DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not

[Anonymous]

The length and specificity of the posts on here is just too thorough to deny...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The length and specificity of the posts on here is just too thorough to deny...

It only shows the obsession of the axe grinder who's kid isn't good enough and was rejected by DCU
It also shows professional therapy may be a good option

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The length and specificity of the posts on here is just too thorough to deny...

It only shows the obsession of the axe grinder who's kid isn't good enough and was rejected by DCU
It also shows professional therapy may be a good option

Denial is a tough place to be...

[Anonymous]

No facilities, weak coaches, no money, no exposure outside the US, no consistent instructional methodology, revolving door of staff, less than 10 employees for all teams, 2 players on youth national team in 5 years, horrible reputation nationally and intentionally, crappy politics with US soccer, weak college connections, terrible administration, full time program for one age group only, barely dominant locally with all the best kids, bus program recently dropped because of money, glorified kick ball

The list is actually endless...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No facilities, weak coaches, no money, no exposure outside the US, no consistent instructional methodology, revolving door of staff, less than 10 employees for all teams, 2 players on youth national team in 5 years, horrible reputation nationally and intentionally, crappy politics with US soccer, weak college connections, terrible administration, full time program for one age group only, barely dominant locally with all the best kids, bus program recently dropped because of money, glorified kick ball

The list is actually endless...

New director is in fact walking into a complete and utter disaster. Hopefully he can change things for the better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No facilities, weak coaches, no money, no exposure outside the US, no consistent instructional methodology, revolving door of staff, less than 10 employees for all teams, 2 players on youth national team in 5 years, horrible reputation nationally and intentionally, crappy politics with US soccer, weak college connections, terrible administration, full time program for one age group only, barely dominant locally with all the best kids, bus program recently dropped because of money, glorified kick ball

The list is actually endless...

Bus program dropped? Where did you hear that from?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:saw couple of dcu back packs at local ID, what's going on at DCU bench warmers testing water?

what no way why would they

Why would they not? They are not getting minutes and risk of being cut. Why not go where they can get playing time before their playing years run out?

This is a good perspective. What most parents fail to understand about this game and the developmental pathway is that you have a very limited amount of time. Of course everyone develops at different rates and that is clear. But if a player didn't spend their u9-u14 years mastering the ball, really.mastering the ball, they will have a hard time catching the elite players that did. There isn't enough time to get enough touches to catch up. Especially if you're in MLS academy football and practicing 4 days a week and game on weekend. Your body is in recovery mode on your down time and if it isn't, you're increasing your injury probability. The bottom line is this...you have a limited window of time in the game no matter what. The more you waste it not improving, the harder it becomes to be an elite player. DCU, in its current state, is effectively wasting time, if you want to be a pro footballer. If you want to be a decent college player, could be ok for that. But pro, very unlikely in their system.

So tell the class exactly what the kids (all of them) at DCU Academy are doing Monday through Sunday.
Then tell us comparatively exactly what their matching age group kids are all doing Monday through Sunday at Philly Union Academy

After that, please tell us exactly what all the current DCU kids did daily in regards to soccer from U9 to U13?

If you can't give us the answers, please explain how you've reached your conclusions?

you've made up your mind about DCU, no one is trying to convince you or change your mind. DCU is a good fit for you and your son which is great! The poster is only providing different view points and insight into the process from his/her perspective. As readers, we do our own individual critical thinking and come to our own conclusion. The poster doesn't have to explain him/herself anymore than what he/she has offered. Let's all get along and not attack view points that differs from our own.

BS!

You can't make statements disguised as knowledgeable fact, then when challenged, switch to its just my opinion, because you were blowing smoke!

If you want to pretend to be an experienced knowledgeable insider with direct expertise and personal connections in national and international youth development, then you better be able to provide proof and evidence to backup your statements.

If you just want to whine and gripe because DCU hurt your feelings, then go ahead.
But don't pee in the air and pretend it's raining.

Anyone can make biased comments about why you shouldn't buy an Audi because they don't like Audis.

People can do and say whatever they want. Fact of the matter is, you can't prove the PP wrong. The majority if not all of the posts about the problems with DCU are in fact true. If you think otherwise you're entitled to your opinion. But your opinion is just not one that is widely held by anyone with any knowledge about football in our country .

So PP says DCU doesn't develop players individually compared to other academies

PP doesn't know what DCU players are doing daily nor does he know what players at other academies are doing daily

There is nothing to prove wrong.
Just point out that the PP is full of farm fertilizer

Why would anyone need to know what DCU does on a daily basis? The numbers speak for themselves. Oldest club around, doesn't produce as many pros as the newer clubs. B-b-but what about D1 top tier Euro clubs??? SYBAU we talking MLS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No facilities, weak coaches, no money, no exposure outside the US, no consistent instructional methodology, revolving door of staff, less than 10 employees for all teams, 2 players on youth national team in 5 years, horrible reputation nationally and intentionally, crappy politics with US soccer, weak college connections, terrible administration, full time program for one age group only, barely dominant locally with all the best kids, bus program recently dropped because of money, glorified kick ball

The list is actually endless...

Un Momento

I'm on the girls gymnastics page raging against a gym that said my daughter wasn't good enough to make their tumbling team for regionals

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:saw couple of dcu back packs at local ID, what's going on at DCU bench warmers testing water?

what no way why would they

Why would they not? They are not getting minutes and risk of being cut. Why not go where they can get playing time before their playing years run out?

This is a good perspective. What most parents fail to understand about this game and the developmental pathway is that you have a very limited amount of time. Of course everyone develops at different rates and that is clear. But if a player didn't spend their u9-u14 years mastering the ball, really.mastering the ball, they will have a hard time catching the elite players that did. There isn't enough time to get enough touches to catch up. Especially if you're in MLS academy football and practicing 4 days a week and game on weekend. Your body is in recovery mode on your down time and if it isn't, you're increasing your injury probability. The bottom line is this...you have a limited window of time in the game no matter what. The more you waste it not improving, the harder it becomes to be an elite player. DCU, in its current state, is effectively wasting time, if you want to be a pro footballer. If you want to be a decent college player, could be ok for that. But pro, very unlikely in their system.

So tell the class exactly what the kids (all of them) at DCU Academy are doing Monday through Sunday.
Then tell us comparatively exactly what their matching age group kids are all doing Monday through Sunday at Philly Union Academy

After that, please tell us exactly what all the current DCU kids did daily in regards to soccer from U9 to U13?

If you can't give us the answers, please explain how you've reached your conclusions?

you've made up your mind about DCU, no one is trying to convince you or change your mind. DCU is a good fit for you and your son which is great! The poster is only providing different view points and insight into the process from his/her perspective. As readers, we do our own individual critical thinking and come to our own conclusion. The poster doesn't have to explain him/herself anymore than what he/she has offered. Let's all get along and not attack view points that differs from our own.

BS!

You can't make statements disguised as knowledgeable fact, then when challenged, switch to its just my opinion, because you were blowing smoke!

If you want to pretend to be an experienced knowledgeable insider with direct expertise and personal connections in national and international youth development, then you better be able to provide proof and evidence to backup your statements.

If you just want to whine and gripe because DCU hurt your feelings, then go ahead.
But don't pee in the air and pretend it's raining.

Anyone can make biased comments about why you shouldn't buy an Audi because they don't like Audis.

People can do and say whatever they want. Fact of the matter is, you can't prove the PP wrong. The majority if not all of the posts about the problems with DCU are in fact true. If you think otherwise you're entitled to your opinion. But your opinion is just not one that is widely held by anyone with any knowledge about football in our country .

So PP says DCU doesn't develop players individually compared to other academies

PP doesn't know what DCU players are doing daily nor does he know what players at other academies are doing daily

There is nothing to prove wrong.
Just point out that the PP is full of farm fertilizer

Why would anyone need to know what DCU does on a daily basis? The numbers speak for themselves. Oldest club around, doesn't produce as many pros as the newer clubs. B-b-but what about D1 top tier Euro clubs??? SYBAU we talking MLS.

Hahahaha...
You literally just said you don't need to know whats happening there, but you can make statements about what's happening or not happening there lol

What numbers pray-tell are you privileged to that shows that individual development is not happening at dcu and the same numbers show you individual development is happening elsewhere?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No facilities, weak coaches, no money, no exposure outside the US, no consistent instructional methodology, revolving door of staff, less than 10 employees for all teams, 2 players on youth national team in 5 years, horrible reputation nationally and intentionally, crappy politics with US soccer, weak college connections, terrible administration, full time program for one age group only, barely dominant locally with all the best kids, bus program recently dropped because of money, glorified kick ball

The list is actually endless...

Wild. They do have facilities with access to fields and gym time. They were smart and partnered with VA Rev to renovate there because they have 4 professional teams already at the IPC center and doing this allowed the kids to train more, attend the school, have their own gym….sounds horrible lol. They have multiple kids on national teams, they have new leadership who are making moves to bring them next level, the full time program has always been available to all kids, the club announced the full time fully funded expansion to the 16s as a trial year this year and from the start had said it was expanding to the other teams next year….it doesn’t matter who comes here and tells you exactly what the truth is- you are just going to find a way to whine🤷🏻‍♀️ it’s a relatively new fully funded program. They have done nothing but grow since then. The club is investing significantly each year and expanding resources. I guess you think something like this is built overnight-it’s not. We can cry about if it should have been done sooner or whatever reason you will use to justify digging in your heels but the reality is for the last 4 years, they have been constantly making changes and adding resources to improve. Your loss I guess. I don’t have 108 more pages of investment in this to keep coming back and correcting your lies and misinformation. Sorry that your kid isn’t able to make it which is the vibe you give off. My kid is doing great and has had significant opportunities because of playing in the club. You can whine about what you think is wrong for 108 pages more or you can find a good fit for you kid and get over DCU.

[Anonymous]

Does it mean Philly Union didn't development 23 U15 kids because only 2 made the USYNT?

Also half the MLS academies don't develop because they're not represented?

With 20 out of hundreds making the USYNT U15's, that tells us definitively that only a few kids are getting individual development across the country

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No facilities, weak coaches, no money, no exposure outside the US, no consistent instructional methodology, revolving door of staff, less than 10 employees for all teams, 2 players on youth national team in 5 years, horrible reputation nationally and intentionally, crappy politics with US soccer, weak college connections, terrible administration, full time program for one age group only, barely dominant locally with all the best kids, bus program recently dropped because of money, glorified kick ball

The list is actually endless...

Wild. They do have facilities with access to fields and gym time. They were smart and partnered with VA Rev to renovate there because they have 4 professional teams already at the IPC center and doing this allowed the kids to train more, attend the school, have their own gym….sounds horrible lol. They have multiple kids on national teams, they have new leadership who are making moves to bring them next level, the full time program has always been available to all kids, the club announced the full time fully funded expansion to the 16s as a trial year this year and from the start had said it was expanding to the other teams next year….it doesn’t matter who comes here and tells you exactly what the truth is- you are just going to find a way to whine🤷🏻‍♀️ it’s a relatively new fully funded program. They have done nothing but grow since then. The club is investing significantly each year and expanding resources. I guess you think something like this is built overnight-it’s not. We can cry about if it should have been done sooner or whatever reason you will use to justify digging in your heels but the reality is for the last 4 years, they have been constantly making changes and adding resources to improve. Your loss I guess. I don’t have 108 more pages of investment in this to keep coming back and correcting your lies and misinformation. Sorry that your kid isn’t able to make it which is the vibe you give off. My kid is doing great and has had significant opportunities because of playing in the club. You can whine about what you think is wrong for 108 pages more or you can find a good fit for you kid and get over DCU.

TLDR: DCUA is still playing catch up with the newer and better academy teams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No facilities, weak coaches, no money, no exposure outside the US, no consistent instructional methodology, revolving door of staff, less than 10 employees for all teams, 2 players on youth national team in 5 years, horrible reputation nationally and intentionally, crappy politics with US soccer, weak college connections, terrible administration, full time program for one age group only, barely dominant locally with all the best kids, bus program recently dropped because of money, glorified kick ball

The list is actually endless...

Bus program dropped? Where did you hear that from?

The club...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No facilities, weak coaches, no money, no exposure outside the US, no consistent instructional methodology, revolving door of staff, less than 10 employees for all teams, 2 players on youth national team in 5 years, horrible reputation nationally and intentionally, crappy politics with US soccer, weak college connections, terrible administration, full time program for one age group only, barely dominant locally with all the best kids, bus program recently dropped because of money, glorified kick ball

The list is actually endless...

Wild. They do have facilities with access to fields and gym time. They were smart and partnered with VA Rev to renovate there because they have 4 professional teams already at the IPC center and doing this allowed the kids to train more, attend the school, have their own gym….sounds horrible lol. They have multiple kids on national teams, they have new leadership who are making moves to bring them next level, the full time program has always been available to all kids, the club announced the full time fully funded expansion to the 16s as a trial year this year and from the start had said it was expanding to the other teams next year….it doesn’t matter who comes here and tells you exactly what the truth is- you are just going to find a way to whine🤷🏻‍♀️ it’s a relatively new fully funded program. They have done nothing but grow since then. The club is investing significantly each year and expanding resources. I guess you think something like this is built overnight-it’s not. We can cry about if it should have been done sooner or whatever reason you will use to justify digging in your heels but the reality is for the last 4 years, they have been constantly making changes and adding resources to improve. Your loss I guess. I don’t have 108 more pages of investment in this to keep coming back and correcting your lies and misinformation. Sorry that your kid isn’t able to make it which is the vibe you give off. My kid is doing great and has had significant opportunities because of playing in the club. You can whine about what you think is wrong for 108 pages more or you can find a good fit for you kid and get over DCU.

Long way of saying DCU is not there yet. Which is what the whole thread says.

[Anonymous]

No one whines about the club. Just presents information that does not exist in the public realm for parents to read. That is all. Just so happens DCU is an easy target because of how inept it is.