Following just one season of play in the U.S. Soccer Girls Development Academy, which kicked off in September of 2017, three major clubs, New Jersey-based Sky Blue-PDA, the Michigan Hawks and FC Starsof Massachusetts, announced they will not be returning to the DA for the 2018-19 season. All three clubs have been longtime members of the ECNL, the league in whichtheir top teams will play in the 2018-19 season. We asked Jason Dewhurst, the FC Stars’ Director of Coaching, why his club is leaving the DA. Dewhurst is also a member of theECNL Board of the Directors and since the early 2010s has served as a U.S. Soccer girls youth national team assistant coach and scout.
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