DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not

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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?

https://www.transfermarkt.com/stiven-jimenez/profil/spieler/1008431

Left DMV to avoid DCU and became a pro at 15 at FC Cincinnati and is a pro now on the first team at 17. Something he would have never achieved at DCU.

But that's false too right?? 😂

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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?

https://www.transfermarkt.com/stiven-jimenez/profil/spieler/1008431

Left DMV to avoid DCU and became a pro at 15 at FC Cincinnati and is a pro now on the first team at 17. Something he would have never achieved at DCU.

But that's false too right?? 😂

FC Cincinnati PAID DCU for his rights. And DCU let him go. One example of many terrible decisions by again one of the worst run academies in the MLS.

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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.

Why would a parent of a DD follow a thread about DCU?? Weird.

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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.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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

No one is telling anyone they don't know what they are doing. Just saying that DCU is a trash can.

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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.

Making assumptions of anonymous people on the Internet again? What is your definition of "didn't work out"?

And I'm happy to provide my experiences, hope it can help some new parents in the academy world!

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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?

Like has been said there are no guarantees. Just options to increase your chances of success. DCU isn't one of those options.

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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?

https://www.transfermarkt.com/stiven-jimenez/profil/spieler/1008431

Left DMV to avoid DCU and became a pro at 15 at FC Cincinnati and is a pro now on the first team at 17. Something he would have never achieved at DCU.

But that's false too right?? 😂

WOW doesn't get more tangible than that!

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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.

Why would a parent of a DD follow a thread about DCU?? Weird.

Maybe the parent lives in the dmv and is a DC United fan? 🤔

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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?

https://www.transfermarkt.com/stiven-jimenez/profil/spieler/1008431

Left DMV to avoid DCU and became a pro at 15 at FC Cincinnati and is a pro now on the first team at 17. Something he would have never achieved at DCU.

But that's false too right?? 😂

The only fact here is that the player transfered from DCU to Cincinnati.
Transfers happen in professional and amateur soccer all the time.

There is absolutely nothing stated in a negative manner about DC in the transfer.

But we all can put whatever narrative we want on anything.
Here's some facts

A DCUA family has a son that played Men's Senior MLS at 15
That son at 18 is now with a Premier League club in the best League in the world.
The younger son, who has many options because of family connections is still at DCUA by choice.

So, you all who's kids haven't achieved their levels are giving advice to do the opposite of their actions.

Go Get A 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.

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?

https://www.transfermarkt.com/stiven-jimenez/profil/spieler/1008431

Left DMV to avoid DCU and became a pro at 15 at FC Cincinnati and is a pro now on the first team at 17. Something he would have never achieved at DCU.

But that's false too right?? 😂

The only fact here is that the player transfered from DCU to Cincinnati.
Transfers happen in professional and amateur soccer all the time.

There is absolutely nothing stated in a negative manner about DC in the transfer.

But we all can put whatever narrative we want on anything.
Here's some facts

A DCUA family has a son that played Men's Senior MLS at 15
That son at 18 is now with a Premier League club in the best League in the world.
The younger son, who has many options because of family connections is still at DCUA by choice.

So, you all who's kids haven't achieved their levels are giving advice to do the opposite of their actions.

Go Get A Life!

What is your point? One family out of literally hundreds (maybe thousands) that managed to get one son out of DCU. Great for them. But unfortunately, their story is not something that is commonplace at DCU. Literally a miracle that this happened out of DCU. But again good for them. A broken clock is right twice a day too.

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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?

https://www.transfermarkt.com/stiven-jimenez/profil/spieler/1008431

Left DMV to avoid DCU and became a pro at 15 at FC Cincinnati and is a pro now on the first team at 17. Something he would have never achieved at DCU.

But that's false too right?? 😂

The only fact here is that the player transfered from DCU to Cincinnati.
Transfers happen in professional and amateur soccer all the time.

There is absolutely nothing stated in a negative manner about DC in the transfer.

But we all can put whatever narrative we want on anything.
Here's some facts

A DCUA family has a son that played Men's Senior MLS at 15
That son at 18 is now with a Premier League club in the best League in the world.
The younger son, who has many options because of family connections is still at DCUA by choice.

So, you all who's kids haven't achieved their levels are giving advice to do the opposite of their actions.

Go Get A Life!

He didn't transfer from DCU . Get your facts straight. Did you even look at the website??? DCU had his rights because of territory rights back when the transfer happened. So FC Cincinnati had to pay them for him because DCU controlled his movement to another MLS club. He never stepped foot into DCU. Wonder why???

You're an outsider. Clearly. Go back to sweating other DCU families. We will keep punishing your dumb a## comments on here each time you post. You got nothing left.

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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.

Why would a parent of a DD follow a thread about DCU?? Weird.

Maybe the parent lives in the dmv and is a DC United fan? 🤔

Could be. Props to you if that's true. That is dedication!

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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?

https://www.transfermarkt.com/stiven-jimenez/profil/spieler/1008431

Left DMV to avoid DCU and became a pro at 15 at FC Cincinnati and is a pro now on the first team at 17. Something he would have never achieved at DCU.

But that's false too right?? 😂

The only fact here is that the player transfered from DCU to Cincinnati.
Transfers happen in professional and amateur soccer all the time.

There is absolutely nothing stated in a negative manner about DC in the transfer.

But we all can put whatever narrative we want on anything.
Here's some facts

A DCUA family has a son that played Men's Senior MLS at 15
That son at 18 is now with a Premier League club in the best League in the world.
The younger son, who has many options because of family connections is still at DCUA by choice.

So, you all who's kids haven't achieved their levels are giving advice to do the opposite of their actions.

Go Get A Life!

LOL at your facts, those two brothers were on DCUA's list. You display your lack of knowledge on the subject. Get a 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.

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?

https://www.transfermarkt.com/stiven-jimenez/profil/spieler/1008431

Left DMV to avoid DCU and became a pro at 15 at FC Cincinnati and is a pro now on the first team at 17. Something he would have never achieved at DCU.

But that's false too right?? 😂

The only fact here is that the player transfered from DCU to Cincinnati.
Transfers happen in professional and amateur soccer all the time.

There is absolutely nothing stated in a negative manner about DC in the transfer.

But we all can put whatever narrative we want on anything.
Here's some facts

A DCUA family has a son that played Men's Senior MLS at 15
That son at 18 is now with a Premier League club in the best League in the world.
The younger son, who has many options because of family connections is still at DCUA by choice.

So, you all who's kids haven't achieved their levels are giving advice to do the opposite of their actions.

Go Get A Life!

Shows how ignorant you are and how little you know about the top players coming from our area. Why would a kid, who was 13 at the time, go to FC Cincinnati (it wasn't a transfer BTW) which was a practically brand new club in the MLS at the time, when he could have just stayed here and gone to DCU, a well established MLS veteran? His family lives in Maryland. I can tell you. Because they knew DCU wasn't a good option for their son and they wanted a better platform and opportunity for him. If you think that is false or a made up narrative and you think his family just moved to Cincinnati for some reason, think again. If that were true, there would be no need to acquire his homegrown rights because he would have moved out of DCUs territory. If the family moved he could just play for FC Cincinnati outright without any issue or triggering of homegrown rules. But DCU was a pain in the a## about it because they knew the rules entitled them to some money. DCU could have just let him go for nothing because he clearly didn't want to go there and he clearly had talent but they knew this. This is a 13 year old kid we are taking about, remember this. But they didn't do that. They were bitter, and made it harder for him to leave the homegrown territory (the DMV) requiring FC Cincinnati to pay for him under the homegrown territory rules at the time, which was really crappy, but a business decision and a decision that certainly wasn't in the kids best interest. But Cincinnati paid the money for the kids homegrown rights, he left, and two years later he became the youngest professional player for FC Cincinnati in the clubs history at 15 years of age.

DCUs dumb management and academy staff thought the fact that they got money for him was a massive win for the club because they were so weak in the youth player development and sales/transfers area they wanted so badly to be relevant in this area. These guys put out a press release about this!!! Can't make it up. Here it is: https://www.dcunited.com/news/d-c-united-acquire-up-to-500-000-conditional-gam-from-fc-cincinnati-for-the-home

To me, this press release sums up DCUs academy and entire operation. They don't care about the kids. This release is trumpeting the fact that DCU made money off a player that had minimal to no connection to the club and that they had absolutely no role in developing at all. In fact, this release shows that they actually didn't care about the kid who wanted something else for himself. Something better. They just cared about the money. Some could say it was a business decision and that may be true. Others could say DCU meddled in a young kids life and football career for no other reason than they could make a quick buck on it which I think is despicable. I would have let the kid go for nothing on principle. DCU didn't develop him and had minimal connections to him. Money isn't everything and at the time, the kid was barely a teenager.

Great that it worked out for the kid at FC Cincinnati. But what this whole story shows is that the issues with DCU are deeply rooted and abundant. If your kid is at DCU now and wants to leave to another MLS academy without the family.moving, good luck! You're stuck unless another club wants to pay DCU for your kid. Again, something most parents don't fully understand.

Just another proof point as to why DCU is the laughingstock of MLS academies.