I would really caution using rankings until girls hit competitive soccer. I have seen this play out year after year at TSC with their pre ECNL teams. Now the TSC 13s may very well be the exception. Those BVB girls will go to the Dallas ECNL clubs this year if history repeats itself as will the HTX girls to Albion. Less from HTX but the migration will occur. I do agree with your thoughts on Nathan btw. My issue would be when the time comes and you don’t have Nathan. Assuming they rotate coaches.There are several factors that played into our team's decision. I can say a HUGE factor was Nathan Doll. There will be at least 3 really strong teams in the conference. Lou Fusz (ranked 2nd in MO), HTX (Ranked 3rd inTX) and BVB (Which beat both us and Energy to win Pre Ecnl top division). A lot of our parents have an issue with ECNL. For instance why does the Blitz 2013's who are better than WSA's now have to play WSA's 3rd team next season because ECNL decides who plays where? ECNL is a money grab which is why they have so many RL's. If you look more at the mission of GA it aligns more with my daughter's values as she wants to coach. It's a single sex league ran by women. We will also be placed against the other top GA teams at showcases and not against other bad teams at an ECNL showcase. We have some players who will be "Discovery" players for other ECNL clubs. If anyone believes ECNL cares about the kids we will just have to disagree. I will continue to support all the local teams as we have may friends on them. I just don't believe which club wears the patch solves the problems. We had a wonderful experience at WSA and TSC has been great also. Many issues teams have are with parents and not the kids.
All that said, best of luck as your daughter enters competitive soccer. It’s an exciting time. Hopefully everyone continues to cheer for our Tulsa based teams regardless of club affiliation. Keep us informed on your GA season.