Indiana Fire is indeed impressive
by irishlawyer (2020-10-05 19:43:43)

In reply to: Midwest clubs  posted by wcnitz

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On the girls side, they were a big pickup for the ECNL and a loss for the GAL in the wake of the USSF GDA ugliness.

Chicago Fire and Indiana Fire are excellent programs. I think these new platforms will get it figured out. While evidence mounts that the sudden and unexpected transition from DA to MLS was in planning for many months, the timeliness of Covid advanced those plans (and led to the re-creation of the BDA which I do not think was what was intended originally). I think that, despite MLS greed, the people who are doing the day-to-day will get the platform where it needs to be.

I've said before that I think we've hit a tipping point where complaining about pay to play and "the best players play other sports" has lost steam as soccer hits the mainstream. I think we're going to see the level of boys from the MLS and girls from ECNL and GAL get much better in the next five years. (Vested interest as I'm excited to see the future for my '07 girl.)

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