DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hearing bec of financial issues no u14 team
Next year. They would keep the kids with offers and the strongest can try and play up. The rest just practice? Not clear. Trying to validate.

You're trying to validate on this forum??🤣

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hearing bec of financial issues no u14 team
Next year. They would keep the kids with offers and the strongest can try and play up. The rest just practice? Not clear. Trying to validate.

With DCU literally anything could happen. Finances have always been an issue with the academy.

Except for that their academy budget alone more than doubled this season 🙄 🤔

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hearing bec of financial issues no u14 team
Next year. They would keep the kids with offers and the strongest can try and play up. The rest just practice? Not clear. Trying to validate.

You're trying to validate on this forum??🤣

sent from an asylum

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hearing bec of financial issues no u14 team
Next year. They would keep the kids with offers and the strongest can try and play up. The rest just practice? Not clear. Trying to validate.

Sounds like a great opportunity for those kids to escape the clutches of DCUA and get in with a different academy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hearing bec of financial issues no u14 team
Next year. They would keep the kids with offers and the strongest can try and play up. The rest just practice? Not clear. Trying to validate.

Sounds like a great opportunity for those kids to escape the clutches of DCUA and get in with a different academy!

Sounds like someone can sell you the Brooklyn Bridge with the contract written on a McDonald's napkin

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hearing bec of financial issues no u14 team
Next year. They would keep the kids with offers and the strongest can try and play up. The rest just practice? Not clear. Trying to validate.

Sounds like a great opportunity for those kids to escape the clutches of DCUA and get in with a different academy!

Sounds like someone can sell you the Brooklyn Bridge with the contract written on a McDonald's napkin

How much?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hearing bec of financial issues no u14 team
Next year. They would keep the kids with offers and the strongest can try and play up. The rest just practice? Not clear. Trying to validate.

With DCU literally anything could happen. Finances have always been an issue with the academy.

Except for that their academy budget alone more than doubled this season 🙄 🤔

And still not enough to make them decent...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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?

Right now, they are planning to drop the bus program. Budget is hurting because of full time program. That is what they are telling new parents coming in for next season.

We are new and were told the bus program will be running.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

Right now, they are planning to drop the bus program. Budget is hurting because of full time program. That is what they are telling new parents coming in for next season.

We are new and were told the bus program will be running.

Good luck...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

Right now, they are planning to drop the bus program. Budget is hurting because of full time program. That is what they are telling new parents coming in for next season.

We are new and were told the bus program will be running.

If you've had any dealings with DCU for an extended period of time what you know with certainty is that when it comes to communication, especially about bad news, they are the absolute worst. They don't have a strong understanding of the quality and frequency of communication that is needed

[Anonymous]

They think about themselves first and foremost and their money and then if you're lucky you get some communication about some decision they made that materially affects your son, that you're astonished by and you're left scrambling. Par for the course for an absolutely horribly run organization with poor leaders. I can't speak about the new director because I don't know him. Maybe he is better. But what I do know is that his bosses are clueless and give no craps about the academy or it's kids. The minimal investments they have made are just to stay credible in a very competitive talent market. Again, DCU is an absolute joke. If it's your only option, it is what it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hearing bec of financial issues no u14 team
Next year. They would keep the kids with offers and the strongest can try and play up. The rest just practice? Not clear. Trying to validate.

Would not be surprised if this was true...

Would gamble large sums that u14 team will not happen next year. But, everyone will believe what they want. When you hear from.DCU then you'll come back here and realize people know what the hell they are talking bout and are connected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hearing bec of financial issues no u14 team
Next year. They would keep the kids with offers and the strongest can try and play up. The rest just practice? Not clear. Trying to validate.

Would not be surprised if this was true...

Would gamble large sums that u14 team will not happen next year. But, everyone will believe what they want. When you hear from.DCU then you'll come back here and realize people know what the hell they are talking bout and are connected.

And think of the gravity of this ..Here is an organization that actively recruited kids, offered them spots on a team, only to, just months later, decide to kill the team because they want to move in a different direction and/or they don't have money. This is so fitting for DCU. This is how this group of parents starts their experience with DCU. We want your kid, sike, no we don't. Unbelievable, but really not surprising at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hearing bec of financial issues no u14 team
Next year. They would keep the kids with offers and the strongest can try and play up. The rest just practice? Not clear. Trying to validate.

Would not be surprised if this was true...

100 percent happening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hearing bec of financial issues no u14 team
Next year. They would keep the kids with offers and the strongest can try and play up. The rest just practice? Not clear. Trying to validate.

Would not be surprised if this was true...

Would gamble large sums that u14 team will not happen next year. But, everyone will believe what they want. When you hear from.DCU then you'll come back here and realize people know what the hell they are talking bout and are connected.

And think of the gravity of this ..Here is an organization that actively recruited kids, offered them spots on a team, only to, just months later, decide to kill the team because they want to move in a different direction and/or they don't have money. This is so fitting for DCU. This is how this group of parents starts their experience with DCU. We want your kid, sike, no we don't. Unbelievable, but really not surprising at all.

So bad and really shame on DCU for doing this to the kids and parents.