Texas Rush expanding to North Texas?

Anyone heard that rumor?

Where did you hear this?

yep I have heard it

I heard that they might expand here by merging with one of he bigger clubs; but I received no confirmation.

That's the only way they're going to beat NTX clubs consistently- by joining one. Jeez... A STX team edges a NTX team (usually a lower division) or does fairly well in a tournament with NTX clubs, its like they won the Super Bowl... Besides, who blames them for wanting to play on some descent fields, after playing on some of their freshly mown pastures for years...

Does Texas Rush offer anything new/different that the existing clubs here in NTX do not? What's their differentiator?

What would be the benefit of merging with a bigger club? Is it a bigger club, or one of the biggest..cough(LP)..cough..

If they did merge - it is extremely hard to believe that any "major" club in NTX would forgo their Club name. Can you imagine Dallas Texas changing to RUSH or even creating a new name DT-RUSH.... what is the point.

So it would have to be a smaller club that would not care and then it is more about economics and money - all the admin could easily merge for scalability. I just do not see any advantage for the Girls? Perhaps they have other vision (dreams) of hosting a larger scale tournament some day - again for the $$$$. Well they will have a battle over the NTX current market holders.....

The Colorado Rush guys always wanted to take over the world of youth soccer. No surprise they're coming here.


Colorado, Virginia, Michigan, Iowa, New Mexico, South Texas, New Jersey....there may be others I don't know about.

bigtex75081 wrote:Does Texas Rush offer anything new/different that the existing clubs here in NTX do not? What's their differentiator?

I think the Rush Club format is different than all of the NTX clubs, I believe that they have players join the club, then all specific age groups practice together, are constantly evaluated, and placed on teams based on skills, need, and development. I am probably wrong, but that is my impression having talked with some RUSH parents in the past.

At older ages, STX is very competitive (top teams) - keep that in mind. Both boys and girls have that phenom on. NTX is dominant, but it's less so - even Austin/Oklahoma teams have won Premier League titles. I do wonder what large club would get anything out of Rush coming up here vs just merging - unless it were Liverpool or Andromeda - although, every club would welcome any additional revenue obviously.

dfeetersarethebomb wrote:At older ages, STX is very competitive (top teams) - keep that in mind. Both boys and girls have that phenom on. NTX is dominant, but it's less so - even Austin/Oklahoma teams have won Premier League titles. I do wonder what large club would get anything out of Rush coming up here vs just merging - unless it were Liverpool or Andromeda - although, every club would welcome any additional revenue obviously.

ECNL membership would be a benefit.

dfeetersarethebomb wrote:At older ages, STX is very competitive (top teams) - keep that in mind.

I was wondering about that earlier comment about STX being relatively weak. Thinking things must have changed dramatically. In the not-too-distant past, clubs like Challenge and Texans put together VERY good teams in the older age groups.

Subdivisions... in North Texas Clubs
Subdivisions... is your kid a sub???
Conform or be cast out...

Subdivisions... on the soccer pitch
Subdivisions... getting cut's a b**ch
Be good or be cast out...

Any escape might help to prove
The NTX system is really screwed
But the Indy's have no charms to soothe
Unless your looking for smaller dues...

MyBall wrote:

dfeetersarethebomb wrote:At older ages, STX is very competitive (top teams) - keep that in mind. Both boys and girls have that phenom on. NTX is dominant, but it's less so - even Austin/Oklahoma teams have won Premier League titles. I do wonder what large club would get anything out of Rush coming up here vs just merging - unless it were Liverpool or Andromeda - although, every club would welcome any additional revenue obviously.

ECNL membership would be a benefit.

Texas Rush is an ECNL club and their 2 oldest teams suck. 1-4-12 in U18, 2-0-15 in U17. If they do come here, it will just be another mediocre club to contend with.

Something about the RUSH development model works. I haven't seen any STX rush teams play, but the Colorado teams possess the ball and have a noticeable style that is consistent across age groups.

They also disproportionately put girls in national pools. If RUSH came here and merged with Liverpool that would be a game changer in the NTX market...no question about it.

bwgophers wrote:Subdivisions... in North Texas Clubs
Subdivisions... is your kid a sub???
Conform or be cast out...

Subdivisions... on the soccer pitch
Subdivisions... getting cut's a b**ch
Be good or be cast out...

Any escape might help to prove
The NTX system is really screwed
But the Indy's have no charms to soothe
Unless your looking for smaller dues...

Rush - nice!

3-4-3 wrote:Something about the RUSH development model works. I haven't seen any STX rush teams play, but the Colorado teams possess the ball and have a noticeable style that is consistent across age groups.

They also disproportionately put girls in national pools. If RUSH came here and merged with Liverpool that would be a game changer in the NTX market...no question about it.

Colorado Rush ECNL U16 in the Dallas International Cup were dominant. They were very impressive.

NTX is much more competitive in terms of choice of clubs, teams, coaches etc than STX, which IMO is a NTX strength. The more the merrier... If LP could pull that off, that would be truly impressive... Would it make much sense for any of the other clubs to merge? They would still have to get a LH team in every age group, but with ECNL status attainable, it would provide momentum to that end. But it begs the question(s)...

Is it a convenient rumor provided to buy time for LP's existing teams trying to hold off a player exodus from its top teams?

Does anyone know how close or far LP is from attaining ECNL status on its own?

berserker13 wrote:

bwgophers wrote:Subdivisions... in North Texas Clubs
Subdivisions... is your kid a sub???
Conform or be cast out...

Subdivisions... on the soccer pitch
Subdivisions... getting cut's a b**ch
Be good or be cast out...

Any escape might help to prove
The NTX system is really screwed
But the Indy's have no charms to soothe
Unless your looking for smaller dues...

Rush - nice!

Multi-talented BWG...truly impressive.
Not really sure your genius is fully appreciated!
Any predictions on who will be...Exiting Stage Left??

Packrabbit wrote:NTX is much more competitive in terms of choice of clubs, teams, coaches etc than STX, which IMO is a NTX strength. The more the merrier... If LP could pull that off, that would be truly impressive... Would it make much sense for any of the other clubs to merge? They would still have to get a LH team in every age group, but with ECNL status attainable, it would provide momentum to that end. But it begs the question(s)...

Is it a convenient rumor provided to buy time for LP's existing teams trying to hold off a player exodus from its top teams?

Does anyone know how close or far LP is from attaining ECNL status on its own?

I had that thought too, but if they (LP-Rush) were to join forces (and become one band-YES!), wouldn't their club still just have the ECNL team in STX...and logistically, wow?? How bad do you want that?? If that was the goal, wouldn't you just jump ship here? Probably still just be the owner of a lonely heart...sorry, couldn't help it.

Outside of ECNL possibilities, I fail to realize the benefits of any merger with a large club. If it's LP, they have no shortage of teams already. I don't see how the Rush name would attract any new clients unless the clubs name is not well known.

One benefit from a business standpoint would be consolidation of management and resources, but even that would be limited IMO.

I guess we'll know soon enough.

soccerdad1969 wrote:Outside of ECNL possibilities, I fail to realize the benefits of any merger with a large club. If it's LP, they have no shortage of teams already. I don't see how the Rush name would attract any new clients unless the clubs name is not well known.

One benefit from a business standpoint would be consolidation of management and resources, but even that would be limited IMO.

I guess we'll know soon enough.

From what I have heard LP has no desire to join ECNL and that they believe premier league and national league offers the best competition and opportunity for their players.

Sorry for the ignorance, but what is premiere and national league. LH and ODP? DD is '04 so haven't looked much into it.

Hope this thread doesn't delve into benefits of ECNL debate. There's already a 13 page topic on that.

Reality check wrote:

soccerdad1969 wrote:Outside of ECNL possibilities, I fail to realize the benefits of any merger with a large club. If it's LP, they have no shortage of teams already. I don't see how the Rush name would attract any new clients unless the clubs name is not well known.

One benefit from a business standpoint would be consolidation of management and resources, but even that would be limited IMO.

I guess we'll know soon enough.

From what I have heard LP has no desire to join ECNL and that they believe premier league and national league offers the best competition and opportunity for their players.

What else would you expect them to say?