DC United Academy - aa strong academy or not

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Anonymous wrote:I heard that not only are they going to make parents pay for schooling, they are also requiring them to bring their own lunches and snacks every day. True or no?

What's the name of this union advocating on behalf of the parents of the few kids at a professional academy?

Seems the parents and kids are at the academy minding their own business and people on the outside getting all worked up

Right, the DCU parents aren't upset at all about having spend 10k on school now. Nor are they upset about the basics that every academy provides but somehow DCU doesn't. Seems you should mind your own business if it doesn't affect you.

Give us your objective views as the parent of a talented current dcua DS

Already have multiple times, go back and read the thread.

I've read the thread. All I see is one or two people trying to defend DCU against attack but with no real arguments or evidence. But I see a lot of evidence that DCU is not a strong academy.

All I see is you posting and responding to yourself endlessly and someone else making fun of your neurosis

The person isn't even defending DCU, they're just fueling your obsession and triggering you for entertainment

How you wish this was true ..

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Anonymous wrote:Be aware of blacklist, you go tryout with DCU, get rejected they will add your DS to this list.

Is it really a blacklist or did they trial your kid and determined for one reason or another that it wasn't a good match? Sounds like you should reach out to other academy teams for trials.

Saying the hundreds of kids who go to the talent ID events and training trials who aren't selected getting blacklisted is crazy work

I think the person means on a "blocked list" where DCU doesn't want the player but prevents the player from going on trial with other academies. If any academies really wants the player, they may have to pay DCU. DCU playing dirty in this case...more reason to stay away.

Are you referring to the protected list? They can only put 9 players on that.

Protected vs blocked...why and how does it benefit the player? Either way, it prevents player movement and not in the best interest of player development and the player achieving their dream. DCU hasn't developed or spent $1 on the player to lay any claim on him. Let the player go if DCU isn't interested imo.

All over this post people mention players leaving DCU for other academies.
So at the same time, how are players also not allowed to go to other academies?

Every academy has and utilize a protected player list

This question is out of pure curiosity, my kids are u-littles and likely not going to be in a position to be put on a protected list.

It’s my understanding that if a player lives in the territory of an mls academy, a different mls academy cannot recruit/sign them until February of u14. The protected list appears to start at u15. So is there a time lapse between when an outside mls academy could sign a player and when the home territory mls academy could place the player on a protected list?

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Been in youth soccer for over 10 years. Everything I see and hear about DC United makes me cringe.

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Anonymous wrote:Been in youth soccer for over 10 years. Everything I see and hear about DC United makes me cringe.

Would you ever send your child to a school that doesn't really care whether they learn something and has a proven track record of students regressing in their system, has no money to even improve the school's conditions or environment, has teachers that are under qualified for their jobs, has leadership that doesn't care about the school or it's future, and charges you a significant amount for an inferior curriculum? That is the equivalent to DCU.

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Anonymous wrote:Be aware of blacklist, you go tryout with DCU, get rejected they will add your DS to this list.

Is it really a blacklist or did they trial your kid and determined for one reason or another that it wasn't a good match? Sounds like you should reach out to other academy teams for trials.

Saying the hundreds of kids who go to the talent ID events and training trials who aren't selected getting blacklisted is crazy work

I think the person means on a "blocked list" where DCU doesn't want the player but prevents the player from going on trial with other academies. If any academies really wants the player, they may have to pay DCU. DCU playing dirty in this case...more reason to stay away.

Are you referring to the protected list? They can only put 9 players on that.

Protected vs blocked...why and how does it benefit the player? Either way, it prevents player movement and not in the best interest of player development and the player achieving their dream. DCU hasn't developed or spent $1 on the player to lay any claim on him. Let the player go if DCU isn't interested imo.

All over this post people mention players leaving DCU for other academies.
So at the same time, how are players also not allowed to go to other academies?

Every academy has and utilize a protected player list

This question is out of pure curiosity, my kids are u-littles and likely not going to be in a position to be put on a protected list.

It’s my understanding that if a player lives in the territory of an mls academy, a different mls academy cannot recruit/sign them until February of u14. The protected list appears to start at u15. So is there a time lapse between when an outside mls academy could sign a player and when the home territory mls academy could place the player on a protected list?

U13 and under football doesn't really matter. The kids haven't really hit puberty and so much will change in the coming years with their development both physically and mentally. That said, the clubs start protecting kids in Feb of u14. So after the fall season of u14. If you're not on the protected list and want to go somewhere before then you can. The window is fall of u14 and before. Or not being visible enough for the homegrown club to protect the player. This is harder if you have a truly strong player because the community is small.

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another current players leaving for Galaxy,

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It's a hard pill to swallow to dish out $10k for an online education that hasn't be confirmed to be on par with a free public education, more less a private education. That's probably the final nail on the coffin and driver behind some players' departure.

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Anonymous wrote:another current players leaving for Galaxy,

Another released former player got into LA Galaxy

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Anonymous wrote:another current players leaving for Galaxy,

Another released former player got into LA Galaxy

oh didn't release the player was released

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How do players move from one Academy to another? Aren't they protected by their current Academy?

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Anonymous wrote:How do players move from one Academy to another? Aren't they protected by their current Academy?

Academies can only protect 45 players. The rest can be recruited from spring of u14 and later. New academy generally pays $10k for each year the player was at the original academy to reimburse for training. If a player is released they are free to go to whatever academy they want.

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Anonymous wrote:another current players leaving for Galaxy,

Another released former player got into LA Galaxy

oh didn't release the player was released

Yeah player was released by DCU. Football is political in the US. When things like this happen you never know what strings are getting pulled..

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Anonymous wrote:How do players move from one Academy to another? Aren't they protected by their current Academy?

On protected list unless they're released, which will happen to many players at u16 since there is no u17 team. Then they're free to go to whichever academy wants them.

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Anonymous wrote:another current players leaving for Galaxy,

Another released former player got into LA Galaxy

oh didn't release the player was released

Yeah player was released by DCU. Football is political in the US. When things like this happen you never know what strings are getting pulled..

Where isn't football political?

Players underperforming and getting released happens everywhere all the time from grassroots to academies

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Anonymous wrote:another current players leaving for Galaxy,

Another released former player got into LA Galaxy

oh didn't release the player was released

Yeah player was released by DCU. Football is political in the US. When things like this happen you never know what strings are getting pulled..

Where isn't football political?

Players underperforming and getting released happens everywhere all the time from grassroots to academies

No sh#t. The point is getting released from a sorry a## academy like DCU and going to a decent one in LA galaxy doesn't happen if some connections aren't being called in. Clearly talent is not driving the move...