Pro club affiliation is not the same thing as fully funded/free-to-play. Bravo to LA Galaxy for setting the bar. Unfortunately it's unlikely many others will be able to match it

Here are the conference alignments. Seems like the travel will be akin to the all R1. Not great, but not so bad.

NORTHEAST
Boston Breakers (Watertown, Mass.)
Cedar Stars – Monmouth (Tinton Falls, N.J.)
East Meadow SC (East Meadow, N.Y.) --Also ECNL
FC Fury NY (Bay Shore, N.Y.)
FC Stars (Acton, Mass.) --Also ECNL
FC Virginia (Chantilly, Va.) --Also ECNL
Oakwood Soccer Club (Glastonbury, Conn.)
PA Classics (Manheim, Pa.)
Penn Fusion Soccer Academy (Westtown, Pa.) --Also ECNL
Sky Blue – PDA (Bernardsville, N.J.) --Also ECNL
Virginia Development Academy (Woodbridge, Va.)
Washington Spirit Maryland (Boyds, Md.)
Washington Spirit Virginia (Fairfax, Va.)
World Class FC (Orangeburg, N.Y.) --Also ECNL

SOUTHEAST
Boca United FC (Boca Raton, Fla.) --Also ECNL
Capital Area RailHawks (Raleigh, N.C.)
Charlotte Soccer Academy (Matthews, N.C.) --Also ECNL
Concorde Fire (Atlanta, Ga.) --Also ECNL
IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)
NTH Tophat (Marietta, Ga.) --Also ECNL
Orlando Pride (Orlando, Fla.)
United Futbol Academy (Cumming, Ga.)
United Soccer Alliance (Jacksonville, Fla.)
West Florida Flames (Brandon, Fla.)
Weston FC (Weston, Fla.)

MID-AMERICA
Cincinnati Development Academy (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Eclipse Select Soccer Club (Oak Brook, Ill.) --Also ECNL
Empire United Soccer Academy (West Henrietta, N.Y.)
FC United (Northfield, Ill.)
Indiana Fire Academy (Westfield, Ind.)
Michigan Hawks (Wixom, Mich.) --Also ECNL
Midwest United FC (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Nationals (Pontiac, Mich.)
Shattuck-St. Mary’s Rev SC (Faribault, Minn.)
Sockers FC Chicago (Palatine, Ill.) --Also ECNL
Western New York Flash (Elma, N.Y.)

FRONTIER
Colorado Rush (Littleton, Co.) --Also ECNL
Dallas Texans Soccer Club (Plano, Texas) --Also ECNL
FC Dallas (Frisco, Texas) --Also ECNL
FC Kansas City (Prairie Village, Kan.)
Houston Dash (Houston, Texas)
Houston United DA (Spring, Texas)
Lonestar Soccer Club (Austin, Texas) --Also ECNL
Real Colorado (Centennial, Co.) --Also ECNL
Solar Soccer Club (Allen, Texas) --Also ECNL
SPORTING Blue Valley (Overland Park, Kan.) --Also ECNL
Sting Soccer Club (Addison, Texas) --Also ECNL
Texas Rush Soccer Club (The Woodlands, Texas) --Also ECNL
TSC Hurricane (Jenks, Okla.) --Also ECNL

NORTHWEST
Burlingame Soccer Club (Burlingame, Calif.)
California Storm (Sacramento, Calif.)
Crossfire Premier (Redmond, Wash.) --Also ECNL
De Anza Force (Campbell, Calif.)
Eastside FC (Issaquah, Wash.)
La Roca Futbol Club (Kaysville, Utah)
Lamorinda Soccer Club (Moraga, Calif.)
Portland Thorns (Portland, Ore.)
PSV Union Football Club (Palo Alto, Calif.)
San Jose Earthquakes (San Jose, Calif.)
Seattle Reign (Seattle, Wash.) --Also ECNL

SOUTHWEST
Albion SC (San Diego, Calif.)
Beach Futbol Club (Torrance, Calif.)
Eagles Soccer Club (Camarillo, Calif.)
LA Galaxy (Carson, Calif.)
LA Galaxy San Diego (Carlsbad, Calif.)
LAFC Slammers (Costa Mesa, Calif.) --Also ECNL
Legends FC (Chino, Calif.)
Los Angeles Premier Futbol Club (La Canada Flintridge, Calif.)
Pateadores (Costa Mesa, Calif.)
Real So Cal (Woodland Hills, Calif.) --Also ECNL
San Diego Surf Soccer Club (Del Mar, Calif.) --Also ECNL
SC del Sol (Phoenix, Ariz.)
So Cal Blues (Laguna Hills, Calif.) --Also ECNL
West Coast Futbol Club (Laguna Hills, Calif.) --Also ECNL

There will be pressure to match it.

Isn't Boston Breakers also ECNL? My question is how Breakers, Stars, and these clubs that have both designations handle that. I think there might be some creative jockeying going on.

Not if they're the only one doing it, which they will be for the foreseeable future.

Not if they're the only one doing it, which they will be for the foreseeable future. Also LA is a very competitive market and this makes them stand out. Not too many clubs cam afford free especially non MLS clubs

It will eventually be like boys DA
FC Dallas and LA Gal

Great, 3% will be able to play pro ball and make 20 grand a year. This is all folly. Get them a good education.

Cedar Stars had previously announced free DAP for two older teams

You don't need DA for that but I agree that 20Kis hardly worth it

lol. Can you imagine the Revs doing it?! LMAO. Very few MLS clubs will be willing to participate let alone offer it for free.

Oh yee of simple minds

Kraft is way too cheap to do that

Not many clubs will be able to match it, especially if they also have boys DA. They need to have deep pockets with a lot of profitable teams to cover the costs. And what incentive do MLS teams have to offer free girls tuition? At least on the boys's side there's the premise they can develop home grown talent. For girls the incentive is to get into a good school and have some of it paid for. Even if it expanded they're setting up a have and have not system like on the boys side - a growing disparity between the free to play MLS clubs and much of the rest