DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not

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Anonymous wrote:Any knowledge as to why Zaden Bediako from VDA bypassed DCU for NE Revolution?

I don't know the player, but it brings up an interesting data point. We all know several players from this area have gone to academies outside of the region. Some of them are players that received offers from DCU and chose to go elsewhere, some are not.

Are there any players at DCU Academy from other regions? Has anyone chosen DC over another academy?

I can not possibly see how a family would move here just for DCUA. A homestay or residency program would have been a different story but we know they're far FAR away from having those options.

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Anonymous wrote:I think what most of you losers on here should admit is that your child (if you have one) has no possibility of attending an MLS Academy. You are barking up a tree that you have no business talking about. I would be happy for my child to join DCU academy...it's the final stage of the journey in this country. Stop whining about an academy when you will never have the chance to be there.

I love the part where they’re jock-sniffing other academies like an infatuated teenager 😂

Its just a bunch of clowns sitting around arguing about how the seats in a new Ferrari are worse than in a Porsche. It won't impact you either way!!!

Oh cool. Thanks for your insight. This is quite literally a thread in a discussion forum discussing whether DCU has a good academy. If you don't like or understand the topic, why are you wasting your time. What's your connection?

My point about clowns running their mouths is that this particular thread is quite long. Yet you are talking about the most selective team in the DMV. Math doesn't math. A bunch of losers sitting around being jealous of something they don't have.

Some of our kids are in the academy world and know what the deal is. The only clowns here are the ones blindly defending them or have kids in DCUA that refuse to accept the truth. Or just ignorant to what normal academy's should offer.

If your kid is in the high level pro academy world and its not dcu, why the obsession?
Shouldn't you be focused on your son and where he is

At this point, it's been proven that DCU is just not up to par. There is no obsession with proving that point. It's been done. The thread is about whether DCU is a strong academy or not. If you don't like the way the discussion is going, you can certainly leave it. But yet, you chose to come back day after day with nothing to add to the discussion just name calling and whining. Shouldn't YOU be focused on your son and where he is at? Because if he is at DCU, you have a lot to be worried about.

Not who you talking to but why do the parents have a lot to be worried about?

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Four days a week in an academy that doesn't really care about your son's development, has no money, weak leadership, no accountability and no vision AND this same academy is now in charge of your son's education!? No way.

Parents are in charge of their kids education.
Does everyone in public and private schools leave with the same grades and attend same level colleges and end up in same level careers?

What does Bethesda, SYC, Achilles, Alexandria, Baltimore Armor do better than DC?

Parents make choices as to what education path their kids take for sure. But once the path is chosen, the school is spending more time with their kids than they are. With your logic the specific school doesn't matter and it does.

No everyone doesn't receive same grades, colleges or careers. But better schools give the kids better opportunities for better results in all of those things. Just like soccer.

Local clubs and MLS academies aren't the same so it isn't a fair comparison. One is free and the others are pay to play. That alone puts them on different footing. If DCU is comparing itself it local clubs, that is half the problem right there. The standard is too low.

Your kids must be in boarding school if they have more time with your kids than you do

Better schools don't give better opportunities.
Your performance in school and your network/connections does

Don't see where DCU is comparing itself to local clubs

Spoken like a true elitist snob...

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Anonymous wrote:Reality check: US soccer IN THE COUNTRY is not high level. Doesn't matter where you are. Why washed up European players can come here and dominate our domestic league against US players in their prime. The level is just not close. Being at DCU just means you're a strong regional player in the US. Literally millions of kids better in Europe and the rest of the world. Our academy system is driven by the MLS to produce players for the MLS, which is a weak league requiring minimally skilled players (just big and fast players). You have a MLS academy system filled with coaches that never sniffed the highest levels of the game even in the US. How can anyone expect knowledge transfer to youth players when there is minimal knowledge to be transfered? The US system is massively flawed in this way. DCU just happens to be one of the most flawed academies in an already flawed system. What that means is that if you're at DCU, you're getting the lowest chances of success because you're in an academy that is one of the worst among academies that are already not great. Because DCU is so bad, it is just a more time consuming, frustrating and rocky path to college soccer or Sunday leagues. If you do make it pro from DCUs academy it isn't because of them it is despite them and a rarity at that.

What about Bethesda, SYC, Achilles, Baltimore Armor, Alexandria?

If players at dc ain't going nowhere in soccer, where they going?

College at best

Come over to NVA MLS Next first year creaming local mls teams

Aww, look at dad’s child-like beliefs.

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DCU is a terribly run organization and when you sign up for it, you sign up for ALL of its dysfunction. U14s not happening next season all of a sudden is one example and there will be other examples soon enough. I expect DCU to struggle with online school and fully funding it across the academy because they are cheap as hell and don't care. Don't be surprised if they start asking parents to pay for things. That will be the next step for them.

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Online school will be one thing they will look at in terms of where they can tap the parents to pay up. Maybe not for all age groups but for maybe one or two.

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Anonymous wrote:Any knowledge as to why Zaden Bediako from VDA bypassed DCU for NE Revolution?

I don't know the player, but it brings up an interesting data point. We all know several players from this area have gone to academies outside of the region. Some of them are players that received offers from DCU and chose to go elsewhere, some are not.

Are there any players at DCU Academy from other regions? Has anyone chosen DC over another academy?

I can not possibly see how a family would move here just for DCUA. A homestay or residency program would have been a different story but we know they're far FAR away from having those options.

Only a family that has no other options for MLS academy level near them or doesn't know any better. DCU is just not a desirable option for any player really. But they benefit from and rest on being the only game in town.

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https://www.instagram.com/p/DIWfhpGAzth/?igsh=bXlmbnNxNnQwYms=

GA Cup updates, U16 falls to PSV.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.instagram.com/p/DIWfhpGAzth/?igsh=bXlmbnNxNnQwYms=

GA Cup updates, U16 falls to PSV.

not surprised

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.instagram.com/p/DIWfhpGAzth/?igsh=bXlmbnNxNnQwYms=

GA Cup updates, U16 falls to PSV.

Good Lord. Give them a break. I'm all for objective criticism on here, but that clip was the only goal of the match and it was an unfortunate keeper error. We have no idea how that game played out.

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GA Cup updates, U16 falls to PSV.

Good Lord. Give them a break. I'm all for objective criticism on here, but that clip was the only goal of the match and it was an unfortunate keeper error. We have no idea how that game played out.

It's the game results not some biased analysis of the game. Why so defensive?

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Anonymous wrote:Any knowledge as to why Zaden Bediako from VDA bypassed DCU for NE Revolution?

I don't know the player, but it brings up an interesting data point. We all know several players from this area have gone to academies outside of the region. Some of them are players that received offers from DCU and chose to go elsewhere, some are not.

Are there any players at DCU Academy from other regions? Has anyone chosen DC over another academy?

I can not possibly see how a family would move here just for DCUA. A homestay or residency program would have been a different story but we know they're far FAR away from having those options.

Only a family that has no other options for MLS academy level near them or doesn't know any better. DCU is just not a desirable option for any player really. But they benefit from and rest on being the only game in town.

Doing some research and I don't see any rankings or evaluations from US Soccer or MLS that ranks the academies based off a set of objective criteria

Where does this repeat poster get his facts on the best or worst or middle academies?

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GA Cup updates, U16 falls to PSV.

Good Lord. Give them a break. I'm all for objective criticism on here, but that clip was the only goal of the match and it was an unfortunate keeper error. We have no idea how that game played out.

It's the game results not some biased analysis of the game. Why so defensive?

sorry objective relayer of information. I should have replied to "not surprised." Thank YOU for posting the results of a U16 game you had nothing to do with, and didn't see, for comment on a discussion board about the quality of an academy. Like I said, I'm all for criticism. Not defensive of the academy, but don't act like you're not trying to criticize.

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Anonymous wrote:Any knowledge as to why Zaden Bediako from VDA bypassed DCU for NE Revolution?

I don't know the player, but it brings up an interesting data point. We all know several players from this area have gone to academies outside of the region. Some of them are players that received offers from DCU and chose to go elsewhere, some are not.

Are there any players at DCU Academy from other regions? Has anyone chosen DC over another academy?

I can not possibly see how a family would move here just for DCUA. A homestay or residency program would have been a different story but we know they're far FAR away from having those options.

Only a family that has no other options for MLS academy level near them or doesn't know any better. DCU is just not a desirable option for any player really. But they benefit from and rest on being the only game in town.

Doing some research and I don't see any rankings or evaluations from US Soccer or MLS that ranks the academies based off a set of objective criteria

Where does this repeat poster get his facts on the best or worst or middle academies?

First of all assuming the post is from man is typical. Second of all, it's obvious DCU is terrible. If you don't know that you're in denial.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.instagram.com/p/DIWfhpGAzth/?igsh=bXlmbnNxNnQwYms=

GA Cup updates, U16 falls to PSV.

Good Lord. Give them a break. I'm all for objective criticism on here, but that clip was the only goal of the match and it was an unfortunate keeper error. We have no idea how that game played out.

It's the game results not some biased analysis of the game. Why so defensive?

sorry objective relayer of information. I should have replied to "not surprised." Thank YOU for posting the results of a U16 game you had nothing to do with, and didn't see, for comment on a discussion board about the quality of an academy. Like I said, I'm all for criticism. Not defensive of the academy, but don't act like you're not trying to criticize.

Even if the u16s beat psv it wouldn't matter. DCU is still a crap academy and the kids aren't learning a damn thing.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.instagram.com/p/DIWfhpGAzth/?igsh=bXlmbnNxNnQwYms=

GA Cup updates, U16 falls to PSV.

Good Lord. Give them a break. I'm all for objective criticism on here, but that clip was the only goal of the match and it was an unfortunate keeper error. We have no idea how that game played out.

It's the game results not some biased analysis of the game. Why so defensive?

sorry objective relayer of information. I should have replied to "not surprised." Thank YOU for posting the results of a U16 game you had nothing to do with, and didn't see, for comment on a discussion board about the quality of an academy. Like I said, I'm all for criticism. Not defensive of the academy, but don't act like you're not trying to criticize.

Even if the u16s beat psv it wouldn't matter. DCU is still a crap academy and the kids aren't learning a damn thing.

Just like this same DCU team beat Sporting Portugal last year which is hands down one of the best academia in the world. Except that DCU is only trying to win the game. The other top academies from around the world are bringing younger kids, trying to develop them, and playing to develop, not necessarily to win. You can out physical teams at these younger ages and American teams just try to do that to get a result because we generally have superior athletes.. Unfortunately, these same physical players will be surpassed by players that have been relying on technical prowess as opposed to brute force as they get older. Already happening with DCUs older teams.