DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Well, since dcu doesn't accept girls, you wasted that script on most of us

If dcu isn't for you, and you have or had access to the best options in the world for your son who I assume is now performing at the highest levels in Europe or South America, why are you here obsessed with tearing down DCU, the kids who go there and their parents?

What's in it for you personally or professionally?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Well, since dcu doesn't accept girls, you wasted that script on most of us

If dcu isn't for you, and you have or had access to the best options in the world for your son who I assume is now performing at the highest levels in Europe or South America, why are you here obsessed with tearing down DCU, the kids who go there and their parents?

What's in it for you personally or professionally?

No idea what accepting girls has to do with anything? Pretty sexist comment on its face. So weak.

We've already established this...Making sure other parents have information at their disposal that helps them and their children make good decisions about their future. None of this information was available or is available publicly and hasn't been for many years. If you were making decisions 5 or 6 years ago on DCU you were literally flying blind on what ifs and possibilities. Now there is a good sense of what they are about since they have become a free academy and people should have an understanding of what they stand for and provide. Which is absolutely nothing. Maybe the new director brings change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Well, since dcu doesn't accept girls, you wasted that script on most of us

If dcu isn't for you, and you have or had access to the best options in the world for your son who I assume is now performing at the highest levels in Europe or South America, why are you here obsessed with tearing down DCU, the kids who go there and their parents?

What's in it for you personally or professionally?

No idea what accepting girls has to do with anything? Pretty sexist comment on its face. So weak.

We've already established this...Making sure other parents have information at their disposal that helps them and their children make good decisions about their future. None of this information was available or is available publicly and hasn't been for many years. If you were making decisions 5 or 6 years ago on DCU you were literally flying blind on what ifs and possibilities. Now there is a good sense of what they are about since they have become a free academy and people should have an understanding of what they stand for and provide. Which is absolutely nothing. Maybe the new director brings change.

Its sexist to tell you you're making a fool of yourself lecturing someone about their kid's dcua future when its a DD?

You have a biased subjective personal agenda that suits your jaded purpose.
You aren't any neutral hero coming to save the day.
Quit the BS

The people don't need your toxic agenda for guidance.
If you placed your kid on a different successful path and he's now flowing top tier, then be happy with your good fortune and have a coke and a smile

Do you stand in front of restaurants you don't like all day and tell people not to go in because it's not your taste?

DCUA has obviously hurt you and yours and you're using this channel to unsuccessfully address the demons.

Let the people who you're not smarter than make their own choices, especially since you have so viable real alternatives to offer that is a guarantee for professional or college soccer success.

Your being a hurt blowhard with DCU living in your head rent free.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Well, since dcu doesn't accept girls, you wasted that script on most of us

If dcu isn't for you, and you have or had access to the best options in the world for your son who I assume is now performing at the highest levels in Europe or South America, why are you here obsessed with tearing down DCU, the kids who go there and their parents?

What's in it for you personally or professionally?

No idea what accepting girls has to do with anything? Pretty sexist comment on its face. So weak.

We've already established this...Making sure other parents have information at their disposal that helps them and their children make good decisions about their future. None of this information was available or is available publicly and hasn't been for many years. If you were making decisions 5 or 6 years ago on DCU you were literally flying blind on what ifs and possibilities. Now there is a good sense of what they are about since they have become a free academy and people should have an understanding of what they stand for and provide. Which is absolutely nothing. Maybe the new director brings change.

Its sexist to tell you you're making a fool of yourself lecturing someone about their kid's dcua future when its a DD?

You have a biased subjective personal agenda that suits your jaded purpose.
You aren't any neutral hero coming to save the day.
Quit the BS

The people don't need your toxic agenda for guidance.
If you placed your kid on a different successful path and he's now flowing top tier, then be happy with your good fortune and have a coke and a smile

Do you stand in front of restaurants you don't like all day and tell people not to go in because it's not your taste?

DCUA has obviously hurt you and yours and you're using this channel to unsuccessfully address the demons.

Let the people who you're not smarter than make their own choices, especially since you have so viable real alternatives to offer that is a guarantee for professional or college soccer success.

Your being a hurt blowhard with DCU living in your head rent free.

People actually do review restaurants. And this is a review of DCUA. Perhaps you're the one being a "neutral hero"? This thread is great for providing parents real info on DCUA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Well, since dcu doesn't accept girls, you wasted that script on most of us

If dcu isn't for you, and you have or had access to the best options in the world for your son who I assume is now performing at the highest levels in Europe or South America, why are you here obsessed with tearing down DCU, the kids who go there and their parents?

What's in it for you personally or professionally?

No idea what accepting girls has to do with anything? Pretty sexist comment on its face. So weak.

We've already established this...Making sure other parents have information at their disposal that helps them and their children make good decisions about their future. None of this information was available or is available publicly and hasn't been for many years. If you were making decisions 5 or 6 years ago on DCU you were literally flying blind on what ifs and possibilities. Now there is a good sense of what they are about since they have become a free academy and people should have an understanding of what they stand for and provide. Which is absolutely nothing. Maybe the new director brings change.

Its sexist to tell you you're making a fool of yourself lecturing someone about their kid's dcua future when its a DD?

You have a biased subjective personal agenda that suits your jaded purpose.
You aren't any neutral hero coming to save the day.
Quit the BS

The people don't need your toxic agenda for guidance.
If you placed your kid on a different successful path and he's now flowing top tier, then be happy with your good fortune and have a coke and a smile

Do you stand in front of restaurants you don't like all day and tell people not to go in because it's not your taste?

DCUA has obviously hurt you and yours and you're using this channel to unsuccessfully address the demons.

Let the people who you're not smarter than make their own choices, especially since you have so viable real alternatives to offer that is a guarantee for professional or college soccer success.

Your being a hurt blowhard with DCU living in your head rent free.

People actually do review restaurants. And this is a review of DCUA. Perhaps you're the one being a "neutral hero"? This thread is great for providing parents real info on DCUA.

"real" 😂😊

cute

Parents who knew what to do to get their kids to the level that a MLS Academy wants them isn't looking to you or dcum for advice or information on their next steps lol

[Anonymous]

What kinda low self-esteem leads people to tell parents of MLS Academy kids they don't know what they're doing and their kids can't reach their goals?

Misery sure loves company

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Well, since dcu doesn't accept girls, you wasted that script on most of us

If dcu isn't for you, and you have or had access to the best options in the world for your son who I assume is now performing at the highest levels in Europe or South America, why are you here obsessed with tearing down DCU, the kids who go there and their parents?

What's in it for you personally or professionally?

No idea what accepting girls has to do with anything? Pretty sexist comment on its face. So weak.

We've already established this...Making sure other parents have information at their disposal that helps them and their children make good decisions about their future. None of this information was available or is available publicly and hasn't been for many years. If you were making decisions 5 or 6 years ago on DCU you were literally flying blind on what ifs and possibilities. Now there is a good sense of what they are about since they have become a free academy and people should have an understanding of what they stand for and provide. Which is absolutely nothing. Maybe the new director brings change.

Its sexist to tell you you're making a fool of yourself lecturing someone about their kid's dcua future when its a DD?

You have a biased subjective personal agenda that suits your jaded purpose.
You aren't any neutral hero coming to save the day.
Quit the BS

The people don't need your toxic agenda for guidance.
If you placed your kid on a different successful path and he's now flowing top tier, then be happy with your good fortune and have a coke and a smile

Do you stand in front of restaurants you don't like all day and tell people not to go in because it's not your taste?

DCUA has obviously hurt you and yours and you're using this channel to unsuccessfully address the demons.

Let the people who you're not smarter than make their own choices, especially since you have so viable real alternatives to offer that is a guarantee for professional or college soccer success.

Your being a hurt blowhard with DCU living in your head rent free.

People actually do review restaurants. And this is a review of DCUA. Perhaps you're the one being a "neutral hero"? This thread is great for providing parents real info on DCUA.

"real" 😂😊

cute

Parents who knew what to do to get their kids to the level that a MLS Academy wants them isn't looking to you or dcum for advice or information on their next steps lol

And what did those parents do to get their kids into an academy? Take them to extra training sessions?

News flash, most parents aren't soccer crazy and are only supportive of their kid, who happened to be good enough for academy level. Those are the parents that benefit from knowing the pros and cons of DCU. Especially if their kid is good enough to be scouted by multiple academies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Well, since dcu doesn't accept girls, you wasted that script on most of us

If dcu isn't for you, and you have or had access to the best options in the world for your son who I assume is now performing at the highest levels in Europe or South America, why are you here obsessed with tearing down DCU, the kids who go there and their parents?

What's in it for you personally or professionally?

No idea what accepting girls has to do with anything? Pretty sexist comment on its face. So weak.

We've already established this...Making sure other parents have information at their disposal that helps them and their children make good decisions about their future. None of this information was available or is available publicly and hasn't been for many years. If you were making decisions 5 or 6 years ago on DCU you were literally flying blind on what ifs and possibilities. Now there is a good sense of what they are about since they have become a free academy and people should have an understanding of what they stand for and provide. Which is absolutely nothing. Maybe the new director brings change.

Its sexist to tell you you're making a fool of yourself lecturing someone about their kid's dcua future when its a DD?

You have a biased subjective personal agenda that suits your jaded purpose.
You aren't any neutral hero coming to save the day.
Quit the BS

The people don't need your toxic agenda for guidance.
If you placed your kid on a different successful path and he's now flowing top tier, then be happy with your good fortune and have a coke and a smile

Do you stand in front of restaurants you don't like all day and tell people not to go in because it's not your taste?

DCUA has obviously hurt you and yours and you're using this channel to unsuccessfully address the demons.

Let the people who you're not smarter than make their own choices, especially since you have so viable real alternatives to offer that is a guarantee for professional or college soccer success.

Your being a hurt blowhard with DCU living in your head rent free.

People actually do review restaurants. And this is a review of DCUA. Perhaps you're the one being a "neutral hero"? This thread is great for providing parents real info on DCUA.

"real" 😂😊

cute

Parents who knew what to do to get their kids to the level that a MLS Academy wants them isn't looking to you or dcum for advice or information on their next steps lol

And what did those parents do to get their kids into an academy? Take them to extra training sessions?

News flash, most parents aren't soccer crazy and are only supportive of their kid, who happened to be good enough for academy level. Those are the parents that benefit from knowing the pros and cons of DCU. Especially if their kid is good enough to be scouted by multiple academies.

Forget all the Less Filling, Taste Great between you two

Can you, the MLS academies to Professional Pathway Consultant guy tell us parents the guaranteed steps to get to the promise land of D1 or Pro Soccer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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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.

Well, since dcu doesn't accept girls, you wasted that script on most of us

If dcu isn't for you, and you have or had access to the best options in the world for your son who I assume is now performing at the highest levels in Europe or South America, why are you here obsessed with tearing down DCU, the kids who go there and their parents?

What's in it for you personally or professionally?

No idea what accepting girls has to do with anything? Pretty sexist comment on its face. So weak.

We've already established this...Making sure other parents have information at their disposal that helps them and their children make good decisions about their future. None of this information was available or is available publicly and hasn't been for many years. If you were making decisions 5 or 6 years ago on DCU you were literally flying blind on what ifs and possibilities. Now there is a good sense of what they are about since they have become a free academy and people should have an understanding of what they stand for and provide. Which is absolutely nothing. Maybe the new director brings change.

Its sexist to tell you you're making a fool of yourself lecturing someone about their kid's dcua future when its a DD?

You have a biased subjective personal agenda that suits your jaded purpose.
You aren't any neutral hero coming to save the day.
Quit the BS

The people don't need your toxic agenda for guidance.
If you placed your kid on a different successful path and he's now flowing top tier, then be happy with your good fortune and have a coke and a smile

Do you stand in front of restaurants you don't like all day and tell people not to go in because it's not your taste?

DCUA has obviously hurt you and yours and you're using this channel to unsuccessfully address the demons.

Let the people who you're not smarter than make their own choices, especially since you have so viable real alternatives to offer that is a guarantee for professional or college soccer success.

Your being a hurt blowhard with DCU living in your head rent free.

People actually do review restaurants. And this is a review of DCUA. Perhaps you're the one being a "neutral hero"? This thread is great for providing parents real info on DCUA.

"real" 😂😊

cute

Parents who knew what to do to get their kids to the level that a MLS Academy wants them isn't looking to you or dcum for advice or information on their next steps lol

And what did those parents do to get their kids into an academy? Take them to extra training sessions?

News flash, most parents aren't soccer crazy and are only supportive of their kid, who happened to be good enough for academy level. Those are the parents that benefit from knowing the pros and cons of DCU. Especially if their kid is good enough to be scouted by multiple academies.

I didn't know any kid in the dmv with mls club level skills can just fill out a form and go to any other mls academy in the country
(not that we're shipping our 13 year old 2,000 miles away)

Can you also share with us the percentage and numbers of kids from the top 5 academies ranked by D1 or top level professional clubs placement?

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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.

Well, since dcu doesn't accept girls, you wasted that script on most of us

If dcu isn't for you, and you have or had access to the best options in the world for your son who I assume is now performing at the highest levels in Europe or South America, why are you here obsessed with tearing down DCU, the kids who go there and their parents?

What's in it for you personally or professionally?

No idea what accepting girls has to do with anything? Pretty sexist comment on its face. So weak.

We've already established this...Making sure other parents have information at their disposal that helps them and their children make good decisions about their future. None of this information was available or is available publicly and hasn't been for many years. If you were making decisions 5 or 6 years ago on DCU you were literally flying blind on what ifs and possibilities. Now there is a good sense of what they are about since they have become a free academy and people should have an understanding of what they stand for and provide. Which is absolutely nothing. Maybe the new director brings change.

Its sexist to tell you you're making a fool of yourself lecturing someone about their kid's dcua future when its a DD?

You have a biased subjective personal agenda that suits your jaded purpose.
You aren't any neutral hero coming to save the day.
Quit the BS

The people don't need your toxic agenda for guidance.
If you placed your kid on a different successful path and he's now flowing top tier, then be happy with your good fortune and have a coke and a smile

Do you stand in front of restaurants you don't like all day and tell people not to go in because it's not your taste?

DCUA has obviously hurt you and yours and you're using this channel to unsuccessfully address the demons.

Let the people who you're not smarter than make their own choices, especially since you have so viable real alternatives to offer that is a guarantee for professional or college soccer success.

Your being a hurt blowhard with DCU living in your head rent free.

People actually do review restaurants. And this is a review of DCUA. Perhaps you're the one being a "neutral hero"? This thread is great for providing parents real info on DCUA.

"real" 😂😊

cute

Parents who knew what to do to get their kids to the level that a MLS Academy wants them isn't looking to you or dcum for advice or information on their next steps lol

And what did those parents do to get their kids into an academy? Take them to extra training sessions?

News flash, most parents aren't soccer crazy and are only supportive of their kid, who happened to be good enough for academy level. Those are the parents that benefit from knowing the pros and cons of DCU. Especially if their kid is good enough to be scouted by multiple academies.

Forget all the Less Filling, Taste Great between you two

Can you, the MLS academies to Professional Pathway Consultant guy tell us parents the guaranteed steps to get to the promise land of D1 or Pro Soccer?

No, I'm just a supportive parent that has/had two kids in the academy system. I was only along for the ride and made observations.

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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.

Well, since dcu doesn't accept girls, you wasted that script on most of us

If dcu isn't for you, and you have or had access to the best options in the world for your son who I assume is now performing at the highest levels in Europe or South America, why are you here obsessed with tearing down DCU, the kids who go there and their parents?

What's in it for you personally or professionally?

No idea what accepting girls has to do with anything? Pretty sexist comment on its face. So weak.

We've already established this...Making sure other parents have information at their disposal that helps them and their children make good decisions about their future. None of this information was available or is available publicly and hasn't been for many years. If you were making decisions 5 or 6 years ago on DCU you were literally flying blind on what ifs and possibilities. Now there is a good sense of what they are about since they have become a free academy and people should have an understanding of what they stand for and provide. Which is absolutely nothing. Maybe the new director brings change.

Its sexist to tell you you're making a fool of yourself lecturing someone about their kid's dcua future when its a DD?

You have a biased subjective personal agenda that suits your jaded purpose.
You aren't any neutral hero coming to save the day.
Quit the BS

The people don't need your toxic agenda for guidance.
If you placed your kid on a different successful path and he's now flowing top tier, then be happy with your good fortune and have a coke and a smile

Do you stand in front of restaurants you don't like all day and tell people not to go in because it's not your taste?

DCUA has obviously hurt you and yours and you're using this channel to unsuccessfully address the demons.

Let the people who you're not smarter than make their own choices, especially since you have so viable real alternatives to offer that is a guarantee for professional or college soccer success.

Your being a hurt blowhard with DCU living in your head rent free.

People actually do review restaurants. And this is a review of DCUA. Perhaps you're the one being a "neutral hero"? This thread is great for providing parents real info on DCUA.

"real" 😂😊

cute

Parents who knew what to do to get their kids to the level that a MLS Academy wants them isn't looking to you or dcum for advice or information on their next steps lol

And what did those parents do to get their kids into an academy? Take them to extra training sessions?

News flash, most parents aren't soccer crazy and are only supportive of their kid, who happened to be good enough for academy level. Those are the parents that benefit from knowing the pros and cons of DCU. Especially if their kid is good enough to be scouted by multiple academies.

I didn't know any kid in the dmv with mls club level skills can just fill out a form and go to any other mls academy in the country
(not that we're shipping our 13 year old 2,000 miles away)

Can you also share with us the percentage and numbers of kids from the top 5 academies ranked by D1 or top level professional clubs placement?

Yea it's called submitting a highlight reel and resume to the academy scouting team to earn a trial, if you're good enough and they need your skills.
Or getting scouted by showing out at a FEST event.

And of course that's your response lol!

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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.

Well, since dcu doesn't accept girls, you wasted that script on most of us

If dcu isn't for you, and you have or had access to the best options in the world for your son who I assume is now performing at the highest levels in Europe or South America, why are you here obsessed with tearing down DCU, the kids who go there and their parents?

What's in it for you personally or professionally?

No idea what accepting girls has to do with anything? Pretty sexist comment on its face. So weak.

We've already established this...Making sure other parents have information at their disposal that helps them and their children make good decisions about their future. None of this information was available or is available publicly and hasn't been for many years. If you were making decisions 5 or 6 years ago on DCU you were literally flying blind on what ifs and possibilities. Now there is a good sense of what they are about since they have become a free academy and people should have an understanding of what they stand for and provide. Which is absolutely nothing. Maybe the new director brings change.

Its sexist to tell you you're making a fool of yourself lecturing someone about their kid's dcua future when its a DD?

You have a biased subjective personal agenda that suits your jaded purpose.
You aren't any neutral hero coming to save the day.
Quit the BS

The people don't need your toxic agenda for guidance.
If you placed your kid on a different successful path and he's now flowing top tier, then be happy with your good fortune and have a coke and a smile

Do you stand in front of restaurants you don't like all day and tell people not to go in because it's not your taste?

DCUA has obviously hurt you and yours and you're using this channel to unsuccessfully address the demons.

Let the people who you're not smarter than make their own choices, especially since you have so viable real alternatives to offer that is a guarantee for professional or college soccer success.

Your being a hurt blowhard with DCU living in your head rent free.

People actually do review restaurants. And this is a review of DCUA. Perhaps you're the one being a "neutral hero"? This thread is great for providing parents real info on DCUA.

"real" 😂😊

cute

Parents who knew what to do to get their kids to the level that a MLS Academy wants them isn't looking to you or dcum for advice or information on their next steps lol

And what did those parents do to get their kids into an academy? Take them to extra training sessions?

News flash, most parents aren't soccer crazy and are only supportive of their kid, who happened to be good enough for academy level. Those are the parents that benefit from knowing the pros and cons of DCU. Especially if their kid is good enough to be scouted by multiple academies.

I didn't know any kid in the dmv with mls club level skills can just fill out a form and go to any other mls academy in the country
(not that we're shipping our 13 year old 2,000 miles away)

Can you also share with us the percentage and numbers of kids from the top 5 academies ranked by D1 or top level professional clubs placement?

Yea it's called submitting a highlight reel and resume to the academy scouting team to earn a trial, if you're good enough and they need your skills.
Or getting scouted by showing out at a FEST event.

And of course that's your response lol!

Why should parents do that?

Give the quantitative and real world measurable benefits of a 15 year old leaving DCU for another MLS Club Academy?
What odds and guarantees does he get for leaving the family and home in McLean to become a Professional?

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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.

Well, since dcu doesn't accept girls, you wasted that script on most of us

If dcu isn't for you, and you have or had access to the best options in the world for your son who I assume is now performing at the highest levels in Europe or South America, why are you here obsessed with tearing down DCU, the kids who go there and their parents?

What's in it for you personally or professionally?

No idea what accepting girls has to do with anything? Pretty sexist comment on its face. So weak.

We've already established this...Making sure other parents have information at their disposal that helps them and their children make good decisions about their future. None of this information was available or is available publicly and hasn't been for many years. If you were making decisions 5 or 6 years ago on DCU you were literally flying blind on what ifs and possibilities. Now there is a good sense of what they are about since they have become a free academy and people should have an understanding of what they stand for and provide. Which is absolutely nothing. Maybe the new director brings change.

Its sexist to tell you you're making a fool of yourself lecturing someone about their kid's dcua future when its a DD?

You have a biased subjective personal agenda that suits your jaded purpose.
You aren't any neutral hero coming to save the day.
Quit the BS

The people don't need your toxic agenda for guidance.
If you placed your kid on a different successful path and he's now flowing top tier, then be happy with your good fortune and have a coke and a smile

Do you stand in front of restaurants you don't like all day and tell people not to go in because it's not your taste?

DCUA has obviously hurt you and yours and you're using this channel to unsuccessfully address the demons.

Let the people who you're not smarter than make their own choices, especially since you have so viable real alternatives to offer that is a guarantee for professional or college soccer success.

Your being a hurt blowhard with DCU living in your head rent free.

People actually do review restaurants. And this is a review of DCUA. Perhaps you're the one being a "neutral hero"? This thread is great for providing parents real info on DCUA.

"real" 😂😊

cute

Parents who knew what to do to get their kids to the level that a MLS Academy wants them isn't looking to you or dcum for advice or information on their next steps lol

And what did those parents do to get their kids into an academy? Take them to extra training sessions?

News flash, most parents aren't soccer crazy and are only supportive of their kid, who happened to be good enough for academy level. Those are the parents that benefit from knowing the pros and cons of DCU. Especially if their kid is good enough to be scouted by multiple academies.

Forget all the Less Filling, Taste Great between you two

Can you, the MLS academies to Professional Pathway Consultant guy tell us parents the guaranteed steps to get to the promise land of D1 or Pro Soccer?

No, I'm just a supportive parent that has/had two kids in the academy system. I was only along for the ride and made observations.

Thanks for regaling us with your experience.
Didn't workout for you. Got it.

Whats good for goose isn't necessarily good for gander

Hopefully you and you kids can move on to a happy and fulfilling life.

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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.

Well, since dcu doesn't accept girls, you wasted that script on most of us

If dcu isn't for you, and you have or had access to the best options in the world for your son who I assume is now performing at the highest levels in Europe or South America, why are you here obsessed with tearing down DCU, the kids who go there and their parents?

What's in it for you personally or professionally?

No idea what accepting girls has to do with anything? Pretty sexist comment on its face. So weak.

We've already established this...Making sure other parents have information at their disposal that helps them and their children make good decisions about their future. None of this information was available or is available publicly and hasn't been for many years. If you were making decisions 5 or 6 years ago on DCU you were literally flying blind on what ifs and possibilities. Now there is a good sense of what they are about since they have become a free academy and people should have an understanding of what they stand for and provide. Which is absolutely nothing. Maybe the new director brings change.

Its sexist to tell you you're making a fool of yourself lecturing someone about their kid's dcua future when its a DD?

You have a biased subjective personal agenda that suits your jaded purpose.
You aren't any neutral hero coming to save the day.
Quit the BS

The people don't need your toxic agenda for guidance.
If you placed your kid on a different successful path and he's now flowing top tier, then be happy with your good fortune and have a coke and a smile

Do you stand in front of restaurants you don't like all day and tell people not to go in because it's not your taste?

DCUA has obviously hurt you and yours and you're using this channel to unsuccessfully address the demons.

Let the people who you're not smarter than make their own choices, especially since you have so viable real alternatives to offer that is a guarantee for professional or college soccer success.

Your being a hurt blowhard with DCU living in your head rent free.

People actually do review restaurants. And this is a review of DCUA. Perhaps you're the one being a "neutral hero"? This thread is great for providing parents real info on DCUA.

"real" 😂😊

cute

Parents who knew what to do to get their kids to the level that a MLS Academy wants them isn't looking to you or dcum for advice or information on their next steps lol

And what did those parents do to get their kids into an academy? Take them to extra training sessions?

News flash, most parents aren't soccer crazy and are only supportive of their kid, who happened to be good enough for academy level. Those are the parents that benefit from knowing the pros and cons of DCU. Especially if their kid is good enough to be scouted by multiple academies.

Forget all the Less Filling, Taste Great between you two

Can you, the MLS academies to Professional Pathway Consultant guy tell us parents the guaranteed steps to get to the promise land of D1 or Pro Soccer?

No, I'm just a supportive parent that has/had two kids in the academy system. I was only along for the ride and made observations.

Thanks for regaling us with your experience.
Didn't workout for you. Got it.

Whats good for goose isn't necessarily good for gander

Hopefully you and you kids can move on to a happy and fulfilling life.

Smoke and .mirrors and no substance just like DCU. Bottom line...DCU is not a good football academy and is one of the worst, if not the worst run academy in the MLS. Full stop. Say whatever you want but it doesn't change this. Hopefully the new director can change things around for the better.

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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.

Well, since dcu doesn't accept girls, you wasted that script on most of us

If dcu isn't for you, and you have or had access to the best options in the world for your son who I assume is now performing at the highest levels in Europe or South America, why are you here obsessed with tearing down DCU, the kids who go there and their parents?

What's in it for you personally or professionally?

No idea what accepting girls has to do with anything? Pretty sexist comment on its face. So weak.

We've already established this...Making sure other parents have information at their disposal that helps them and their children make good decisions about their future. None of this information was available or is available publicly and hasn't been for many years. If you were making decisions 5 or 6 years ago on DCU you were literally flying blind on what ifs and possibilities. Now there is a good sense of what they are about since they have become a free academy and people should have an understanding of what they stand for and provide. Which is absolutely nothing. Maybe the new director brings change.

Its sexist to tell you you're making a fool of yourself lecturing someone about their kid's dcua future when its a DD?

You have a biased subjective personal agenda that suits your jaded purpose.
You aren't any neutral hero coming to save the day.
Quit the BS

The people don't need your toxic agenda for guidance.
If you placed your kid on a different successful path and he's now flowing top tier, then be happy with your good fortune and have a coke and a smile

Do you stand in front of restaurants you don't like all day and tell people not to go in because it's not your taste?

DCUA has obviously hurt you and yours and you're using this channel to unsuccessfully address the demons.

Let the people who you're not smarter than make their own choices, especially since you have so viable real alternatives to offer that is a guarantee for professional or college soccer success.

Your being a hurt blowhard with DCU living in your head rent free.

People actually do review restaurants. And this is a review of DCUA. Perhaps you're the one being a "neutral hero"? This thread is great for providing parents real info on DCUA.

"real" 😂😊

cute

Parents who knew what to do to get their kids to the level that a MLS Academy wants them isn't looking to you or dcum for advice or information on their next steps lol

And what did those parents do to get their kids into an academy? Take them to extra training sessions?

News flash, most parents aren't soccer crazy and are only supportive of their kid, who happened to be good enough for academy level. Those are the parents that benefit from knowing the pros and cons of DCU. Especially if their kid is good enough to be scouted by multiple academies.

I didn't know any kid in the dmv with mls club level skills can just fill out a form and go to any other mls academy in the country
(not that we're shipping our 13 year old 2,000 miles away)

Can you also share with us the percentage and numbers of kids from the top 5 academies ranked by D1 or top level professional clubs placement?

Yea it's called submitting a highlight reel and resume to the academy scouting team to earn a trial, if you're good enough and they need your skills.
Or getting scouted by showing out at a FEST event.

And of course that's your response lol!

Why should parents do that?

Give the quantitative and real world measurable benefits of a 15 year old leaving DCU for another MLS Club Academy?
What odds and guarantees does he get for leaving the family and home in McLean to become a Professional?

Why should the parents do what? It's the player that does the work...

What are your real world experiences with academy teams? What is your affiliation with DCUA?