and stand back while the final nail is driven into the Asylum coffin. Best thing that ever happened to Oregon soccer.

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Crazy

So Peregrine still rakes in all the money from OYSA, State Cups, ODP, RTC, etc but has farmed out the Thornz Asylum to Eastside and Westside? Sounds about right. Put the worst teams in the worst clubs for HS girls soccer and stand back while the final nail is driven into the Asylum coffin. Best thing that ever happened to Oregon soccer.

WOW You are a real moron. It is almost comical.

First no, the girls DA was not farmed out to Eastside and Westside. Eastside rents fields to the girls DA, that is their entire relationship with the Thorns DA. Westside handles some administrative duties (registering players etc.)

The Portland Timbers/Thorns maintain control over coaching, player selection, the over all program.

Do you struggle with small task?

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I for one think that Timbers Alliance clubs are right place for thorns academey. I don't know why all the negativity and mocking. They are just kids and everyone deserves to play.

Timbers alliance clubs will do just fine running the teams. The non profit focus is very much into running kids soccer.