That's a big loss for GDA.
I wonder if Southern California may well follow the lead of the rest of the country with some more big guns dropping out......will be interesting to see how it all ends.
When blues drop out also ecnl will back where things started.
Ussda is out of touch and cost way to much in terms of what has to be given up vs what girls clubs are looking for.
Is Crossfire Premier (NW) a dual or GDA only club?Wow this is a huge blow to GDA. With Slammers and LAFC both joining the other powerhouse clubs that left (PDA, Hawks, Eclipse, FC Stars) it's hard not to see that GDA isn't going as planned. Those clubs have history of placing girls in top college programs and on national teams. I know it's only been one year but the boys side didn't have this when it was created.
The boys side didn’t have a competing, established, elite league (Ie- ECNL)Wow this is a huge blow to GDA. With Slammers and LAFC both joining the other powerhouse clubs that left (PDA, Hawks, Eclipse, FC Stars) it's hard not to see that GDA isn't going as planned. Those clubs have history of placing girls in top college programs and on national teams. I know it's only been one year but the boys side didn't have this when it was created.
I wonder if Southern California will follow the lead of the rest of the country with some more big guns dropping out over the next 12 months......will be interesting to see how it all ends.
They stayed because they all played high school for their coach at a private school. Most of them will be gone in one year.Blues was never all in in the first place. Their top players/top teams in 01 and 02 stayed ECNL this past year.
Setting aside everything else (each league has some pros/cons) - it all comes down to what you have in your list.....the financial impact on the clubs.Is there an additional reason why the clubs can't play in both leagues? Is it that USSF is asking "all in" or is it ECNL asking for "all in".
For example, last year, when NYCFC was being formed, ECNL supposedly disallowed DOC of World Class from coaching in the games.
This year, the clubs in the NE have done a lot of math, and switching from GDA to ECNL meant way more money for the club, and significantly less oversight from anyone:
- coaches involved for 6 months instead of 10 (big issue for those who double as college coaches)
- basically 2 training sessions in ECNL a week instead of 3-4 in GDA (for many clubs it was just 3 mandatory sessions)
- clubs leaving GDA were given an allocation of having an extra ECNL team per age group
Some good points. I wonder though if LAFC Slammers, with LAFC $$$$ backing, is really an issue?I think these defections have more to do with club finances than an indictment of GDA. There are pros and cons to both leagues as has been debated on this board. After one year I don't think you can really tell how GDA will shake out but what you can tell is whether your club can afford to continue in the league, especially when the trend is going towards fully funding the teams and possibly expanding at two age groups.
To fully fund the program it costs about $750,000 per year. Its a lot of money, regardless of who is backing it.Some good points. I wonder though if LAFC Slammers, with LAFC $$$$ backing, is really an issue?
I wonder if it will continue to be Fully Funded
I wonder if it will continue to be Fully Funded