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Sounds like Girls Academy League will be the new thing here locally as a spin off from DPL and DA. Feedback from players from last season DPL was great as competition was good and the recruiting opportunities for college seeking players was great. On the girls side take a look at the college commits from CESA, USA MTP, and SCUFC and I think you would be surprised at the exposure when considering DPL, ECNL, DA etc.

The DPL was 4 clubs last year. The two Florida clubs were dreadful. It was not a good use of parents' time or money. Next year, the Southeast GAL is shaping up to be by far the weakest conference in GAL but now with minimum 6 Florida teams. An event with that SE group will continue to not be a good use of parents' time or money.

Showcases past and future are a good place to see college coaches. You'll still find better showcases than what GAL has to offer. Also let's not confuse & combine what ECNL does for girls at CESA and SCUFC and DPL. DPL and now GAL are woefully far behind ECNL in all measures.

My last point would be to say that since we have been told by some folks who have been unable to grow the sport enough here in the low country over the past two decades to allow for the girls at more than one club to gain entry into a higher level league, I look forward to the GPS-JIYSC-CSC alliance taking that spot over as girls and coaches continue flock to other clubs that demonstrate they want to help grow the game.

#DecencyNotLegacy

What are you basing all of your post/information on? Did your kid play ECNL at any of the clubs you mention? Did your kid play in the NPL and DPL over the past few years to form that opinion? Do you coach with a college program? You seem to be basing your opinion off of something you read in another forum. If you want to understand the girls side of soccer specifically here in South Carolina you should probably understand who is getting recruited and where they’re going to in terms of schools along with how they got recruited.

"My last point would be to say that, since we have been told by some folks who have been unable to grow the sport enough here in the low country over the past two decades to allow for the girls at more than one club to gain entry into a higher level league, I look forward to the GPS-JIYSC-CSC alliance taking that spot over as girls and coaches continue flock to other clubs that demonstrate they want to help grow the game.

#DecencyNotLegacy"

My questions stand. We are all intimately familiar with your disdain for everything MTP, you’ve established that. You’re completely missing the point here. Let’s be honest, if SSC had a team in NPL or DPL you’d be praising those leagues and the exposure. I’ve told you this before, let it go.

Not DPL. Though I would be praising girls NPL and the exposure it gives if some coaches didn't have something against the success of girls not in their club.

#GrowTheSport
#DecencyNotLegacy

Based on Chuck’ statement GAL is coming to Charleston. I would imagine CSC would be the main player trying to get access to that unless Surf has those plans already. That means DPL would become second tier, which would be silly to participate in at that point.

To his point yes coaches recruit from all leagues. At the same time they have limited time and funds available to attend showcases and other events. They need to see as many players in one location as they can. With current economic situation things will get even tighter. Based on the exposure factor and talent consolidation, ECNL showcases are not even comparable to anything else but Jeff Cup or few DA events of the past with 500+ coaches at each event. At that point it’s up to the kids to perform. Soccer standard In S.C. has rapidly improved over last 10 years which is awesome to see and It is due to clubs and coaches doing great things all around.

GAL is the new and shiny thing at the moment, with time things may get better and showcase events may grow. As of now it’s just promises and hope vs. a product that has been around for several years. Time will only tell.

I think ECNL is the shiny thing at the moment. GAL is a distant second to be honest. Every club would pick ECNL over GAL in a heartbeat. GAL seems like it may shape up to be pretty darn good, but it is still second choice (at best) and that is okay to admit.

The conversation isn’t about what is better or worse, the conversation is about recognizing a great opportunity for low country girls that want to be recruited. To simply post negative crap all day about anything that isn’t ECNL is absurd and naive. To think that if your kid doesn’t play at SCUFC or CESA your kid won’t get recruited or offered a chance to play in college...dumb. Yes when it comes to the best opportunity to play in college CESA ECNL by far is the best avenue to that, no question. With that said, USA and GPS have done a superb job in the recruiting process to surpass SCUFC and their ECNL program despite not being able to get an ECNL program. As far as budgets and how schools are recruiting kids, if your kid is wanting to play at an in state school don’t be fooled to think that S.C. school doesn’t attend any local events including ODP and Viking Cup.

I think you're projecting here and putting wording into peoples mouths. No one said any of the things you are imagining. And, I don't see anyone posting 'negative crap' here except for you.

The thread was about the DA folding and possible leagues teams would go to (and the possible 'pecking' order of those leagues). All seemed fine. If you don't want to discuss that, no problem, start another thread about how great the GAL is. I am sure people will post there and affirm that the GAL is indeed shaping up to be a great league. Which I would certainly agree with!