DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not

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Anonymous wrote:Oh, wait—pick me, pick me! I’d love to leave my school to join an organization that’s the laughing stock of MLS. Attending classes in a concession stand at a stadium sounds like a dream come true. And hey, maybe when I graduate, no college will accept my transcripts, and I’ll lose my scholarship because the school you forced—or “encouraged”—me to attend doesn’t meet basic academic standards. But knowing the scouting director’s wife is running the school really reassures me that I will be in good hands. Not only will my education suffer, but my soccer development will take a nosedive too. Sign me up!

You really are past your wits end because of your kid getting rejected by the Academy

Are you so blinded by your emotional distress it hasn't crossed your mind that educated intelligent successful parents have kids at DCU?
Or you're assuming DC is taking advantage of underprivileged kids from low socioeconomic households with parents who don't speak English?


You do what you think is best for your kid and let them do what they want to do with theirs.
They obviously did well enough so far that their talented kids were chosen over yours.

The fact that you think this is one person writing these posts is hilarious.

It was a direct response to you who made the idiotic PP post and by extension to all the dcua axe grinders repeating the same butt-hurt dribble

This person is posting with crazy detailed info about this org. No one ever points out it’s false. All they say is “your kid didn’t make the team or is “butt hurt” sounds some ppl here are hurt they are exposing DCU

Dropping the name of the director of scouting that everyone knows is indeed dropping crazy details and means this person is an authority and is the oracle of the dmv soccer world.

Can they tell us precisely what the dcua scouting criterion checklist are for recruiting a U16 player?

Yeah currently it’s big, fast with parents that we can lie too or anything identified by programs with real resources that we can stop from leaving the area.

To be clear, does this fall under the "crazy details" umbrella or not?

NO THIS DOES!

“ Lmao!! Oh, absolutely, go ahead and take all the credit. Take credit for the academy director you ran off—the one who actually tried to fix this disaster but, of course, was never given the resources to succeed. Bravo. Then, take credit for the circus act you replaced him with—because who needs experience or qualifications when you have Ithaca College and house mom at revs on your résumé? That’s obviously the fast track to the big leagues.

And let’s not forget the legendary DOC with a résumé so underwhelming it makes a losing girls’ youth coach and a college assistant from a program that hasn’t been relevant in a decade seem like a top-tier hire. Oh wait that was his resume. lol Truly groundbreaking stuff.

Oh, and the scouting director? A true gem. Nothing screams “talent identification expert” quite like someone who looks like they haven’t seen soap in years and the highest level of experience was coach at the mount. Impressive credentials, really.

And as for the staff coaches—yeah, let’s just pretend nobody noticed the quiet exits from previous jobs due to ahem “interactions with players.” No red flags there at all. Fantastic work all around. Lmao”

Sounds like an emotional 13 year old young lady wrote this.

Lay on the couch and tell us what DCUA did to you.
You need to move on with your life before you have a stroke or coronary.

It didn't work out for your kid at DCU, life isn't over.
Oy Vey

It’s honestly sad that you feel the need to defend this nonsense. Stop feeding people your baseless excuses—it’s toxic. I don’t care who plays at this club, just stop lying to people when their kids’ futures can be impacted.

P.S. A bitter 13-year-old, would be dropping screenshots of directors threatening and trash-talking kids and families in the academy. But lucky for everyone, this platform doesn’t allow that. Lol.

You think we respect you for saying you're the type to betray people's trust who thought you were a decent human being?

That aside, it's probably a lie on your part insinuating dcua is promising all their players anything, especially guarantees to go professional.
No one does that because no one believes that.

Listen to yourself—defending people who take advantage of kids and families. Are you serious? I don’t need your respect. Its probably lies about them making promises. lol It’s clear you don’t have (or never had) a kid in the program. All they do is make empty promises and fake guarantees. Plenty of ppl believe it and there 100’s more with avg kids wanting some of that BS. Sometimes, they don’t even bother changing the names on their mass promise emails templates —just copy, paste, and send. It’s a joke.

You win
Start the Class Action lawsuit

Or go focus on your kids since you have none at the academy.

I'll do the same, granted I'm not the one with an unhealthy obsession.

Really?? because could have sworn you're Johnny on the spot whenever someone says something negative about DCU that you can't rebut

You can't rebut emotional subjective personal opinion biased ramblings.

When you ask for facts, verifiable evidence, data, measurements, causation, it's a waste of time. Nothing relevant can be produced.

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Anonymous wrote:The defenders of DCU are the real ones that are hurt. Hurt that they had no idea they signed up for a total disaster. Now they are just in denial hoping to deflect attention away from the reality of the situation. All good. When their kids don't become better players and also don't get the opportunities they might deserve,they will look back with regrets. That is a tough place to be.

Did you learn this approach in Psychology 101? 😂😂

DC United Academy parents knew enough to get their kids to a level most kids can't get to. Including yours.

You think they're going to listen to your axe-grinding got rejected diatribe and think, they should have joined McLean instead? 😆

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Anonymous wrote:Oh, wait—pick me, pick me! I’d love to leave my school to join an organization that’s the laughing stock of MLS. Attending classes in a concession stand at a stadium sounds like a dream come true. And hey, maybe when I graduate, no college will accept my transcripts, and I’ll lose my scholarship because the school you forced—or “encouraged”—me to attend doesn’t meet basic academic standards. But knowing the scouting director’s wife is running the school really reassures me that I will be in good hands. Not only will my education suffer, but my soccer development will take a nosedive too. Sign me up!

You really are past your wits end because of your kid getting rejected by the Academy

Are you so blinded by your emotional distress it hasn't crossed your mind that educated intelligent successful parents have kids at DCU?
Or you're assuming DC is taking advantage of underprivileged kids from low socioeconomic households with parents who don't speak English?


You do what you think is best for your kid and let them do what they want to do with theirs.
They obviously did well enough so far that their talented kids were chosen over yours.

The fact that you think this is one person writing these posts is hilarious.

It was a direct response to you who made the idiotic PP post and by extension to all the dcua axe grinders repeating the same butt-hurt dribble

This person is posting with crazy detailed info about this org. No one ever points out it’s false. All they say is “your kid didn’t make the team or is “butt hurt” sounds some ppl here are hurt they are exposing DCU

Dropping the name of the director of scouting that everyone knows is indeed dropping crazy details and means this person is an authority and is the oracle of the dmv soccer world.

Can they tell us precisely what the dcua scouting criterion checklist are for recruiting a U16 player?

Yeah currently it’s big, fast with parents that we can lie too or anything identified by programs with real resources that we can stop from leaving the area.

To be clear, does this fall under the "crazy details" umbrella or not?

NO THIS DOES!

“ Lmao!! Oh, absolutely, go ahead and take all the credit. Take credit for the academy director you ran off—the one who actually tried to fix this disaster but, of course, was never given the resources to succeed. Bravo. Then, take credit for the circus act you replaced him with—because who needs experience or qualifications when you have Ithaca College and house mom at revs on your résumé? That’s obviously the fast track to the big leagues.

And let’s not forget the legendary DOC with a résumé so underwhelming it makes a losing girls’ youth coach and a college assistant from a program that hasn’t been relevant in a decade seem like a top-tier hire. Oh wait that was his resume. lol Truly groundbreaking stuff.

Oh, and the scouting director? A true gem. Nothing screams “talent identification expert” quite like someone who looks like they haven’t seen soap in years and the highest level of experience was coach at the mount. Impressive credentials, really.

And as for the staff coaches—yeah, let’s just pretend nobody noticed the quiet exits from previous jobs due to ahem “interactions with players.” No red flags there at all. Fantastic work all around. Lmao”

Sounds like an emotional 13 year old young lady wrote this.

Lay on the couch and tell us what DCUA did to you.
You need to move on with your life before you have a stroke or coronary.

It didn't work out for your kid at DCU, life isn't over.
Oy Vey

It’s honestly sad that you feel the need to defend this nonsense. Stop feeding people your baseless excuses—it’s toxic. I don’t care who plays at this club, just stop lying to people when their kids’ futures can be impacted.

P.S. A bitter 13-year-old, would be dropping screenshots of directors threatening and trash-talking kids and families in the academy. But lucky for everyone, this platform doesn’t allow that. Lol.

You think we respect you for saying you're the type to betray people's trust who thought you were a decent human being?

That aside, it's probably a lie on your part insinuating dcua is promising all their players anything, especially guarantees to go professional.
No one does that because no one believes that.

Listen to yourself—defending people who take advantage of kids and families. Are you serious? I don’t need your respect. Its probably lies about them making promises. lol It’s clear you don’t have (or never had) a kid in the program. All they do is make empty promises and fake guarantees. Plenty of ppl believe it and there 100’s more with avg kids wanting some of that BS. Sometimes, they don’t even bother changing the names on their mass promise emails templates —just copy, paste, and send. It’s a joke.

You win
Start the Class Action lawsuit

Or go focus on your kids since you have none at the academy.

I'll do the same, granted I'm not the one with an unhealthy obsession.

You lost a long time ago. No need to tell anyone they won. It's known already. You're the only one still here trying to defend an organization that gives absolutely no craps about you.

Anti you isn't Pro dcu

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Anonymous wrote:Oh, wait—pick me, pick me! I’d love to leave my school to join an organization that’s the laughing stock of MLS. Attending classes in a concession stand at a stadium sounds like a dream come true. And hey, maybe when I graduate, no college will accept my transcripts, and I’ll lose my scholarship because the school you forced—or “encouraged”—me to attend doesn’t meet basic academic standards. But knowing the scouting director’s wife is running the school really reassures me that I will be in good hands. Not only will my education suffer, but my soccer development will take a nosedive too. Sign me up!

You really are past your wits end because of your kid getting rejected by the Academy

Are you so blinded by your emotional distress it hasn't crossed your mind that educated intelligent successful parents have kids at DCU?
Or you're assuming DC is taking advantage of underprivileged kids from low socioeconomic households with parents who don't speak English?


You do what you think is best for your kid and let them do what they want to do with theirs.
They obviously did well enough so far that their talented kids were chosen over yours.

Book smarts doesn't equal common sense. You can have all the paper credentials in the world and that doesn't make you knowledgeable about football and how the system works. Educated people also make sorry a## decisions. Just like you did.

You being the only knowledgeable person on dcum with the highest level national and international credentials and experience, along with your vast top tier European clubs network.
Can you please tell us where your kid is today?
How many kids have you groomed to Champions League levels?

What is your current status in international football?

When you see a turd, you know it's a turd. I didn't know you needed extensive experience to identify caca.

And DCU is in fact, a turd.

That comment means the rest of us in the dmv are all less than turds
ouch

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has DCU start inviting players for next season's U14 team? (boys born on or before 2012?). I am just curious which clubs send players to DCU.

They have already given offers out to some 2012 players.

They used to post rosters on IG, but haven’t done so in a few years. But yes, some offers go out early if last year was any indication.

There seems to be some sort of agreement w/local clubs. when the squad is public, you'll see there will be 2-3 players from each club. There may be a handful of good players at 1 club...but only top 1-2 will be selected and the others will be dismissed and they could be better than the other top 1-2 from another club.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Has DCU start inviting players for next season's U14 team? (boys born on or before 2012?). I am just curious which clubs send players to DCU.

They have already given offers out to some 2012 players.

They used to post rosters on IG, but haven’t done so in a few years. But yes, some offers go out early if last year was any indication.

There seems to be some sort of agreement w/local clubs. when the squad is public, you'll see there will be 2-3 players from each club. There may be a handful of good players at 1 club...but only top 1-2 will be selected and the others will be dismissed and they could be better than the other top 1-2 from another club.

Define 'each club'?
There are many local clubs

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has DCU start inviting players for next season's U14 team? (boys born on or before 2012?). I am just curious which clubs send players to DCU.

They have already given offers out to some 2012 players.

They used to post rosters on IG, but haven’t done so in a few years. But yes, some offers go out early if last year was any indication.

There seems to be some sort of agreement w/local clubs. when the squad is public, you'll see there will be 2-3 players from each club. There may be a handful of good players at 1 club...but only top 1-2 will be selected and the others will be dismissed and they could be better than the other top 1-2 from another club.

Define 'each club'?
There are many local clubs

Clubs playing in MLS Next, ecnl mostly. they wouldn't be picking from clubs that are in ODSL, that would be very rare that a top talent would be playing in a low league

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Has DCU start inviting players for next season's U14 team? (boys born on or before 2012?). I am just curious which clubs send players to DCU.

They have already given offers out to some 2012 players.

They used to post rosters on IG, but haven’t done so in a few years. But yes, some offers go out early if last year was any indication.

There seems to be some sort of agreement w/local clubs. when the squad is public, you'll see there will be 2-3 players from each club. There may be a handful of good players at 1 club...but only top 1-2 will be selected and the others will be dismissed and they could be better than the other top 1-2 from another club.

Define 'each club'?
There are many local clubs

Assume they mean the P2P clubs? No clue how many they have P2P with but assume it’s at least SYC, Arlington, Alexandria, Pipeline, VDA, Maryland United. But I am not sure they have to take 2-3 from any of these for U14.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The defenders of DCU are the real ones that are hurt. Hurt that they had no idea they signed up for a total disaster. Now they are just in denial hoping to deflect attention away from the reality of the situation. All good. When their kids don't become better players and also don't get the opportunities they might deserve,they will look back with regrets. That is a tough place to be.

Did you learn this approach in Psychology 101? 😂😂

DC United Academy parents knew enough to get their kids to a level most kids can't get to. Including yours.

You think they're going to listen to your axe-grinding got rejected diatribe and think, they should have joined McLean instead? 😆

Be careful who you talk about your kid is going to have to play D3 with those same kids you making fun of.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh, wait—pick me, pick me! I’d love to leave my school to join an organization that’s the laughing stock of MLS. Attending classes in a concession stand at a stadium sounds like a dream come true. And hey, maybe when I graduate, no college will accept my transcripts, and I’ll lose my scholarship because the school you forced—or “encouraged”—me to attend doesn’t meet basic academic standards. But knowing the scouting director’s wife is running the school really reassures me that I will be in good hands. Not only will my education suffer, but my soccer development will take a nosedive too. Sign me up!

You really are past your wits end because of your kid getting rejected by the Academy

Are you so blinded by your emotional distress it hasn't crossed your mind that educated intelligent successful parents have kids at DCU?
Or you're assuming DC is taking advantage of underprivileged kids from low socioeconomic households with parents who don't speak English?


You do what you think is best for your kid and let them do what they want to do with theirs.
They obviously did well enough so far that their talented kids were chosen over yours.

The fact that you think this is one person writing these posts is hilarious.

It was a direct response to you who made the idiotic PP post and by extension to all the dcua axe grinders repeating the same butt-hurt dribble

This person is posting with crazy detailed info about this org. No one ever points out it’s false. All they say is “your kid didn’t make the team or is “butt hurt” sounds some ppl here are hurt they are exposing DCU

Dropping the name of the director of scouting that everyone knows is indeed dropping crazy details and means this person is an authority and is the oracle of the dmv soccer world.

Can they tell us precisely what the dcua scouting criterion checklist are for recruiting a U16 player?

Yeah currently it’s big, fast with parents that we can lie too or anything identified by programs with real resources that we can stop from leaving the area.

To be clear, does this fall under the "crazy details" umbrella or not?

NO THIS DOES!

“ Lmao!! Oh, absolutely, go ahead and take all the credit. Take credit for the academy director you ran off—the one who actually tried to fix this disaster but, of course, was never given the resources to succeed. Bravo. Then, take credit for the circus act you replaced him with—because who needs experience or qualifications when you have Ithaca College and house mom at revs on your résumé? That’s obviously the fast track to the big leagues.

And let’s not forget the legendary DOC with a résumé so underwhelming it makes a losing girls’ youth coach and a college assistant from a program that hasn’t been relevant in a decade seem like a top-tier hire. Oh wait that was his resume. lol Truly groundbreaking stuff.

Oh, and the scouting director? A true gem. Nothing screams “talent identification expert” quite like someone who looks like they haven’t seen soap in years and the highest level of experience was coach at the mount. Impressive credentials, really.

And as for the staff coaches—yeah, let’s just pretend nobody noticed the quiet exits from previous jobs due to ahem “interactions with players.” No red flags there at all. Fantastic work all around. Lmao”

Sounds like an emotional 13 year old young lady wrote this.

Lay on the couch and tell us what DCUA did to you.
You need to move on with your life before you have a stroke or coronary.

It didn't work out for your kid at DCU, life isn't over.
Oy Vey

It’s honestly sad that you feel the need to defend this nonsense. Stop feeding people your baseless excuses—it’s toxic. I don’t care who plays at this club, just stop lying to people when their kids’ futures can be impacted.

P.S. A bitter 13-year-old, would be dropping screenshots of directors threatening and trash-talking kids and families in the academy. But lucky for everyone, this platform doesn’t allow that. Lol.

You think we respect you for saying you're the type to betray people's trust who thought you were a decent human being?

That aside, it's probably a lie on your part insinuating dcua is promising all their players anything, especially guarantees to go professional.
No one does that because no one believes that.

Listen to yourself—defending people who take advantage of kids and families. Are you serious? I don’t need your respect. Its probably lies about them making promises. lol It’s clear you don’t have (or never had) a kid in the program. All they do is make empty promises and fake guarantees. Plenty of ppl believe it and there 100’s more with avg kids wanting some of that BS. Sometimes, they don’t even bother changing the names on their mass promise emails templates —just copy, paste, and send. It’s a joke.

You win
Start the Class Action lawsuit

Or go focus on your kids since you have none at the academy.

I'll do the same, granted I'm not the one with an unhealthy obsession.

Really?? because could have sworn you're Johnny on the spot whenever someone says something negative about DCU that you can't rebut

You can't rebut emotional subjective personal opinion biased ramblings.

When you ask for facts, verifiable evidence, data, measurements, causation, it's a waste of time. Nothing relevant can be produced.

Go through the thread. Too many facts have been given to list again. You can keep saying that BS but no one believes you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The defenders of DCU are the real ones that are hurt. Hurt that they had no idea they signed up for a total disaster. Now they are just in denial hoping to deflect attention away from the reality of the situation. All good. When their kids don't become better players and also don't get the opportunities they might deserve,they will look back with regrets. That is a tough place to be.

Did you learn this approach in Psychology 101? 😂😂

DC United Academy parents knew enough to get their kids to a level most kids can't get to. Including yours.

You think they're going to listen to your axe-grinding got rejected diatribe and think, they should have joined McLean instead? 😆

You have no idea what level anyone's kid is at. And if you did you'd feel real stupid with what you're saying.

Parents at DCU are basically trapped because they don't have any other options. Just like you. They don't know what to do other than go with it and see what improves. They hope it gets better with time. Most know DCUs problems. Very few are in denial of them. Except for you.

I don't care who listens to or reads the thread. But what I know is that you can't deny or ignore what has been said about DCU here. If that has some impact on decisionmaking or anyone, then that is all that matters.

You've already lost your kids quest for legitimate high level soccer, just by accepting that DCU is good enough for your son. In 2 years when your time is up (if your kid doesn't get dropped) let's see where you are at. When D3 soccer with no scholarship is your ceiling and ambitions of pro soccer are far out the window, because your kid just doesn't have the level, because he's wasted time in a poor development environment, you'll look back and think, damn, we wasted all that time in an academy that didn't make him.bstter or provide him better opportunities. And reality would be you could have achieved D3 soccer with no scholarship without DCU and you could at least have saved time and hassle getting your kid to and from Loudoun. Think about how your son could have used that time. You don't get the time back and there is limited time in the game to begin with. Wasting time is not an option. DCU in its current state, is basically wasting time. Especially if pro soccer is your ambition.

Maybe things change with the new director. But that will take at least a couple years to pan out. Your kid will be done by then. DCU is legitimately the laughingstock of MLS academies and that is no secret. It is KNOWN. Again, in our area it is the only option to play in an MLS academy and that is the only reason they have any relevance and why people put up with their bs. Without the MLS badge, DCU has literally nothing. And that is all parents are signing up for. The badge and perception of status. Reality is that it is all smoke and mirrors.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oh, wait—pick me, pick me! I’d love to leave my school to join an organization that’s the laughing stock of MLS. Attending classes in a concession stand at a stadium sounds like a dream come true. And hey, maybe when I graduate, no college will accept my transcripts, and I’ll lose my scholarship because the school you forced—or “encouraged”—me to attend doesn’t meet basic academic standards. But knowing the scouting director’s wife is running the school really reassures me that I will be in good hands. Not only will my education suffer, but my soccer development will take a nosedive too. Sign me up!

You really are past your wits end because of your kid getting rejected by the Academy

Are you so blinded by your emotional distress it hasn't crossed your mind that educated intelligent successful parents have kids at DCU?
Or you're assuming DC is taking advantage of underprivileged kids from low socioeconomic households with parents who don't speak English?


You do what you think is best for your kid and let them do what they want to do with theirs.
They obviously did well enough so far that their talented kids were chosen over yours.

Book smarts doesn't equal common sense. You can have all the paper credentials in the world and that doesn't make you knowledgeable about football and how the system works. Educated people also make sorry a## decisions. Just like you did.

You being the only knowledgeable person on dcum with the highest level national and international credentials and experience, along with your vast top tier European clubs network.
Can you please tell us where your kid is today?
How many kids have you groomed to Champions League levels?

What is your current status in international football?

When you see a turd, you know it's a turd. I didn't know you needed extensive experience to identify caca.

And DCU is in fact, a turd.

That comment means the rest of us in the dmv are all less than turds
ouch

No just means that your path is different and you actually have more options than kids at DCU because DCU now has rights over their movement to any other pro club. Rights that most parents at DCU don't understand.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The defenders of DCU are the real ones that are hurt. Hurt that they had no idea they signed up for a total disaster. Now they are just in denial hoping to deflect attention away from the reality of the situation. All good. When their kids don't become better players and also don't get the opportunities they might deserve,they will look back with regrets. That is a tough place to be.

Did you learn this approach in Psychology 101? 😂😂

DC United Academy parents knew enough to get their kids to a level most kids can't get to. Including yours.

You think they're going to listen to your axe-grinding got rejected diatribe and think, they should have joined McLean instead? 😆

Some of the posters here have their kids at better places than DCUA. How do you think we know so much about the academy world. Goofy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The defenders of DCU are the real ones that are hurt. Hurt that they had no idea they signed up for a total disaster. Now they are just in denial hoping to deflect attention away from the reality of the situation. All good. When their kids don't become better players and also don't get the opportunities they might deserve,they will look back with regrets. That is a tough place to be.

Did you learn this approach in Psychology 101? 😂😂

DC United Academy parents knew enough to get their kids to a level most kids can't get to. Including yours.

You think they're going to listen to your axe-grinding got rejected diatribe and think, they should have joined McLean instead? 😆

Some of the posters here have their kids at better places than DCUA. How do you think we know so much about the academy world. Goofy.

And have already put their kids through academy football...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The defenders of DCU are the real ones that are hurt. Hurt that they had no idea they signed up for a total disaster. Now they are just in denial hoping to deflect attention away from the reality of the situation. All good. When their kids don't become better players and also don't get the opportunities they might deserve,they will look back with regrets. That is a tough place to be.

Did you learn this approach in Psychology 101? 😂😂

DC United Academy parents knew enough to get their kids to a level most kids can't get to. Including yours.

You think they're going to listen to your axe-grinding got rejected diatribe and think, they should have joined McLean instead? 😆

You have no idea what level anyone's kid is at. And if you did you'd feel real stupid with what you're saying.

Parents at DCU are basically trapped because they don't have any other options. Just like you. They don't know what to do other than go with it and see what improves. They hope it gets better with time. Most know DCUs problems. Very few are in denial of them. Except for you.

I don't care who listens to or reads the thread. But what I know is that you can't deny or ignore what has been said about DCU here. If that has some impact on decisionmaking or anyone, then that is all that matters.

You've already lost your kids quest for legitimate high level soccer, just by accepting that DCU is good enough for your son. In 2 years when your time is up (if your kid doesn't get dropped) let's see where you are at. When D3 soccer with no scholarship is your ceiling and ambitions of pro soccer are far out the window, because your kid just doesn't have the level, because he's wasted time in a poor development environment, you'll look back and think, damn, we wasted all that time in an academy that didn't make him.bstter or provide him better opportunities. And reality would be you could have achieved D3 soccer with no scholarship without DCU and you could at least have saved time and hassle getting your kid to and from Loudoun. Think about how your son could have used that time. You don't get the time back and there is limited time in the game to begin with. Wasting time is not an option. DCU in its current state, is basically wasting time. Especially if pro soccer is your ambition.

Maybe things change with the new director. But that will take at least a couple years to pan out. Your kid will be done by then. DCU is legitimately the laughingstock of MLS academies and that is no secret. It is KNOWN. Again, in our area it is the only option to play in an MLS academy and that is the only reason they have any relevance and why people put up with their bs. Without the MLS badge, DCU has literally nothing. And that is all parents are signing up for. The badge and perception of status. Reality is that it is all smoke and mirrors.

What? Over? Did you say 'over'? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!...

It ain't over now, 'cause when the goin' gets tough, the tough get goin'. Who's with me? Let's go! Come on!..