DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not

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Anonymous wrote:What’s the penalty for a player in DC United playing HS for broad Run? Suspension from MLS next Team?

Is it aceptable to allow outside entities dictate what a teenager can/can’t do with regard to his HS and the joys and memories that come with it?

How could you do both just on the logistics alone? Would be curious.

But, if you play in DCUs academy you agree to forego HS soccer and I'm pretty sure they would kick you out if you were caught doing both. Can't guarantee that but it is against the rules of MLS next to do both. Playing HS soccer makes the player ineligible to play MLS next .Your best bet is to ask DCU to designate your son as a "future player" which then makes him eligible To play HS soccer. This significantly reduces his involvement with DCU but it allows him to do both. Or you can apply for a waiver through Pdev which is the MLS management group of MLS next. Most parents don't understand the future player designation and/or the rules of MLS next. https://www.mlssoccer.com/mlsnext/resources/rules-and-regulations/#:~:text=Except%20as%20set%20forth%20herein,not%20available%20for%20middle%20school).

You sign a contract with the academy, one being no high school allowed. And there's no such thing as a "future player" on an academy team. You're either in or you're out. If you want to play high school, don't accept an academy offer. This isn't like a MLS next club, you don't pay so you don't really have any say.

There are future players at DCU...period.

If you're kid has talent and DCU wants him, they will take future player status over nothing. At least he is in their orbit...has been done in the younger ages quite a bit..

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Anonymous wrote:In 2022-2023 season there were three future players on one team alone. From Pipeline.

There are several future players in the 2023-2024 and current season.

Exactly.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s the penalty for a player in DC United playing HS for broad Run? Suspension from MLS next Team?

Is it aceptable to allow outside entities dictate what a teenager can/can’t do with regard to his HS and the joys and memories that come with it?

How could you do both just on the logistics alone? Would be curious.

But, if you play in DCUs academy you agree to forego HS soccer and I'm pretty sure they would kick you out if you were caught doing both. Can't guarantee that but it is against the rules of MLS next to do both. Playing HS soccer makes the player ineligible to play MLS next .Your best bet is to ask DCU to designate your son as a "future player" which then makes him eligible To play HS soccer. This significantly reduces his involvement with DCU but it allows him to do both. Or you can apply for a waiver through Pdev which is the MLS management group of MLS next. Most parents don't understand the future player designation and/or the rules of MLS next. https://www.mlssoccer.com/mlsnext/resources/rules-and-regulations/#:~:text=Except%20as%20set%20forth%20herein,not%20available%20for%20middle%20school).

You sign a contract with the academy, one being no high school allowed. And there's no such thing as a "future player" on an academy team. You're either in or you're out. If you want to play high school, don't accept an academy offer. This isn't like a MLS next club, you don't pay so you don't really have any say.

There are future players at DCU...period.

You're saying DCU allows these "future players" to go play high school? Why on earth would an academy invest money into a player so that they can go and get hurt in high school soccer? No academy let's ANY of their players play any kind of organized soccer event outside of the academy.
Please make sense.

And I'm not talking about some random MLS Next club. Why the hell are we even discussing that? This is about academy players and high school soccer.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s the penalty for a player in DC United playing HS for broad Run? Suspension from MLS next Team?

Is it aceptable to allow outside entities dictate what a teenager can/can’t do with regard to his HS and the joys and memories that come with it?

How could you do both just on the logistics alone? Would be curious.

But, if you play in DCUs academy you agree to forego HS soccer and I'm pretty sure they would kick you out if you were caught doing both. Can't guarantee that but it is against the rules of MLS next to do both. Playing HS soccer makes the player ineligible to play MLS next .Your best bet is to ask DCU to designate your son as a "future player" which then makes him eligible To play HS soccer. This significantly reduces his involvement with DCU but it allows him to do both. Or you can apply for a waiver through Pdev which is the MLS management group of MLS next. Most parents don't understand the future player designation and/or the rules of MLS next. https://www.mlssoccer.com/mlsnext/resources/rules-and-regulations/#:~:text=Except%20as%20set%20forth%20herein,not%20available%20for%20middle%20school).

You sign a contract with the academy, one being no high school allowed. And there's no such thing as a "future player" on an academy team. You're either in or you're out. If you want to play high school, don't accept an academy offer. This isn't like a MLS next club, you don't pay so you don't really have any say.

Another parent that doesnt know the rules..

So you're saying an academy player has a chance of playing high school? Can you explain how and give us an example of someone who did? Just so we're clear... by academy, I mean an MLS pro team academy. Not Achilles, SYC, Bethesda, etc.

Yes but only if you're a future player can you can play high school soccer. Which means you are in the academy but you're not full time. Applies to ALL clubs in MLS next equally, including the MLS academies. Which are of course in MLS next. Has been done at DCU by players from.Pipeline that didn't want to commit to DCU but DCU wanted them and they wanted the experience and exposure. There is a game. minutes and practice limit on future players which makes the schedule lighter at DCU to allow playing HS. HS absolutely been done before at DCU. You just have to know the rules and how to work them to your advantage. Most parents don't understand the rules and/or wont even approach the subject with DCU because they are just happy at the prospect of being at DCU. The future player at DCU has the advantage and isn't tied to the club in the same way.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s the penalty for a player in DC United playing HS for broad Run? Suspension from MLS next Team?

Is it aceptable to allow outside entities dictate what a teenager can/can’t do with regard to his HS and the joys and memories that come with it?

How could you do both just on the logistics alone? Would be curious.

But, if you play in DCUs academy you agree to forego HS soccer and I'm pretty sure they would kick you out if you were caught doing both. Can't guarantee that but it is against the rules of MLS next to do both. Playing HS soccer makes the player ineligible to play MLS next .Your best bet is to ask DCU to designate your son as a "future player" which then makes him eligible To play HS soccer. This significantly reduces his involvement with DCU but it allows him to do both. Or you can apply for a waiver through Pdev which is the MLS management group of MLS next. Most parents don't understand the future player designation and/or the rules of MLS next. https://www.mlssoccer.com/mlsnext/resources/rules-and-regulations/#:~:text=Except%20as%20set%20forth%20herein,not%20available%20for%20middle%20school).

You sign a contract with the academy, one being no high school allowed. And there's no such thing as a "future player" on an academy team. You're either in or you're out. If you want to play high school, don't accept an academy offer. This isn't like a MLS next club, you don't pay so you don't really have any say.

There are future players at DCU...period.

You're saying DCU allows these "future players" to go play high school? Why on earth would an academy invest money into a player so that they can go and get hurt in high school soccer? No academy let's ANY of their players play any kind of organized soccer event outside of the academy.
Please make sense.

And I'm not talking about some random MLS Next club. Why the hell are we even discussing that? This is about academy players and high school soccer.

Like has been said, DCU allows future players. You can believe it or not.. I don't care. Three from Pipeline in the 2022-2023 season who also played at Pipeline all season and won the ECNL national championship that year. All.while.being future players at DCU. They played in big games for DCU that season and practiced occasionally with their DCU team. Best of both worlds really for them. They also did the same.thing the following season at DCU. Went to GA cup as well...AND played for Pipeline.

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What’s the penalty for a player in DC United playing HS for broad Run? Suspension from MLS next Team?

Is it aceptable to allow outside entities dictate what a teenager can/can’t do with regard to his HS and the joys and memories that come with it?[/quote]

How could you do both just on the logistics alone? Would be curious.

But, if you play in DCUs academy you agree to forego HS soccer and I'm pretty sure they would kick you out if you were caught doing both. Can't guarantee that but it is against the rules of MLS next to do both. Playing HS soccer makes the player ineligible to play MLS next .Your best bet is to ask DCU to designate your son as a "future player" which then makes him eligible To play HS soccer. This significantly reduces his involvement with DCU but it allows him to do both. Or you can apply for a waiver through Pdev which is the MLS management group of MLS next. Most parents don't understand the future player designation and/or the rules of MLS next. https://www.mlssoccer.com/mlsnext/resources/rules-and-regulations/#:~:text=Except%20as%20set%20forth%20herein,not%20available%20for%20middle%20school).[/quote]

You sign a contract with the academy, one being no high school allowed. And there's no such thing as a "future player" on an academy team. You're either in or you're out. If you want to play high school, don't accept an academy offer. This isn't like a MLS next club, you don't pay so you don't really have any say.[/quote]

Another parent that doesnt know the rules..[/quote]

So you're saying an academy player has a chance of playing high school? Can you explain how and give us an example of someone who did? Just so we're clear... by academy, I mean an MLS pro team academy. Not Achilles, SYC, Bethesda, etc.[/quote]

Yes but only if you're a future player can you can play high school soccer. Which means you are in the academy but you're not full time. Applies to ALL clubs in MLS next equally, including the MLS academies. Which are of course in MLS next. Has been done at DCU by players from.Pipeline that didn't want to commit to DCU but DCU wanted them and they wanted the experience and exposure. There is a game. minutes and practice limit on future players which makes the schedule lighter at DCU to allow playing HS. HS absolutely been done before at DCU. You just have to know the rules and how to work them to your advantage. Most parents don't understand the rules and/or wont even approach the subject with DCU because they are just happy at the prospect of being at DCU. The future player at DCU has the advantage and isn't tied to the club in the same way. [/quote]

Are these DCU "future players" actually part of the academy and not trials/guest players? As in, signed a contract with DCUA?

I have a kid that stepped down in the past to "future" just to play high school so I'm familiar with the rule. I didn't know academy players were playing high school though. Must be a DCU thing.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s the penalty for a player in DC United playing HS for broad Run? Suspension from MLS next Team?

Is it aceptable to allow outside entities dictate what a teenager can/can’t do with regard to his HS and the joys and memories that come with it?

How could you do both just on the logistics alone? Would be curious.

But, if you play in DCUs academy you agree to forego HS soccer and I'm pretty sure they would kick you out if you were caught doing both. Can't guarantee that but it is against the rules of MLS next to do both. Playing HS soccer makes the player ineligible to play MLS next .Your best bet is to ask DCU to designate your son as a "future player" which then makes him eligible To play HS soccer. This significantly reduces his involvement with DCU but it allows him to do both. Or you can apply for a waiver through Pdev which is the MLS management group of MLS next. Most parents don't understand the future player designation and/or the rules of MLS next. https://www.mlssoccer.com/mlsnext/resources/rules-and-regulations/#:~:text=Except%20as%20set%20forth%20herein,not%20available%20for%20middle%20school).

You sign a contract with the academy, one being no high school allowed. And there's no such thing as a "future player" on an academy team. You're either in or you're out. If you want to play high school, don't accept an academy offer. This isn't like a MLS next club, you don't pay so you don't really have any say.

There are future players at DCU...period.

You're saying DCU allows these "future players" to go play high school? Why on earth would an academy invest money into a player so that they can go and get hurt in high school soccer? No academy let's ANY of their players play any kind of organized soccer event outside of the academy.
Please make sense.

And I'm not talking about some random MLS Next club. Why the hell are we even discussing that? This is about academy players and high school soccer.

Like has been said, DCU allows future players. You can believe it or not.. I don't care. Three from Pipeline in the 2022-2023 season who also played at Pipeline all season and won the ECNL national championship that year. All.while.being future players at DCU. They played in big games for DCU that season and practiced occasionally with their DCU team. Best of both worlds really for them. They also did the same.thing the following season at DCU. Went to GA cup as well...AND played for Pipeline.

And an investment in a future player isn't the same as a full time player. For both parties...and you clearly don't know what you're talking about when it comes to.this subject. Future player designation exists to allow the clubs to get a player into their orbit without fully commiting to them. It could be a fringe player that they want to see develop a.bit more before they fully invest or it could be a player that they really want but the player doesn't want to be in an MLS.acsdsmy because they want to play...bingo...High School soccer...read the rules.. they apply MLS.acsdemies as well.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/mlsnext/resources/rules-and-regulations/#:~:text=Except%20as%20set%20forth%20herein,not%20available%20for%20middle%20school).

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Anonymous wrote:What’s the penalty for a player in DC United playing HS for broad Run? Suspension from MLS next Team?

Is it aceptable to allow outside entities dictate what a teenager can/can’t do with regard to his HS and the joys and memories that come with it?

How could you do both just on the logistics alone? Would be curious.

But, if you play in DCUs academy you agree to forego HS soccer and I'm pretty sure they would kick you out if you were caught doing both. Can't guarantee that but it is against the rules of MLS next to do both. Playing HS soccer makes the player ineligible to play MLS next .Your best bet is to ask DCU to designate your son as a "future player" which then makes him eligible To play HS soccer. This significantly reduces his involvement with DCU but it allows him to do both. Or you can apply for a waiver through Pdev which is the MLS management group of MLS next. Most parents don't understand the future player designation and/or the rules of MLS next. https://www.mlssoccer.com/mlsnext/resources/rules-and-regulations/#:~:text=Except%20as%20set%20forth%20herein,not%20available%20for%20middle%20school).

You sign a contract with the academy, one being no high school allowed. And there's no such thing as a "future player" on an academy team. You're either in or you're out. If you want to play high school, don't accept an academy offer. This isn't like a MLS next club, you don't pay so you don't really have any say.

There are future players at DCU...period.

You're saying DCU allows these "future players" to go play high school? Why on earth would an academy invest money into a player so that they can go and get hurt in high school soccer? No academy let's ANY of their players play any kind of organized soccer event outside of the academy.
Please make sense.

And I'm not talking about some random MLS Next club. Why the hell are we even discussing that? This is about academy players and high school soccer.

Like has been said, DCU allows future players. You can believe it or not.. I don't care. Three from Pipeline in the 2022-2023 season who also played at Pipeline all season and won the ECNL national championship that year. All.while.being future players at DCU. They played in big games for DCU that season and practiced occasionally with their DCU team. Best of both worlds really for them. They also did the same.thing the following season at DCU. Went to GA cup as well...AND played for Pipeline.

And an investment in a future player isn't the same as a full time player. For both parties...and you clearly don't know what you're talking about when it comes to.this subject. Future player designation exists to allow the clubs to get a player into their orbit without fully commiting to them. It could be a fringe player that they want to see develop a.bit more before they fully invest or it could be a player that they really want but the player doesn't want to be in an MLS.acsdsmy because they want to play...bingo...High School soccer...read the rules.. they apply MLS.acsdemies as well.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/mlsnext/resources/rules-and-regulations/#:~:text=Except%20as%20set%20forth%20herein,not%20available%20for%20middle%20school).

Then I stand corrected. The academies we know of had reoccurring trials/guest players, but none were designated as future.

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The DCU future players are just what it says, future players. They are not full time.players with the academy but they practice, travel, play games with their team but less than a primary player. Future players can only play 12.games per season for instance. The club isn't as committed to.them.and they aren't as committed to the club. It provides flexibility to both parties...not a bad option if you can get it. DCU of course wants to sign all the players to full time...but like was said if they are on the fringe and DCU wants to keep them close, they can give them this designation.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s the penalty for a player in DC United playing HS for broad Run? Suspension from MLS next Team?

Is it aceptable to allow outside entities dictate what a teenager can/can’t do with regard to his HS and the joys and memories that come with it?

How could you do both just on the logistics alone? Would be curious.

But, if you play in DCUs academy you agree to forego HS soccer and I'm pretty sure they would kick you out if you were caught doing both. Can't guarantee that but it is against the rules of MLS next to do both. Playing HS soccer makes the player ineligible to play MLS next .Your best bet is to ask DCU to designate your son as a "future player" which then makes him eligible To play HS soccer. This significantly reduces his involvement with DCU but it allows him to do both. Or you can apply for a waiver through Pdev which is the MLS management group of MLS next. Most parents don't understand the future player designation and/or the rules of MLS next. https://www.mlssoccer.com/mlsnext/resources/rules-and-regulations/#:~:text=Except%20as%20set%20forth%20herein,not%20available%20for%20middle%20school).

You sign a contract with the academy, one being no high school allowed. And there's no such thing as a "future player" on an academy team. You're either in or you're out. If you want to play high school, don't accept an academy offer. This isn't like a MLS next club, you don't pay so you don't really have any say.

There are future players at DCU...period.

You're saying DCU allows these "future players" to go play high school? Why on earth would an academy invest money into a player so that they can go and get hurt in high school soccer? No academy let's ANY of their players play any kind of organized soccer event outside of the academy.
Please make sense.

And I'm not talking about some random MLS Next club. Why the hell are we even discussing that? This is about academy players and high school soccer.

Like has been said, DCU allows future players. You can believe it or not.. I don't care. Three from Pipeline in the 2022-2023 season who also played at Pipeline all season and won the ECNL national championship that year. All.while.being future players at DCU. They played in big games for DCU that season and practiced occasionally with their DCU team. Best of both worlds really for them. They also did the same.thing the following season at DCU. Went to GA cup as well...AND played for Pipeline.

And an investment in a future player isn't the same as a full time player. For both parties...and you clearly don't know what you're talking about when it comes to.this subject. Future player designation exists to allow the clubs to get a player into their orbit without fully commiting to them. It could be a fringe player that they want to see develop a.bit more before they fully invest or it could be a player that they really want but the player doesn't want to be in an MLS.acsdsmy because they want to play...bingo...High School soccer...read the rules.. they apply MLS.acsdemies as well.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/mlsnext/resources/rules-and-regulations/#:~:text=Except%20as%20set%20forth%20herein,not%20available%20for%20middle%20school).

Then I stand corrected. The academies we know of had reoccurring trials/guest players, but none were designated as future.

All good. It's a rule that a lot of people don't fully understand or appreciate. DCU also has guest players and trailists...but they also use this designation as well...it exists to allow.flexibility in recruitment and scouting. And there are limits to how many games guest players can play in the rules...why there are.different designations...

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Anonymous wrote:What’s the penalty for a player in DC United playing HS for broad Run? Suspension from MLS next Team?

Is it aceptable to allow outside entities dictate what a teenager can/can’t do with regard to his HS and the joys and memories that come with it?

How could you do both just on the logistics alone? Would be curious.

But, if you play in DCUs academy you agree to forego HS soccer and I'm pretty sure they would kick you out if you were caught doing both. Can't guarantee that but it is against the rules of MLS next to do both. Playing HS soccer makes the player ineligible to play MLS next .Your best bet is to ask DCU to designate your son as a "future player" which then makes him eligible To play HS soccer. This significantly reduces his involvement with DCU but it allows him to do both. Or you can apply for a waiver through Pdev which is the MLS management group of MLS next. Most parents don't understand the future player designation and/or the rules of MLS next. https://www.mlssoccer.com/mlsnext/resources/rules-and-regulations/#:~:text=Except%20as%20set%20forth%20herein,not%20available%20for%20middle%20school).

You sign a contract with the academy, one being no high school allowed. And there's no such thing as a "future player" on an academy team. You're either in or you're out. If you want to play high school, don't accept an academy offer. This isn't like a MLS next club, you don't pay so you don't really have any say.

There are future players at DCU...period.

You're saying DCU allows these "future players" to go play high school? Why on earth would an academy invest money into a player so that they can go and get hurt in high school soccer? No academy let's ANY of their players play any kind of organized soccer event outside of the academy.
Please make sense.

And I'm not talking about some random MLS Next club. Why the hell are we even discussing that? This is about academy players and high school soccer.

Like has been said, DCU allows future players. You can believe it or not.. I don't care. Three from Pipeline in the 2022-2023 season who also played at Pipeline all season and won the ECNL national championship that year. All.while.being future players at DCU. They played in big games for DCU that season and practiced occasionally with their DCU team. Best of both worlds really for them. They also did the same.thing the following season at DCU. Went to GA cup as well...AND played for Pipeline.

And an investment in a future player isn't the same as a full time player. For both parties...and you clearly don't know what you're talking about when it comes to.this subject. Future player designation exists to allow the clubs to get a player into their orbit without fully commiting to them. It could be a fringe player that they want to see develop a.bit more before they fully invest or it could be a player that they really want but the player doesn't want to be in an MLS.acsdsmy because they want to play...bingo...High School soccer...read the rules.. they apply MLS.acsdemies as well.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/mlsnext/resources/rules-and-regulations/#:~:text=Except%20as%20set%20forth%20herein,not%20available%20for%20middle%20school).

Then I stand corrected. The academies we know of had reoccurring trials/guest players, but none were designated as future.

All good. It's a rule that a lot of people don't fully understand or appreciate. DCU also has guest players and trailists...but they also use this designation as well...it exists to allow.flexibility in recruitment and scouting. And there are limits to how many games guest players can play in the rules...why there are.different designations...

Yea I'm familiar with the future player rules, I didn't know academy teams had them as well. Does sound like a win, but I assume they're on the protected list too.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s the penalty for a player in DC United playing HS for broad Run? Suspension from MLS next Team?

Is it aceptable to allow outside entities dictate what a teenager can/can’t do with regard to his HS and the joys and memories that come with it?

How could you do both just on the logistics alone? Would be curious.

But, if you play in DCUs academy you agree to forego HS soccer and I'm pretty sure they would kick you out if you were caught doing both. Can't guarantee that but it is against the rules of MLS next to do both. Playing HS soccer makes the player ineligible to play MLS next .Your best bet is to ask DCU to designate your son as a "future player" which then makes him eligible To play HS soccer. This significantly reduces his involvement with DCU but it allows him to do both. Or you can apply for a waiver through Pdev which is the MLS management group of MLS next. Most parents don't understand the future player designation and/or the rules of MLS next. https://www.mlssoccer.com/mlsnext/resources/rules-and-regulations/#:~:text=Except%20as%20set%20forth%20herein,not%20available%20for%20middle%20school).

You sign a contract with the academy, one being no high school allowed. And there's no such thing as a "future player" on an academy team. You're either in or you're out. If you want to play high school, don't accept an academy offer. This isn't like a MLS next club, you don't pay so you don't really have any say.

There are future players at DCU...period.

You're saying DCU allows these "future players" to go play high school? Why on earth would an academy invest money into a player so that they can go and get hurt in high school soccer? No academy let's ANY of their players play any kind of organized soccer event outside of the academy.
Please make sense.

And I'm not talking about some random MLS Next club. Why the hell are we even discussing that? This is about academy players and high school soccer.

Like has been said, DCU allows future players. You can believe it or not.. I don't care. Three from Pipeline in the 2022-2023 season who also played at Pipeline all season and won the ECNL national championship that year. All.while.being future players at DCU. They played in big games for DCU that season and practiced occasionally with their DCU team. Best of both worlds really for them. They also did the same.thing the following season at DCU. Went to GA cup as well...AND played for Pipeline.

And an investment in a future player isn't the same as a full time player. For both parties...and you clearly don't know what you're talking about when it comes to.this subject. Future player designation exists to allow the clubs to get a player into their orbit without fully commiting to them. It could be a fringe player that they want to see develop a.bit more before they fully invest or it could be a player that they really want but the player doesn't want to be in an MLS.acsdsmy because they want to play...bingo...High School soccer...read the rules.. they apply MLS.acsdemies as well.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/mlsnext/resources/rules-and-regulations/#:~:text=Except%20as%20set%20forth%20herein,not%20available%20for%20middle%20school).

Then I stand corrected. The academies we know of had reoccurring trials/guest players, but none were designated as future.

All good. It's a rule that a lot of people don't fully understand or appreciate. DCU also has guest players and trailists...but they also use this designation as well...it exists to allow.flexibility in recruitment and scouting. And there are limits to how many games guest players can play in the rules...why there are.different designations...

Yea I'm familiar with the future player rules, I didn't know academy teams had them as well. Does sound like a win, but I assume they're on the protected list too.

Most likely on the protected.list as well...another reason why future player designation also helps the academy. They can get closer to completely controlling the player pool.

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It's all about roster management and the player pool. If the club can designate a player a future player, they can keep one more protected player that is completely outside the club. They only have 9.

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Anonymous wrote:boys almost beat phila

Yes almost....

https://www.instagram.com/p/DJE73_zxCFg/?img_index=4&igsh=MWRlOW8zZ2V6MG1hZw==

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Anonymous wrote:boys almost beat phila

Yes almost....

https://www.instagram.com/p/DJE73_zxCFg/?img_index=4&igsh=MWRlOW8zZ2V6MG1hZw==

One team kept it close. All others pretty much got dominated. DCU is just a local club with the MLS badge. Nothing more. It is widely known that DCU is not a strong developer of talent and inept as an organization.

And look at what is happening to the two players that are in England now from DCU. One is coming back from his loan because Nottingham Forest declined the option to sign him and the other at Bournemouth is off to a very shaky start with reports coming out of England saying that he is very raw (translation = great physical potential but not so good technically and decisionmaking). Don't see any IG status posts about that now do you?? Remember these are players that were on DCUs first team before they left and they aren't really cutting it with the ACADEMY teams in England (both are playing with the u21s). They are both young players and maybe they will get other opportunities. But, it's not a good look for DCU and whether they can prepare a player for that level. These two represent the pinnacle of the pathway at DCU. Loans to two premier league clubs. One is already being sent back and the other seems to be on the same trajectory but the jury is still out/he can still make good of his time at Bournemouth.

The bottom line is this...DCU is not a strong enough organization to consistently produce really top level footballers for Europe. Maybe for the level in the US DCU is ok. But even for the US is questionable. If you have pro ambition as a player, DCU cannot be a long term path for you. Maybe a stepping stone for a player, but if you're in the organization for a while your stock is inevitably and gradually diminishing.