New Girls DA Clubs Announced

Eagles have been losing their better players to Real So Cal DA ... it looks like ECNL is turning into the lower league.

Eagles and other clubs like Arsenal and Strikers will have to be ECNL because they won't be able to compete with DA. DA is much more established with the boys and will be/ is with the girls.

There will be resistance to change like anything else... kicking and screaming.
If they want to play lousy soccer in high school then they will play DPL... not a big deal really. Unless it's the half dozen private schools, no one is watching those games.
 
so, with so many top clubs leaving the DA do you think they never had the best players or are all of their best players leaving their clubs to go to a
club that still has DA? It doesn't make sense to say that ECNL is turning into the lower league. Also, not sure why you are saying that the DA is the more established league with so many solid clubs leaving the DA and returning to ECNL. Seems like a lot of upheaval to me and not anything stable.
 
Soccer43 said:
so, with so many top clubs leaving the DA do you think they never had the best players or are all of their best players leaving their clubs to go to a
club that still has DA? It doesn't make sense to say that ECNL is turning into the lower league. Also, not sure why you are saying that the DA is the more established league with so many solid clubs leaving the DA and returning to ECNL. Seems like a lot of upheaval to me and not anything stable.
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Who has officially left DA?
ECNL is a two pony race Blues and LAFC..
ECNL is the Coast league of Elite Soccer.
DA is much stronger, more money, affiliated with pro clubs, and a large college presence at the showcases.

If you are married to ECNL, then of course you don't want to see this.

Time will tell... womens youth soccer has mutated from what it was 10 years ago.. and just when you think you have a handle on it.. it significantly changes... change has been the only constant.
We have been in both and love it all.
 
InTheStands said:
Who has officially left DA?
ECNL is a two pony race Blues and LAFC..
ECNL is the Coast league of Elite Soccer.
DA is much stronger, more money, affiliated with pro clubs, and a large college presence at the showcases.

If you are married to ECNL, then of course you don't want to see this.

Time will tell... womens youth soccer has mutated from what it was 10 years ago.. and just when you think you have a handle on it.. it significantly changes... change has been the only constant.
We have been in both and love it all.
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Off the top of my head - Michigan Hawks, Crossfire Premier, LAFC, Eclipse Select, Concorde Fire, NYCFC, FC Stars, PDA
 
terrence said:
Off the top of my head - Michigan Hawks, Crossfire Premier, LAFC, Eclipse Select, Concorde Fire, NYCFC, FC Stars, PDA
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I would look at motivation of some of these directors who are in their twilight years as a coach. USSDA with its 10 month season, training requirements, and audits/assessments is a very frustrating system for 50/60+ year old guys who have done whatever they wanted for 20+ years. To be fair - who wouldn't want an extra 3 months of vacation. Its easy to see why Blasingame, James, Walid, Landefeld would choose choose an easier path. There is a new generation of soccer and these dinosaurs will not be participating.
 
Subjectively ECNL is stronger everywhere but Texas and So California.

Especially if rumor is true on Real Colorado, TopHat and Penn Fusion leaving DA in coming months.
 
InTheStands said:
Who has officially left DA?
ECNL is a two pony race Blues and LAFC..
ECNL is the Coast league of Elite Soccer.
DA is much stronger, more money, affiliated with pro clubs, and a large college presence at the showcases.

If you are married to ECNL, then of course you don't want to see this.

Time will tell... womens youth soccer has mutated from what it was 10 years ago.. and just when you think you have a handle on it.. it significantly changes... change has been the only constant.
We have been in both and love it all.
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I am not married to ECNL and have been in both systems as well. DA was a big joke and not worth the smoke and mirrors and all the propoganda that was put out. It all comes down to who your coach is, what your end game is and what works for you. There is plenty of good competition in ECNL and plenty of college coaches at the ECNL showcases. We did not find our dream college offer in the DA, not even close. You can make the argument that the top few teams in the DA are good and the rest are mediocre at best just as you can make that case for the ECNL. Are you really arguing that Albion and LA Premier and the best of the best when they can hardly win a game? In So Cal there is only one DA club that is associated with a pro club so where is all that money?? The rest are raking in the money from the families as all good clubs do for any of their teams.
 
I am pretty certain the condition to be in DA is to have a professional team affiliation.
You obviously disagree with me and that's fine.
 
Soccer43 said:
I am not married to ECNL and have been in both systems as well. DA was a big joke and not worth the smoke and mirrors and all the propoganda that was put out. It all comes down to who your coach is, what your end game is and what works for you. There is plenty of good competition in ECNL and plenty of college coaches at the ECNL showcases. We did not find our dream college offer in the DA, not even close. You can make the argument that the top few teams in the DA are good and the rest are mediocre at best just as you can make that case for the ECNL. Are you really arguing that Albion and LA Premier and the best of the best when they can hardly win a game? In So Cal there is only one DA club that is associated with a pro club so where is all that money?? The rest are raking in the money from the families as all good clubs do for any of their teams.
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So what you are saying as pertains to your daughter is that after 2-3 years of ECNL and 1 year in DA your daughter did not find a college offer that was even close to her dream college? Interesting.
 
There are 71 clubs in the girls DA. So if there is a condition that these clubs have to be associated with a professional team I would love to see the list.
 
From USSFDA website from last year:
"With the addition of Utah Royals FC, eight of nine NWSL clubs will be represented in the Academy."

The majority of the academy teams affiliated with the eight NWSL teams are middle of the pack at best. Affiliation with NWSL doesn't guarantee the club is fully funded - affiliation doesn't mean much of anything on the girls side I don't think. There are a handful affiliated with MLS clubs, I'm not certain if any of them are fully funded either.

RiverArsenal's post above, about the motivation of club DOCs, is pretty insightful.
 
Lambchop said:
So what you are saying as pertains to your daughter is that after 2-3 years of ECNL and 1 year in DA your daughter did not find a college offer that was even close to her dream college? Interesting.
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Not exactly the correct facts, lets just say the DA didn’t produce a benefit, all comes back to the coach and the coaches connections and your players end game. She got more interest from the right colleges before and after the DA
 
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InTheStands said:
Eagles have been losing their better players to Real So Cal DA ... it looks like ECNL is turning into the lower league.

Eagles and other clubs like Arsenal and Strikers will have to be ECNL because they won't be able to compete with DA. DA is much more established with the boys and will be/ is with the girls.

There will be resistance to change like anything else... kicking and screaming.
If they want to play lousy soccer in high school then they will play DPL... not a big deal really. Unless it's the half dozen private schools, no one is watching those games.
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I know the U16/17 and U18 levels. Not one player left Eagles last year for Real but multiple players left Real to the Eagles. KW leaving Real for the Eagles was a big part of it. I have been anti HS and a big supporter for DA but HS was the major part of Eagles decision. And it was their decision, not forced on them.
 
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