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tudirk said:
I foresee in the next 3 years someone (Crafts, Shubert, JSC etc. possibly oversees $$$) Comes in to make a play to consolidate. One problem with purchasing a club is what are you buying? Tents, flags and a name? Non competes will be no good. So many kids want to be able to say they are "Top team" that they would go to a new start up club so they can say they are a gold level player. Facilites in Tulsa Metro outside of Indian Springs and JSC are horrendous. Coaches move around as the wind blows. Parents think soccer is expensive (it's not).

Let's put Tulsa Metro Area Soccer Clubs in perspective rankings wise.
TSC Boys #68 Girls #109 Combined #68
WSA Boys #308 Girls #162 Combined #172
Blitz Boys #637 Girls #299 Combined #375

What consolidation makes sense?
WSA has volume a lot of weak coaches and sub-par fields, solid leadership
Blitz has good local coaches, terrible practice fields, game day at JSC will help, solid leadership
TSC has ECNL and solid coaches albeit mostly from Brazil and 2nd best complex. Horrible person as owner.
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You’re buying the platform if you’re acquiring TSC. Any potential purchaser better have a long talk with ECNL and get certain assurances in writing. With competent leadership that ECNL platform is extremely valuable. When Barry acquired TSC they were by far the largest competitive club in the Tulsa metro. That is no longer true. ECNL is the prize. As long as TSC has those letters there is zero reason why they aren’t the dominant club in this area….other than poor leadership.
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I foresee in the next 3 years someone (Crafts, Shubert, JSC etc. possibly oversees $$$) Comes in to make a play to consolidate. One problem with purchasing a club is what are you buying? Tents, flags and a name? Non competes will be no good. So many kids want to be able to say they are "Top team" that they would go to a new start up club so they can say they are a gold level player. Facilites in Tulsa Metro outside of Indian Springs and JSC are horrendous. Coaches move around as the wind blows. Parents think soccer is expensive (it's not).

Let's put Tulsa Metro Area Soccer Clubs in perspective rankings wise.
TSC Boys #68 Girls #109 Combined #68
WSA Boys #308 Girls #162 Combined #172
Blitz Boys #637 Girls #299 Combined #375

What consolidation makes sense?
WSA has volume a lot of weak coaches and sub-par fields, solid leadership
Blitz has good local coaches, terrible practice fields, game day at JSC will help, solid leadership
TSC has ECNL and solid coaches albeit mostly from Brazil and 2nd best complex. Horrible person as owner.
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lawpoke87 said:
100% agree. Even with the backing of FC Tulsa and Nsien the odds of an MLS-next academy in Tulsa is a long shot. Would obviously be great to see our elite kids be able to stay home but I simply don’t see it in the cards.
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Maybe, maybe not. All of these MLS clubs have satellites regionally. Doesn't make them MLS Next necessarily but if they find a place like Tulsa has the facilities and a pool of talent they can supplement with regional kids (think NW Arkansas, OKC, maybe even Wichita) they'll do it. The problem is the facility and there's not a ton of land out there that's not in the boonies to develop one. I suppose they could buy Mohawk from the city and develop it into something like Toyota down in Frisco and there's a lot of land on the east side of that complex where they could put a learning center and indoor locker rooms and training/S&C space.

But that's a pipe dream. Tulsa area clubs have been so about chasing $$$ that they've completely screwed over the talent pool they had and fractured what should have been a common vision of making Tulsa one of the hot beds for soccer in the US.
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TulsaRulzOSUdrools said:
or she just wasn't good enough. they were total drama.

I hope what JM is selling works. Mike Nsien has connections like no coach ever has in Oklahoma.

MLS-next in Oklahoma is going to be a huge deal. I am not sure kids here understand how not to play high school, especially in Tulsa. Tulsa is a very high school town. In MLS-Next, you don't play high school soccer. That isn't just a club rule. That is a basic tenet of the league. That said they want people from outside of Tulsa to be training there.

They are going to get smashed on at first .
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Barry didn’t demote her from ECNL. He kicked her out of the club. Zero about how good she is but retribution for her brother signing with JM.

I don’t think most parents and players in Oklahoma understand the level of play in MLS-next. I also don’t see a viable path to a local MLS-next academy in Tulsa without players from outside the area participating. There simply isn’t the talent pool locally. Who knows….if FC Tulsa gets behind there’s certainly a possibility. MLS-next Oklahoma would obviously hurt the local ECNL team if they’re still around.
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This is the Democratic Party.

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lawpoke87 said:
Did he get impeached over the BJ or impeached over lying under oath? Either way it was ridiculous. It’s been a very long time since the American people gave a rat’s ass who their Presidents have hooked up. Maybe back to JFK? I always thought part of Clinton’s appeal was his womanizing. Made him relatable to many
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Comme ci, comme ca. Just like Trump isn't on trial for sleeping with Stormy Daniels. The Republicans couldn't resist.
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lawpoke87 said:
Actually there’s not. 2013 brother went to play for JM. TSC decided it wanted nothing to do with the family anymore including the ECNL sister
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or she just wasn't good enough. they were total drama.

I hope what JM is selling works. Mike Nsien has connections like no coach ever has in Oklahoma.

MLS-next in Oklahoma is going to be a huge deal. I am not sure kids here understand how not to play high school, especially in Tulsa. Tulsa is a very high school town. In MLS-Next, you don't play high school soccer. That isn't just a club rule. That is a basic tenet of the league. That said they want people from outside of Tulsa to be training there.

They are going to get smashed on at first .
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